Portfolio Loans - Summary of Term Loans by Origination Year (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Total	$ 9,737,138	$ 9,017,642
Commercial and industrial
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	1,456,605	1,230,523
Year 2	650,568	498,406
Year 3	348,225	331,113
Year 4	172,574	144,420
Year 5	70,890	131,943
Prior	70,437	94,638
Financing Receivable, Converted	8,388	16,472
Revolving Loans	1,058,885	918,693
Total	3,836,572	3,366,208
Commercial and industrial \| Pass (1-6)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	1,403,381	1,180,601
Year 2	635,275	477,374
Year 3	332,740	317,869
Year 4	172,127	132,851
Year 5	62,729	116,738
Prior	66,152	82,846
Financing Receivable, Converted	8,388	11,648
Revolving Loans	964,592	854,102
Total	3,645,384	3,174,029
Commercial and industrial \| Special Mention (7)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	37,048	35,005
Year 2	10,836	17,502
Year 3	13,858	9,404
Year 4	423	9,880
Year 5	7,995	12,217
Prior	4,102	10,979
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	4,037
Revolving Loans	72,944	53,595
Total	147,206	152,619
Commercial and industrial \| Classified (8-9)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	16,176	14,917
Year 2	4,457	3,530
Year 3	1,627	3,840
Year 4	24	1,689
Year 5	166	2,988
Prior	183	813
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	787
Revolving Loans	21,349	10,996
Total	43,982	39,560
Commercial Real Estate-Investor Owned Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	687,774	669,987
Year 2	590,395	515,989
Year 3	416,369	379,835
Year 4	252,591	147,927
Year 5	115,723	113,704
Prior	221,816	239,427
Financing Receivable, Converted	1,506	3,925
Revolving Loans	53,051	70,348
Total	2,339,225	2,141,142
Commercial Real Estate-Investor Owned Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Pass (1-6)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	667,107	651,740
Year 2	584,644	476,946
Year 3	392,402	346,245
Year 4	240,033	146,107
Year 5	115,530	112,043
Prior	202,661	217,808
Financing Receivable, Converted	1,457	3,625
Revolving Loans	53,051	68,236
Total	2,256,885	2,022,750
Commercial Real Estate-Investor Owned Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Special Mention (7)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	18,844	16,871
Year 2	5,751	35,908
Year 3	23,502	32,755
Year 4	11,605	1,003
Year 5	0	502
Prior	13,063	17,478
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	300
Revolving Loans	0	2,062
Total	72,765	106,879
Commercial Real Estate-Investor Owned Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Classified (8-9)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	1,823	1,376
Year 2	0	3,135
Year 3	465	835
Year 4	953	817
Year 5	193	1,159
Prior	6,092	4,141
Financing Receivable, Converted	49	0
Revolving Loans	0	50
Total	9,575	11,513
Commercial Real Estate-Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	550,774	619,848
Year 2	561,063	437,404
Year 3	382,489	292,312
Year 4	245,700	198,000
Year 5	152,011	157,221
Prior	291,009	258,696
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	250
Revolving Loans	58,108	48,649
Total	2,241,154	2,012,380
Commercial Real Estate-Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Pass (1-6)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	539,610	604,975
Year 2	555,690	423,263
Year 3	362,150	278,830
Year 4	232,335	164,210
Year 5	123,095	140,515
Prior	270,613	235,973
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	250
Revolving Loans	57,308	48,349
Total	2,140,801	1,896,365
Commercial Real Estate-Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Special Mention (7)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	11,164	12,825
Year 2	3,801	13,585
Year 3	16,856	4,301
Year 4	4,455	16,774
Year 5	13,043	10,274
Prior	9,009	15,764
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	800	300
Total	59,128	73,823
Commercial Real Estate-Owner Occupied Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Classified (8-9)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	0	2,048
Year 2	1,572	556
Year 3	3,483	9,181
Year 4	8,910	17,016
Year 5	15,873	6,432
Prior	11,387	6,959
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	0	0
Total	41,225	42,192
Construction Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	308,669	339,087
Year 2	232,998	244,744
Year 3	53,810	70,978
Year 4	3,069	37,554
Year 5	2,643	25,928
Prior	8,607	9,532
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	568
Revolving Loans	1,769	2,992
Total	611,565	731,383
Construction Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Pass (1-6)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	290,146	310,140
Year 2	232,998	229,396
Year 3	53,129	70,531
Year 4	2,909	35,936
Year 5	2,061	14,860
Prior	8,480	7,180
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	568
Revolving Loans	1,769	2,992
Total	591,492	671,603
Construction Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Special Mention (7)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	17,331	28,947
Year 2	0	15,348
Year 3	681	60
Year 4	146	1,199
Year 5	111	11,068
Prior	106	2,330
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	0	0
Total	18,375	58,952
Construction Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member] \| Classified (8-9)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	1,192	0
Year 2	0	0
Year 3	0	387
Year 4	14	419
Year 5	471	0
Prior	21	22
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	0	0
Total	1,698	828
Residential
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	63,769	119,191
Year 2	60,983	66,652
Year 3	48,796	22,532
Year 4	21,075	15,998
Year 5	12,713	25,038
Prior	90,570	107,169
Financing Receivable, Converted	579	9,980
Revolving Loans	96,309	87,225
Total	394,794	453,785
Residential \| Pass (1-6)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	63,317	116,352
Year 2	60,910	66,481
Year 3	48,796	21,356
Year 4	20,943	14,841
Year 5	11,259	24,778
Prior	88,795	103,840
Financing Receivable, Converted	579	9,980
Revolving Loans	96,304	87,146
Total	390,903	444,774
Residential \| Special Mention (7)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	331	2,425
Year 2	0	2
Year 3	0	622
Year 4	79	1,157
Year 5	352	248
Prior	781	1,305
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	0	79
Total	1,543	5,838
Residential \| Classified (8-9)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	121	414
Year 2	73	169
Year 3	0	554
Year 4	53	0
Year 5	1,102	12
Prior	994	2,024
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	5	0
Total	2,348	3,173
Other
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	38,753	108,209
Year 2	88,613	68,806
Year 3	56,252	22,694
Year 4	10,560	23,159
Year 5	20,511	6,924
Prior	10,807	16,288
Financing Receivable, Converted	3	1,500
Revolving Loans	9,540	9,169
Total	235,039	256,749
Other \| Pass (1-6)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	38,753	108,209
Year 2	88,613	68,806
Year 3	56,252	22,684
Year 4	10,556	23,145
Year 5	20,508	6,924
Prior	10,796	13,832
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	1,500
Revolving Loans	9,536	9,166
Total	235,014	254,266
Other \| Special Mention (7)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	0	0
Year 2	0	0
Year 3	0	0
Year 4	0	4
Year 5	0	0
Prior	0	2,440
Financing Receivable, Converted	0	0
Revolving Loans	0	1
Total	0	2,445
Other \| Classified (8-9)
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	0	0
Year 2	0	0
Year 3	0	10
Year 4	4	10
Year 5	3	0
Prior	11	16
Financing Receivable, Converted	3	0
Revolving Loans	4	2
Total	25	38
Loans Classified By Risk Category
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Year 1	3,106,344	3,086,845
Year 2	2,184,620	1,832,001
Year 3	1,305,941	1,119,464
Year 4	705,569	567,058
Year 5	374,491	460,758
Prior	693,246	725,750
Financing Receivable, Converted	10,476	32,695
Revolving Loans	1,277,662	1,137,076
Total	9,658,349	8,961,647
Loans Classified by Performing Status
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items]
Total	$ 78,789	$ 55,995

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