Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Revenue, Product and Service [Extensible List]	us-gaap:RealEstateMember
Revenues
Rental revenues	$ 45,741	$ 42,289
General contracting and real estate services revenues	35,563	47,268
Total revenues	81,304	89,557
Expenses
Rental expenses	10,832	9,375
Real estate taxes	5,306	4,333
General contracting and real estate services expenses	34,275	45,550
Depreciation and amortization	18,066	14,279
Amortization of right-of-use assets - finance leases	189	147
General and administrative expenses	4,021	3,793
Acquisition, development and other pursuit costs	71	27
Impairment charges	3,039	158
Total expenses	75,799	77,662
Gain on real estate dispositions	3,717	0
Operating income	9,222	11,895
Interest income	4,116	7,226
Interest expense on indebtedness	(7,613)	(7,959)
Interest expense on finance leases	(362)	(229)
Change in fair value of derivatives and other	393	(1,736)
Unrealized credit loss release (provision)	55	(377)
Other income (expense), net	179	58
Income before taxes	5,990	8,878
Income tax benefit	19	257
Net income	6,009	9,135
Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Investment entities	0	92
Operating Partnership	(811)	(2,235)
Net income attributable to Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.	5,198	6,992
Preferred stock dividends	(2,887)	(1,067)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 2,311	$ 5,925
Net income attributable to common stockholders per share (basic and diluted) (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.11
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic and diluted) (in shares)	59,422	56,398
Comprehensive income:
Net income	$ 6,009	$ 9,135
Unrealized cash flow hedge gains (losses)	2,276	(7,489)
Realized cash flow hedge losses reclassified to net income	1,078	392
Comprehensive income	9,363	2,038
Comprehensive income attributable to Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.	7,681	1,839
Noncontrolling interests in investment entities
Expenses
Net income		(92)
Comprehensive income:
Net income		(92)
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:	0	92
Noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership
Expenses
Net income	811	2,235
Comprehensive income:
Net income	811	2,235
Unrealized cash flow hedge gains (losses)	591	(2,051)
Realized cash flow hedge losses reclassified to net income	280	107
Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:	$ (1,682)	$ (291)