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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Secured Borrowings - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($) SpecialPurposeEntity	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) SpecialPurposeEntity	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of special purpose entities formed to hold assets and issue secured borrowings \| SpecialPurposeEntity	3	2
Principal outstanding			$ 513.2		$ 515.1
Total deferred finance costs, net			$ 8.4		$ 9.0
Debt instrument, interest rate terms description			If the Company does not meet these repayment schedules, the base interest rates on the notes increase by the greater of (i) 5.00% and (ii) the amount by which the sum of the following exceeds the base interest rates on the notes: (a) the yield to maturity of 10-year U.S. treasury securities in November 2021, plus (b) 5.00%, plus (c) 2.73% for the Series A Notes or 3.70% for the Class B Notes. Additionally, in this event, the full amount of any tenant rental payments received on the assets transferred to the securitization would be used to repay principal.
Percentage of increase in base interest rate upon non repayment of schedules			5.00%
Debt instrument, base interest rates			5.00%
Interest expense			$ 5.6	$ 5.7
U.S. Treasury Securities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity term upon exceeding base interest rate			10 years
Eldridge Industries, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes issued	$ 75.1
Series 2016-1 Class A Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, frequency of periodic payment			monthly through November 2021
Debt instrument, base interest rates			2.73%
Series 2016-1 Class A Notes \| Eldridge Industries, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes issued		$ 263.5
Series 2016-1 Class B Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, base interest rates			3.70%
Series 2016-1 Class B Notes \| Eldridge Industries, LLC
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes issued		$ 17.3
Series 2017-1 Class A Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes issued	232.4
Series 2017-1 Class B Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes issued	$ 15.7
Series 2016-1 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, payment terms description			The Series 2016-1 Notes mature in November 2046, but the terms of the Class A Notes require principal to be paid monthly through November 2021, with a balloon repayment at that time, and the terms of the Class B Notes require no monthly principal payments but require the full principal balance to be paid in November 2021.
Debt instrument maturity month year			2046-11
Weighted-average interest rate			4.51%
Series 2017-1 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity month year			2047-06
Weighted-average interest rate			4.16%