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Real Estate and Tangible Water Assets, Net (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Nov. 30, 2014
Impairment of real estate assets $ (2,865,000)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate [1] $ (417,000)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate [1]    
Real estate held for sale 0us-gaap_RealEstateHeldforsale      
Real estate and improvements held and used, net of accumulated amortization of $10.9 million in 2014 and $10 million in 2013 16,463,000us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost 14,790,000us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost    
Leasehold Improvements        
Amortization of leasehold improvements 879,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization
/ pico_RealEstateAndWaterAssetsByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsMember
879,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization
/ pico_RealEstateAndWaterAssetsByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsMember
879,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization
/ pico_RealEstateAndWaterAssetsByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LeaseholdImprovementsMember
 
Real Estate Operations        
Impairment of real estate assets 2,900,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pico_RealEstateOperationsMember
    (3,500,000)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pico_RealEstateOperationsMember
Real estate and improvements held and used, net of accumulated amortization of $10.9 million in 2014 and $10 million in 2013 $ 1,400,000us-gaap_RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAtCost
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= pico_RealEstateOperationsMember
     
[1] The Company had a non-recurring fair value measurement of a real estate asset discussed in Note 2 “Real Estate and Tangible Water Assets, Net.”