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Segment Information - Narrative (Details) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023 property segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of reportable segments | segment | 1
Office |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |
Number of properties that do not meet criteria for reportable segment | property | 1

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- Definition Number Of Properties That Do Not Meet Criteria For Reportable Segment + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 18 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126901519&loc=d3e8672-108599 + Details
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- Definition 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. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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