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Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments, net (Impaired Loans) (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | $ 687,812,000 | [1] |  | $ 752,425,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 683,632,000 | [1] |  | 747,522,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | (339,076,000) | [1] |  | (348,004,000) | [1]
Loans modified through troubled debt restructurings | 167,700,000 |  |  | 231,800,000 |
Average Recorded Investment | 720,118,000 |  | 1,100,800,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 619,000 |  | 1,548,000 |  |
Senior mortgages |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | 599,758,000 | [1] |  | 653,349,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 595,605,000 | [1] |  | 648,455,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | (297,173,000) | [1] |  | (304,544,000) | [1]
Average Recorded Investment | 626,553,000 |  | 974,476,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 554,000 |  | 1,350,000 |  |
Subordinate mortgages |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average Recorded Investment | 0 |  | 53,888,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
Corporate/Partnership loans |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | 88,054,000 | [1] |  | 99,076,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 88,027,000 | [1] |  | 99,067,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | (41,903,000) | [1] |  | (43,460,000) | [1]
Average Recorded Investment | 93,565,000 |  | 72,436,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 65,000 |  | 198,000 |  |
With no related allowance recorded |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average Recorded Investment | 48,512,000 |  | 73,504,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 501,000 |  | 964,000 |  |
With no related allowance recorded | Senior mortgages |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | 94,013,000 | [1] |  | 3,012,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 93,286,000 | [1] |  | 2,992,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | 0 | [1] |  | 0 | [1]
Average Recorded Investment | 48,512,000 |  | 63,394,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 501,000 |  | 844,000 |  |
With no related allowance recorded | Corporate/Partnership loans |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average Recorded Investment | 0 |  | 10,110,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 0 |  | 120,000 |  |
With an allowance recorded |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | 593,799,000 | [1] |  | 749,413,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 590,346,000 | [1] |  | 744,530,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | (339,076,000) | [1] |  | (348,004,000) | [1]
Average Recorded Investment | 671,606,000 |  | 1,027,296,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 118,000 |  | 584,000 |  |
With an allowance recorded | Senior mortgages |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | 505,745,000 | [1] |  | 650,337,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 502,319,000 | [1] |  | 645,463,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | (297,173,000) | [1] |  | (304,544,000) | [1]
Average Recorded Investment | 578,041,000 |  | 911,082,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 53,000 |  | 506,000 |  |
With an allowance recorded | Subordinate mortgages |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Average Recorded Investment | 0 |  | 53,888,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | 0 |  | 0 |  |
With an allowance recorded | Corporate/Partnership loans |  |  |  |  |
Financing Receivable, Impaired [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Recorded Investment | 88,054,000 | [1] |  | 99,076,000 | [1]
Unpaid Principal Balance | 88,027,000 | [1] |  | 99,067,000 | [1]
Related Allowance | (41,903,000) | [1] |  | (43,460,000) | [1]
Average Recorded Investment | 93,565,000 |  | 62,326,000 |  |
Interest Income Recognized | $ 65,000 |  | $ 78,000 |  |
[1] | All of the Company's non-accrual loans are considered impaired and included in the table above. In addition, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, certain loans modified through troubled debt restructurings with a recorded investment of $167.7 million and $231.8 million, respectively, are also included as impaired loans in accordance with GAAP although they are performing and on accrual status.

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