The number of impaired properties held-for-sale.

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The number of impaired properties sold.

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The number of properties impaired.

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Represents the portion of the impairment that is included in income from continuing operations.

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Represents the portion of the impairment that is included in income from discontinued operations.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Detail 5) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 item	Dec. 31, 2013 item	Dec. 31, 2012 item
Impairment Provisions
Provisions for impairment	$ 510,000	$ 2,738,000	$ 1,500,000
Total provisions for impairment	4,600,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	3,000,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges	5,100,000us-gaap_AssetImpairmentCharges
Number of impaired properties sold in discontinued operations.	8o_ImpairedPropertiesSoldNumber	7o_ImpairedPropertiesSoldNumber	6o_ImpairedPropertiesSoldNumber
Number of impaired properties held-for-sale	3o_ImpairedPropertiesHeldForSellNumber
Provision for impairment, income from discontinued operations	510,000	2,700,000	1,500,000
Provision for impairment, amount included in income from continuing operations	4,100,000
Automotive parts
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired		1	1
Automotive service
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired		1	1
Provision for impairment, amount included in income from continuing operations		290,000
Child care
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired		2	1
Grocery stores
Impairment Provisions
Provisions for impairment	510,000
Number of properties impaired	1	1
Pet supplies and services
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired		1
Restaurants - casual dining industry
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired	6	2	4
Provision for impairment, amount included in income from continuing operations			3,600,000
Restaurants - casual dining industry \| Crest Net Lease, Inc. (Crest)
Impairment Provisions
Provisions for impairment		$ 308,000
Number of impaired properties sold in discontinued operations.		1
Automotive tire services
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired			1
Convenience stores
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired	1		1
Home furnishings
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired	1
Consumer electronics
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired	1
Home improvement
Impairment Provisions
Number of properties impaired	2		1