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Real Estate - Disposed Properties to Unaffiliated Parties (Parenthetical) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Net sales proceeds of unconsolidated rental properties	$ 1,064,619	$ 691,526	$ 384,583
Rental Properties – Unconsolidated [Member]
Ownership percentage	20.00%
Net sales proceeds of unconsolidated rental properties	$ 78,300

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Percentage of ownership interest in unconsolidated entity.

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- Definition

Cash received from the sale of real estate that is held for investment, that is, it is part of an investing activity during the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3179-108585

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