Business Acquisition Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired Option To Purchase Additional Interests

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Represents the company's commitment to invest in a development project.

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Represents the extension period of the loan receivable.

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Represent the future value of a real estate development project.

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Note Receivable Face Amount

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Notes Receivable Interest Reserve

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- Definition

Represents the number of residential units in a property.

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Number Of Rooms In Hotel

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Represents the number of stories in a building.

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Represents the number of times the loan receivable may be extended.

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Percentage Of Debt Required To Be Paid

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- Definition

Represents the time period after a project's completion date in which the company can exercise the option to purchase an interest in the project.

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Time Period After The Project Completion Date In Which The Company Can Exercise Additional Interests Purchase Option

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Area of a real estate property.

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- Definition

Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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This element represents the carrying value of a short-term real estate loan to finance building costs. The funds are disbursed as needed or in accordance with a prearranged plan; generally, a portion of the funds is disbursed at inception and the remainder as construction progresses. The money is repaid on completion of the project, usually from the proceeds of a mortgage loan. The rate is normally higher than the prime rate, and there is usually an origination fee. The effective yield on these loans tends to be high, and the lender has a security interest in the real property. Note that there are separate concepts for the current and noncurrent portions of long-term construction loans.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

Recorded Investment in financing receivables that are past due at the balance sheet date.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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The net amount of nonoperating interest income (expense).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Amount representing an agreement for an unconditional promise by the maker to pay the entity (holder) a definite sum of money at a future date. Such amount may include accrued interest receivable in accordance with the terms of the note. The note also may contain provisions and related items including a discount or premium, payable on demand, secured, or unsecured, interest bearing or noninterest bearing, among a myriad of other features and characteristics. Excludes amounts related to receivables held-for-sale.

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Notes Receivable (Details)				6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Notes Receivable (Details)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 21, 2016 USD ($) ft² unit extension room	Oct. 15, 2015 USD ($) ft² story unit extension	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 10, 2016 USD ($)
Notes Receivable
Ownership interest percentage in properties							100.00%
Notes receivable							$ 59,546,000	$ 7,825,000
Interest income							3,228,000	$ 126,000	$ 0
BDG Loan
Notes Receivable
Stated Interest Rate			8.00%
Number of times the loan receivable can be extended \| extension			2
Stated interest rate, basis spread on variable rate				2.00%
Notes receivable							20,600,000
Interest income							1,200,000
Forecast \| BDG Loan
Notes Receivable
Stated interest rate, basis spread on variable rate						2.00%
BDG \| BDG Loan
Notes Receivable
Extension period of the loan receivable			1 year
Point Street Apartments
Notes Receivable
Development project future value			$ 93,000,000
Number of stories \| story			17
Number of residential units \| unit			289
Area of retail space \| ft²			18,000
Point Street Apartments \| Forecast
Notes Receivable
Ownership interest percentage in properties					9.00%	79.00%
Purchase price					$ 3,100,000	$ 27,300,000
Period after completion to exercise purchase option					27 months	1 year
Point Street Apartments \| Financial Guarantee
Notes Receivable
Guarantor obligations of the senior construction loan (up to)										$ 25,000,000.0
Point Street Apartments \| Financial Guarantee \| Letter of Credit
Notes Receivable
Credit facility, amount outstanding							2,100,000
Point Street Apartments \| Maximum
Notes Receivable
Commitment to invest in a development project (up to)			$ 28,200,000.0
Ownership interest percentage in properties										88.00%
Point Street Apartments \| Maximum \| BDG
Notes Receivable
Construction loan (up to)										$ 70,000,000.0
Annapolis Junction Town Center
Notes Receivable
Development project future value		$ 102,000,000
Number of residential units \| unit		416
Area of retail space \| ft²		17,000
Period after completion to exercise purchase option	1 year
Number of times the loan receivable can be extended \| extension		2
Notes receivable							38,900,000
Interest income							2,000,000
Note receivable maximum principal balance		$ 42,000,000.0
Number of rooms (room) \| room		150
Interest acquired	80.00%
Option to acquire additional interest	8.00%
Period after completion to exercise additional purchase option	27 months
Interest reserve		$ 6,000,000
Annapolis Junction Town Center \| BDG Loan
Notes Receivable
Stated Interest Rate		10.00%
Extension period of the loan receivable		1 year
Annapolis Junction Town Center \| Financial Guarantee
Notes Receivable
Guarantor obligations of the senior construction loan (up to)	$ 25,000,000.0
Annapolis Junction Town Center \| Annapolis Junction Apartments Owner LLC \| BDG Loan
Notes Receivable
Required payment of loan		80.00%
Note receivable, past due							$ 0
Annapolis Junction Town Center \| Maximum
Notes Receivable
Commitment to invest in a development project (up to)		$ 48,000,000.0
Interest acquired	88.00%
Annapolis Junction Town Center \| Maximum \| Annapolis Junction Apartments Owner LLC
Notes Receivable
Construction loan (up to)	$ 60,000,000