CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2018
Operating activities:
Net income		$ 17,320	$ 1,793	$ 966
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		10,341	11,339	11,515
Tenant improvement write-off due to COVID-19		7,277
Amortization		1,819	1,750	1,789
Unrealized loss (gain) on interest rate cap contract			160	(72)
Stock based compensation expense		46	124	130
Trustee fees, consultant fee and related interest paid in stock units		534	940	818
Gain on sale of property			(836)
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary		(27,680)
Loss on investment in tenancy-in-common		202
Deferred rents - straight line rent		397	(410)	(605)
Bad debt expense		619	263	198
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Tenants' security accounts		(285)	149	272
Accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets		(1,777)	(1,537)	(371)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred trustee compensation payable		(5,452)	64	(1,808)
Deferred revenue		(300)	21	93
Due to affiliate - accrued interest		216	288	245
Deferred interest on mortgages		360
Net cash provided by operating activities		3,637	14,108	13,170
Investing activities:
Proceeds from sale of commercial property, net			7,060
Capital improvements - existing properties		(2,048)	(3,087)	(5,335)
Acquisition of Station Place				(19,550)
Distribution from investment in tenancy-in-common		455
Deconsolidation of subsidiary cash and cash equivalents		(1,383)
Proceeds from payment of secured loans receivable inclusive of accrued interest				1,870
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(2,976)	3,973	(23,015)
Financing activities:
Repayment of mortgages and construction loan		(22,910)	(26,529)	(148,680)
Repayment of credit line				(3,121)
Proceeds from mortgage loan refinancings		25,000	28,815	166,520
Proceeds from acquisition mortgage loan				12,350
Deferred financing costs		(482)	(539)	(2,685)
Interest rate cap contract cost				(88)
Dividends paid		(1,357)	(3,048)	(676)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries		(3,883)	(686)	(8,259)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(3,632)	(1,987)	15,361
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(2,971)	16,094	5,516
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year		42,488	26,394	20,878
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year		39,517	42,488	26,394
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow data:
Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized		12,365	16,337	17,040
Operating activities:
Commercial tenant security deposits applied to accounts receivable		387
Investing activities:
Accrued capital expenditures, construction costs, pre-development costs and interest		179	157	82
Financing activities:
Dividends declared but not paid			1,357	338
Dividends paid in share units			106	21
Vested share units issued to consultant and retired trustee	[1]	1,467	611	332
Deconsolidation of subsidiary:
Real estate, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation		(36,225)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts		(55)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(315)
Mortgage payable		48,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(489)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		353
Tenants' security deposits		585
Deferred revenue		47
Deconsolidation of subsidiary cash and cash equivalents		(1,383)
Net carrying value of assets and liabilities deconsolidated		10,518
Recognition of retained investment in tenancy-in-common at fair value		20,758
Derecognition of noncontrolling interest in subsidiary		$ (3,596)

[1] Represents the issuance of treasury shares to consultant and retired Trustee(s) for share units earned.