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Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Summary of Common Shares Outstanding | The following table summarizes issuance, repurchase, and other activity with respect to the Company's common stock for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:
|  | Three-Month Period Ended
|  | March 31, 2020 |  | March 31, 2019
Shares of Common Stock Outstanding (December 31, 2019 and January 1, 2019, respectively) |  | 38,647,943 |  |  | 29,796,601 |
Share Activity: |  |  |  |
Shares of common stock issued |  | 5,290,000 |  |  | — |
Shares of common stock issued in connection with incentive fee payment |  | 637 |  |  | — |
Shares of common stock repurchased |  | (288,172 | ) |  | (50,825 | )
OP LTIP Units exercised |  | — |  |  | — |
OP Units exercised |  | 129,516 |  |  | — |
Shares of Common Stock Outstanding (March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively) |  | 43,779,924 |  |  | 29,745,776 |

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