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Assets Held for Sale (Details) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 development_site | Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) | Oct. 08, 2019
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Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Equity method investment, ownership percentage |  |  | 20.00%
GIC, Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund | GIC |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Equity method investment, ownership percentage |  |  | 80.00%
Forecast |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Equity method investment, ownership percentage | 20.00% |  |
Number of development sites | development_site | 3 |  |
Forecast | GIC, Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund | GIC |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Equity method investment, ownership percentage | 80.00% |  |
Liabilities held-for-sale |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Liabilities held-for-sale |  | $ 7.2 |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Assets held-for-sale |  | 141.2 |
Other Current Assets |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Assets held-for-sale |  | $ 11.0 |

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