Estimated Gains (Losses) on Sales of Real Estate Held For Sale

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Estimated Proceeds From Sale Of Property Held-For-Sale, Portion Attributable to Minority Interest

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Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3179-108585

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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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Real Estate Property Held For Sale - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Oct. 25, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of real estate properties		$ 21,790	$ 127,859
Melbourne, FL
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gain on sale of property	$ 12,519
Proceeds from sale allocated to non-controlling partner	2,504
Property held for sale \| Melbourne, FL
Real Estate [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sale of real estate properties	$ 8,969