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Other Income - Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2016 | Jul. 31, 2015 | Oct. 31, 2017 | Oct. 31, 2016 | Oct. 31, 2015
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Interest income |  |  | $ 5,988 | $ 2,443 | $ 1,939
Income from Ancillary Businesses |  |  | 16,276 | 17,473 | 23,530
Management fee income from unconsolidated entities |  |  | 12,902 | 10,270 | 11,299
Retained customer deposits |  |  | 5,801 | 5,866 | 5,224
Land sales, net |  |  | 8,621 | 13,327 | 13,150
Other |  |  | 1,063 | 2,193 | 2,263
Total other income - net |  |  | 53,309 | 58,218 | 67,573
Revenues and expenses of non-core ancillary businesses |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 132,619 | 123,512 | 119,732
Expense |  |  | 116,343 | 106,039 | 96,202
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  | 284,928 | 85,268 | 183,870
Expense |  |  | (278,034) | (70,488) | (161,460)
Land sales, net |  |  | 8,621 | 13,327 | 13,150
Gibraltar [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Gibraltar |  |  | 2,658 | 6,646 | 10,168
Rental Property Joint Venture Princeton Junction [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture |  |  | (2,996) |  |
Home Building Joint Venture Metro New York Three [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  |  | 78,500
Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture |  | $ (9,300) |  |  | (9,260)
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized |  |  | 4,723 | 1,546 |
Rental Property Joint Ventures Metro Washington, D.C. [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Other Nonoperating Income By Component [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Land sales, net | $ 3,000 |  |  |  |
Revenues and expenses from land sales [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  |  |  | 38,100 |
Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture |  |  | $ (2,999) | $ (2,999) |
Land sales, net | $ 3,000 |  |  |  |

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