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Mortgage and Loans Payable - Schedule of Consolidated Debt (Detail) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total mortgages and loans payable	$ 35,168,798	$ 21,164,881
Project Term Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total mortgages and loans payable	16,396,297	15,502,422
2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total mortgages and loans payable	14,750,001
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total mortgages and loans payable	3,000,000	4,000,000
Mortgages Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total mortgages and loans payable	$ 1,022,500	$ 1,662,459

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