Fair Value Inputs Price Per Acre

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Number Of Parcels Of Land

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Real Estate Held For Sale Fair Value

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Ratio of the net operating income produced by an asset and its capital cost (original prices paid to buy the asset), used as an input to measure fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

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-Section 50

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Fair Value Measurements (Quantitative Information Regarding Level 3 Assets Measured At Fair Value On Non-recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $)					3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 property	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Sales Comparison Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Sales Comparison Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Sales Comparison Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Weighted Average [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Operating Retail Real Estate [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] property	Mar. 31, 2013 Operating Retail Real Estate [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Technique [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Operating Retail Real Estate [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Technique [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Operating Retail Real Estate [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Technique [Member] Weighted Average [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Land Development Property [Member] Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Technique [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Land Development Property [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Land [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] item
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items]
Real estate held for sale/conveyance	$ 76,828,000	$ 77,793,000	$ 63,838,000	$ 62,219,000				$ 52,103,000					$ 10,145,000	$ 1,590,000
Capitalization rates									7.80%	12.00%	8.90%	7.30%
Discount rates									9.20%	12.80%	10.00%	7.80%
Price per acre					25,000	156,000	49,000
Number of parcels of land														3
Number of properties	67							7