Debt - Additional Information (Details) ft² in Millions		3 Months Ended
Jan. 19, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Mar. 31, 2017 ft²
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Area of office and retail properties		12.5
Notes and mortgages payable, interest rate		3.60%
One Market Plaza [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Mortgage refinancing extended amount \| $	$ 975,000,000
Area of office and retail properties	1.6
Debt instrument term of notes	7 years
Notes and mortgages payable, interest rate		4.03%
One Market Plaza [Member] \| Mortgages and Notes Payable with Fixed Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date of debt	2024-02	2024-02
Notes and mortgages payable, interest rate	4.03%	4.03%

Debt instrument, maturity date in month and year.

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- Definition

Area of a real estate property.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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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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No definition available.

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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No definition available.

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- Definition

Amount of mortgage loan on real estate that was renewed or extended.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 948
-SubTopic 310
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29.6)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6589523&loc=d3e617274-123014

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 6
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-04.(c) Schedule IV)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27047687&loc=d3e5864-122674

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