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Mortgages Payable (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Notes Payable (in US dallars) $ 1,032,004,000us-gaap_NotesPayable $ 1,032,780,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
Rego Park 1 Shopping [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Percentage of cash mortgage collateralized 100.00%alx_PercentageOfCashMortgageCollateralized
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Debt Instrument Maturity Date String 2016-03  
Interest rate (in percentage) 0.40%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Notes Payable (in US dallars) 78,246,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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78,246,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Duration of loan extended 1 year  
Rego Park 2 Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String 2018-11  
Interest rate (in percentage) 2.03%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Notes Payable (in US dallars) 265,758,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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266,534,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Basis spread over LIBOR (in percentage) 1.85%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Retail Space [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Notes Payable (in US dallars) 320,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Mortgage loan converted to recourse (in US Dollars) 75,000,000alx_MortgageLoanConvertedToRecourse
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Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] | Office Space [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String 2021-03  
Interest rate (in percentage) 1.13%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Notes Payable (in US dallars) 300,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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300,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Basis spread over LIBOR (in percentage) 0.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] | Retail Space [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String 2015-08  
Interest rate (in percentage) 4.93%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Notes Payable (in US dallars) 320,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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320,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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Lexington Avenue Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member] | Retail Space [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Mortgage loan converted to recourse (in US Dollars) 75,000,000alx_MortgageLoanConvertedToRecourse
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Paramus Property [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Secured [Member]    
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Line Items]    
Debt Instrument Maturity Date String 2018-10  
Interest rate (in percentage) 2.90%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Notes Payable (in US dallars) $ 68,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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$ 68,000,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
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