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Lessee, Operating Lease, Number Of Renewal Options

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Option To Terminate After Period

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Lawsuits Consolidated

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Operating Lease, Liability, Discounted Period

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Tenant Lease Improvements, Allowance

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Area of a real estate property.

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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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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Weighted average discount rate for operating lease calculated at point in time.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of improvements having a life longer than one year that were made for the benefit of one or more tenants.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	Apr. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2022 USD ($) ft² segment	Oct. 31, 2022 lawsuit	Sep. 30, 2022 lawsuit	Jun. 01, 2022 USD ($)	May 31, 2022 ft²	Apr. 30, 2021 lawsuit
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease right of use asset					$ 4.3
Operating lease liabilities					$ 4.3
Estimate incremental borrowing rate (in percent)						5.00%
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit				2			2
Subsequent Event
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits \| lawsuit			2
Built-To-Suit Lease And Headquarters Lease
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of lease property (in square feet) \| ft²		220,517
Operating lease term		242 months
Number of options to extend the lease \| segment		2
Lease option to extend period		5 years
Option to terminate lease (after period)		180 months
Estimated monthly base rent		$ 0.7
Monthly base rent, lease not yet commenced, annual percentage increase		3.00%
Operating lease right of use asset	$ 160.9
Inclusive of operating lease liability	44.9
Tenant improvement allowance	$ 116.0
Operating lease liability discounted period	180 months
Estimate incremental borrowing rate (in percent)	4.90%
1751 Expansion Space
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of lease property (in square feet) \| ft²						34,745