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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Expected Impact Fee Receivable

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Impact Fees Received

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Area of land held.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3)

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 3

-Article 5

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Notes Receivable, net (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Notes Receivable, net (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Apr. 02, 2014 acre
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notes receivable	$ 22,354,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet	$ 22,354,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet	$ 24,270,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet
Impact Fees Received	0joe_ImpactFeesReceived	100,000joe_ImpactFeesReceived
RiverTown Sale
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Area of Land (in acres)				4,057
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration				24,000,000
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Notes Receivable				19,600,000
Minimum \| RiverTown Sale
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Expected Impact Fee Receivable				20,000,000
Maximum \| RiverTown Sale
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Expected Impact Fee Receivable				26,000,000
Interest bearing homebuilder note for the RiverTown Sale, secured by the real estate sold — 5.25% interest rate, all accrued interest and remaining principal and interest payment due June 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notes receivable	18,600,000	18,600,000	19,600,000
Pier Park Community Development District notes, non-interest bearing, due December 2024, net of unamortized discount of $0.1 million, effective rates 5.73% — 8.0%
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notes receivable	2,147,000	2,147,000	2,147,000
Interest bearing homebuilder notes, secured by the real estate sold — 4.0% interest rate, any remaining payments outstanding are due August 2015
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notes receivable	1,102,000	1,102,000	2,011,000
Various mortgage notes, secured by certain real estate bearing interest at various rates
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Notes receivable	$ 505,000	$ 505,000	$ 512,000