ORGANIZATION	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION	ORGANIZATION Investors Real Estate Trust doing business as Centerspace, collectively with our consolidated subsidiaries (“Centerspace,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a North Dakota real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on the ownership, management, acquisition, redevelopment, and development of apartment communities. As of March 31, 2021, we owned interests in 68 apartment communities consisting of 12,168 apartment homes.

The entire disclosure for organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure.

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