Consolidation of a Real Estate Development Company - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Period, in days, of the financial reporting lag	90 days
Funding by Partnership to Consolidated Real Estate VIE	$ 321.5
Amount of funding received by consolidated real estate VIE	108.2
Amount of funding received by consolidated real estate VIE from partnership	27.1
Amount of funding received by consolidated real estate VIE from senior partnership professionals	81.1
Customer advances received	104.5	$ 190.4
Urbplan
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Maximum amount of additional funding required	30.0
Estimated fair value percentage of outstanding principal amounts of loans		60.00%
Outstanding future cost of land development services	$ 18.0
Minimum
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage receivables accrue interest rates ranging (as a percent)	9.00%
Minimum \| CDI Plus
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	4.50%
Additional margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	18.60%
Minimum \| IGP-M Plus
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Additional margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	22.50%
Minimum \| IPCA Plus
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	11.00%
Additional margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	21.70%
Maximum
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Mortgage receivables accrue interest rates ranging (as a percent)	12.00%
Maximum \| CDI Plus
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	7.44%
Additional margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	21.50%
Maximum \| IGP-M Plus
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	12.00%
Maximum \| IPCA Plus
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	13.50%
Additional margin range of interest rates (as a percent)	24.20%
Partnership
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Partnership contractual obligation	$ 77.9
Senior Carlyle Professionals
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Capital funding received consolidation year	$ 243.6

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