Area of real estate that have been pledged as collateral for borrowings.

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Fixed charge coverage ratio for line of credit facility.

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Minimum liquidity requirement to be maintained under line of credit facility.

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Maximum percentage of loan to value.

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The maximum period with in which the entity has to get performance financing from the date of withdrawn from acquisition credit line.

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Minimum debt service coverage ratio.

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The percentage of total debt plus certain equity components to total assets.

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Percentage of purchase price of real estate acquisitions.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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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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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The lowest amount of net worth (total assets minus total liabilities) required by secondary market investors or state-imposed regulatory mandates.

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Revolving Credit Agreements (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Revolving Credit Agreements (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($) ft²	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 19, 2019 ft²
Webster Credit Line
Revolving credit agreement
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 19,500
Maximum percentage of loan to value	72.00%
Minimum liquidity	$ 5,000
Fixed charge coverage ratio	1.1
Standby letters of credit aggregate amount	$ 484
Outstanding borrowings under credit line	$ 0
Webster Credit Line \| Griffin Center South, Bloomfield, CT
Revolving credit agreement
Area of collateralized properties (in square feet) \| ft²	235,000
Webster Credit Line \| Single-story office building in Griffin Center
Revolving credit agreement
Area of collateralized properties (in square feet) \| ft²	48,000
Webster Credit Line \| Industrial/warehouse building
Revolving credit agreement
Area of collateralized properties (in square feet) \| ft²			31,000
Webster Credit Line \| LIBOR
Revolving credit agreement
Variable interest rate margin (as a percent)	2.50%
Acquisition Credit Line
Revolving credit agreement
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 15,000
Minimum liquidity	$ 5,000
Fixed charge coverage ratio	1.1
Purchase price of real estate acquisitions (as a percent)	65.00%
Maximum period for obtaining permanent finance from date of drawn	135 days
Minimum debt service coverage ratio	1.25
Minimum net worth	$ 80,000
Maximum percentage of total debt plus preferred stock to total assets allowed	50.00%
Outstanding borrowings under credit line	$ 4,100	$ 5,875
Weighted average interest rate	4.41%
Acquisition Credit Line \| LIBOR
Revolving credit agreement
Variable interest rate margin (as a percent)	2.75%