Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Net cash provided by operating activities	$ 44,544	$ 14,641
Investing activities:
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash	1,306	(2,647)
Investment in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures	(785)	(1,103)
Repayment of loans receivable, net	26,360	17,884
Proceeds from the sale of loans receivable		89
Proceeds from sales of real estate held-for-sale	11,042	34,758
Additions in real estate held-for-investment	(1,816)	(11,488)
Additions of real estate held-for-sale	(225)	(10,667)
Purchases of property and equipment	(6,103)	(4,650)
Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment		257
Return of unconsolidated real estate joint venture investment	994
Acquisition of BBX Capital Class A shares		(95,424)
(Increase) decrease from other investing activities	(323)	118
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	30,450	(72,873)
Financing activities:
Repayment of BB&T preferred interest in Florida Asset Resolution Group, LLC ("FAR")		(12,348)
Repayments of notes, mortgage notes payable and other borrowings	(169,414)	(90,186)
Proceeds from notes, mortgage notes payable and other borrowings	172,290	78,490
Payments for debt issuance costs	(2,448)	(2,537)
Payments of interest on shares subject to mandatory redemption	(375)	(375)
Proceeds from the exercise of BFC stock options	10	10
Retirement of BFC's Class A Common Stock	(3,029)	(174)
Distributions to noncontrolling interest		(2,268)
Net cash used in financing activities	(2,966)	(29,388)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	72,028	(87,620)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	198,905	279,437
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	270,933	191,817
Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest paid on borrowings	16,599	17,641
Income taxes paid	592	12,039
Income tax refunded		(317)
Supplementary disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Loans transferred to real estate held-for-sale or real estate held-for-investment	3,663	2,427
Loans held-for-sale transferred to loans receivable	16,078	7,365
Real estate held-for-investment transferred to real estate held-for-sale	3,040	3,572
Real estate held-for-sale transferred to property and equipment	6,557
Issuance of note payable to acquire business		1,395
Fair value of net assets acquired in connection with business acquisitions		1,404
(Decrease) increase in BFC accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes	(124)	74
Net increase in BFC shareholders' equity from the effect of subsidiaries' capital transactions, net of taxes	2,695	1,511
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Supplementary disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
(Decrease) increase in BFC accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes	$ (106)	$ 36