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Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable - Summary (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Allowance, and Net [Abstract] |  |  |
Assignment of the partnership interest (as a percent) |  | 100.00% |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Balance | [1] | $ 7,406 | $ 7,672
Mortgages |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Balance |  | $ 4,807 | $ 4,884
Mortgages | Columbia Place Outparcel |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 5.00% | 5.00%
Balance |  | $ 277 | $ 283
Mortgages | One Park Place |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 5.00% | 5.00%
Balance |  | $ 728 | $ 783
Mortgages | Village Square |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 4.00% | 4.00%
Balance |  | $ 1,290 | $ 1,308
Mortgages | Other |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Balance |  | $ 2,512 | $ 2,510
Mortgages | Other | Minimum |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 5.01% | 5.01%
Mortgages | Other | Maximum |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 9.50% | 9.50%
Mortgages | The Promenade at Dlberville |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Balance |  | $ 1,100 |
Other Notes Receivable |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Balance |  | $ 2,599 | $ 2,788
Other Notes Receivable | ERMC |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 4.00% | 4.00%
Balance |  | $ 2,011 | $ 2,183
Other Notes Receivable | Southwest Theaters LLC |  |  |
Mortgage and Other Notes Receivable [Line Items] |  |  |
Interest Rate (as a percent) |  | 5.00% | 5.00%
Balance |  | $ 588 | $ 605
[1] | As of March 31, 2019, includes $609,856 of assets related to consolidated variable interest entities that can be used only to settle obligations of the consolidated variable interest entities and $406,466 of liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities for which creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company. See Note 7.

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- Definition Net amount of the investment in a contractual right to receive money on demand or on fixed or determinable dates that is recognized as an asset in the creditor's statement of financial position. Examples include, but are not limited to, credit card receivables, notes receivable and receivables relating to lessor's rights to payments from leases other than operating leases that have been recorded as assets. Excludes trade accounts receivable with contractual maturity of one year or less and arose from the sale of goods or services. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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