The area of the office building.

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Area of office building utilized for offices.

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The cash outflow for a fee charged by a financial intermediary such as a bank, broker, or underwriter.

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Gross proceeds from sale of the long-lived, physical assets that were sold during the period

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, excluding oil and gas property and timber property.

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The cash inflow from the sale of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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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 real estate investment property, net of accumulated depreciation, 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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Real Estate Owned (Details) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
Real Estate Owned (Details) $ in Thousands	Jan. 26, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Property, Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Less: Real estate carrying value, (net of accumulated depreciation)		$ (1,632)	$ (1,680)
Commercial Office Building [Member]
Property, Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Area of building in square feet \| ft²		14,500
Square feet utilized by Company \| ft²		3,500
Number of years depreciation is based upon		39 years
Commercial Office Building [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Property, Plant And Equipment [Line Items]
Gross sales price	$ 5,200
Less: Transactions costs	(290)
Net cash proceeds	4,910
Less: Real estate carrying value, (net of accumulated depreciation)	(1,632)
Net gain on sale of real estate	$ 3,278