Investment in Mortgage Notes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):

	2014			2013
Receivable from tenants	$	6,705		$	10,759
Receivable from non-tenants	602			275
Receivable from Canada Revenue Agency	—			839
Straight-line rent receivable	41,529			33,654
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,554		)	(2,989		)
Total	$	47,282		$	42,538

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, 2014 and 2013 consists of the following (in thousands):

		2014		2013
(1)	Mortgage note, 10.00%, paid in full December 2, 2014	$	—	$	42,907
(2)	Mortgage note, 10.27%, paid in full December 2, 2014	—		10,972
(3)	Mortgage note, 9.00%, due March 16, 2015	1,164		—
(4)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.00%, due November 30, 2015	1,149		—
(5)	Mortgage note receivable and related accrued interest receivable, 5.50%, due November 1, 2016	2,500		2,511
(6)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.00%, due November 1, 2017	2,521		2,521
(7)	Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receviable, 7.00% and 10.00%, due May 1, 2019	191,116		183,465
(8)	Mortgage note, 10.00%, due November 1, 2020	70,114		1,112
(9)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.65%, due June 28, 2032	36,032		36,032
(10)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.50%, due September 1, 2032	19,795		19,659
(11)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.25%, due October 31, 2032	22,188		22,188
(12)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.00%, due December 31, 2032	5,598		5,717
(13)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 9.50%, due January 31, 2033	12,082		6,872
(14)	Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, 9.50%, due April 30, 2033	28,788		20,802
(15)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.25%, due June 30, 2033	3,471		3,455
(16)	Mortgage note, 11.31%, due July 1, 2033	13,005		13,086
(17)	Mortgage note, 8.50%, due June 30, 2034	4,870		—
(18)	Mortgage note and related accrued interest receivable, 10.93%, due December 1, 2034	51,450		63,500
(19)	Mortgage notes, 10.13%, due December 1, 2034	37,562		47,029
(20)	Mortgage notes, 10.40%, due December 1, 2034	4,550		4,509
	Total mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable	$	507,955	$	486,337

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, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):

	Amount
Year:
2015	$	6,305
2016	3,933
2017	1,754
2018	837
2019	190,642
Thereafter	304,484
Total	$	507,955