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Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) community property Lease | Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) community property Lease | Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of office leases | Lease | 12 |  | 12 |  |
Operating lease assets | $ 117,181 |  | $ 117,181 |  | $ 118,370
Operating lease obligation | 144,969 |  | 144,969 |  | 146,377
Operating lease expense | 3,987 | $ 3,905 | 11,657 | $ 11,628 |
Finance lease asset | 28,519 |  | 28,519 |  | 28,229
Finance lease obligation | $ 20,082 |  | $ 20,082 |  | $ 20,120
Properties on Land Subject to Land Leases |  |  |  |  |
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of operating apartment communities owned | community | 7 |  | 7 |  |
Number of commercial properties owned | property | 2 |  | 2 |  |
Assets Held under Operating Leases |  |  |  |  |
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of operating apartment communities owned | community | 6 |  | 6 |  |
Assets Held under Finance Leases |  |  |  |  |
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Number of operating apartment communities owned | community | 1 |  | 1 |  |
Number of finance leases for parking garages adjacent to communities | Lease | 4 |  | 4 |  |

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- Definition Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=128292326&loc=SL77918701-209980 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123391704&loc=SL77918627-209977 + Details
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