Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) Land
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments related to capital spending activities	$ 50.0
Edgewater Joint Venture and DC Joint Ventures [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments related to capital spending activities		$ 26.0
Expect to incur purchase commitment amount		$ 12.0
Fort Lauderdale Florida Joint Ventures [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
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		$ 36.0
Cash held in escrow in seller's name		7.2
Expect to incur purchase commitment amount		28.8
Commitments related to development, redevelopment and capital improvement activities [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments related to capital spending activities		$ 188.4
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		$ 2.9
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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 50
-Section 15
-Paragraph 3
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911878&loc=d3e8732-128492

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