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Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2011
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract] |  |  |
Intended selling price of Remington Village | $ 16,000,000 |  |
Impairment to adjust the carrying value of the multifamily project to the approximate appraised value | 2,000,000 |  |
Liabilities held for sale | 10,335,000 |  | 10,241,000
Depreciation of assets held for sale not recorded | 560,000 | 473,000 |
Assets held for sale pledged as collateral | 10,000,000 |  |
Impairment of assets | 1,800,000 |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Assets held for sale | 18,713,000 |  | 22,600,000
Remington Village [Member] |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Assets held for sale | 16,236,000 |  | 18,132,000
Corporate Aircraft and Facilities [Member] |  |  |
Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items] |  |  |
Assets held for sale | $ 2,477,000 |  | $ 4,468,000

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