Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities	Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities In October 2013, the Company formed a joint venture, in which the Company has a 15.0% interest, that acquired a portfolio of veterinary hospitals for $39,456, which are net leased for a 20-year term. The acquisition was partially funded by a $18,791 non-recourse mortgage loan with a fixed interest rate of 4.01% and maturity of November 2018. In August 2013, the Company invested $5,000 in a joint venture, which acquired the fee interest and the related office building improvements of a property in Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning in October 2015, the Company has the right to require the redemption of its interest in the joint venture in exchange for a distribution to the Company of the fee interest, which is currently leased for a 99-year term to the joint venture. In July 2013, the Company acquired its consolidated joint venture partners' interest in an industrial facility in Long Island City, New York for a payment of $8,918, which was recorded as a distribution to the partner in accordance with GAAP. During 2012, the Company formed two joint ventures in which it has a minority interest. One joint venture acquired a retail property in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida for $29,750 which was net leased for an approximate 15-year term. The Company had a 36% interest in the venture and provided a $12,000 non-recourse mortgage loan to the venture which was repaid in full in February 2013. The Company received a distribution of $2,557 in March 2013, a portion of which represented a return of capital reducing the Company's ownership interest to 25%. The second joint venture, in which the Company has a 15% interest, acquired a 100% economic interest in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Humble, Texas for $27,750, which was net leased for an approximate 17-year term. The acquisition was partially funded by a non-recourse mortgage with an original principal amount of $15,260, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.7% and matures in May 2017. In July 2012, the Company sold its interest in Pemlex LLC, a consolidated subsidiary, for $13,218 in connection with its restructuring. No gain or loss was recognized in the transaction as the investment was sold at its cost basis. The Company's investments in Concord Debt Holding LLC and CDH CDO LLC were valued at zero and the Company recognized income on the cash basis. During 2012, the Company sold all of its interest in Concord Debt Holding LLC and CDH CDO LLC for $7,000 in cash. Other. During 2013 and 2011, the Company recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges on a non-consolidated joint venture acquired in the merger with Newkirk due to changes in the Company's estimate of net proceeds to be received upon liquidation of the joint venture. Accordingly, the Company recognized $925 and $1,559, respectively, in impairment charges in equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated entities. The Company's remaining equity method investments consist of interests in six partnerships with ownership percentages ranging between 27% and 40%, which own primarily net-leased properties. All profits, losses and cash flows are distributed in accordance with the respective partnership agreements. The partnerships are encumbered by $27,793 in mortgage debt (the Company's proportionate share is $9,737) with interest rates ranging from 5.2% to 10.6% with a weighted-average rate of 7.2% and maturity dates ranging from 2015 to 2016. LRA earns advisory fees from certain of these non-consolidated entities, including NLS, for services related to acquisitions, asset management and debt placement. Advisory fees earned from these non-consolidated investments were $512, $875 and $804 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities

In October 2013, the Company formed a joint venture, in which the Company has a 15.0% interest, that acquired a portfolio of veterinary hospitals for $39,456, which are net leased for a 20-year term. The acquisition was partially funded by a $18,791 non-recourse mortgage loan with a fixed interest rate of 4.01% and maturity of November 2018.

In August 2013, the Company invested $5,000 in a joint venture, which acquired the fee interest and the related office building improvements of a property in Baltimore, Maryland. Beginning in October 2015, the Company has the right to require the redemption of its interest in the joint venture in exchange for a distribution to the Company of the fee interest, which is currently leased for a 99-year term to the joint venture.

In July 2013, the Company acquired its consolidated joint venture partners' interest in an industrial facility in Long Island City, New York for a payment of $8,918, which was recorded as a distribution to the partner in accordance with GAAP.

During 2012, the Company formed two joint ventures in which it has a minority interest. One joint venture acquired a retail property in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida for $29,750 which was net leased for an approximate 15-year term. The Company had a 36% interest in the venture and provided a $12,000 non-recourse mortgage loan to the venture which was repaid in full in February 2013. The Company received a distribution of $2,557 in March 2013, a portion of which represented a return of capital reducing the Company's ownership interest to 25%.

The second joint venture, in which the Company has a 15% interest, acquired a 100% economic interest in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Humble, Texas for $27,750, which was net leased for an approximate 17-year term. The acquisition was partially funded by a non-recourse mortgage with an original principal amount of $15,260, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 4.7% and matures in May 2017.

In July 2012, the Company sold its interest in Pemlex LLC, a consolidated subsidiary, for $13,218 in connection with its restructuring. No gain or loss was recognized in the transaction as the investment was sold at its cost basis.

The Company's investments in Concord Debt Holding LLC and CDH CDO LLC were valued at zero and the Company recognized income on the cash basis. During 2012, the Company sold all of its interest in Concord Debt Holding LLC and CDH CDO LLC for $7,000 in cash.

Other. During 2013 and 2011, the Company recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges on a non-consolidated joint venture acquired in the merger with Newkirk due to changes in the Company's estimate of net proceeds to be received upon liquidation of the joint venture. Accordingly, the Company recognized $925 and $1,559, respectively, in impairment charges in equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated entities.

The Company's remaining equity method investments consist of interests in six partnerships with ownership percentages ranging between 27% and 40%, which own primarily net-leased properties. All profits, losses and cash flows are distributed in accordance with the respective partnership agreements. The partnerships are encumbered by $27,793 in mortgage debt (the Company's proportionate share is $9,737) with interest rates ranging from 5.2% to 10.6% with a weighted-average rate of 7.2% and maturity dates ranging from 2015 to 2016.

LRA earns advisory fees from certain of these non-consolidated entities, including NLS, for services related to acquisitions, asset management and debt placement. Advisory fees earned from these non-consolidated investments were $512, $875 and $804 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.