Liquidity Considerations (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 BBX Capital Corporation [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 BBX Capital Asset Management, LLC [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 BBX Capital Asset Management, LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 BB&T [Member]
Liquidity Considerations [Line Items]
Cash				$ 18,400,000		$ 82,000,000	$ 6,900,000	$ 50,000,000
Current liabilities					9,100,000
Preferred Membership Percentage								5.00%	95.00%
BB&T preferred interest in FAR	110,646,000	196,877,000	110,600,000
Contributed investment amount	$ 80,519,000