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Incremental interest benefit arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements

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Incremental interest expense arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Date the derivative contract matures, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5580258-113959

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5579245-113959

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Debt - Interest Rate Swaps (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Feb. 05, 2020	Jul. 25, 2019	May 07, 2019
Derivative
Incremental interest benefit arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements				$ 300
Incremental interest expense arising from difference between interest paid and interest received related to swap agreements		$ 4,300	$ 900
Interest Rate Swap 1
Derivative
Interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate							2.0925%
Derivative, Notional Amount							$ 75,000
Derivative effective date		Nov. 20, 2020
Derivative, Maturity Date		Sep. 29, 2022
Interest Rate Swap 2
Derivative
Interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate						1.55%
Derivative, Notional Amount						$ 75,000
Derivative effective date		Nov. 20, 2020
Derivative, Maturity Date		Sep. 29, 2022
Interest Rate Swap 3
Derivative
Interest rate swap agreement, fixed interest rate					1.38%
Derivative, Notional Amount					$ 150,000
Derivative effective date	Feb. 26, 2021
Derivative, Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2025