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Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments, net (Reserve for Loan Losses) (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Allowance for Loan Losses [Roll Forward]      
Reserve for loan losses at beginning of period $ 377,204,000star_LoansReceivableAllowance $ 524,499,000star_LoansReceivableAllowance $ 646,624,000star_LoansReceivableAllowance
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses (1,714,000)us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLossesExpensed [1] 5,489,000us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLossesExpensed [1] 81,740,000us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLossesExpensed [1]
Charge-offs (277,000,000)star_AllowanceForLoanLossesWriteOffs (152,784,000)star_AllowanceForLoanLossesWriteOffs (203,865,000)star_AllowanceForLoanLossesWriteOffs
Reserve for loan losses at end of period 98,490,000star_LoansReceivableAllowance 377,204,000star_LoansReceivableAllowance 524,499,000star_LoansReceivableAllowance
Recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves $ 10,100,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts $ 63,100,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts $ 4,600,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts
[1] For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the provision for loan losses includes recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves of $10.1 million, $63.1 million and $4.6 million, respectively.