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Loans Receivable and Other Lending Investments, net (Reserve for Loan Losses) (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Allowance for Loan Losses [Roll Forward]        
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses $ 102,783,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses $ 370,076,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses $ 98,490,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses $ 377,204,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses
Provision for (recovery of) loan losses 4,293,000us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLossesExpensed [1] (3,400,000)us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLossesExpensed [1]    
Charge-offs 0star_AllowanceForLoanLossesWriteOffs (3,728,000)star_AllowanceForLoanLossesWriteOffs    
Recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves $ 200,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts $ 5,200,000us-gaap_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossRecoveryOfBadDebts    
[1] For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the provision for loan losses includes recoveries of previously recorded loan loss reserves of $0.2 million and $5.2 million, respectively.