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Scheduled Closing Date for sale on Land.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of deferred revenue as of balance sheet date. Deferred revenue represents collections of cash or other assets related to a revenue producing activity for which revenue has not yet been recognized. Generally, an entity records deferred revenue when it receives consideration from a customer before achieving certain criteria that must be met for revenue to be recognized in conformity with GAAP.

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The difference between the carrying value and the sale price of real estate or properties that were intended to be sold or held for capital appreciation or rental income. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings and not to the cash proceeds of the sale. This element is a noncash adjustment to net income when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Revenue from the sale of land in the reporting period.

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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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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Land and Subsurface Interests - Summary of Sales within the Tomoka Town Center (Detail) ft² in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) a	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) a $ / a	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 ft²	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 a
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property	1,581		1,581		1.5		148.35
Revenue Recognized	$ 12,210,945	$ 8,297,715	$ 43,439,318	$ 23,214,248
Tanger Outlet [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Date Closed			Nov. 12, 2015
Area of a real estate property \| a	38.93		38.93
Sales Price			$ 9,700,000
Avg. Sales Price per Acre \| $ / a			249,165
Revenue Recognized	$ 1,553,551		$ 6,682,681
Gain Recognized	$ 1,250,016		$ 5,356,247
Deferred Revenue as of September 30, 2016						$ 393,546
Sam’s Club [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Date Closed			Dec. 23, 2015
Area of a real estate property \| a	18.10		18.10
Sales Price			$ 4,500,000
Avg. Sales Price per Acre \| $ / a			248,619
Revenue Recognized	$ 796,397		$ 3,423,880
Gain Recognized	$ 655,273		$ 2,807,171
Deferred Revenue as of September 30, 2016						130,463
NADG - First Parcel [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Date Closed			Dec. 29, 2015
Area of a real estate property \| a	37.26		37.26
Sales Price			$ 5,168,335
Avg. Sales Price per Acre \| $ / a			138,710
Revenue Recognized	$ 989,346		$ 4,258,592
Gain Recognized	$ 698,832		$ 2,989,057
Deferred Revenue as of September 30, 2016						283,751
NADG - Out Parcel [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Date Closed			Mar. 30, 2016
Area of a real estate property \| a	4.40		4.40
Sales Price			$ 2,000,000
Avg. Sales Price per Acre \| $ / a			454,545
Revenue Recognized	$ 314,462		$ 2,089,796
Gain Recognized	$ 264,409		$ 1,811,018
Deferred Revenue as of September 30, 2016						109,802
Tomoka Town Center [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of a real estate property \| a	98.69		98.69
Sales Price			$ 21,368,335
Avg. Sales Price per Acre \| $ / a			216,520
Revenue Recognized	$ 3,653,756		$ 16,454,949
Gain Recognized	$ 2,868,530		$ 12,963,493
Deferred Revenue as of September 30, 2016						$ 917,562