DEBT, NOTES PAYABLE AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OBLIGATIONS (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		42 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended						6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended					6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 Canpartners [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Cfd Obligation One [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2012 Cfd Obligation One [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Cfd Obligation One [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Cfd Obligation One [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Cfd Obligation Two [Member] acre	Dec. 31, 2012 Cfd Obligation Two [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Cfd Obligation Two [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Held For Development [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Held For Development [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Held For Development [Member] Carrying Value Of Secured Cfd Obligation [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Notes Payable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Convertible Senior Notes Payable [Member]	Jun. 07, 2011 Convertible Senior Notes Payable [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Convertible Senior Notes Payable [Member] Non Interest Bearing Notes [Member}	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible Senior Notes Payable [Member] Non Interest Bearing Notes [Member}	Jun. 30, 2013 Loan Agreement With EDA [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Two Non Interest Bearing Promissory Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Bank Note Payable [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Cfd Obligation Two [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Cfd Obligation Two [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Liability of Entity Assumed [Member]	Jun. 07, 2011 Nwra Ventures I Llc [Member] Convertible Senior Notes Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date																										Sep. 30, 2015
Interest Expense	$ 4,681,000	$ 3,775,000	$ 8,690,000	$ 7,170,000
Debt instrument, face amount																										850,000.00				50,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage (in percentage)	12.00%		12.00%		12.00%																17.00%			6.00%	12.00%	4.00%
Percentage Of Deferred Interest (in percentage)																					5.00%
Percentage Of Deferred Interest Payable In Cash (in percentage)																					(12.00%)
Deferred Interest																				8,900,000
Deferred Interest Increase Decrease																				1,500,000
Percentage Of Exit Fee Payable (in percentage)																				15.00%
Exit Fee and Discount On Debt	10,400,000		10,400,000		10,400,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount																				6,500,000
Accumulated Amortization Of Debt Discount																				4,000,000
Accretion of Discount on Note Payable			1,002,000	1,248,000																1,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage (in percentage)																				23.00%
Restrictive Convenants, Settlement Limitation																				10,500,000
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Number of Shares																			104.3
Debt Instrument Convertible Conversion Rate																			1,000
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage (in percentage)																			17.00%
Percentage Of Preferred Stock Redemption Price (in percentage)																			115.00%
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Debt Assumed			24,712,000	0
Long-term Debt, Gross																													83,600,000
Mortgage loans on real estate gross amount	32,033,000		32,033,000		32,033,000
Notes Payable	40,057,000		40,057,000		40,057,000	6,070,000																5,200,000	5,200,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Default Percentage	10.00%		10.00%		10.00%
Debt instrument, default interest expense					300,000
Debt instrument, accrued interest	800,000		800,000		800,000
Secured debt							10,000,000.0
Pledged Assets, Not Separately Reported, Real Estate	24,000,000		24,000,000		24,000,000																				4,800,000
Minimum Cash And Cash Equivalents To Be Maintained	5,000,000.0		5,000,000.0		5,000,000.0
Repayments Of Notes Payable			1,217,000	0														900,000
Maximum Amount Of Advances Under Loan Agreement																								1,100,000
Amount Of Advances Received Under Loan Agreement																								200,000
Value Of Promissory Notes Executed																									5,300,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Secured Debt																									10,000,000.0
Special Assessment Obligations	5,689,000		5,689,000		5,689,000	6,031,000
Long term debt	108,610,000		108,610,000		108,610,000	72,510,000		3,700,000	3,700,000																		2,000,000	2,300,000
Debt Instrument Annual Interest Rate (in percentage)										5.00%	6.00%		6.00%	7.50%
Area of Real Estate Property, Mortgaged								171				15
Other Notes Payable, Noncurrent																									4,900,000
Real estate acquired through foreclosure	204,177,000		204,177,000		204,177,000	118,971,000									47,535,000	43,006,000	5,700,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt																											$ 300,000