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Property acquisition, value allocated to Development

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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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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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The amount of property, plant, and equipment recognized as of the acquisition date.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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REAL ESTATE PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND ACQUIRED INTANGIBLES (Details)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Integer
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Amortization expense for lease intangibles	$ 1,121,000	$ 1,111,000
Above and below market leases Increase (decrease) rental Income	136,000	125,000
Acquisition-related costs expensed
2017 Acquisition (Shiloh) [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Total cost of properties purchased	20,347,000
Amount of total cost allocated to land	3,092,000
2017 Acquisition (Shiloh) [Member] \| Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible acquired associated with purchase of Real Estate	1,801,000
2017 Acquisition (Shiloh) [Member] \| Above Market Leases [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible acquired associated with purchase of Real Estate	2,000
2017 Acquisition (Shiloh) [Member] \| Below market lease [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible acquired associated with purchase of Real Estate	168,000
Flagler Center [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of buildings \| Integer			3
2016 Acquisitions (Parc North, Flagler, Weston and Jones) [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Total cost of properties purchased			$ 112,158,000
Property acquisition, value allocated to Development			84,490,000
Amount of total cost allocated to land			29,164,000
2016 Acquisitions (Parc North, Flagler, Weston and Jones) [Member] \| Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible acquired associated with purchase of Real Estate			5,941,000
2016 Acquisitions (Parc North, Flagler, Weston and Jones) [Member] \| Above Market Leases [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible acquired associated with purchase of Real Estate			393,000
2016 Acquisitions (Parc North, Flagler, Weston and Jones) [Member] \| Below market lease [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible acquired associated with purchase of Real Estate			894,000
Real Estate Properties [Domain] \| 2017 Acquisition (Shiloh) [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Amount of total cost allocated to real estate properties	$ 18,712,000
Real Estate Properties [Domain] \| 2016 Acquisitions (Parc North, Flagler, Weston and Jones) [Member]
Property Acquisition [Line Items]
Amount of total cost allocated to real estate properties			$ 22,228,000