Construction Loan Commitment To Lend Amount Maximum

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Lease Term

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Potential Purchase Consideration

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The price per share at which the preferred stock is being called at. The redemption features of this preferred stock are solely within the control of the issuer.

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Property Purchase Price

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Real Estate Land Area

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The stated principal amount of the debt instrument at time of issuance, which may vary from the carrying amount because of unamortized premium or discount.

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Interest rate stated in the contractual debt agreement.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount of the entity's equity method investment which has been sold. This item is used only for purposes of disclosing the calculated gain (loss) on disposal of the subject equity method investment and not for reporting the carrying value of equity method investments as presented on the entity's balance sheet. For reporting the carrying value of equity method investments presented on the entity's balance sheet, the EquityMethodInvestments (Equity Method Investments) element would be used.

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Amount borrowed under the credit facility as of the balance sheet date.

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The redemption (or callable) amount of currently redeemable preferred stock. Includes amounts representing dividends not currently declared or paid but which will be payable under the redemption features or for which ultimate payment is solely within the control of the issuer.

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The amount of square footage related to a real estate property.

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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified		1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 Line of Credit [Member]	May 07, 2012 Financing [Member] Homestead Florida [Member] sqft	May 07, 2012 Borrowings [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	May 07, 2012 Dividend Declared [Member] 8.05% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	May 07, 2012 Acquisition [Member] years acre	May 07, 2012 Acquisition [Member] Nonrecourse Mortgage [Member] Joint Venture [Member]	May 07, 2012 Acquisition [Member] Humble Texas [Member] Joint Venture [Member]	May 07, 2012 Equity Method Investment Sold [Member] Concord and CDH CDO [Member]	May 07, 2012 Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc [Member] Sale or Purchase [Member] Net Lease Strategic Assets Fund L P [Member]	May 07, 2012 Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc [Member] Sale or Purchase [Member] Nonrecourse Mortgage [Member] Net Lease Strategic Assets Fund L P [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Construction Loan Commitment To Lend Amount		$ 8,000
Square Feet		52,000
Property Purchase Price					23,000		27,750
Real Estate Land Area					152
Lease Term (Years)					20
Borrowings on Secured Revolving Credit Facility	20,000		30,000
Preferred Stock, To Be Redeemed Price Per Share				$ 25.00
Preferred Stock, Redemption Amount				69,441
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						15,260				219,838
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						4.70%				7.07%
Potential Purchase Consideration									14,374
Equity Method Investment Sold, Carrying Amount								$ 7,000
Ownership Percentage							15.00%