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The maximum amount of a revolving note for funds to be advanced to a related party.

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Related Party Loan Receivable, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from an Entity employee, not to include stockholders or officers.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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Reflects the amount of new advances made to related parties in the form of loan and lease receivables.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, amounts due from parties associated with the reporting entity as evidenced by a written promise to pay.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 05, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 15, 2015 USD ($)	May. 06, 2014 EUR (€)	Feb. 06, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Partnership	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 08, 2014 EUR (€)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties								$ 25,138		$ 30,303
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Number of Investments Sponsored and Managed \| Partnership								1
Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties								$ 1,900
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT Inc [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties								238		325
RRE Opportunity REIT II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties								724		$ 3,400
Increase in related party loan receivable					$ 1,300
Related party loan receivable, description of variable rate basis					LIBOR
Related party loan receivable, basis spread on variable rate							3.00%
CVC Credit Partners Group Limited [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party loan receivable, description of variable rate basis			EURIBOR
Related party loan receivable, maximum borrowing capacity \| €			€ 1,500,000.0
Related party loan receivable, basis spread on variable rate			7.00%
CVC Credit Partners, L.P. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes receivable, related party \| €											€ 500,000
Affiliated Real Estate Limited Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notes receivable, related party								$ 2,300
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Number of Investments Sponsored and Managed \| Partnership								1
Maximum revolving note, related party								$ 3,000
Interest rate description									bearing interest at the prime rate
Other revenues from transactions with related party						$ 19			$ 56
Employees [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party loan receivable, description of variable rate basis								3-month LIBOR
Related party loan receivable, basis spread on variable rate								3.00%
Due from employee								$ 300
Payments to Employees		$ 50
IPO [Member] \| RRE Opportunity REIT II [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial public offering, amount of offering				$ 1,000,000
Share Price \| $ / shares				$ 10
Subsequent Event [Member] \| IPO [Member] \| Innovation Office REIT [Member] \| Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Initial public offering, amount of offering	$ 1,100,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Class A [Member] \| IPO [Member] \| Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Share Price \| $ / shares	$ 10.27
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Common Class T [Member] \| IPO [Member] \| Innovation Office REIT [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Share Price \| $ / shares	$ 10.00