INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURES - Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 33,860	$ 33,797
Ladder Capital Realty Income Partnership I LP
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures	0	49
Grace Lake JV, LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures	3,456	2,891
24 Second Avenue Holdings LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures	$ 30,404	$ 30,857

This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66022249&loc=d3e33749-111570

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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