Investment in Mortgage Notes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of accounts receivable, net as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):

	2013			2012
Receivable from tenants	$	10,759		$	9,379
Receivable from non-tenants	275			1,527
Receivable from Canada Revenue Agency	839			793
Straight-line rent receivable	33,654			30,891
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(2,989		)	(3,852		)
Total	$	42,538		$	38,738

Mortgage Receivable [Member]

Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

Investment in mortgage notes, including related accrued interest receivable, at December 31, 2013 and 2012 consists of the following (in thousands):

		2013		2012
(1)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.00%, paid in full on May 31, 2013	$	—	$	1,710
(2)	Mortgage note, 9.50%, paid in full on October 8, 2013	—		17,979
(3)	Mortgage note, 10.00%, due April 1, 2016	42,907		42,907
(4)	Mortgage note receivable and related accrued interest receivable, 5.50%, due November 1, 2016	2,511		—
(5)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.00%, due November 1, 2017	2,521		2,517
(6)	Mortgage notes, 7.00% and 10.00%, due May 1, 2019	183,465		178,545
(7)	Mortgage note, 10.00%, due August 29, 2020	1,112		—
(8)	Mortgage note, 10.11%, due March 10, 2027	10,972		10,945
(9)	Mortgage notes, 10.77%, due April 3, 2027	63,500		62,500
(10)	Mortgage note, 9.98%, due October 30, 2027	47,029		45,714
(11)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.65%, due June 28, 2032	36,032		36,032
(12)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.50%, due September 1, 2032	19,659		19,471
(13)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.25%, due October 31, 2032	22,188		22,188
(14)	Mortgage note, 10.20%, due December 19, 2032	4,509		2,550
(15)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.00%, due December 31, 2032	5,717		5,787
(16)	Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, 9.50%, due April 30, 2033	20,802		—
(17)	Mortgage note, 11.31%, due May 31, 2033	13,086		4,930
(18)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.25%, due June 30, 2033	3,455		1,977
(19)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.50%, due June 30, 2033	6,872		—
	Total mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable	$	486,337	$	455,752

Schedule of Principal Payments and Related Accrued Interest Due By Year [Table Text Block]

Principal payments and related accrued interest due on mortgage notes receivable subsequent to December 31, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):

	Amount
Year:
2014	$	751
2015	878
2016	46,297
2017	1,154
2018	168
Thereafter	437,089
Total	$	486,337