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Lease commencement year and month.

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Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value, To Restore Equity Method Investment

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease.

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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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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 23, 2021	Sep. 01, 2021 USD ($) ft²	Aug. 01, 2021	Apr. 03, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Total lease future payments					$ 234,216
Lease Agreement
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Operating lease, term of contract		188 months
Rentable area \| ft²		163,205
Total lease future payments		$ 201,000
Lease commencement year		2023
Lease Agreement \| LLJ Sorrento Industrial LLC
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Operating lease, term of contract	148 months
Lease commencement year and month	2021-09
Lease Agreement \| HCP Life Science REIT
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Operating lease, term of contract			188 months
Lease commencement year and month			2021-08
NANTibody
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Damages sought				$ 90,050
Damages sought to restore equity method investment				$ 40,000