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Real Estate - Acquired Properties From Unaffiliated Parties (Parenthetical) (Details) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Purchase Price	$ 1,144,412
Land Parcels [Member]
Purchase Price	19,832
Land [Member]
Purchase Price	193,400
Depreciable Property [Member]
Purchase Price	933,300
Vacant Land [Member]
Purchase Price	16,700
Construction in Progress [Member]
Purchase Price	$ 3,800

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Amount of assets acquired at the acquisition date.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116869197&loc=d3e4845-128472

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