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Notes and Mortgages Payable (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Balance | $ 1,327,234,000 | $ 1,330,932,000
Rego Park 1 Shopping [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String | 2013-03 |
Interest rate | 0.50% |
Balance | 78,246,000 | 78,246,000
Percentage of cash mortgage collateralized | 100.00% |
Rego Park 2 Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String | 2018-11 |
Interest rate | 2.09% |
Balance | 274,176,000 | 274,796,000
Basis spread over LIBOR | 1.85% |
Lexington Avenue Property [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Balance | 320,000,000 |
Mortgage Loan Converted To Recourse | 75,000,000 |
Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] | Office Space [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String | 2014-02 |
Interest rate | 5.33% |
Balance | 336,812,000 | 339,890,000
Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] | Retail Space [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String | 2015-07 |
Interest rate | 4.93% |
Balance | 320,000,000 | 320,000,000
Mortgage Loan Converted To Recourse | 75,000,000 |
Kings Plaza Regional Shopping Center [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String | 2016-06 |
Interest rate | 1.94% |
Balance | 250,000,000 | 250,000,000
Basis spread over LIBOR | 1.70% |
Paramus Property [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Interest rate | 2.90% |
Balance | 68,000,000.00 |
Paramus Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String | 2018-10 |
Interest rate | 2.90% |
Balance | $ 68,000,000 | $ 68,000,000

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