Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities	Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities In November 2014, the Company formed a joint venture to construct a private school in Houston, Texas. The Company currently has a 25% interest in the joint venture. The anticipated total construction cost is $86,491. The Company may provide construction financing up to $56,686. Upon completion, the property will be net leased for a 20-year term. 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. 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 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges on a non-consolidated joint venture due to changes in the Company's estimate of net proceeds to be received upon liquidation of the joint venture. Accordingly, the Company recognized $930 and $925, respectively, in impairment charges in equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated entities. The underlying property was sold in October 2014 and the Company recognized a gain of $87 in equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated entities. The Company's remaining equity method investments consist of interests in five 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. One partnership is encumbered by $13,757 in mortgage debt (the Company's proportionate share is $5,503) with an interest rate of 5.2% and a maturity date of May 2015. LRA earns advisory fees from certain of these non-consolidated entities for services related to acquisitions, asset management and debt placement. Advisory fees earned from these non-consolidated investments, including NLS, were $417, $512 and $875 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Investment in and Advances to Non-Consolidated Entities

In November 2014, the Company formed a joint venture to construct a private school in Houston, Texas. The Company currently has a 25% interest in the joint venture. The anticipated total construction cost is $86,491. The Company may provide construction financing up to $56,686. Upon completion, the property will be net leased for a 20-year term.

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.

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 2014 and 2013, the Company recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges on a non-consolidated joint venture due to changes in the Company's estimate of net proceeds to be received upon liquidation of the joint venture. Accordingly, the Company recognized $930 and $925, respectively, in impairment charges in equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated entities. The underlying property was sold in October 2014 and the Company recognized a gain of $87 in equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated entities.

The Company's remaining equity method investments consist of interests in five 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. One partnership is encumbered by $13,757 in mortgage debt (the Company's proportionate share is $5,503) with an interest rate of 5.2% and a maturity date of May 2015.

LRA earns advisory fees from certain of these non-consolidated entities for services related to acquisitions, asset management and debt placement. Advisory fees earned from these non-consolidated investments, including NLS, were $417, $512 and $875 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.