Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rental revenue	$ 11,838	$ 7,570	$ 34,236	$ 22,310
Property operating expenses	7,443	4,701	20,580	12,541
General and administrative	1,579	3,042	8,424	7,956
Advisory fee to related party	2,295	1,571	6,883	7,614
Interest income	9,008	7,035	25,201	19,937
Related Party \| Pillar and Regis
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Rental revenue	232	223	731	702
Related Party \| Regis
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property operating expenses	97	110	296	337
Related Party \| Pillar
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
General and administrative	856	1,288	3,095	3,368
Advisory fee to related party	2,295	1,571	6,883	7,614
Related Party \| UHF and Pillar
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 4,854	$ 4,140	$ 14,165	$ 11,134
ARL \| Related Party \| MRHI
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership interest	90.80%		90.80%

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Amount of expense incurred and directly related to generating revenue by lessor from operating lease of rented property and equipment.

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Amount before accretion (amortization) of purchase discount (premium) of interest income on nonoperating securities.

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Amount of operating lease income from lease payments and variable lease payments paid and payable to lessor. Includes, but is not limited to, variable lease payments not included in measurement of lease receivable.

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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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