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Lease, Periodic Payments, Amount

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Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Increase (Decrease) Due to Amendment

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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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The amount of an asset, typically cash, provided to a counterparty to provide certain assurance of performance by the entity pursuant to the terms of a written or oral agreement, such as a lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

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-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.8,17)

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of improvements having a life longer than one year that were made for the benefit of one or more tenants.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.1(f))

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Tenant improvements	$ 933,000
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Initial lease term		11 years 6 months
Security deposit		$ 49,000
San Diego, California [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Increase to monthly payment	$ 13,000
Minimum [Member] \| Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Monthly payments under the lease		0
Maximum [Member] \| Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Monthly payments under the lease		$ 58,000