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Represents the cash received upon completion of the sewer line to service the land that was sold.

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Represents the estimated pretax gain on sale that would be recognized after all costs are incurred and total revenue is recognized.

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Funds held in escrow for the acquisition of a replacement property, as a part of the Section 1031 like-kind exchange.

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Area of land sold.

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Represents the percentage of total cost incurred, related to the sale of real estate property.

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Represents the pretax gain on sale of real estate property recognized based on the percentage of total costs incurred related to sale.

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Amount of real estate depreciation expense for the period.

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Represents the percentage of revenue and pretax gain from sale of real estate property recognized based on the percentage of total costs incurred related to sale.

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Represents the revenue from modification in agreement related to the sale of real estate property.

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Represents the sale price of land.

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, excluding oil and gas property and timber property.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Revenue from the sale of land in the reporting period.

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Real Estate Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended		24 Months Ended	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2013	Nov. 30, 2013	Dec. 01, 2012	Dec. 03, 2011	Nov. 30, 2013 Held for Sale	Dec. 01, 2012 Held for Sale	Nov. 30, 2013 Land	Dec. 01, 2012 Land	Nov. 30, 2013 Land Tradeport Undeveloped land sale	Dec. 01, 2012 Land Tradeport Undeveloped land sale acre	Nov. 30, 2013 Land Tradeport Undeveloped land sale	Nov. 30, 2013 Land Windsor undeveloped land sale	Nov. 21, 2013 Land Windsor undeveloped land sale acre	Nov. 30, 2013 Land Held for Sale	Dec. 01, 2012 Land Held for Sale	Nov. 30, 2013 Land improvements	Dec. 01, 2012 Land improvements	Nov. 30, 2013 Land improvements Minimum	Nov. 30, 2013 Land improvements Maximum	Nov. 30, 2013 Buildings and improvements	Dec. 01, 2012 Buildings and improvements	Nov. 30, 2013 Buildings and improvements Minimum	Nov. 30, 2013 Buildings and improvements Maximum	Nov. 30, 2013 Tenant improvements	Dec. 01, 2012 Tenant improvements	Nov. 30, 2013 Development costs	Dec. 01, 2012 Development costs	Nov. 30, 2013 Development costs Held for Sale	Dec. 01, 2012 Development costs Held for Sale
Real estate assets
Estimated Useful Lives																		10 years	30 years			10 years	40 years
Real estate assets, gross	$ 192,268	$ 192,268	$ 180,671		$ 1,104	$ 1,186	$ 17,507	$ 10,267						$ 30	$ 35	$ 15,529	$ 15,138			$ 126,245	$ 125,971			$ 16,126	$ 14,738	$ 16,861	$ 14,557	$ 1,074	$ 1,151
Accumulated depreciation	(61,078)	(61,078)	(56,744)
Real estate assets, net	131,190	131,190	123,927
Depreciation expense		5,545	5,237	5,632
Capitalized interest		71	596	134
Sales
Number of acres sold										93			90
Sale price													9,000
Area of land portion of which is to be sold (in acres)													268
Proceeds from land sale deposited in escrow	8,860	8,860	6,934							6,929		8,860
Percentage of cost incurred on sale of land												30.00%
Percentage of total revenue and pretax gain on sale have been recognized												30.00%
Revenue from sale of land	2,668								2,474			2,668
Pretax gain on land sale									2,109			1,990
Deferred revenue that will be recognized as the construction of roadways connecting the land with existing town roads												6,300
Estimated pretax gain on sale that would be recognized after incurring total costs and recognizing total revenue												6,688
Proceeds from sale of undeveloped land										7,000
Pretax gain from sale of land recognized										3,942	6,051
Revenue from an amended agreement related to land sale									177
Cash received upon completion of the sewer line to service the land									$ 177