Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues
Rental revenues	$ 166,488	$ 151,339	$ 116,958
General contracting and real estate services revenues	$ 217,146	105,859	76,359
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	us-gaap:RealEstateMember
Total revenues	$ 383,634	257,198	193,317
Expenses
Rental expenses	38,960	34,332	27,222
Real estate taxes	18,136	14,961	11,383
General contracting and real estate services expenses	209,472	101,538	73,628
Depreciation and amortization	59,972	54,564	39,913
Amortization of right-of-use assets - finance leases	586	377	0
General and administrative expenses	12,905	12,392	11,431
Acquisition, development and other pursuit costs	584	844	352
Impairment charges	666	252	1,619
Total expenses	341,281	219,260	165,548
Gain on real estate dispositions	6,388	4,699	4,254
Operating income	48,741	42,637	32,023
Interest income	19,841	23,215	10,729
Interest expense on indebtedness	(30,120)	(30,776)	(19,087)
Interest expense on finance leases	(915)	(568)	0
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities	0	273	372
Change in fair value of derivatives and other	(1,130)	(3,599)	(951)
Provision for unrealized credit losses	(256)	0	0
Other income (expense), net	515	585	377
Income before taxes	36,676	31,767	23,463
Income tax benefit	283	491	29
Net income	36,959	32,258	23,492
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Investment entities	230	(213)	0
Operating Partnership	(8,037)	(7,992)	(6,289)
Net income attributable to Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.	29,152	24,053	17,203
Preferred stock dividends	(7,349)	(2,455)	0
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 21,803	$ 21,598	$ 17,203
Net income attributable to stockholders per share (basic and diluted) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.38	$ 0.41	$ 0.36
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic and diluted) (in shares)	57,328	53,119	47,512
Comprehensive income:
Net income	$ 36,959	$ 32,258	$ 23,492
Unrealized cash flow hedge losses	(9,751)	(4,504)	(1,894)
Realized cash flow hedge losses reclassified to net income	3,345	501	169
Comprehensive income	30,553	28,255	21,767
Comprehensive income attributable to Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.	24,524	21,096	15,920
Noncontrolling interests in investment entities
Expenses
Net income	(230)	213
Comprehensive income:
Net income	(230)	213
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	230	(213)	0
Noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership
Expenses
Net income	8,037	7,992	6,289
Comprehensive income:
Net income	8,037	7,992	6,289
Unrealized cash flow hedge losses	(2,669)	(1,183)	(484)
Realized cash flow hedge losses reclassified to net income	891	137	42
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	$ (6,259)	$ (6,946)	$ (5,847)