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Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Members or Limited Partners, Expected Ownership Interest, Units

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[Line Items] for Listing Distribution Derivative [Table]

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Related Party Transaction, Cumulative Capital Investment Return, as a Percentage of Benchmark

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Related Party Transaction, Subordinated Incentive Listing Distribution, Percentage of Benchmark

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The net amount of other income and expense amounts, the components of which are not separately disclosed on the income statement, resulting from ancillary business-related activities (that is, excluding major activities considered part of the normal operations of the business) also known as other nonoperating income (expense) recognized for the period. Such amounts may include: (a) dividends, (b) interest on securities, (c) net gains or losses on securities, (d) unusual costs, (e) gains or losses on foreign exchange transactions, and (f) miscellaneous other income and expense items.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.9)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Subordinated Listing Distribution (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 21, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Listing Distribution Derivative [Line Items]
Value of Listing Note		$ 0	$ 33,479	$ 0
Excess of Adjusted Market Value of Real Estate Assets Plus Distributions Over Aggregate Contributed Investor Capital \| New York Recovery Advisors, LLC \| Advisor
Listing Distribution Derivative [Line Items]
Subordinated incentive listing distribution		15.00%
Annual Targeted Investor Return \| Pre-tax Non-compounded Return on Capital Contribution \| New York Recovery Advisors, LLC \| Advisor
Listing Distribution Derivative [Line Items]
Cumulative capital investment return		6.00%
Minimum
Listing Distribution Derivative [Line Items]
Average market value of stock for listing period		180 days
Maximum
Listing Distribution Derivative [Line Items]
Average market value of stock for listing period		210 days
Class B units \| New York Recovery Advisors, LLC
Listing Distribution Derivative [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership unit capital (in shares)	3,062,512