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The current amount of expenditures for a real estate project that has not yet been completed.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)		1 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Jan. 01, 2015	Feb. 28, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) lot Lots townhome	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Lots townhome	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($) Lots townhome	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) board_seat	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Lots	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) board_seat	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 Lots townhome
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent							50.00%		50.00%
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners							50.00%		50.00%
Net income							$ 14,031,000		$ 14,031,000	$ 16,913,000
Centre Living
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of voting interest	51.00%
Ownership percentage by parent	50.00%
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners	50.00%
Percent of centre living operations consolidated	100.00%
Net income							57,535		57,535	300,000
The Parc at Cogburn [Member] \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Lots								19				11
Number of units in real estate property \| townhome												19
Payments to acquire real estate								$ 1,000,000		300,000	$ 1,800,000
Glens at Sugarloaf [Member] \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Lots						12
Number of units in real estate property \| townhome					80	92
Deposit paid for purchase of real estate						$ 0
Payments to acquire real estate					$ 4,800,000						$ 1,000,000
Academy Street
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Company capital contributions							9,400,000		9,400,000
Capital contributions made							0		500,000	11,200,000
Payment for capital contributions							0		400,000	9,000,000
Academy Street \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent					80.00%
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners					20.00%
Total estimated Capital Contributions							11,800,000		11,800,000
Number of real estate properties \| Lots					83
Suwanee Station
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Company capital contributions							1,700,000		1,700,000
Capital contributions made							300,000.0		700,000.0	1,800,000
Payment for capital contributions							$ 200,000		$ 400,000	900,000
Member ownership interest									80.00%
Board seats held \| board_seat							2		2
Board seats available \| board_seat							3		3
Suwanee Station \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total estimated Capital Contributions							$ 3,400,000		$ 3,400,000
Number of real estate properties \| townhome					73
Dunwoody Towneship [Member] \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| Lots				14
Number of units in real estate property \| townhome				40
Deposit paid for purchase of real estate				$ 0
Payments to acquire real estate							1,000,000		2,300,000	$ 1,800,000
Expected purchase payments in 2017							1,200,000		1,200,000
Developed Lots \| Centre Living
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| lot				1
Proceeds from sale of developed lot				$ 400,000
Cost of developed lot sold				$ 300,000
Contract price employee discount premium			13.00%
Development in Process							$ 600,000		$ 600,000
townhome [Domain] \| Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contract price employee discount premium		13.00%
townhome [Domain] \| Officer [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contract price employee discount premium		13.00%
Parent Company [Member] \| Suwanee Station \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percent					50.00%
Affiliated Entity [Member] \| Suwanee Station \| Investee
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percent					50.00%
Richard A. Costello [Member] \| Centre Living
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party deposit liabilities		$ 110,000
Estimated purchase price to acquire residential real estate		525,000
Jed Dolson [Member] \| Centre Living
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party deposit liabilities		110,000
Estimated purchase price to acquire residential real estate		$ 475,000