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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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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.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period.

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Real Estate Properties - Sale of Properties (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) ft² property unit room hotel	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($) ft² property hotel	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) ft² unit property hotel room	Dec. 31, 2021 ft²
Hotels
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Rooms \| unit	41,166		41,166
Net Lease
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Square Feet \| ft²				154,206
Disposed of by sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property			69
Rooms \| room	7,179		7,179
Square Feet \| ft²	115,492		115,492
Gross Sales Price			$ 500,932
Gain/ (Loss) on Sale			$ 44,399
Disposed of by sale \| Hotels
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Properties	51	5	56
Rooms \| hotel	6,119	1,060	6,119
Gross Sales Price	$ 427,694	$ 60,174	$ 487,868
Gain/ (Loss) on Sale	$ 39,878	$ 4,990	$ 44,869
Disposed of by sale \| Net Lease
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of Properties \| property	11	2
Square Feet \| ft²	108,532	6,960	108,532
Gross Sales Price	$ 7,714	$ 5,350
Gain/ (Loss) on Sale	$ (1,027)	$ 558