Real Estate Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2018	Feb. 28, 2017	Nov. 30, 2017
Real Estate Assets
Land	$ 20,403		$ 20,403
Land improvements	30,851		30,833
Buildings and improvements	187,269		187,116
Tenant improvements	27,820		27,924
Machinery and equipment	10,958		10,958
Construction in progress	2,570		486
Development costs	14,204		14,132
Real estate assets, gross	294,075		291,852
Accumulated depreciation	(97,514)		(95,112)
Real estate assets, net	196,561		196,740
Depreciation expense	2,402	$ 2,095
Capitalized interest	38
Value of real estate assets reclassified out of held for sale due to sale	68
Real estate assets held for sale
Real Estate Assets
Land	503		504
Land improvements	354		354
Development costs	1,007		1,074
Real estate assets, net	$ 1,864		$ 1,932
Land improvements \| Minimum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	10 years		10 years
Land improvements \| Maximum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	30 years		30 years
Buildings and improvements \| Minimum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	10 years		10 years
Buildings and improvements \| Maximum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	40 years		40 years
Machinery and equipment. \| Minimum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	3 years		3 years
Machinery and equipment. \| Maximum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives	20 years		20 years

Amount of real estate depreciation expense for the period.

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The total gross cost at balance sheet date of construction on real estate projects that are not yet completed.

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Amount of real estate investment property not held for sale, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-development; (2) investments in building and building improvements; (3) tenant allowances; (4) developments in-process; (5) rental properties; and (6) other real estate investments.

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Amount of real estate investment property not including that held for sale, net of accumulated depreciation, which may include the following: (1) land available-for-development; (2) investments in building and building improvements; (3) tenant allowances; (4) developments in-process; (5) rental properties; and (6) other real estate investments.

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Reduction amount of real estate property classified as held for sale due to sale during the period.

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The current amount of expenditures for a real estate project that has not yet been completed.

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Amount before accumulated depreciation of fixtures and equipment. Includes, but is not limited to, machinery, equipment, and engines.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Aggregate of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of investments in building and building improvements.

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Amount before accumulated depletion of real estate held for productive use, excluding land held for sale.

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Amount before accumulated deprecation and depletion of additions or improvements to real estate held for productive use. Examples include, but are not limited to, walkways, driveways, fences, and parking lots.

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Useful life on which depreciation was computed for entities with a substantial portion of business acquiring and holding investment real estate, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cumulative amount of depreciation for real estate property held for investment purposes.

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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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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of improvements having a life longer than one year that were made for the benefit of one or more tenants.

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