SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY - Shares Sold (Details) - Equity ATM Program - USD ($)	12 Months Ended	70 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)	7,694,740	8,733,315	33,041,177
Gross proceeds received	$ 181,112,000	$ 184,217,000	$ 710,000,000
Net proceeds received	$ 178,493,000	$ 181,453,000	$ 699,000,000
Weighted average price per share (in usd per share)	$ 23.54	$ 21.09	$ 21.49
Remaining receivable	$ 0	$ 0

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Sale Of Stock, Weighted Average, Price Per Share

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The cash inflow from the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, treasury stock, stock options, and other types of equity.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-Subparagraph (a)
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 230
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-Topic 946
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.6-03(i)(1))
-Publisher FASB
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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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