NONCONTROLLING INTEREST IN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AND OTHER NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2025 USD ($) joint_venture store $ / shares shares
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Note receivable interest rate	10.00%
Period used as a denomination to determine the average closing price of common stock		10 days
Ten day average closing stock price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 139.99
Preferred units outstanding (in shares) \| shares		9,339,849
Consideration to be paid on redemption of common OP units \| $		$ 1,307,485
Number of consolidated joint ventures \| joint_venture		12
Total number of stores in consolidated joint venture \| store		16
Number of joint ventures operating store \| joint_venture		11
Number of joint ventures with property under development \| store		5
Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Loan receivable, reduction of noncontrolling interests \| $	$ 50,000	$ 50,000
Common Stock
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
OP units conversion ratio		1
Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest held		95.60%
Ownership interest held by joint venture partner		4.40%
Other noncontrolling interests \| Maximum
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by joint venture partner		25.00%

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Number Of Joint Ventures

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 4.F)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480008/505-10-S99-5

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