Mortgage refinancings (Details Narrative) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				14 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2013	May 28, 2013	Jul. 31, 2014 Construction Loan - Damascus Center [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 Construction Loan - Damascus Center [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Westwood Plaza Mortgage Loan [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Construction Loan - Rotunda Project [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Construction Loan - Rotunda Project [Member]	Dec. 09, 2013 Construction Loan - Rotunda Project [Member]	Jul. 31, 2014 Hammel Gardens and Steuben Arms Mortgage Loans [Member]	Nov. 18, 2013 Hammel Gardens and Steuben Arms Mortgage Loans [Member]
Refinanced loan amount					$ 15,000	$ 8,000				$ 9,400
Loan amount				25,000		22,750			120,000	19,700
Amount drawn on loan				20,000			31,900	31,900
Unused loan draw				5,000
End date of loan draw				Dec. 26, 2015
Description of variable interest rate				BBA LIBOR			monthly LIBOR
Basis points, interest rate				2.10%			2.25%
Maturity date of loan				Jan. 03, 2023		Jan. 31, 2023
Fixed interest rate						4.75%
Repurchase amount of acquisition loan			19,000
Start date of loan							Dec. 09, 2013			Dec. 01, 2013
Percentage ownership of Grande Rotunda LLC affiliate							60.00%
Term of the loan							4 years
Repayment of mortgages and construction loan	12,268	44,791						19,000
Construction and pre-development costs	22,244	3,175						12,900
Description of refinance arrangement										This refinancing resulted in: (i) a reduction of annual interest costs from 6.4% to 4.54%, and (ii) net refinancing procees of approximately $10 million
Annual interest costs										4.54%	6.40%
Net proceeds from refinancing of debt										$ 10,000