Notes And Loans Receivable, Installment, Amount

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Noncurrent portion of unamortized debt discount.

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Number Of Installments

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Notes Receivable, Stated Interest Rate

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Purchase And Sale Agreement, Total Consideration

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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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Amount of gain on the sale of property that does not qualify for gain recognition as of the balance sheet date.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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An amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the Entity (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date more than one year from the balance sheet date, net of any write-downs taken for collection uncertainty on the part of the holder. Such amount may include accrued interest receivable in accordance with the terms of the debt. The debt also may contain provisions and related items including a discount or premium, payable on demand, secured, or unsecured, interest bearing or noninterest bearing, among a myriad of other features and characteristics. This amount does not include amounts related to receivables held-for-sale.

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Fair value portion of an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the holder a definite sum of money at a future date.

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The amount of an asset, typically cash, provided to a counterparty to provide certain assurance of performance by the entity pursuant to the terms of a written or oral agreement, such as a lease.

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Note Receivable - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) installment	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Purchase and sale agreement, total consideration	$ 23,000
Note receivable			$ 2,559	$ 0
Note receivable discount	300		337
Deferred gain on sale	100		$ 105
64 Jackson LLC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Purchase and sale agreement, total consideration	23,000	$ 23,000
Security deposit		1,000
Note receivable	$ 6,000	$ 6,000
Number of installments \| installment			2
Notes And Loans Receivable, Installment, Amount			$ 3,000
Interest rate	1.96%		1.96%
Notes receivable, present value			$ 5,700
Discount rate			6.00%
Note receivable discount			$ 300