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Restricted Cash - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)				9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	May 10, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Project Term Loans [Member]	Aug. 14, 2014 Project Term Loans [Member]	May 31, 2014 Project Term Loans [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Interest-bearing Deposits [Member]	Jul. 11, 2008 Interest-bearing Deposits [Member]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 400,000		$ 272,875	$ 391,473		$ 500,000		$ 500,000
Restricted cash purpose							$500,000 was deposited into an interest-bearing account from which principal and interest payments are made. This mortgage loan has since been extended to July 2016.
Restricted cash for term loan		$ 8,000,000			$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000
Loan maturity period				2015-05

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