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Debt Instruments, Number of Loans with Fixed Interest Rates

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Real Estate Properties Used As Collateral On Credit Facility

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date, including the current and noncurrent portions, of collateralized debt obligations (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle, if longer). Such obligations include mortgage loans, chattel loans, and any other borrowings secured by assets of the borrower.

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Financing Activity - Consolidated Mortgage Loan Activity (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Loan Mortgage	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Mortgage loans payable, net \| $	$ 851,283	$ 884,503
Weighted average interest rate	3.98%
Fixed Rate Mortgages
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	3.98%
Variable Rate Mortgages
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	3.72%
Mortgage Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Real Estate Properties Used As Collateral On Credit Facility \| Mortgage	9
Mortgage Loan \| Commercial Real Estate \| Valley View Mall
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Mortgage loans payable, net \| $	$ 27,200
Mortgage Loan \| Fixed Rate Mortgages
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of loans with fixed interest rates \| Loan	6
Mortgage Loan \| Fixed Rate Mortgages \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate during period	3.88%
Mortgage Loan \| Fixed Rate Mortgages \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate during period	5.95%
Mortgage Loan \| Variable Rate Mortgages
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of loans with variable interest rates \| Loan		3