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Real Estate - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands | 6 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) property parcel state shares | Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) | May 01, 2019 shares | Apr. 30, 2019 $ / shares shares | Apr. 29, 2019 shares | Dec. 31, 2018 shares
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of properties | property | 101 |  |  |  |  |
Number of states | state | 25 |  |  |  |  |
Number of land parcels held for future development | parcel | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Purchase price | $ | $ 4,200,000 |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation | $ | 34,630 | $ 28,399 |  |  |  |
Amortization expense | $ | $ 36,241 | $ 30,763 |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued (shares) |  |  |  | 78,100,000 |  |
Number of shares outstanding (in shares) | 243,610,554 |  | 252,863,421 | 78,054,934 |  | 174,470,284
Exchange ratio |  |  |  | 1.04807 |  |
Discount rate | Minimum |  |  |  |  |  |
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate (percent) | 0.0625 |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | Maximum |  |  |  |  |  |
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate (percent) | 0.1175 |  |  |  |  |
Common Class E |  |  |  |  |  |
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares outstanding (in shares) | 168,473,558 |  |  |  |  |
Exchange ratio |  |  |  | 1.04807 | 1.04807 |
EA-1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued (shares) |  |  |  | 74,474,924.3848216245 | 167,000,000 |
Number of shares outstanding (in shares) |  |  |  |  | 167,000,000 |
EA-1's net asset value per share (in usd per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  | $ 10.02 |  |

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