Loans Receivable and Allowance for Credit Losses - Allowance for Loan Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	$ 10,310	$ 9,905
Charge-offs	(1,798)	(185)
Recoveries	180	17
Provisions (credits)	3,087	0
Balance	24,780	9,737
Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	13,001
Unfunded Loan Commitment
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Provisions (credits)	867
Commercial Real Estate
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	6,966	5,063
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Provisions (credits)	1,217	(174)
Balance	9,809	4,889
Commercial Real Estate \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	1,626
Residential Real Estate
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	665	1,700
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	1
Provisions (credits)	(1)	(189)
Balance	853	1,512
Residential Real Estate \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	189
Commercial and Industrial
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	1,403	2,532
Charge-offs	(2)	(68)
Recoveries	7	15
Provisions (credits)	172	381
Balance	1,799	2,860
Commercial and Industrial \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	219
Consumer and Other
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	1,207	253
Charge-offs	(1,796)	(47)
Recoveries	173	1
Provisions (credits)	1,690	112
Balance	12,251	319
Consumer and Other \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	10,977
Construction
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	24	78
Charge-offs	0	(70)
Recoveries	0	0
Provisions (credits)	1	48
Balance	21	56
Construction \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	(4)
Construction to Permanent - CRE
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	10	41
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Provisions (credits)	8	(32)
Balance	47	9
Construction to Permanent - CRE \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	29
Unallocated
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	35	238
Charge-offs	0	0
Recoveries	0	0
Provisions (credits)	0	(146)
Balance	0	$ 92
Unallocated \| Impact of ASC 326 Adoption
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance	$ (35)

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Amount excluding accrued interest, of allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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Amount, excluding accrued interest, of increase in allowance for credit loss on financing receivable from recovery. Excludes net investment in lease.

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