Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 ft²
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Prime retail space of building	10,400,000
718 Fifth Avenue [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Put right exercise period after sale of interest	4 years
Put right notice period	12 months
Put right actual purchase period	5 years
712 Fifth Avenue [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Equity method ownership percentage	50.00%
Predecessor [Member] \| 718 Fifth Avenue [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Percentage of tenancy-in-common interest in property	50.00%
Predecessor [Member] \| 712 Fifth Avenue [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Equity method ownership percentage	50.00%
Owned by Affiliate [Member] \| Predecessor [Member] \| 718 Fifth Avenue [Member] \| Third Party Affiliate [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Equity method ownership percentage	25.00%
Owned by Affiliate [Member] \| Parent Company [Member] \| Put Right Exercised [Member] \| 718 Fifth Avenue [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Equity method ownership percentage	25.00%
Owned by Affiliate [Member] \| Retail Type Space [Member] \| Predecessor [Member] \| 718 Fifth Avenue [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Prime retail space of building	19,050

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Area of a real estate property.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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