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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) (Taxable REIT Subsidiaries (TRSs)) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Taxable REIT Subsidiaries (TRSs) |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |
Schedule of entity's TRS income tax expense | The following represents the Company's TRS income tax expense ($ in thousands):
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Current tax expense |  | $ | 8,445 |  |  | $ | 9,010 |  |  | $ | 2,550 |
Deferred tax expense (benefit)(1) |  | — |  |  | (13,729 | ) |  | 4,473 |
Total income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | 8,445 |  |  | $ | (4,719 | ) |  | $ | 7,023 |
Explanatory Note: _______________________________________________________________________________
(1) | During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold its investment in Oak Hill Advisors L.P. (see Note 6) and recognized a deferred tax benefit resulting from the reversal of a deferred tax liability associated with the investment. See the table below for the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.
Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities of the entity's TRS entities | Deferred tax assets and liabilities of the Company's TRS entities were as follows ($ in thousands):
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Deferred tax assets(1) |  | $ | 40,800 |  |  | $ | 50,889 |
Valuation allowance |  | (40,800 | ) |  | (50,889 | )
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Explanatory Note: _______________________________________________________________________________
(1) | Deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2012, include real estate basis differences of $31.2 million, net operating loss carryforwards of $10.8 million and investment basis differences of $(1.2) million. Deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2011, include real estate basis differences of $30.8 million, net operating loss carryforwards of $22.8 million and investment basis differences of $(0.6) million.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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