Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2015 USD ($) a	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) a	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Trust Preferred Securities								$ 285,400,000
Investment in joint venture	$ 875,000
Gain on property sale			$ 15,439,000	$ 3,926,000	$ 15,441,000	$ 3,877,000
Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Trust Preferred Securities							$ 285,000,000	$ 285,000,000
JRG/BBX Development, LLC (“North Flagler”) [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Investment in joint venture	$ 10,800,000	$ 10,800,000
Area of real estate property | a	4.5	4.5
Proceeds from property sale	$ 20,000,000
Gain on property sale			$ 7,800,000		$ 7,800,000
Percent of proceeds from joint venture entitlement		80.00%
Percent of proceeds from joint venture after capital investment is recovered		70.00%
JRG/BBX Development, LLC (“North Flagler”) [Member] | Non-Controlling Interest [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Proceeds from property sale	$ 2,300,000