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Financing Receivable, Interest Rate

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of accrued interest on financing receivable.

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Indicates line item in statement of financial position that includes accrued interest, after allowance for credit loss, on financing receivable.

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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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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Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amortized cost excluding accrued interest, before allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Percentage added to reference rate used to compute variable rate on loan receivable.

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Investments in Loans and Financing Receivables - Schedule of Loans Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Allowance	$ (108.9)	$ (111.5)	$ (4.9)
Loans Receivable
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Principal	1,721.3	848.2
Amortized Cost	1,712.6	840.8
Allowance	(30.5)	(12.3)	$ (2.5)
Carrying Amount	1,682.1	828.5
Accrued interest	$ 27.8	$ 13.8
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other assets, net
Loans Receivable \| Senior Secured Notes Receivable
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.00%	8.125%
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)	6.03%	5.75%
Principal	$ 1,250.4	$ 803.7
Amortized Cost	1,241.3	797.2
Allowance	(27.2)	(11.4)
Carrying Amount	1,214.1	$ 785.8
Loans Receivable \| Mortgage Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		8.37%
Principal	256.2	$ 33.5
Amortized Cost	256.4	33.5
Allowance	(0.2)	0.0
Carrying Amount	$ 256.2	$ 33.5
Loans Receivable \| Mortgage Loans \| Minimum
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	7.50%
Loans Receivable \| Mortgage Loans \| Maximum
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	8.50%
Loans Receivable \| Unsecured and Other Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Principal	$ 214.7
Amortized Cost	214.9
Allowance	(3.1)
Carrying Amount	$ 211.8
Loans Receivable \| Unsecured and Other Loans \| Minimum
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	10.25%
Loans Receivable \| Unsecured and Other Loans \| Maximum
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	11.00%
Loans Receivable \| Unsecured Loan
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)		11.00%
Principal		$ 11.0
Amortized Cost		10.1
Allowance		(0.9)
Carrying Amount		$ 9.2