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Amount of deferred income excluding obligation to transfer product and service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Represents properties which were acquired directly or through foreclosure for which a committed plan to sell exists and an active program to market such properties has been initiated.

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Sale of Properties and Property Held-for-Sale (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 20, 2019	Jan. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 14, 2018	Nov. 30, 2017
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price					$ 23,585,000	$ 17,659,000
Gain on sale of real estate, net					3,643,000	6,993,000
Property held-for-sale					1,227,000
Retail Property Clemmons, North Carolina
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price					5,500,000
Gain on sale of real estate, net					1,099,000
Prepayment costs on debt related to a swap termination fee					40,000
Retail property, Athens, Georgia
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price					6,050,000
Gain on sale of real estate, net					1,045,000
Prepayment costs on debt related to a swap termination fee					161,000
Land, Wheaton, Illinois
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price					12,035,000
Gain on sale of real estate, net					1,499,000
Retail Property, Fort Bend, Texas
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price						9,200,000
Gain on sale of real estate, net						2,408,000
Land, Lakemoor, Illinois
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price						8,459,000
Gain on sale of real estate, net						$ 4,585,000
Unamortized balance, fixed rent								$ 5,717,000
Deferred income									$ 5,906,000
Retail Property, Houston, Texas
Sale of Property
Gross Sales Price			$ 1,675,000
Property held-for-sale					$ 1,227,000
Retail Property, Houston, Texas \| Forecast
Sale of Property
Gain on sale of real estate, net				$ 218,000			$ 218,000
Consolidated Joint Venture \| Retail Property Clemmons, North Carolina
Sale of Property
Ownership interest in consolidated joint venture of the company (as a percent)	90.00%
Non-controlling interest's share of the gain	$ 422,000
Consolidated Joint Venture \| Retail Property, Fort Bend, Texas
Sale of Property
Ownership interest in consolidated joint venture of the company (as a percent)		85.00%
Non-controlling interest's share of the gain		$ 776,000