Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Expire date of ground lease	Jun. 01, 2053
Ground Lease [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Future funding commitments	$ 31,869,000
Ground Lease Commitments, 2014	1,060,000
Ground Lease Commitments, 2015	1,463,000
Ground Lease Commitments, 2016	1,592,000
Ground Lease Commitments, 2017	1,656,000
Ground Lease Commitments, 2018	1,791,000
Ground Lease Commitments, Thereafter	$ 107,627,000

Future funding commitments.

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- Definition

Date which lease or group of leases is set to expire, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

+ References

No definition available.

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- Definition

Future rental payments receivable within one year of the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6454179&loc=d3e41551-112718

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- Definition

Future rental payments receivable within the fifth year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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- Definition

Future rental payments receivable within the fourth year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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- Definition

Future rental payments receivable within the third year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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- Definition

Future rental payments receivable within the second year from the balance sheet date under an operating lease.

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- Definition

Future minimum lease payments receivable under operating leases for periods greater than five years following the balance sheet date.

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