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Discontinued Operations - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2012
Dec. 31, 2012
Jun. 30, 2013
Jul. 31, 2013
Aug. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2011
Mar. 31, 2014
May 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Jun. 25, 2014
Nov. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Jul. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Assets and liabilities held for sale, land and building                               $ 2,536,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Accounts receivable                               58,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAccountsNotesAndLoansReceivableNet
Settlement income   (411,000)us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement                            
Non-refundable deposit   500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDepositsOnRealEstateSales                            
Notes receivable interest rate 12.78%us-gaap_ReceivableWithImputedInterestEffectiveYieldInterestRate 11.59%us-gaap_ReceivableWithImputedInterestEffectiveYieldInterestRate                            
Indianapolis [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property     945,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
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= fur_IndianapolisMember
                         
Net proceeds from sale of property     1,071,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_IndianapolisMember
                         
Memphis [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Impairment charge       698,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
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= fur_MemphisMember
                       
Settlement income       592,000us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement
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= fur_MemphisMember
                       
Deer Valley [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property         6,745,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
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= fur_DeerValleyMember
                     
Net proceeds from sale of property         19,585,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_DeerValleyMember
                     
Denton [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Net proceeds from sale of property           1,703,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_DentonMember
                   
Impairment charge       824,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
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= fur_DentonMember
154,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
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= fur_DentonMember
                     
Seabrook [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property             1,428,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= fur_SeabrookMember
                 
Net proceeds from sale of property             3,202,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_SeabrookMember
                 
701 Arboretum - Operating Property [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property               58,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
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= fur_SevenZeroOneArboretumOperatingPropertyMember
               
Net proceeds from sale of property               2,351,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_SevenZeroOneArboretumOperatingPropertyMember
               
Impairment charge   2,750,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
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= fur_SevenZeroOneArboretumOperatingPropertyMember
            3,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfLongLivedAssetsToBeDisposedOf
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= fur_SevenZeroOneArboretumOperatingPropertyMember
             
Meriden [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property   4,422,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= fur_MeridenMember
                           
Net proceeds from sale of property   5,106,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_MeridenMember
                           
Gross sales price of property   27,500,000fur_GrossSalesPricePropertySold
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= fur_MeridenMember
                           
Non-refundable deposit   500,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDepositsOnRealEstateSales
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= fur_MeridenMember
                           
Chicago [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property                   3,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= fur_ChicagoMember
           
Net proceeds from sale of property                   5,800,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_ChicagoMember
           
Cash received                   1,300,000fur_DiscontinuedOperationCashReceivedOnDisposal
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= fur_ChicagoMember
           
Notes receivable                   4,500,000fur_NotesReceivableReceivedOnSaleOfDiscontinuedOperations
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= fur_ChicagoMember
           
Notes receivable interest rate                   6.00%us-gaap_ReceivableWithImputedInterestEffectiveYieldInterestRate
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= fur_ChicagoMember
           
Crossroads [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property                     5,723,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis
= fur_CrossroadsMember
         
Net proceeds from sale of property                     29,633,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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= fur_CrossroadsMember
         
Proceeds from sale of real estate, gross                     31,100,000us-gaap_SalesOfRealEstate
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= fur_CrossroadsMember
         
First Anniversary [Member] | Chicago [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Notes receivable interest rate                   7.00%us-gaap_ReceivableWithImputedInterestEffectiveYieldInterestRate
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= fur_ChicagoMember
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Second Anniversary [Member] | Chicago [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Notes receivable interest rate                   8.00%us-gaap_ReceivableWithImputedInterestEffectiveYieldInterestRate
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Massachusetts [Member] | Andover, Massachusetts Property Sale [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property                       2,775,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
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Net proceeds from sale of property                       11,538,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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Amherst [Member]                                
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]                                
Gain or loss on sale of property                         946,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
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  946,000us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
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Net proceeds from sale of property                           2,449,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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21,226,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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Proceeds from sale of real estate, gross                         23,675,000us-gaap_SalesOfRealEstate
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  24,500,000us-gaap_SalesOfRealEstate
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Aggregate net proceeds                           $ 23,675,000fur_AggregateNetProceeds
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