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Amount of deferred costs for long-term contracts and programs. Includes, but is not limited to, initial tooling costs and deferred production costs.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Amount of contractual obligation, including but not limited to, long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations, and other commitments.

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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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Revenue from the sale of commercial, industrial, or residential property during the period. This element is more likely than not relevant to an entity for which real estate operations are a principal activity. If real estate operations are not a principal activity, the reporting entity would likely use a gain (loss) on sale of property, plant, or equipment type element.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Tomoka Town Center - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) ft² a	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) ft² a	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 a
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Area of real estate property \| ft²	1,270,000		1,270,000
Revenue from sales of real estate property	$ 1,748,398	$ 8,781,759	$ 3,976,340	$ 11,184,591
Definitive Sales Contracts [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Area of real estate property not covered under contract \| a	170		170
Amount of contractual obligation	$ 16,000,000		$ 16,000,000
Definitive Sales Contracts [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cost of the contract	10,000,000		10,000,000
Definitive Sales Contracts [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cost of the contract	$ 20,000,000		20,000,000
Tanger Contract and the NADG Contract [Member] \| Definitive Sales Contracts [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Area of real estate property \| a					230
Revenue from sales of real estate property			$ 43,200,000
Sam's Club [Member] \| Definitive Sales Contracts [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Area of real estate property \| a	18		18