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Description of Business and Organization Narrative (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Oct. 06, 2013
entity
Jun. 30, 2013
entity
Jun. 30, 2014
entity
sqft
Jun. 30, 2014
Office Building [Member]
office_and_property
sqft
Jun. 30, 2014
Office Building [Member]
Manhattan [Member]
office_and_property
sqft
Jun. 30, 2014
Office Building [Member]
Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York [Member]
sqft
office_and_property
Jun. 30, 2014
Development Parcel [Member]
parcel
Jun. 30, 2014
Retail Site [Member]
Manhattan and Westport, Connecticut [Member]
sqft
Jun. 30, 2014
Retail Site [Member]
Manhattan [Member]
office_and_property
sqft
Jun. 30, 2014
Retail Site [Member]
Westport, Connecticut [Member]
office_and_property
Jun. 30, 2014
Other Property [Member]
Stamford, Connecticut [Member]
sqft
Jun. 30, 2014
ESRT [Member]
Jun. 30, 2014
Common Class A [Member]
ESRT [Member]
Jul. 15, 2014
Subsequent Event [Member]
office_and_property
Jul. 15, 2014
Subsequent Event [Member]
Office Building [Member]
sqft
Jul. 15, 2014
Subsequent Event [Member]
Retail Site [Member]
sqft
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]                                
Par value                         $ 0.01      
OP units owned by the Company, percent     38.90%                 38.90%        
Area of real estate property     8,400,000 7,800,000 5,900,000 1,800,000   204,175 415,339   380,000       1,500,000 112,270
Number of properties       12 7 5 1   4 2       2    
Number of entities to be treated as TRS's     2                          
Number of entities acquired 4 4