Debt and Preferred Equity Investments - Preferred Equity Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Preferred equity investment
Mortgage loans on real estate, interest rate	9.31%
Carrying Value	$ 2,114,041	$ 1,640,412
Preferred Equity, April 2021
Preferred equity investment
Future Funding Obligations	0
Senior Financing	272,000
Carrying Value	144,423	0
Preferred Equity Redeemed in May 2017
Preferred equity investment
Future Funding Obligations	0
Senior Financing	0
Carrying Value	0	9,982
Preferred Equity Redeemed in April 2017
Preferred equity investment
Future Funding Obligations	0
Senior Financing	0
Carrying Value	$ 0	37,893
Preferred equity investments
Preferred equity investment
Mortgage loans on real estate, interest rate	6.99%
Future Funding Obligations	$ 0
Senior Financing	272,000
Carrying Value	$ 144,423	$ 47,875

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Amount as of the balance sheet date of debt which holds a position senior to the entity's investment in a mortgage loan on real estate.

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The balance represents the amount of loans that are secured by real estate mortgages, offset by the reserve to cover probable credit losses on the loan portfolio.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
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The stated interest rate on the mortgage loan receivable or the weighted average interest rate on a group of loans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
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