Risk Management and Derivatives (Risk Concentration) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016 borrower
Land
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	22.40%
Office/Industrial
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	22.90%
Hotel
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	12.50%
Commercial Entertainment and Leisure Real Estate
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	10.60%
Condominium Units
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%
Mixed Use Collateral
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	10.00%
Customer Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Number of large borrowers or tenants	5
Concentration risk percentage of revenue (no more than)	18.40%
Concentration risk percentage of one single customer, revenue (no more than)	5.90%
New York \| Geographic Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	19.00%
California \| Geographic Concentration Risk
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	13.00%

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Concentration Risk Percentage of Revenue Accounted by Large Borrowers or Tenants

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Concentration Risk, Percentage of Revenue Accounted by One Single Borrower or Tenant

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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