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Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
Commitments And Contingencies (Narrative) (Details)	Sep. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 21, 2012	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2014 USD ($) a property	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 07, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 14, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Investment in joint venture					$ 301,000	$ 68,000
Accrued possible loss					0
Litigation, settlement amount	$ 4,550,000
Interest rate associated with class action complaint		0.00%
Anastasia Confections [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Notes payable, related parties					5,300,000
Centennial Bank - Hoffman's [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Notes payable, related parties					1,600,000
Hialeah Communities, LLC [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of single family homes \| property				394
Land transferred \| a				50
Investment in joint venture				$ 15,600,000
Mortgage loan assumed by joint venture				$ 8,300,000
Refinance of mortgage loan into acquisition and development loan			$ 31,000,000
Alan B. Levan [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation, settlement amount	$ 1,300,000				$ 1,560,000
Sunrise and Bayview Partners, LLC [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Percent guaranteed on outstanding balance					50.00%
Procacci Bayview, LLC [Member] \| Sunrise and Bayview Partners, LLC [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent									50.00%
BBX Capital [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent			26.30%			26.30%
Litigation, settlement amount					$ 5,200,000
BBX Capital [Member] \| Alan B. Levan [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Legal fee and cost reimbursements from insurance carrier								$ 5,800,000
BBX Capital [Member] \| Sunrise and Bayview Partners, LLC [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent									50.00%
Joint venture loan outstanding balance					5,000,000
BBX Sweet Holdings LLC [Member] \| Centennial Bank - Hoffman's [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Securitization of notes payable, properties and equipment					2,100,000
BBX Sweet Holdings LLC [Member] \| Kencraft [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Notes payable, related parties					400,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| IBERIABANK [Member] \| BBX Sweet Holdings LLC [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Revolving line of credit, maximum							$ 5,000,000
Outstanding balance					$ 5,000,000