Lease Intangibles (Net Value of Other Intangible Assets and Amortization by Class) (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	$ 12,235,417	$ 12,663,629
Lease intangibles, net	4,498,785
HLF [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	13,383,080	13,811,291
Accumulated amortization	(8,884,295)	(7,944,757)
Lease intangibles, net	4,498,785	5,866,534
Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member] \| HLF [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	6,635,928	6,872,980
Accumulated amortization	(4,369,040)	(3,840,670)
Lease intangibles, net	2,266,888	3,032,310
Leasing Cost [Member] \| HLF [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	4,622,792	4,813,951
Accumulated amortization	(2,849,914)	(2,517,759)
Lease intangibles, net	1,772,878	2,296,192
Above Market Leases [Member] \| HLF [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Lease intangibles	2,124,360	2,124,360
Accumulated amortization	(1,665,341)	(1,586,328)
Lease intangibles, net	$ 459,019	$ 538,032

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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