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BORROWING ARRANGEMENTS (Omega Credit Facilities, OP Term Loan, Amended 2015 Term Loan Facilities and General) (Detail) $ in Thousands, £ in Millions				1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($) item	Apr. 17, 2020	Dec. 16, 2015 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 25, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	May 25, 2017 GBP (£)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit							$ 101,158
Debt instrument, covenant compliance						As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, we were in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants, for our secured and unsecured borrowings	As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, we were in compliance with all affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants, for our secured and unsecured borrowings
Debt instrument, covenant description						Parent and Omega OP, on a combined basis, have no material assets, liabilities or operations other than financing activities (including borrowings under the senior unsecured revolving and term loan credit facility, OP term loan and the outstanding senior notes) and their investments in non-guarantor subsidiaries. Substantially all of our assets are held by non-guarantor subsidiaries.
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate		2.75%
Senior Unsecured Revolving And Term Loan Credit Facility 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility borrowing capacity					$ 1,800,000
Sterling term loan \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write-off of deferred financing costs							$ 200
Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Description of variable rate basis					LIBOR
Interest Rate Swap \| Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Derivative, notional amount				$ 250,000
Unsecured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unsecured debt						$ 4,891,455	4,799,728
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 1,450,000
Revolving credit facility to be drawn in Alternative Currencies or U.S. Dollars in tranche one	1,150,000
Revolving credit facility to be drawn in Alternative Currencies or U.S. Dollars in tranche two	$ 300,000
Description of variable rate basis	LIBOR
Basis spread on variable rate	0.1193%
Rate						1.30%
Maturity date	Apr. 30, 2025
Debt instrument number of available extensions \| item	2
Debt instrument extension period duration	6 months
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	0.95%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,500,000
Basis spread on variable rate	1.85%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| U.S. term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loans - net					$ 425,000
Write-off of deferred financing costs							800
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Sterling term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loans - net							$ 136,700	£ 100
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility
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Term loans - net			$ 250,000		$ 250,000
Write-off of deferred financing costs				700
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Basis spread on variable rate					1.40%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Amended 2015 Term Loan Facility \| Maximum [Member]
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Basis spread on variable rate					2.35%
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Omega OP Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loans - net	$ 50,000					$ 50,000
Rate						3.29%
Maturity date						Apr. 30, 2025
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Description of variable rate basis			one-month LIBOR
Rate			3.80%
Maturity date			Dec. 15, 2022
Derivative, notional amount				$ 250,000
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