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Commercial Mortgage and Subordinate Loans, Net - Loan Portfolio (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 3,679,758	$ 2,693,092
Commercial Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	2,653,826	1,641,856
Subordinate Mortgage Portfolio Segment [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 1,025,932	$ 1,051,236

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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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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(c))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

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