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	Dec. 27, 2020 Merger shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) property	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Receivables due from related parties \| $		$ 500,000			$ 300,000
Revenue from related parties \| $		$ 400,000	$ 700,000
Number of properties to be acquired \| property		7
BBL Property [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest percentage		0.00%
Broad Street Entities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Mergers Remaining \| Merger	6
Thomas M. Yockey [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	547,513
Thomas M. Yockey [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| OP units [Member]
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Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	136,213
Michael Z. Jacoby [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
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Equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	2,004,146
Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	547,513
Michael Z. Jacoby [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| OP units [Member]
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Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	136,213
Alexander Topchy [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
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Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	43,001
Alexander Topchy [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| OP units [Member]
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Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	14,338
Daniel J.W. Neal [Member] \| Broad Street Entities [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
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Remaining equity interest issued as consideration for the mergers	361,127
Maximum [Member]
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Revenues \| $		$ 100,000
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Related party general and administrative expenses \| $		50,000
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Consideration paid in exchange for repurchasing ownership interest \| $				$ 1,000,000
Consideration payable in exchange for repurchasing ownership interest \| $		$ 500,000