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Number of rooms in mixed use segment all suite hotel.

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Percentage Of Distributed Taxable Income To Qualify As Reit

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The number of real estate properties held for development.

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Number of persons employed by the Entity

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For an unclassified balance sheet, a valuation allowance for receivables due a company that are expected to be uncollectible.

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The amount of cash deposited in financial institutions as of the balance sheet date that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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The amount of cash as of the balance sheet date that is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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Fixed interest rate that will be received or paid upon exercise of the interest rate swaption contract.

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The excise taxes collected by a public utility and reported in revenues if the amount of excise taxes is equal to 1 percent or more of such total.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 Segment Room Employee Property	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jan. 09, 2014
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of employees	113dei_EntityNumberOfEmployees
Number of office, retail, multifamily and mixed-use operating properties	23us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
Properties held for development	5
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ (800,000)	$ (1,000,000)
Total bad debt expense	200,000us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	100,000us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	600,000us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts
Real estate depreciation expense	56,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation	52,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation	47,800,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Short term liquid investments, initial maturity	3 months
Cash balance at banks, federally insured amount		250,000us-gaap_CashFDICInsuredAmount
Cash balance at banks, excess of FDIC insured limit	32,400,000us-gaap_CashUninsuredAmount	29,000,000us-gaap_CashUninsuredAmount
Restricted cash	10,994,000	9,124,000
Number of operating segments	4us-gaap_NumberOfOperatingSegments
Room in mixed-use segment all-suite hotel	369
Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of taxable income required to distribute to qualify as real estate investment trust (REIT)	90.00%
Money Market Funds
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash balance at banks, excess of FDIC insured limit	20,000,000	11,000,000
Building And Improvement \| Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Real Estate, estimated useful lives	30 years
Building And Improvement \| Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Real Estate, estimated useful lives	40 years
Furniture And Equipment \| Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Real Estate, estimated useful lives	3 years
Furniture And Equipment \| Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Real Estate, estimated useful lives	15 years
Deferred Rent Receivables
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,200,000)	(1,200,000)
Other Income
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
General excise tax recognized, gross	$ 3,400,000	$ 3,500,000	$ 3,300,000
Term Loan
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Line of credit interest rate (in percents)				3.08%