Area of land held.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (c)
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Amount of real estate investment property which may include the following: (1) land available-for-sale; (2) land available-for-development; (3) investments in building and building improvements; (4) tenant allowances; (5) developments in-process; (6) rental properties; and (7) other real estate investments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(d))
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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	May 04, 2018 USD ($) a	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in square feet) \| ft²		8,905,487
Agreement values of real estate property for development \| $		$ 1,453,360	$ 1,489,656
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Overlake Plaza Redmond, WA [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of land owned \| a	15
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Overlake Plaza Redmond, WA [Member] \| Multi-family [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in square feet) \| a	2.5
Agreement values of real estate property for development \| $	$ 16,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| NewPark Mall Newark CA [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of land owned \| a	10
Subsequent Event [Member] \| NewPark Mall Newark CA [Member] \| Multi-family [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Area of real estate property (in square feet) \| a	4.5
Agreement values of real estate property for development \| $	$ 20,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Tanforan Mall San Bruno, CA [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Gross consideration \| $	$ 42,000