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Consolidation of a Real Estate Development Company - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Period, in days, of the financial reporting lag | 90 days |
Funding by Partnership to Consolidated Real Estate VIE | $ 375,800,000 |
Amount of funding received by Urbplan during the period | 6,700,000 |
Customer advances received | $ 29,200,000 | $ 91,500,000
IGP-M Plus |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Margin interest rate (as a percent) | 12.00% |
Additional margin interest rate (as a percent) | 16.90% |
Minimum |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Customer receivables accrued interest rate (as a percent) | 9.00% |
Minimum | CDI Plus |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Margin interest rate (as a percent) | 4.00% |
Minimum | IPCA Plus |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Margin interest rate (as a percent) | 8.80% |
Additional margin interest rate (as a percent) | 13.40% |
Maximum |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Customer receivables accrued interest rate (as a percent) | 12.00% |
Maximum | CDI Plus |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Additional margin interest rate (as a percent) | 16.20% |
Maximum | IPCA Plus |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Margin interest rate (as a percent) | 15.00% |
Additional margin interest rate (as a percent) | 19.60% |
Urbplan |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Maximum additional capital investment fund | $ 25,000,000 |
Estimated fair value percentage of outstanding principal amounts of loans (as a percent) | 55.00% |
Outstanding commitments for land development services (less than) | $ 10,000,000 |
Partnership |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Amount of liabilities related to claims filed by customers and other litigation proceedings | 70,000,000 |
Partnership contractual obligation | 128,300,000 |
Senior Carlyle professionals |  |
Real Estate Properties [Line Items] |  |
Amount of capital funding in year of consolidation | $ 247,500,000 |

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