Related Party Transactions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions	RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company incurred certain general and administrative expenses which were paid by Pillarstone OP on the Company's behalf, with the intent that the amount would be repaid in full at a later date, resulting in a related party payable as of December 31, 2016 totaling $316,103. This payable balance represented 77% and 92% of the Company's total accounts payable as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. These expenses represented 64.3% of the Company's total general and administrative expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2016. No such amounts were paid by Pillarstone OP during the year ended December 31, 2017 and the payable balance as of December 31, 2016 remains outstanding. On December 8, 2016, the Company entered into the Contribution Agreement with Pillarstone OP and Whitestone OP, both of which are related parties, resulting in the contribution of an equity ownership interest in Pillarstone OP to the Company valued at $4,121,312 and representing approximately 18.6% of the outstanding equity in Pillarstone OP. The terms of the Contribution Agreement were determined through arm's-length negotiations and were recommended to the board of trustees by a special committee of the board of trustees consisting solely of disinterested trustees of the Company and approved by the full board. During the period of December 8, 2016 through December 31, 2016, Pillarstone received a distribution in kind totaling $4,121,321 from Pillarstone OP and recognized equity in income of Pillarstone OP totaling $14,776, resulting in an ending equity investment balance in Pillarstone OP of $14,776 as of December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company received distributions from Pillarstone OP totaling $378,969 and recognized equity in income of Pillarstone OP totaling $275,313, resulting in an ending negative equity investment balance in Pillarstone OP of $88,880 as of December 31, 2017. Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Company has agreed to file with the SEC on or prior to June 8, 2018, a shelf registration statement to register for sale under the Securities Act, the issuance of the Common Shares that may be issued upon redemption of the OP Units issued pursuant to each of the Contribution Agreement and the OP Unit Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and the offer and resale of such Common Shares by the holders thereof. In addition, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined therein) of Whitestone, Pillarstone OP shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase the OP Units issued thereunder from Whitestone OP at their initial issue price of $1.331 per OP Unit. In connection with the Contribution Agreement, on December 8, 2016, the Company and Pillarstone OP entered into an OP Unit Purchase Agreement (the “OP Unit Purchase Agreement”) with Whitestone OP pursuant to which Pillarstone OP may require Whitestone OP to purchase up to an aggregate of $3.0 million of OP Units at a price of $1.331 per OP Unit over the two-year term of the OP Unit Purchase Agreement on the terms set forth therein. In addition, pursuant to the OP Unit Purchase Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined therein) of Whitestone, Pillarstone OP shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase the OP Units issued thereunder from Whitestone OP at their initial issue price of $1.331 per OP Unit. In connection with the Contribution Agreement, on December 8, 2016, the Company and Pillarstone OP entered into a Tax Protection Agreement (the “Tax Protection Agreement”) with Whitestone OP pursuant to which Pillarstone OP agreed to indemnify Whitestone OP for certain tax liabilities resulting from its recognition of income or gain prior to December 8, 2021 if such liabilities result from a transaction involving a direct or indirect taxable disposition of all or a portion of the property acquired in the Contribution Agreement or if Pillarstone OP fails to maintain and allocate to Whitestone OP for taxation purposes minimum levels of liabilities as specified in the Tax Protection Agreement, the result of which causes such recognition of income or gain and Whitestone incurs taxes that must be paid to maintain its REIT status for federal tax purposes. The provisions of the Tax Protection Agreement would not apply if there were a Change of Control (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and the Operating Partnership were to repurchase the OP Units issued under the Purchase Agreement from Whitestone OP at their initial issue price of $1.331 per OP Unit. As detailed further in Note 13 below, in February 2017, the Company leased office space from Whitestone in Houston, Texas to support the day-to-day operations of Pillarstone OP. The termination date for the leased space is June 30, 2020.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company incurred certain general and administrative expenses which were paid by Pillarstone OP on the Company's behalf, with the intent that the amount would be repaid in full at a later date, resulting in a related party payable as of December 31, 2016 totaling $316,103. This payable balance represented 77% and 92% of the Company's total accounts payable as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. These expenses represented 64.3% of the Company's total general and administrative expenses incurred during the year ended December 31, 2016. No such amounts were paid by Pillarstone OP during the year ended December 31, 2017 and the payable balance as of December 31, 2016 remains outstanding.

On December 8, 2016, the Company entered into the Contribution Agreement with Pillarstone OP and Whitestone OP, both of which are related parties, resulting in the contribution of an equity ownership interest in Pillarstone OP to the Company valued at $4,121,312 and representing approximately 18.6% of the outstanding equity in Pillarstone OP. The terms of the Contribution Agreement were determined through arm's-length negotiations and were recommended to the board of trustees by a special committee of the board of trustees consisting solely of disinterested trustees of the Company and approved by the full board. During the period of December 8, 2016 through December 31, 2016, Pillarstone received a distribution in kind totaling $4,121,321 from Pillarstone OP and recognized equity in income of Pillarstone OP totaling $14,776, resulting in an ending equity investment balance in Pillarstone OP of $14,776 as of December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company received distributions from Pillarstone OP totaling $378,969 and recognized equity in income of Pillarstone OP totaling $275,313, resulting in an ending negative equity investment balance in Pillarstone OP of $88,880 as of December 31, 2017.

Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Company has agreed to file with the SEC on or prior to June 8, 2018, a shelf registration statement to register for sale under the Securities Act, the issuance of the Common Shares that may be issued upon redemption of the OP Units issued pursuant to each of the Contribution Agreement and the OP Unit Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and the offer and resale of such Common Shares by the holders thereof. In addition, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined therein) of Whitestone, Pillarstone OP shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase the OP Units issued thereunder from Whitestone OP at their initial issue price of $1.331 per OP Unit.

In connection with the Contribution Agreement, on December 8, 2016, the Company and Pillarstone OP entered into an OP Unit Purchase Agreement (the “OP Unit Purchase Agreement”) with Whitestone OP pursuant to which Pillarstone OP may require Whitestone OP to purchase up to an aggregate of $3.0 million of OP Units at a price of $1.331 per OP Unit over the two-year term of the OP Unit Purchase Agreement on the terms set forth therein. In addition, pursuant to the OP Unit Purchase Agreement, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined therein) of Whitestone, Pillarstone OP shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase the OP Units issued thereunder from Whitestone OP at their initial issue price of $1.331 per OP Unit.

In connection with the Contribution Agreement, on December 8, 2016, the Company and Pillarstone OP entered into a Tax Protection Agreement (the “Tax Protection Agreement”) with Whitestone OP pursuant to which Pillarstone OP agreed to indemnify Whitestone OP for certain tax liabilities resulting from its recognition of income or gain prior to December 8, 2021 if such liabilities result from a transaction involving a direct or indirect taxable disposition of all or a portion of the property acquired in the Contribution Agreement or if Pillarstone OP fails to maintain and allocate to Whitestone OP for taxation purposes minimum levels of liabilities as specified in the Tax Protection Agreement, the result of which causes such recognition of income or gain and Whitestone incurs taxes that must be paid to maintain its REIT status for federal tax purposes. The provisions of the Tax Protection Agreement would not apply if there were a Change of Control (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) and the Operating Partnership were to repurchase the OP Units issued under the Purchase Agreement from Whitestone OP at their initial issue price of $1.331 per OP Unit.

As detailed further in Note 13 below, in February 2017, the Company leased office space from Whitestone in Houston, Texas to support the day-to-day operations of Pillarstone OP. The termination date for the leased space is June 30, 2020.