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Mortgage Notes Payable (Notes) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Mortgage Notes Payable [Abstract] |
Mortgage Notes Payable Disclosure [Text Block] | 5. Mortgage Notes Payable On July 1, 2014, the Company used available cash to repay the mortgage loan collateralized by its New Dominion Technology Park Building Two property located in Herndon, Virginia totaling $63.0 million. The mortgage loan bore interest at a fixed rate of 5.55% per annum and was scheduled to mature on October 1, 2014. There was no prepayment penalty.

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