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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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LAND AND INVESTMENT IN THE LAND JV - Tiger Bay Mitigation (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) a
Real Estate [Line Items]
Land sale acres \| a	5,400
Investment in Joint Ventures	$ 55,736,668	$ 6,788,034
Gain on Sale	133,000,000		$ 31,800,000
Gross Sales Price	108,000,000		$ 45,500,000
Third Nadg Land Sale
Real Estate [Line Items]
Land sale acres \| a			46
Gross Sales Price			$ 10,600,000
Land Sales
Real Estate [Line Items]
Land sale acres \| a		2,697	1,700
Land Sales \| Mitigation Bank West of Interstate Ninety Five
Real Estate [Line Items]
Gain on Sale	18,400,000
Consolidated Tomoka Land Co
Real Estate [Line Items]
Investment in Joint Ventures		$ 6,800,000
Mitigation Bank
Real Estate [Line Items]
Sale of interest in joint venture		70.00%
Investment in Joint Ventures	6,900,000	$ 6,800,000
Mitigation credits, Put Right, maximum potential future payments	$ 27,000,000
Black Rock
Real Estate [Line Items]
Sale of interest in joint venture	70.00%