Commercial Square Feet

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Number of Apartment Home Held for Sale

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Number of Apartment Homes Acquired

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Number of Apartment Homes Sold

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Number of Communities Held for Sale

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Number of Communities Sold

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Represents the gross sales price of real estate assets sold.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of other real estate investments held by the entity for investment purposes not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.

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Amount of real estate investments, net of accumulated depreciation, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; (7) other real estate investments; (8) real estate joint ventures; and (9) unconsolidated real estate and other joint ventures not separately presented.

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Subsequent Events (Details) ft² in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($) home community ft²	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) community	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) home	Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) community home
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of communities held for sale \| community		1
Number of apartment homes acquired \| home				1,175
Payments to acquire other real estate \| $		$ 771,692	$ 0	$ 420,517
Subsequent Event \| Avalon Flatirons
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of apartment homes acquired \| home	207
Commercial square feet \| ft²	16
Payments to acquire other real estate \| $	$ 95,000
Subsequent Event \| Subsequent Event Dispositions
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of communities held for sale \| community					2
Number of apartment homes held for sale \| home					408
Real estate investment \| $					$ 64,984
Subsequent Event \| Avalon Ossining
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of communities sold \| community	1
Number of apartment homes sold \| home	168
Gross sales price \| $	$ 70,000
Subsequent Event \| Avalon West Long Branch
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of apartment homes sold \| home	180
Gross sales price \| $	$ 75,000