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Company's Subordinate Loan Portfolio (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 | Jun. 30, 2012
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Prohibition period for prepayments |  | February 2013 |  |
Interest rate | 12.46% | 13.00% | 12.95% |
Percentage of origination fee | 1.00% |  |  |
Exit fee |  |  |  | 1.00%
Ski Resort - California [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Interest rate | 14.00% | 13.25% |  |
Hotel Portfolio - New York [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 0.25% |  |  |
LIBOR rate | 1.00% | 1.00% |  |
Extension options | Three one-year | Three one-year |  |
Debt instrument description | Includes a LIBOR floor of 1% and three one-year extension options subject to certain conditions and the payment of a 0.25% fee for the fourth and fifth year extensions. | Includes a LIBOR floor of 1% and three one-year extension options subject to certain conditions. |  |
Prohibition period for prepayments | February 2013 |  |  |
Interest rate | 11.49% | 11.49% |  |
Retail Center - Virginia [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Extension options | Two one-year | Two one-year |  |
Interest rate | 14.00% | 14.00% |  |
Current pay interest rate | 10.00% | 10.00% |  |
Accrual interest rate | 4.00% | 4.00% |  |
Hotel NY NY [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Extension options | One-year |  |  |
Interest rate | 12.00% |  |  |
Percentage of origination fee | 1.00% |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 0.50% |  |  |
Exit fee | 1.50% |  |  |
Hotel - New York [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
LIBOR rate | 0.50% |  |  |
Extension options | Two one-year |  |  |
Debt instrument description | Includes a LIBOR floor of 0.50%, two one-year extension options subject to certain conditions and the payment of a 0.50% fee for the second extension. |  |  |
Interest rate | 11.50% |  |  |
Percentage of origination fee | 0.50% |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 0.25% |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 0.50% |  |  |
Maximum [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 5.00% | 5.00% | 5.00% |
Maximum [Member] | Ski Resort - California [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 5.00% |  |  |
Minimum [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 1.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Minimum [Member] | Ski Resort - California [Member] |  |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Fee payment for extensions | 1.00% |  |  |

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