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Amount of lease income from operating, direct financing, and sales-type leases. Includes, but is not limited to, variable lease payments, interest income, profit (loss) recognized at commencement, and lease payments paid and payable to lessor.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Amount of revenue and income classified as other.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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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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Segment Information - Revenue (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Segment Information - Revenue (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) property	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	$ 364,252	$ 325,265	$ 718,289	$ 643,113
Other	1,198	3,621	1,526	4,068
Total revenue	365,450	328,886	$ 719,815	647,181
Number of operating segments \| segment			49
Automotive service
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	8,039	7,021	$ 15,230	14,030
Automotive tire services
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,952	7,708	15,751	15,147
Beverages
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,915	7,836	15,831	15,673
Child care
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,760	5,216	15,587	10,916
Convenience stores
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	41,432	34,008	82,646	61,869
Dollar stores
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	25,112	23,237	50,098	46,487
Drug stores
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	32,343	32,436	65,513	64,775
Financial services
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,694	6,890	15,412	13,891
General merchandise
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	8,610	7,290	15,520	14,159
Grocery stores - U.S.
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	17,211	15,673	33,336	31,338
Grocery stores - U.K.
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	$ 2,915	0	2,915	0
Number of properties acquired \| property	12
Health and fitness
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	$ 26,254	23,614	52,479	47,057
Home improvement
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	10,664	9,339	20,479	18,583
Restaurants-casual dining
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	11,385	11,029	22,674	21,989
Restaurants-quick service
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	21,515	17,083	43,244	33,362
Theaters
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	20,909	17,565	38,565	35,335
Transportation services
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	16,192	15,762	32,218	31,548
Wholesale club
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	9,464	9,341	19,057	18,873
Other non-reportable segments and tenant reimbursements
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	$ 80,886	$ 74,217	$ 161,734	$ 148,081
Grocery stores
Segment revenue information
Number of operating segments \| segment			2