Real Estate Property Investments, Number Of New Properties

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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		9 Months Ended
Segment Information - Revenue (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) property segment	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	$ 372,312	$ 337,252	$ 1,090,601	$ 980,365
Other	1,935	829	3,461	4,897
Total revenue	374,247	338,081	$ 1,094,062	985,262
Number of operating segments \| segment			49
Automotive service
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	8,505	7,120	$ 23,735	21,150
Automotive tire services
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,766	7,460	23,517	22,607
Beverages
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,988	7,908	23,819	23,581
Child care
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,837	5,255	23,425	16,172
Convenience stores
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	41,286	39,384	123,932	101,254
Dollar stores
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	25,213	23,903	75,311	70,390
Drug stores
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	31,902	32,431	97,414	97,206
Financial services
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	7,585	7,850	22,997	21,741
General merchandise
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	9,594	7,453	25,115	21,613
Grocery stores - U.S.
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	17,673	16,095	51,009	47,433
Grocery stores - U.K.
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	6,618	0	$ 9,533	0
Number of properties acquired \| property			13
Health and fitness
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	26,437	23,754	$ 78,915	70,812
Home improvement
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	10,950	9,678	31,430	28,261
Restaurants-casual dining
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	10,939	12,355	33,614	34,344
Restaurants-quick service
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	21,880	18,673	65,124	52,035
Theaters
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	24,002	17,479	62,567	52,814
Transportation services
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	16,109	16,105	48,327	47,653
Wholesale club
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	9,468	9,345	28,525	28,218
Other non-reportable segments and tenant reimbursements
Segment revenue information
Rental (including reimbursable)	$ 80,560	$ 75,004	$ 242,292	$ 223,081
Grocery stores
Segment revenue information
Number of operating segments \| segment			2