The number of units in a real estate property acquired.

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Purchase price allocation adjustments.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a piece of land, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it and so forth; includes real estate intended to generate income for the owner; excludes real estate acquired for use by the owner.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of investments in land and buildings held for sale, excluding real estate considered to be inventory of the entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(f))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Investments in Real Estate - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2017 USD ($) Property	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) Property	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of multifamily properties owned \| Property		47
Number of units located with multifamily properties \| Property		13,198
Real estate held for sale (see Note 3)		$ 61,102,000	$ 60,786,000
Acquisition of real estate properties		28,700,000
Purchase price allocation adjustments		$ 0
Tampa , Florida \| Lakes of Northdale
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Real estate held for sale (see Note 3)	$ 29,750,000
Number of multifamily property acquired \| Property	216
Acquisition of real estate properties	$ 29,750,000