CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024 state province
Geographic Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of US states in which entity operates	48
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Canada
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of provinces in which the company operates \| province	7
Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Continuing revenues and NOI from properties located in California	10.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| CALIFORNIA
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of states accounting for more than ten percent of revenues and net operating income	1

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.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 954
-SubTopic 310
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478785/954-310-50-2

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