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Mortgage Notes Payable (Details) (USD $) |  |  | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 | Sep. 30, 2011 Olney Village Center [Member] Mortgages [Member] | Sep. 30, 2011 John Marshall II [Member] Mortgages [Member] | Sep. 30, 2011 Shady Grove Medical Village II [Member] | Sep. 30, 2011 Columbia Park Road And Dulles Business Park [Member]
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Mortgage notes payable | $ 428,909,000 | $ 361,860,000 | $ 22,600,000 | $ 54,100,000 |  |
Mortgage note interest rate, percentage | 3.875% |  | 6.37% | 5.79% |  |
Mortgage note, fair value interest rate |  |  | 4.94% |  |  |
Mortgage note maturity date |  |  | Nov. 01, 2023 | May 06, 2016 |  |
Fair value of mortgage |  |  | 24,400,000 |  |  |
Repayment of secured mortgage notes |  |  |  |  | 9,100,000 | 17,900,000
Increase in sales price for partially offsetting the penalties incurred due to prepayment of mortgage notes |  |  |  |  |  | 875,000
Prepayment penalties incurred on mortgage notes |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,000,000

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