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Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions [Abstract] |
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions Disclosures [Text Block] | Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions The following table reflects the Company's acquisition activity for the year ended December 31, 2018:
Multifamily Acquisition |  | Market |  | Units |  | Date Acquired
Sync 36 |  | Denver, CO |  | 374 |  | April 26, 2018
Commercial Acquisition |  | Market |  | Sq Ft |  | Date Acquired
Hue Retail(1) |  | Raleigh, NC |  | 7,500 |  | August 1, 2018
Land Acquisition |  | Market |  | Acres |  | Date Acquired
Westminster |  | Denver, CO |  | 10 |  | October 1, 2018
Long Point Road |  | Houston, TX |  | 9 |  | November 1, 2018
(1) The Company acquired the ground floor retail portion of one of its existing multifamily apartment communities. The following table reflects the Company's disposition activity for the year ended December 31, 2018:
Land Dispositions |  | Market |  | Acres |  | Date Sold
Craft Farms Residential |  | Gulf Shores, AL |  | 3 |  | January 24, 2018
Randal Park |  | Orlando, FL |  | 34 |  | February 27, 2018
Colonial Grand at Azure |  | Las Vegas, NV |  | 29 |  | April 19, 2018
Spring Hill |  | Atlanta, GA |  | 10 |  | July 2, 2018 and December 21, 2018

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- Definition The entire disclosure for business combinations, including leverage buyout transactions (as applicable), and divestitures. This may include a description of a business combination or divestiture (or series of individually immaterial business combinations or divestitures) completed during the period, including background, timing, and assets and liabilities recognized and reclassified or sold. This element does not include fixed asset sales and plant closings. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2122178 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2303972 + Details
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