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Mortgage and Loans Payable - Schedule of Allocation of Cash Proceeds Related to Additional Financing (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	$ 9,955,000
Compound Embedded Derivative [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	2,989,537
Warrants [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	2,054,601
Additional Financing [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	7,994,482
Additional Financing [Member] | Additional Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	6,339,642
Additional Financing [Member] | Compound Embedded Derivative [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	1,291,298
Additional Financing [Member] | Warrants [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible notes payable	$ 363,542

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of a written promise to pay a note, initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer, which can be exchanged for a specified amount of one or more securities (typically common stock), at the option of the issuer or the holder.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification



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-SubTopic 210



-Section S99



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-Section 02



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