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Real Estate Assets (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	45 Months Ended
Real Estate Assets (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 09, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Apr. 28, 2017 USD ($) a	May 31, 2017 USD ($) a	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2017 USD ($) a	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2013 USD ($) a	May 31, 2017 USD ($) a	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Real Estate Assets
Land			$ 16,502		$ 16,502			$ 16,502	$ 17,895
Land improvements			26,936		26,936			26,936	27,592
Buildings and improvements			165,937		165,937			165,937	164,353
Tenant improvements			24,705		24,705			24,705	21,925
Machinery and equipment			11,022		11,022			11,022	11,022
Construction in progress			1,962		1,962			1,962	1,659
Development costs			14,736		14,736			14,736	14,615
Real estate assets, gross			261,800		261,800			261,800	259,061
Accumulated depreciation			(90,581)		(90,581)			(90,581)	(86,801)
Real estate assets, net			171,219		171,219			$ 171,219	172,260
Depreciation expense			$ 2,112	$ 1,898	$ 4,207	$ 3,782
Capitalized interest				$ 133		217
Sales
Number of acres sold \| a			29		29			29
Cash received on sale of land			$ 3,535
Deferred revenue			10,142		$ 10,142			$ 10,142	9,526
Cash paid for building					5,322	$ 8,393
Value of real estate assets reclassified as held for sale					1,713
Value of real estate assets reclassified out of held for sale due to sale					1,994
Real estate assets held for sale
Real Estate Assets
Land			1,283		1,283			1,283	264
Land improvements			679		679			679
Development costs			1,074		1,074			1,074	2,728
Real estate assets, gross			3,036		3,036			3,036	2,992
Accumulated depreciation			(325)		(325)			(325)
Real estate assets, net			2,711		2,711			2,711	$ 2,992
Subsequent events
Sales
Area Of Building \| ft²	277,000
Cash paid for building	$ 18,600
Windsor undeveloped land sale
Sales
Number of acres sold \| a		67					90
Cash received on sale of land		$ 10,250					$ 8,968
Number of acres \| a		268
Proceeds from land sale deposited in escrow		$ 9,711
Revenue from property sales			104		104			8,968
Pretax gain on land sale		$ 7,975	$ 66		$ 66			$ 6,674
Land improvements \| Minimum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives					10 years
Land improvements \| Maximum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives					30 years
Buildings and improvements \| Minimum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives					10 years
Buildings and improvements \| Maximum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives					40 years
Machinery and equipment. \| Minimum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives					3 years
Machinery and equipment. \| Maximum
Real Estate Assets
Estimated Useful Lives					20 years