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Income Taxes - Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss Attributable to Taxable Income (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Percentage of taxable income dividend rate	90.00%

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Percentage of distributed taxable income to qualify as REIT.

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