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Mortgage prepayment penalty.

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

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Mortgage financings (Details) - USD ($)				1 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mortgage financings (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 07, 2018	Dec. 07, 2017	Feb. 01, 2010	Apr. 28, 2017	Nov. 23, 2016	Jan. 31, 2018	Jan. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2017	Jan. 08, 2018	Sep. 29, 2016	Apr. 22, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis points, interest rate							0.00%
Total loan carrying amount						$ 353,613,000	$ 353,613,000	$ 323,435,000
Station Place on Monmouth, LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of acquisition		100.00%
Provident Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount		$ 12,350,000				$ 16,200,000	$ 16,200,000
Fixed interest rate		4.35%				3.75%	3.75%
Basis points, interest rate		1.80%				2.75%	1.25%
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount						$ 3,100,000	$ 3,100,000	3,100,000
Maturity date of loan		Dec. 15, 2027					Dec. 15, 2024
Tanant improvements								3,000,000
Line of credit, current borrowing capacity						12,800,000	$ 12,800,000
Line of credit, remaining capacity						9,900,000	9,900,000	9,900,000
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity						13,000,000	13,000,000
Line of credit, renewal						100,000		$ 100,000
People's United Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount						$ 20,200,000	$ 20,200,000			$ 25,800,000
Total loan carrying amount											$ 2,320,000
Patchogue NY [Member] \| Mortgages [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed rate mortgage loans									$ 29,100,000
Fixed interest rate						5.38%	5.38%
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount						$ 5,200,000	$ 5,200,000
Patchogue NY [Member] \| Mortgages [Member] \| Pierre Towers, LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount						$ 48,000,000	$ 48,000,000
Fixed interest rate						3.88%	3.88%
Total loan carrying amount						$ 960,000	$ 960,000
Term of the loan							10 years
Net proceeds from refinancing of debt							$ 17,200,000
Mortgage prepayment penalty							$ 1,200,000
S And A Commercial Associates Limited Partnership [Member] \| Mortgages [Member]
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Membership interest percentage						65.00%	65.00%
Repurchase amount of acquisition loan						$ 11,200,000	$ 11,200,000
WestFREIT Corp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Refinanced loan amount				$ 22,000,000
Basis points, interest rate				2.75%
Maturity date of loan				Apr. 28, 2019
Description of loan amendment terms				This refinancing resulted in: (i) a reduction in the annual interest rate from a fixed rate of 5.55% to a variable rate
Net proceeds from refinancing of debt				$ 1,100,000
Wells Fargo Bank [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate	3.00%
Basis points, interest rate	2.28%
Total loan carrying amount	$ 115,300,000
Tanant improvements	118,500,000
Leasing costs	$ 3,380,000
Wells Fargo Bank [Member] \| Manufacturer's and Traders Trust Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loan amount				$ 23,500,000
Baltimore, MD [Member] \| People's United Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Refinanced loan amount			$ 19,500,000
Loan amount			$ 22,500,000			$ 120,000,000	$ 120,000,000
Fixed interest rate						4.71%	4.71%
Basis points, interest rate							2.25%
Total loan carrying amount						$ 115,300,000	$ 115,300,000
Amount of loan proceeds used to repay FREIT							19,000,000
Amount of loan proceeds used toward construction of Rotunda							$ 96,300,000
Term of the loan							4 years
Description of loan amendment terms					On November 23, 2016, the following terms and conditions of this loan were modified: (i) the total amount that could have been drawn on this loan was decreased from $120 million to $116.1 million, allowing for an additional draw of $2.1 million over the then existing balance of approximately $114 million to be used for retail tenant improvements and leasing commissions; (ii) leasing benchmarks were no longer required to be met including the waiver of the leasing benchmarks FREIT was not in compliance with as of June 30, 2016; (iii) Grande Rotunda, LLC provided an interest reserve to Wells Fargo Bank in the amount of $2 million for the purpose of funding interest payments, and was obliged to replenish the account balance to $1 million if it should fall below $500,000; (iv) the maturity date of the loan was changed from December 31, 2017 to October 31, 2017 with no option to extend; and (v) the interest rate on the amount outstanding on the loan was increased by 25 basis points to 250 basis points over the monthly LIBOR.