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Note 6 - Variable Interest Entities ("VIE") (Details Textual) $ in Millions | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Variable Interest Entity, Number of Entities | 27
Variable Interest Entity, Unencumbered [Member] |
Variable Interest Entity, Number of Entities | 22
Variable Interest Entity, Encumbered by Third Party Non-resource Mortgage Debt [Member] |
Variable Interest Entity, Number of Entities | 5
Consolidated Operating Properties [Member] |
Variable Interest Entity, Number of Entities | 24
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Assets | $ 1,200.0
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Liabilities | $ 385.6
Real Estate Under Development [Member] |
Variable Interest Entity, Number of Entities | 3
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Assets | $ 269.3
Variable Interest Entity, Consolidated, Carrying Amount, Liabilities | 22.5
Variable Interest Entity, Financial or Other Support, Amount | $ 129.3

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- Definition The carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's assets included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (bb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77990344&loc=d3e5710-111685 + Details
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- Definition The carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's liabilities included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph (bb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77990344&loc=d3e5710-111685 + Details
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- Definition The amount of financial or other support the reporting entity has provided (explicitly or implicitly) to the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that it was not previously contractually required to provide or that the reporting entity intends to provide, including, for example, situations in which the reporting entity assisted the VIE in obtaining another type of support. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5A -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77990344&loc=SL6759159-111685 + Details
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