Exchange Accommodation Titleholder, Real Estate, Carrying Value

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Number Of Properties Acquired

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Represents number of unconsolidated joint ventures between entity and an institutional capital partner.

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The number of VIE borrowers in which the entity has invested in marketable debt securities.

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Represents the number of controlling ownership interest entities, in which the company holds the interest and is the managing member of the partnership.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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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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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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Variable Interest Entities - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) joint_venture	Jun. 30, 2022 property	Mar. 31, 2022 property	Sep. 30, 2022 joint_venture	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) joint_venture property
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Exchange accommodation titleholder, real estate, carrying value \| $	$ 77				$ 77
Life Science \| Needham Land Parcel JV
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investment ownership percentage	38.00%			38.00%	38.00%
Payments to acquire equity method investment \| $	$ 13
Medical Office Buildings
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property		1	2		2
Unconsolidated Variable Interest Entities
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of unconsolidated joint ventures (in joint ventures)	2			2	2
Number of VIE borrowers with marketable debt securities (in joint ventures)	1			1	1
Ventures V
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
VIE ownership percentage				51.00%
Life Science JV
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
VIE ownership percentage				99.00%
MSREI JV
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
VIE ownership percentage				51.00%
DownREIT Partnerships
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of controlling ownership interest entities as a managing member				7