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Real Estate Investments Acquisitions and Dispositions (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |  | 0 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Mar. 27, 2014 Rob Roy - Land [Member] acre | Feb. 19, 2014 Encino Trace - Land [Member] Properties sqft Storey acre | Mar. 31, 2014 Encino Trace - Building I [Member]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Area Owned by Company of Undeveloped Parcels Of Land |  |  |  |  | 54.1 |
Total potential development capacity |  |  |  |  | 320,000 |
Number of Real Estate Properties |  |  |  |  | 2 |
Number of floors of a building |  |  |  |  | 4 |
Area of Land |  |  |  | 16.8 |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  |  |  | $ 14,000,000 |
Construction in Progress, Gross |  |  |  |  | 8,400,000 |
Land | 680,695,000 |  | 680,513,000 |  | 4,600,000 |
Escrow Deposit |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |
Construction-in-progress | 90,140,000 |  | 74,174,000 |  |  | 14,600,000
Land Sales |  |  |  | 3,500,000 |  |
Gain on sale of undepreciated real estate | $ 1,187,000 | $ 0 |  | $ 1,200,000 |  |

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- Definition Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6578-128477 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6613-128477 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7488404&loc=d3e6927-128479 + Details
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