PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION (Details)	Jun. 30, 2023 ft² a	Dec. 31, 2022 a
Controlling interest joint ventures and equity method investees [Line Items]
Percentage recorded of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of the buildings and land held in joint ventures	100.00%	100.00%
Industry Distribution Center II - undivided tenant-in-common interest [Member]
Controlling interest joint ventures and equity method investees [Line Items]
Tenant-in-common interest	50.00%	50.00%
Controlling Interest Joint Ventures [Domain] \| Miramar Land [Member]
Controlling interest joint ventures and equity method investees [Line Items]
Number of joint venture arrangements	1
Acres of real estate investment property \| a	6.5	6.5
Less than wholly owned joint venture, investment ownership percentage	95.00%	95.00%
Controlling Interest Joint Ventures [Domain] \| Speed Distribution Center
Controlling interest joint ventures and equity method investees [Line Items]
Area of real estate property \| ft²	519,000
Percentage of joint venture owned and controlled (after acquisition of noncontrolling interest)	100.00%
Percentage of joint venture owned and controlled (before acquisition of noncontrolling interest)		99.00%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in consolidated joint venture investee.

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Number of joint venture arrangements

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Percentage of joint venture owned and controlled (before acquisition of noncontrolling interest)

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Percentage of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses of the buildings held in joint ventures with the noncontrolling interests

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Area of land held.

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Area of a real estate property.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481687/323-10-50-3

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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