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Amount of outstanding long-term debt or borrowing associated with any securities or credit agreement for which there has been a default in principal, interest, sinking fund, or redemption provisions, or any breach of covenant that existed at the end of the period and subsequently has not been cured.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt, classified as current. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The aggregate amount of the participating mortgage obligation at the end of the accounting period.

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Debt - Components of Debt (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt - Components of Debt (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) instrument	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) instrument	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 10,249,124	$ 10,249,124	$ 11,129,622
Mortgage loans, floating rate, amount	$ 100,500
Amount of impairment on real estate assets		109,100
Far value of real estate pledged as collateral		2,500,000	2,500,000
Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		4,068,857	4,068,857	4,252,448
Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		6,180,267	6,180,267	6,877,174
Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		0	0
Non-Recourse
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Non-recourse debt	$ 1,800,000
Recourse
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		933,421	933,421	985,441
Recourse \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 653,304	$ 653,304	655,324
Number of secured promissory notes \| instrument		2	2
Recourse \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 280,117	$ 280,117	330,117
Recourse \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		0	$ 0	$ 50,000
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)				3.51%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years	3 years
Recourse \| Line of Credit \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		0	$ 0	$ 0
Recourse \| Line of Credit \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		0	$ 0	$ 50,000
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)				3.51%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years	3 years
Recourse \| Convertible and Exchangeable Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 616,105	$ 616,105	$ 616,105
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.27%	4.27%	4.27%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years	4 years
Recourse \| Convertible and Exchangeable Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 616,105	$ 616,105	$ 616,105
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.27%	4.27%	4.27%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years	4 years
Recourse \| Convertible and Exchangeable Senior Notes \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Recourse \| Junior Subordinated Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 280,117	$ 280,117	$ 280,117
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.66%	5.66%	4.56%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			17 years 5 months	18 years 4 months 24 days
Recourse \| Junior Subordinated Notes \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Recourse \| Junior Subordinated Notes \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 280,117	$ 280,117	$ 280,117
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.66%	5.66%	4.56%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			17 years 5 months	18 years 4 months 24 days
Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 37,199	$ 37,199	$ 39,219
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.02%	5.02%	5.02%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			6 years 11 months	7 years 10 months 24 days
Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 37,199	$ 37,199	$ 39,219
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.02%	5.02%	5.02%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			6 years 11 months	7 years 10 months 24 days
Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-Recourse
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		9,315,703	9,315,703	10,144,181
Non-Recourse \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		3,415,553	3,415,553	3,597,124
Non-Recourse \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		5,900,150	5,900,150	6,547,057
Non-Recourse \| Securitization bonds payable
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal				$ 391,231
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)				3.05%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity				28 years 6 months
Non-Recourse \| Securitization bonds payable \| Fixed Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal				$ 30,132
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)				3.45%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity				29 years 10 months 24 days
Non-Recourse \| Securitization bonds payable \| Variable Rate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal				$ 361,099
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)				3.02%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity				28 years 4 months 24 days
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Healthcare
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 3,240,680	$ 3,240,680	$ 3,288,256
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.31%	5.31%	5.03%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years 2 months	3 years
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Industrial
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 1,077,195	$ 1,077,195	$ 1,014,229
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		3.84%	3.84%	3.50%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			10 years 7 months	11 years 4 months 24 days
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Hospitality
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 2,648,072	$ 2,648,072	$ 2,608,719
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.71%	5.71%	4.69%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years 9 months	3 years 8 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Other Real Estate Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 1,990,245	$ 1,990,245	$ 2,215,998
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.39%	4.39%	4.03%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years 8 months	4 years 7 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Real Estate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 359,511	$ 359,511	$ 625,748
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.50%	4.50%	4.05%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years 5 months	3 years 3 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate \| Healthcare
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 2,130,999	$ 2,130,999	$ 2,168,936
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.62%	4.62%	4.65%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			1 year 11 months	2 years 10 months 24 days
Long-term debt, repayment of principal in next twelve months		$ 1,700,000	$ 1,700,000
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate \| Industrial
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 1,071,721	$ 1,071,721	$ 1,014,229
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		3.83%	3.83%	3.50%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			10 years 7 months	11 years 4 months 24 days
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate \| Hospitality
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 12,019	$ 12,019	$ 9,038
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		12.99%	12.99%	11.00%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years 7 months	3 years 7 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate \| Other Real Estate Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 200,814	$ 200,814	$ 374,789
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.02%	4.02%	4.07%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years 9 months	5 years 6 months
Outstanding principal in payment default				$ 384,500
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate \| Real Estate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 0	$ 0	0
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Fixed Rate \| Healthcare And Hospitality
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding principal not in compliance with certain covenants		538,500	538,500
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Variable Rate \| Healthcare
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 1,109,681	$ 1,109,681	$ 1,119,320
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		6.64%	6.64%	5.75%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years 8 months	3 years
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Variable Rate \| Industrial
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 5,474	$ 5,474	$ 0
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.27%	5.27%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			4 years 2 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Variable Rate \| Hospitality
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 2,636,053	$ 2,636,053	$ 2,599,681
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		5.68%	5.68%	4.67%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years 9 months	3 years 8 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Variable Rate \| Other Real Estate Equity
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 1,789,431	$ 1,789,431	$ 1,841,209
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.43%	4.43%	4.02%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			3 years 7 months	4 years 5 months
Non-Recourse \| Secured and Unsecured Debt \| Variable Rate \| Real Estate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal		$ 359,511	$ 359,511	$ 625,748
Weighted Average Interest Rate (Per Annum)		4.50%	4.50%	4.05%
Weighted Average Years Remaining to Maturity			2 years 5 months	3 years 3 months