Annual Rent Escalation Percentage

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Lessee Operating Lease Monthly Base Rent Per Square Foot

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Description of term of lessee's option for the construction of a fifth building under operating lease.

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The number of renewal options under the terms of the lease.

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Rent Abatement Period

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cash and cash equivalents restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Leases - Additional Information (Details)	Feb. 08, 2022 USD ($) renewalOption	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Restricted cash in connection with operating leases		$ 8,000,000.0	$ 7,800,000
New campus lease lessee option term for construction of fifth building	6 years
New campus rent abatement period (in months)	10 months
New campus lease monthly base rent per square foot (in sq ft)	$ 6
New campus lease annual rent escalation (as a percent)	3.00%
New campus lease term (in years)	13 years 7 months
New campus lease number of renewal options \| renewalOption	2
New campus lease renewal term (in years)	5 years
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Restricted cash in connection with operating leases		$ 7,800,000