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Equity Investments - Liquidating Trust's Nominal Ownership Percentages in its Equity Investments (Parenthetical) (Detail) - New Valley/Witkoff [Member] - 701 Seventh WRT Investor LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Effective ownership interest of trust in underlying property	0.00%
Winthrop Realty Trust [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Effective ownership interest of trust in underlying property		60.08%