Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Mezzanine Loans Receivable [Abstract]
Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable	5. Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the carrying amount of mortgage and mezzanine loans receivable was $175,699,000 and $225,359,000, respectively. These loans have a weighted average interest rate of 10.8% and 10.3% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, and have maturities ranging from August 2014 to May 2016. On March 27, 2013, we transferred, at par, a 25% participation in a mortgage loan on 701 Seventh Avenue to a third party for $59,375,000 in cash. We acquired this participation in October 2012, together with a 25% interest in a mezzanine loan on the property. The transfer did not qualify for sale accounting given our continuing interest in the mezzanine loan. Accordingly, we continue to include the 25% participation in the mortgage loan in “Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable” and have recorded a $59,375,000 liability in “Other Liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheet. On April 17, 2013, a $50,091,000 mezzanine loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2015, was repaid. In connection therewith, we received net proceeds of $55,358,000, including prepayment penalties, which resulted in income of $5,267,000, included in “interest and other investment income (loss)” on our consolidated statement of income.

Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Mezzanine Loans Receivable [Abstract]

5. Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the carrying amount of mortgage and mezzanine loans receivable was $175,699,000 and $225,359,000, respectively. These loans have a weighted average interest rate of 10.8% and 10.3% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, and have maturities ranging from August 2014 to May 2016.

On March 27, 2013, we transferred, at par, a 25% participation in a mortgage loan on 701 Seventh Avenue to a third party for $59,375,000 in cash. We acquired this participation in October 2012, together with a 25% interest in a mezzanine loan on the property. The transfer did not qualify for sale accounting given our continuing interest in the mezzanine loan. Accordingly, we continue to include the 25% participation in the mortgage loan in “Mortgage and Mezzanine Loans Receivable” and have recorded a $59,375,000 liability in “Other Liabilities” on our consolidated balance sheet.

On April 17, 2013, a $50,091,000 mezzanine loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2015, was repaid. In connection therewith, we received net proceeds of $55,358,000, including prepayment penalties, which resulted in income of $5,267,000, included in “interest and other investment income (loss)” on our consolidated statement of income.