Commitments and Contingencies - Property Damage from Natural Disaster (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Insurance recoveries, net	$ 669	$ 586
Jacksonville Mall, Jacksonville, North Carolina
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Net recoveries	$ 700	$ 600

The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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Amount of excess (deficiency) of insurance recovery over the loss incurred from an insured event.

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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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