Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($) Land	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments related to capital spending activities		$ 50.0
Fort Lauderdale Florida Joint Ventures [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments related to capital spending activities		8.0
Payments to acquire business in cash	$ 70.0
Cash held in escrow in seller's name	20.0
Cash held in escrow	50.0
Expect to incur purchase commitment amount		6.0
Letters of credit into escrow	$ 30.0
Number of acre development site \| Land	9
Undeveloped Land Parcels Acquisition [Member] \| Fort Lauderdale Florida Joint Ventures [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, price of acquisition, expected	$ 100.0
Commitments related to development, redevelopment and capital improvement activities [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments related to capital spending activities		$ 217.9
Time Period of Long-term Purchase Commitment		24 months
Commitments related to development, redevelopment and capital improvement activities [Member] \| RET Ventures [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Unfunded commitments related to investment		$ 3.2
Commitments related to operations [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Time Period of Long-term Purchase Commitment		1 year

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Unfunded commitments related to investments.

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Purchase price of expected asset acquisition prior to consideration being transferred.

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