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Number of Rooms

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Occupancy Percentage of Commercial Properties

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- Definition

Represents number of real estate properties classified as held for sale during the period.

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Represents number of remaining held for sale real estate properties.

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Represents number of real estate properties sold during the period.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of property, plant and equipment assets, including oil and gas property and timber property.

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

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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

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The number of units in a real estate property owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Organization (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
General partner ownership interest	98.00%
Retail [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Occupancy of properties	82.80%
Industrial Properties [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Occupancy of properties	76.40%
Residential Real Estate [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Occupancy of properties	95.10%
Hospitality [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Occupancy of properties	53.40%
Average revenue per available room	60.52
Office [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Occupancy of properties	82.50%
Crowes Crossing [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Gain on disposition		$ 1.6
Hotel Portfolio [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties classified as held for sale	11
Number of real estate properties sold	7
Number of remaining held for sale real estate properties	4
Wholly Owned Properties [Member] \| Retail [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of properties	3
Area of real estate space	700,000
Wholly Owned Properties [Member] \| Industrial Properties [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of properties	14
Area of real estate space	1,000,000
Wholly Owned Properties [Member] \| Residential Real Estate [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of properties	5
Property units	1,216
Wholly Owned Properties [Member] \| Hospitality [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of properties	5
Number of rooms	779
Investments in unconsolidated affiliated real estate entities [Member] \| Office [Member]
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of properties	1
Area of real estate space	1,100,000