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Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites

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Amount of consideration transferred in asset acquisition. Includes, but is not limited to, cash, liability incurred by acquirer, and equity interest issued by acquirer.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Subsequent Events Subsequent Event (Details)	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events Subsequent Event (Details)	Feb. 21, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) development_site site	Feb. 22, 2022 shares	Jan. 01, 2022 USD ($) site	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 site	Dec. 31, 2021 development_site	Jun. 14, 2021 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property		204,163	45,800				15,816
Purchase price			$ 3,001,343,000
Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites \| development_site			109					1,062
Term Loan [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity						$ 500,000,000			$ 1,000,000,000
Term Loan [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis points		0.725%
Term Loan [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis points		1.40%
Treasury Lock
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives						$ 150,000,000
Sun Outdoors Association Island
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| site							294
Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites \| site							0
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred		$ 14,758,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| site					229
Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites \| site					0
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred	$ 62,200,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					$ 3,050,000,000.00
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Term Loan [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					1,150,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					4,200,000,000
Line of credit facility, additional borrowing capacity					800,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis points	0.725%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Basis points	1.60%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Treasury Lock January 2022
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives					150,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Treasury Lock February 2022
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Derivatives					$ 300,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Preferred OP Units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Temporary Equity, Shares Issued \| shares				14,683
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Harrison Yacht Yard
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| site					21
Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites \| site					0
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred	$ 5,800,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Safe Harbor Outer Banks
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| site					196
Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites \| site					0
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred	5,000,000.0
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Jarrett Bay Boatworks
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Units in Real Estate Property \| site					12
Number of Units in Real Estate Property, Development Sites \| site					0
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred	$ 51,400,000