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Capitalized Interest - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2016 | Jun. 30, 2015
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capitalized interest charged to cost of sales | $ 2,365 | $ 245 | $ 2,741 | $ 391
Land Under Development [Member] |  |  |  |
Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capitalized interest charged to cost of sales | $ 1,500 |  |  |

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- Definition Amount of interest cost charged to cost of sales that had been previously capitalized to inventory. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6450988&loc=d3e26243-108391 + Details
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