INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2017 USD ($) ft² Subsidiary	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 38,289	$ 38,469
Chestnut Ridge and Plaza 59 Shopping Centers [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 18,148	$ 18,200
Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries involved in acquisition of properties \| Subsidiary	2
Ownership interest	50.00%	50.00%
Gateway Plaza [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 6,974	$ 7,160
Ownership interest	50.00%	50.00%
Area of property \| ft²	198,500
In-line space \| ft²	27,000
Area of pad site recently constructed \| ft²	3,500
Gateway Plaza [Member] \| Non-recourse First Mortgage Payable [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate	4.20%
Maturity date	Mar. 31, 2024
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 12,900
Walmart in Gateway Plaza Shopping Center [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Area of property \| ft²	168,000
Putnam Plaza Shopping Center [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 5,959	$ 5,970
Ownership interest	66.67%	66.67%
Area of property \| ft²	189,000
Putnam Plaza Shopping Center [Member] \| Non-recourse First Mortgage Payable [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate	4.17%
Maturity date	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 19,300
Midway Shopping Center, L.P. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 4,742	$ 4,856
Ownership interest	11.642%	11.642%
Area of property \| ft²	247,000
Percentage of voting interests acquired	25.00%
Excess of carrying amount over underlying equity allocated to real property	$ 7,400
Estimated useful life of property	39 years
Midway Shopping Center, L.P. [Member] \| Non-recourse First Mortgage Payable [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate	4.80%
Maturity date	Dec. 31, 2027
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 28,900
Applebee's at Riverhead [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 1,743	$ 1,560
Ownership interest	50.00%	50.00%
Area of property \| ft²	5,400
Area of newly build and fully leased pad site \| ft²	7,200
81 Pondfield Road Company [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 723	$ 723
Ownership interest	20.00%	20.00%
Gateway Plaza and Applebee's at Riverhead [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries involved in acquisition of properties \| Subsidiary	2
Ownership interest	50.00%
Chestnut Ridge [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Area of property \| ft²	76,000
Plaza 59 Shopping Centers [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Area of property \| ft²	24,000

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