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Mortgage note maturity date

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Ownership percentage of partner in Joint Venture.

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Pledged assets separately reported real estate pledged as collateral at carrying value.

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Weighted Average Maturity of Consolidated Debt

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This is focus fiscal year of the document report in CCYY format. For a 2006 annual report, which may also provide financial information from prior periods, fiscal 2006 should be given as the fiscal year focus. Example: 2006.

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The end date of the period reflected on the cover page if a periodic report. For all other reports and registration statements containing historical data, it is the date up through which that historical data is presented. If there is no historical data in the report, use the filing date. The format of the date is CCYY-MM-DD.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Fair value portion of notes payable.

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Notes Payable (Other Debt Information Textuals) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Oct. 01, 2015	Feb. 28, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015	2014	2013
Notes payable	$ 721,293	$ 792,344
Mortgage Notes Payable	629,300
Notes Payable, Fair Value Disclosure	738,100	835,400
Long Term Debt Nonrecourse
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying value of assets pledged as collateral for debt	$ 675,700
Weighted average maturity of consolidated debt	4 years 6 months
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 92,000	140,200
Interest rate on mortgage loan (percent)	1.53%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	May 28, 2019
Post Oak Central Mortgage Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 181,770	185,109
Interest rate on mortgage loan (percent)	4.26%
Promenade mortgage note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 108,203	110,946
Interest rate on mortgage loan (percent)	4.27%
191 Peachtree Tower mortgage note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 100,000	100,000
Interest rate on mortgage loan (percent)	3.35%
816 Congress mortgage note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 85,000	85,000
Interest rate on mortgage loan (percent)	3.75%
Points at Waterview Mortgage Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notes payable	$ 0	$ 14,598		$ 14,200
Mortgage note maturity date	Jan. 01, 2016
Interest rate on mortgage loan (percent)	5.66%
Terminus Office Holdings [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument original principal amount					$ 82,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage					50.00%
Institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management [Member] \| Terminus Office Holdings [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	50.00%