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Mortgages Payable (Details) (USD $) | 0 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Feb. 28, 2014 Extensions | Jun. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |
Balance |  | $ 1,034,289,000 | $ 1,049,959,000
Rego Park 1 Shopping [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of cash mortgage collateralized |  | 100.00% |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String |  | 2015-03 |
Interest rate (in percentage) |  | 0.40% |
Balance |  | 78,246,000 | 78,246,000
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 (in percentage) |  | 2.00% |
Balance |  | 268,043,000 | 269,496,000
Basis spread over LIBOR (in percentage) |  | 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 |  | 2021-03 |
Interest rate (in percentage) |  | 1.10% |
Balance |  | 300,000,000 | 314,217,000
Basis spread over LIBOR (in percentage) | 0.95% |  |
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Debt | 300,000,000 |  |
Number Of Extensions Available | 4 |  |
Length Of Extension Available | 1 year |  |
Derivative Liability Notional Amount | 300,000,000 |  |
Derivative cap interest rate, LIBOR | 6.00% |  |
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 (in percentage) |  | 4.93% |
Balance |  | 320,000,000 | 320,000,000
Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] | Retail Space [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |
Mortgage Loan Converted To Recourse |  | 75,000,000 |
Paramus Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] |  |  |
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items] |  |  |
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String |  | 2018-10 |
Interest rate (in percentage) |  | 2.90% |
Balance |  | $ 68,000,000 | $ 68,000,000

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