Allocated Consolidated Income Tax Liability And Benefits, Amount Received

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Consolidated Method Investment Ownership Percentage

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Percent Of Voting Power

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Amount of expenses related to the managing member or general partner for management of the day-to-day business functions of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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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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Certain Relationships And Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
BBX Capital Corporation [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage	81.00%		81.00%
Woodbridge [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consolidated method ownership percentage	54.00%		54.00%
Alan Levan And Mr Abdo [Member] \| Class A and B Common Stock [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percent of voting power	76.00%		76.00%
Bluegreen [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Allocated consolidated income tax liability and benefits, amount received			$ 13,800	$ 5,000
Abdo Companies Inc. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management services expenses	$ 76	$ 76	$ 153	$ 153
BBX Capital Corporation [Member] \| Woodbridge [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest	46.00%		46.00%