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Price of the entity's common stock which would be required to be attained for vesting of awards under share based payment arrangement.

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Equity (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2023 shares	Mar. 31, 2023 item D $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2023 item shares	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2023 shares	Sep. 30, 2018 shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of classes of common stock \| item		1	1	1
Cash dividends declared \| $				$ 11.1	$ 10.5
Dividends declared, per share (usd per share) \| $ / shares				$ 0.177	$ 0.17
Award vesting period			4 years
2009 Long Term Incentive Plan
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance for future awards (in shares)		267,094	267,094	267,094
Performance-based awards \| Caret Performance Incentive Plan (the "Original Caret Performance Incentive Plan").
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Previously vested shares subject to additional vesting (as percentage)		25.00%
Awards expected to vest within the next year.						1,000
Performance-based awards \| Amended Caret Performance Incentive Plan
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Trigger at average per share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 60.00
Expiration term (in years)		4 years
Awards outstanding (in shares)	1,499,757
Awards granted during the period		76,801
Number of awards outstanding then outstanding units (as percentage)	15.41%
Number of awards outstanding then authorized units (as percentage)	12.50%
Performance-based awards \| Amended Caret Performance Incentive Plan \| Minimum
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Threshold consecutive trading days \| D		30
Chief Financial Officer \| Performance-based awards \| Amended Caret Performance Incentive Plan
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Awards granted during the period		15,000
General and Administrative Expense \| Performance-based awards \| Caret Performance Incentive Plan (the "Original Caret Performance Incentive Plan").
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Share-based payment arrangement, expense \| $					$ 0.3
Safehold, Inc. (Old SAFE) \| 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance for future awards (in shares)		0	0	0
Safehold, Inc. (Old SAFE) \| Performance-based awards \| Caret Performance Incentive Plan (the "Original Caret Performance Incentive Plan").
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Capital shares reserved for future issuance (in shares)							1,500,000