Mortgage Debt and Notes Payable, Nonrecourse (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jul. 31, 2013
Composition of mortgage debt and notes payable, nonrecourse maturities
Mortgage debt and notes payable nonrecourse maturities total maturities in 2014	$ 579,133
Mortgage debt and notes payable nonrecourse maturities total maturities in 2015	1,018,782
Mortgage debt and notes payable nonrecourse maturities total maturities in 2016	487,247
Mortgage debt and notes payable nonrecourse maturities total maturities in 2017	365,948
Mortgage debt and notes payable nonrecoures maturities total maturities in 2018	1,192,940
Mortgage debt and notes payable nonrecourse maturities total maturities thereafter	2,118,649
Mortgage debt and notes payable, nonrecourse	$ 5,762,699

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Nonrecourse debt including land held for divestiture debt

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Amount of long-term debt, sinking fund requirements, and other securities redeemable at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 470

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6802200&loc=d3e1835-112601

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Amount of long-term debt, sinking fund requirements, and other securities redeemable at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of long-term debt, sinking fund requirements, and other securities redeemable at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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