Amendment Flag
Current Fiscal Year End Date
Document Period End Date
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer
Entity Voluntary Filers
Entity Current Reporting Status
Entity Filer Category
Entity Public Float
Entity Registrant Name
Entity Central Index Key
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding
Document Fiscal Year Focus
Document Fiscal Period Focus
Document Type
Area of property
Area of real estate property subject to restrictions on taxable dispositions
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $445 and $248, respectively
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Property and equipment, accumulated depreciation
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Accounts receivable, allowance
Amortization related to non-real estate investments
Amortization of Intangible Assets
TOTAL ASSETS
Assets
Segment Assets [Abstract]
ASSETS
Other assets
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, aggregate liquidation preference
Balance Sheet Location [Axis]
Balance Sheet Location [Domain]
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Date Acquisition
Business Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement
Business Acquisition [Axis]
Results of operations from acquired properties [Abstract]
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Abstract]
Building
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Buildings
Land
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Land
Units
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable
Intangible assets
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill
Business Acquisition, Acquiree [Domain]
ACQUISITIONS, DEVELOPMENTS PLACED IN SERVICE AND DISPOSITIONS [Abstract]
Other
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other
Debt assumed in acquisition
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Liabilities
ACQUISITIONS, DEVELOPMENTS PLACED IN SERVICE AND DISPOSITIONS
Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]
Net loss
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Earnings or Loss of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual
Total revenue
Business Combination, Pro Forma Information, Revenue of Acquiree since Acquisition Date, Actual
Transaction costs expensed
Carrying Amount [Member]
Compensating Balances, Cash and Cash Equivalents [Axis]
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease)
Cash and cash equivalents
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and Cash Equivalents, Fair Value Disclosure
Certificates of deposit
Class of Stock [Domain]
Variable Interest Entity, Classification [Domain]
Commercial properties [Member]
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES [Abstract]
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 6)
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
COMMON SHARES [Member]
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest (Unlimited authorization, no par value, 122,134,143 shares issued and outstanding at January 31, 2015, and 109,019,341 shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 2014)
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, shares issued (in shares)
DIVIDENDS PER COMMON SHARE (in dollars per share)
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, no par value (in dollars per share)
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, shares outstanding (in shares)
Compensating Balances [Line Items]
Compensating balances
Consolidation Items [Domain]
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY
Consolidation, Variable Interest Entity, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Consolidation Items [Axis]
Real estate assets contributed by noncontrolling interest - consolidated real estate entities
Units converted to common shares
Units converted to common shares (in shares)
Maintenance
Real estate expenses
Other property expenses
Cost of Other Property Operating Expense
Book value and sales cost
EXPENSES
TOTAL EXPENSES
Costs and Expenses
Credit Facility [Axis]
Credit Facility [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table]
MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT [Abstract]
MORTGAGES PAYABLE AND LINE OF CREDIT
Weighted average rate of interest on mortgage debt (in hundredths)
Mortgages maturity date range, end
Forfeiture of note payable in conjunction with sale of property
Mortgages Payable [Abstract]
Deferred charges and leasing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $21,020 and $21,068, respectively
Deferred charges and leasing costs, accumulated amortization
Receivable arising from straight-lining of rents, net of allowance of $714 and $796, respectively
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan [Domain]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Axis]
Depreciation/amortization related to real estate investments
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization, Nonproduction
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
Development in progress
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS [Abstract]
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before gain (loss) on sale
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation During Phase-out Period, Net of Tax
Loss (gain) on sale of real estate, land, other investments and discontinued operations
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
Operating income (loss)
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Operating Income (Loss)
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Name [Domain]
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Payment date
Distributions - common shares and units
Dividends, Common Stock
Quarterly amount per share or unit (in dollars per share)
Common and Preferred Share Distributions
Dividends Declared [Table Text Block]
Record date
Distributions - preferred shares
Dividends to preferred shareholders
Dividends, Preferred Stock
Line of Credit [Member]
Real estate deposits
NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE - BASIC & DILUTED
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE - BASIC & DILUTED
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted
EARNINGS PER SHARE
EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]
EQUITY [Abstract]
Interest in joint venture (in hundredths)
Interest held (in hundredths)
Equity Component [Domain]
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Fair Value [Member]
New intangible assets
Measurement Frequency [Axis]
Fair Value, Hierarchy [Axis]
Nonrecurring [Member]
Fair Value, Measurement Frequency [Domain]
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS [Abstract]
Fair Value, Measurements, Fair Value Hierarchy [Domain]
Measurement Basis [Axis]
Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis
Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping [Table]
Fair Value Measurement [Domain]
Level 2 [Member]
Level 1 [Member]
Level 3 [Member]
FINANCIAL LIABILITIES [Abstract]
FINANCIAL ASSETS [Abstract]
2019
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Four
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross, Total
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Estimated annual amortization [Abstract]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net, Total
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Major Class Name [Domain]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Axis]
2016
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Next Twelve Months
2020
2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Two
2018
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Year Three
Gain/(loss)
Gain from involuntary conversion
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Assets and Asset Impairment Charges
Gain (loss) on sale of real estate and other investments
Gain on involuntary conversion
Gain on involuntary conversion
Gain on involuntary conversion
General and administrative
Goodwill impairment
Goodwill
IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AND GOODWILL
Goodwill derecognized
Goodwill, Written off Related to Sale of Business Unit
Goodwill added
Goodwill, Acquired During Period
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used, Asset Name [Domain]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Line Items]
Impaired Long-Lived Assets Held and Used by Type [Axis]
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS
Impairment of real estate investments
Impairment of retail property
Impairment of Real Estate
Write-down of assets
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use
Income from continuing operations - Investors Real Estate Trust
Earnings per common share from discontinued operations - Investors Real Estate Trust - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)
Earnings per common share from discontinued operations - Investors Real Estate Trust - basic and diluted (in dollars per share)
Net income attributable to Investors Real Estate Trust and nonredeemable interests
Net income attributable to Investors Real Estate Trust and nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
Net operating income
Income (Loss) from Operations before Extraordinary Items
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS [Abstract]
Disposal Group Name [Axis]
Earnings per common share from continuing operations - Investors Real Estate Trust - basic and diluted
Earnings (loss) per common share from continuing operations - Investors Real Estate Trust - basic and diluted
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income from discontinued operations
INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Income from discontinued operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table]
Income from continuing operations
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
Income from discontinued operations - Investors Real Estate Trust
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable
Increase in deferred charges and leasing costs
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Leasing Fees
Decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
Changes in other assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in tax, insurance and other escrow
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets
Decrease in prepaid and other assets
Increase (Decrease) in Prepaid Expense and Other Assets
Insurance proceeds receivable
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $25,423 and $24,071, respectively
Interest expense
Interest Expense
Interest and other income
Cash paid for interest, amounts capitalized
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized of $3,628 and $2,139, respectively
Interest income
Total real estate investments
Investments
Other investments
Investments, Fair Value Disclosure
Real estate investments
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Amount
Fixed rate mortgages
Variable rate mortgages
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Variable Interest, Amount
Long-term Debt, Type [Axis]
Long-term Debt, Type [Domain]
Unimproved land
Land Parcel 1 [Member]
Acquired below-market leases and acquired above-market leases [Member]
Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member]
TOTAL LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY
Liabilities and Equity
LIABILITIES
Liabilities [Abstract]
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Liabilities
Liabilities related to real estate held for sale
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Liabilities
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Line of Credit [Abstract]
Borrowed amount
Lending commitments
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility, amended
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity
Line of Credit Facility [Table]
Line of credit, current interest rate (in hundredths)
Line of credit
Lines of Credit, Fair Value Disclosure
Revolving line of credit
Other debt
Receivable arising from straight-lining of rents, allowance
Mortgages payable
Mortgages payable
2015 (remainder)
2017
2016
Aggregate amount of required future principal payments on mortgages payable [Abstract]
2018
Thereafter
2019
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five
Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities
Noncontrolling interests consolidated real estate entities
Distributions - common shares and units
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership (14,397,983 units at January 31, 2015 and 21,093,445 units at April 30, 2014)
Interest rates on mortgages payable range, maximum (in hundredths)
Mortgages included in real estate dispositions
Interest rates on mortgages payable range, minimum (in hundredths)
Real Estate, Type of Property [Axis]
Real Estate [Domain]
Real Estate [Domain]
Mortgages Payable [Member]
Net income attributable to Investors Real Estate Trust
Net income attributable to Investors Real Estate Trust
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
NET INCOME AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
Numerator for basic earnings per share - net income available to common shareholders
Net income
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
NUMERATOR [Abstract]
Numerator for diluted earnings per share
Net rentable area (in square feet)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Net cash used by investing activities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net cash (used) provided by financing activities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Debt Assumed
Number of apartment units owned
Number of apartment units at properties subject to restrictions on taxable dispositions
Number of real estate properties
Number of properties subject to restrictions on taxable dispositions
Number of properties subject to purchase options
Number of reportable segments
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling Interest in Net Income (Loss) Operating Partnerships, Nonredeemable
Contributions from nonredeemable noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities
Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Total gross rental revenue from properties subject to purchase options
Real estate rentals
Operating income
Operating Income (Loss)
Operating Segments [Member]
ORGANIZATION [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION
Tax, insurance, and other escrow
Other identified intangible assets [Member]
Increase in accounts receivable from sale of common shares under distribution reinvestment and share purchase program
Other expenses
Other property expenses
Other property expenses
Other investments
Other investments
Other income
Other income
Other
Financing liability balance
TRS senior housing revenue
TRS senior housing revenue
Other Investments [Member]
Property management expenses
Other [Member]
Equity [Member]
Redemption of units for common shares
Partners' Capital Account, Redemptions
Redemption of units for common shares, shares (in shares)
Payments for development and re-development of real estate assets
Payments for Construction in Process
Decrease in other investments
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities
Payments for improvements of real estate assets
Payments for Capital Improvements
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Noncontrolling Interest
Distributions paid to preferred shareholders
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Preferred Stock and Preference Stock
Payments for acquisitions of real estate assets
Payments to Acquire Real Estate
Cash
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross
Distributions paid to common shareholders, net of reinvestment of $11,550 and $10,511, respectively
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Common Stock
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests - Unitholders of the Operating Partnership, net reinvestment of $506 and $482, respectively
Payments of Distributions to Affiliates
Payments for acquisition of noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities
Payments to Acquire Additional Interest in Subsidiaries
Portion at Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, no par value (in dollars per share)
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (Cumulative redeemable preferred shares)
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued
Preferred Series A [Member]
Preferred Series B [Member]
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, shares issued (in shares)
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, shares outstanding (in shares)
PREFERRED SHARES [Member]
Prepaid and other assets
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Principal proceeds on mortgage loans receivable
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests - Unitholders of the Operating Partnership, reinvestment
Proceeds from financing liability
Insurance proceeds received
Shares issued under the Incentive Award Plan
Shares issued under the Incentive Award Plan
Proceeds from noncontrolling partner - consolidated real estate entities
Proceeds from revolving lines of credit and other debt
Insurance proceeds received for redevelopment
Proceeds from underwritten Public Offering of Preferred Shares - Series B, net of offering costs
Proceeds from sale of common shares under distribution reinvestment and share purchase program
Proceeds from mortgages payable
Series B preferred shares issued
Proceeds from Issuance Initial Public Offering
Proceeds from sale of common shares, net of issue costs
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
Sales Price of Property Disposed
Proceeds from Sale of Productive Assets
NET INCOME
Net income
Total acquisition cost
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1,364 and $2,041, respectively
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Axis]
Development projects placed in service
Bad debt expense
Provision for Doubtful Accounts
Overstatement of equity
Insurance
HELD FOR SALE
Real Estate Properties [Domain]
Real Estate Property Ownership [Axis]
Total property cost subject to purchase options
Property owned
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Total property owned
Real Estate Investment Property, Net
Construction interest capitalized
Real estate investment amount of properties (net of accumulated depreciation)
Less accumulated depreciation
Real Estate Investment Property, Accumulated Depreciation
Joint ventures partner's interest acquired
Real estate taxes
Real estate held for sale
Real Estate Held-for-sale
Real Estate Held-for-sale
Real estate revenue
TOTAL REVENUE
Real Estate Revenue, Net
Segment Assets and Accumulated Depreciation
Revenues and net operating income for reportable segments
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Table Text Block]
Principal payments on revolving lines of credit and other debt
Repayments of Other Short-term Debt
Principal payments on mortgages payable
Repayments of Long-term Debt
Multi-family residential properties [Member]
Compensating Balances, Cash and Cash Equivalents [Domain]
Commercial Retail [Member]
Commercial Retail Property [Member]
Accumulated distributions in excess of net income
ACCUMULATED DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INCOME [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Sales price
REVENUE
Increase in receivable arising from straight-lining of rents
Straight Line Rent
Estimated annual amortization of all other identified intangible assets
PROCEEDS FROM FINANCING LIABILITY
Sale Leaseback Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Proceeds from sale of property
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Gross Proceeds, Financing Activities
Sale lease-back recorded in other liabilities
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Scenario, Unspecified [Domain]
Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table]
Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]
Acquisitions
Aggregate amount of required future principal payments on mortgages payable
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table]
Reconciliation of numerator and denominator used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share
Effect on net income and the gains or losses from the sale of properties classified as discontinued operations
Schedule of Compensating Balances [Table]
Schedule of Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustment Restatement [Table]
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table]
Restatement of Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity
Schedule of Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments [Table Text Block]
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table]
Schedule of Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Table]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities [Table]
SEGMENT REPORTING [Abstract]
Segment revenues and net operating income [Abstract]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment [Domain]
Segments [Domain]
SEGMENT REPORTING
Discontinued Operations [Member]
Share-based compensation expense
Balance (in shares)
Balance, shares (in shares)
Shares, Issued
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals by Transaction [Axis]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals [Line Items]
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Transaction [Domain]
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Scenario [Axis]
Scenario [Axis]
Statement [Table]
Statement [Line Items]
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY [Abstract]
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS [Abstract]
Statement, Equity Components [Axis]
Equity Components [Axis]
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS [Abstract]
Business Segments [Axis]
Segments [Axis]
Class of Stock [Axis]
Distribution reinvestment and share purchase plan
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Dividend Reinvestment Plan
DRIP Discount
Share-based compensation
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures
Share-based compensation (in shares)
Restricted shares related to 2008 Incentive Award Plan
Shares issued (in shares)
Shares issued
EQUITY
Other
Stockholders' Equity, Other
Investors Real Estate Trust shareholders' equity
Total Investors Real Estate Trust shareholders' equity
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent
Balance
Balance
Total equity
Total equity
Balance
EQUITY
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS [Abstract]
Subsequent Event [Table]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event Type [Domain]
Subsequent Event Type [Axis]
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING
Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]
REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - CONSOLIDATED REAL ESTATE ENTITIES
Redeemable noncontrolling interests consolidated real estate entities
Balance at close of period
Balance at April 30,
REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS [Abstract]
Tenant reimbursement
Tenant Improvements
Construction debt reclassified to mortgages payable
Involuntary conversion of assets due to flood and fire damage
Real estate assets acquired through assumption of indebtedness and accrued costs
Advisory and trustee services
USE OF ESTIMATES
Variable Interest Entities [Axis]
Real Estate Development Company [Member]
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in VIE (in hundredths)
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage
Effect of convertible operating partnership units (in shares)
Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment
DENOMINATOR [Abstract]
Denominator for basic earnings per share weighted average shares (in shares)
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic
Denominator for diluted earnings per share (in shares)
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted
Depreciation and amortization including related to non real estate investments.
Depreciation and amortization including related to non real estate investments
Depreciation/amortization
The expenses related to administrative, advisory and trustee services.
Administrative, advisory and trustee services
General and administrative
Impairment of real estate investments with different values from Cash Flows element.
Impairment of real estate investments
Impairment of real estate investments
A business segment for reporting the information separately.
Commercial Industrial [Member]
Commercial-Industrial [Member]
A business segment for reporting the information separately.
Commercial Retail [Member]
Commercial-Retail [Member]
A classification of real estate where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex.
Multi Family Residential [Member]
Multi-Family Residential [Member]
A business segment for reporting the information separately.
Commercial Office [Member]
Commercial-Office [Member]
A classification of real estate for buildings, offices and campuses leased to members or organizations within the healthcare industry, but owned and operated by third party groups.
Commercial Healthcare [Member]
Commercial-Healthcare [Member]
The receivables and other assets as of the balance sheet date.
Receivables and other assets
Direct costs associated with leasing operating our senior living real estate portfolio including labor, food, utilities, marketing, management and other direct operating costs.
TRS senior housing expenses
TRS senior housing expenses
This element represents the income (loss) before the gain (loss) on the sale of real estate and other investments and the income (loss) from discontinued operations.
Income (loss) before gain (loss) on sale of real estate and other investments and income (loss) from discontinued operations
Income before gain on sale of real estate and other investments
Proceeds From Issuance Initial Public Offering in Shares.
Series B preferred shares issued (in shares)
The value of partnership units issued during the period.
Partnership Units Issued
Partnership units issued
This element represents movements included in the statement of changes in stockholders' equity which are not separately disclosed or provided for elsewhere in the taxonomy, in number of shares.
Other, shares
Other, shares (in shares)
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information [Abstract]
SUPPLEMENTARY SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD
Cash Paid During The Year For [Abstract]
Cash paid during the year for:
The fair value of stock (or units) issued in noncash financing activities related to the entity's distribution reinvestment plan.
Distribution Reinvestment Plan
Distribution reinvestment plan
Dollar value of real estate transferred in noncash transactions during the reporting period.
Adjustments to redeemable noncontrolling interests
Fair value adjustments to redeemable noncontrolling interests
The dollar value of the stock converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. Noncash is defined as transactions during a period that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.
Operating partnership units converted to shares
The cash inflow associated with the receipt of deposits for real estate investment properties.
Proceeds From Real Estate Deposits
Proceeds from real estate deposits
The cash outflow associated with the payment of deposits for real estate investment properties.
Payments For Real Estate Deposits
Payments for real estate deposits
Cash received for the sale of real estate that is not part of an investing activity during the current period and the cash inflow associated with the sale of other investments not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.
Proceeds from sale of real estate and other investments
The cash inflow associated with the decrease in lender hold backs for improvements.
Decrease In Lender Holdbacks For Improvements
Decrease in lender holdbacks for improvements
Decrease in lender holdbacks
The cash outflow associated with the increase in lender hold backs for improvements.
Increase Lender Holdbacks For Improvements
Increase in lender holdbacks for improvements
Increase in lender holdbacks
Assets acquired through issuance of operating partnership units
Assets Acquired Through The Issuance Of Operating Partnership Units
Real estate assets acquired through the issuance of operating partnership units
The dollar amount of assets that an Entity acquires in a noncash (or part noncash) acquisition that are not presented as a separate disclosure or not otherwise listed in the existing taxonomy. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.
Adjustments to accounts payable included within real estate investments
Increase (decrease) to accounts payable included within real estate investments
The fair value of stock (or units) issued in noncash financing activities related to the entity's operating partnership distribution reinvestment plan.
Operating partnership distribution reinvestment plan
Cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to redeemable noncontrolling interests, generally out of earnings.
Distributions Paid To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests Consolidated Real Estate Entities
Distributions paid to redeemable noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities
IDENTIFIED INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTANGIBLE LIABILITIES AND GOODWILL [Abstract]
Accumulated amount of amortization of liabilities, excluding financial liabilities, lacking physical substance with a finite life.
Indentified intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization
Indentified intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization
Amount after amortization of liabilities, excluding financial a liabilities, lacking physical substance with a finite life.
Indentified intangible liabilities, net
Indentified intangible liabilities, net
Weighted average lives of intangible assets and intangible liabilities.
Weighted average lives of intangible assets and intangible liabilities
Amount before amortization of liabilities, excluding financial liabilities, lacking physical substance with a finite life.
Indentified intangible liabilities, gross
The number of real estate properties sold during the period.
Number of real estate properties sold
Addition to intangible liabilities during the period.
Addition to intangible liabilities
One of a group of housing units where each homeowner owns their individual unit space and all the dwelling share ownership of areas of common use.
Condominium Unit [Member]
Distributions paid to common shareholders, reinvestment.
Distributions paid to common shareholders, reinvestment
Distributions paid to common shareholders, reinvestment
Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss).
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Gain Loss on Disposition [Table Text Block]
Schedule of Dispositions
Tabular disclosure of results of operations from acquired properties included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as of acquisition date.
Results of operations from acquired properties [Text Block]
Results of operations from acquired properties
The percentage of ordinary taxable income that the entity is required to distribute to shareholders.
Percentage of ordinary taxable income that must be distributed to shareholders
Percentage of ordinary taxable income that must be distributed to shareholders (in hundredths)
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Nonrecurring Basis [Abstract]
Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis [Abstract]
This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. This item represents loan receivable as presented on the statement of financial position which may include investments in land and buildings held for sale, excluding real estate considered to be inventory of the entity.
Real estate held for sale
Real estate held for sale
This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. This item represents loan receivable as presented on the statement of financial position which may include investments in land and buildings, excluding real estate considered to be inventory of the entity.
Real Estate Investment, Fair Value Disclosure
Real Estate Investment
The maximum number of redemptions by a limited partner that may occur in a calendar year.
Redemptions by limited partner, maximum
The minimum number of units required for a limited partner to exercise the redemption, unless such limited partner holds less than this minimum, in which case the minimum number of units is equal to the number of units held by such limited partner.
Number of units to redeem, minimum
Number of units to redeem, minimum (in units)
The entity's ownership interest in common units in the operating partnership.
Interest in common units in operating partnership
Interest in operating partnership (in hundredths)
The number of limited partners' units to be redeemed in exchange for a number of common shares upon exercise of the redemption option by the limited partners.
Redemption basis
The charge against earnings of discontinued operations or disposal group in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.
Discontinued Operation, Impairment of Assets from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax
Impairment of retail property attributable to discontinued operations
The name or location of property under a material pending acquisition.
St. Louis Park, Minnesota [Member]
Industrial located in Roseville, Minnesota.
Roseville, Minnesota [Member]
The name or location of property under a material pending acquisition.
Clive, Iowa [Member]
Real estate located in Anoka, Minnesota.
Anoka, Minnesota [Member]
The name or location of property under a material pending acquisition.
Bloomington, Minnesota [Member]
Dacotah Bank, Minot, North Dakota.
Dacotah Bank, Minot, North Dakota [Member]
Equity Bank, Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Equity Bank, Minnetonka, Minnesota [Member]
Associated Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Associated Bank, Green Bay, Wisconsin [Member]
Peoples State Bank of Velva, North Dakota.
Peoples State Bank of Velva, North Dakota [Member]
United Community Bank and Equity Bank.
United Community Bank and Equity Bank [Member]
United Community and Dacotah Bank [Member]
First International Bank, Watford City, North Dakota.
First International Bank, Watford City, North Dakota [Member]
American National Bank, Omaha, Nebraska.
American National Bank, Omaha, Nebraska [Member]
The minimum period for which some limited partners have contractually agreed to hold the beneficial interest.
Period to hold the beneficial interest, minimum
The number of impaired properties for the fiscal year.
Number of impaired properties
Number of impaired properties
The remaining terms of certificates of deposit during the period.
Remaining terms of certificates of deposit
Golden Valley, Minnesota, office property
Golden Valley, Minnesota, office property [Member]
Kalispell, Montana, retail
Kalispell, Montana, retail property [Member]
Private Bank
Private Bank [Member]
Commerce Bank
Commerce Bank [Member]
Minneapolis, Minnesota, office property
Minneapolis, Minnesota, office property [Member]
Boise, Idaho, office property
Boise, Idaho, office property [Member]
Bremer Bank
Bremer Bank [Member]
Held For Sale.
Held For Sale [Table]
Liabilities related to real estate held for sale
Held For Sale [Line Items]
Eagan, Minnesota, unimproved land
Eagan, Minnesota, unimproved land [Member]
Weston, Wisconsin, unimproved land
Weston, Wisconsin, unimproved land [Member]
Roseville, Minnesota, industrial property
Roseville, Minnesota, industrial property [Member]
Tabular disclosure of identified intangible assets and intangible liabilities as of the reporting date including gross carrying amounts, accumulated amortization and net carrying amounts.
Identified intangible assets and intangible liabilities [Table Text Block]
Identified intangible assets and intangible liabilities
Tabular disclosure of the estimated annual amortization of acquired below-market leases, net of acquired above-market leases for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.
Estimated annual amortization of acquired below market leases, net of acquired above market leases [Table Text Block]
Estimated annual amortization of acquired below-market leases, net of acquired above-market leases
Disclosure of accounting policy for involuntary conversion of assets.
INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF ASSETS [Policy Text Block]
INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF ASSETS
Disclosure of accounting policy for compensating balances and other investments related to lender holdbacks.
COMPENSATING BALANCES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS; LENDER HOLDBACKS [Policy Text Block]
COMPENSATING BALANCES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS; HOLDBACKS
Disclosure of accounting policy for revisions.
REVISION [Policy Text Block]
REVISION
Northridge - Bismarck, ND
Northridge - Bismarck, ND [Member]
Information of status of property acquired.
Business Acquisition, By Status of Property Acquired [Axis]
Acquisitions and development projects placed in service [Abstract]
Winsted Industrial Building - Winsted, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Winsted Industrial Building Winsted MN [Member]
Winsted Industrial Building - Winsted, MN [Member]
Williston Garden Buildings 3 and 4 - Williston, ND property acquired or disposed.
Williston Garden Buildings 3 and 4 Williston, ND [Member]
Weston Retail - Weston, WI for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Weston Retail Weston WI [Member]
Spring Creek Fruitland - Fruitland, ID property acquired or disposed.
Spring Creek Fruitland - Fruitland, ID [Member]
Spring Wind Expansion - Laramie, WY property acquired or disposed.
Spring Wind Expansion Laramie, WY [Member]
Spring Wind Expansion - Laramie, WY [Member]
Southpoint - Grand Forks, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Southpoint - Grand Forks, ND [Member]
University Commons - Williston, ND property acquired or disposed.
University Commons Williston, ND [Member]
University Commons - Williston, ND [Member]
Landing at Southgate - Minot, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Landing at Southgate - Minot, ND [Member]
The Landing at Southgate, Minot, ND [Member]
Villa West - Topeka, KS for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Villa West - Topeka, KS [Member]
Villa West Topeka, KS [Member]
Terrace on the Green - Fargo, ND property acquired or disposed.
Terrace on the Green Fargo, ND [Member]
Terrace on the Green - Fargo, ND [Member]
Sycamore Village - Sioux Falls, SD [Member]
Roseville 2929 Long Lake Road - Roseville, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Roseville 2929 Long Lake Road Roseville MN [Member]
Roseville 2929 Long Lake Road - Roseville, MN [Member]
River Ridge - Bismarck, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
River Ridge - Bismarck, ND [Member]
Prairiewood Meadows - Fargo, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Prairiewood Meadows Fargo ND [Member]
Prairiewood Meadows - Fargo, ND [Member]
Minnetonka 13600 County Road 62 - Minnetonka, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Minnetonka 13600 County Road 62 Minnetonka MN [Member]
Minnetonka 13600 County Road 62 - Minnetonka, MN [Member]
Minot IPS - Minot, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Minot IPS Minot ND [Member]
Minot IPS - Minot, ND [Member]
Ponds at Heritage Place - Sartell, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Ponds at Heritage Place - Sartell, MN [Member]
Pinecone Villas - Sartell, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Pinecone Villas - Sartell, MN [Member]
Pending Dispositions.
Pillsbury Business Center, Bloomington, Minnesota [Member]
Minot Unimproved (Southgate Lot 4) - Minot, ND property acquired or disposed
Minot Unimproved (Southgate Lot 4) - Minot, ND [Member]
RED 20 - Minneapolis, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
RED 20 - Minneapolis, MN [Member]
Rapid City Unimproved- Rapid City, SD
Rapid City Unimproved- Rapid City, SD [Member]
Pending Dispositions.
Nicollet VII, Burnsville, Minnesota [Member]
Metal Improvement - New Brighton, MN property acquired or disposed.
Metal Improvement - New Brighton, MN [Member]
Lakeside Village - Lincoln, NE for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Lakeside Village Lincoln, NE [Member]
Jamestown Unimproved - Jamestown, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Jamestown Unimproved - Jamestown, ND [Member]
Georgetown Square Condominiums 5 and 6 property acquired or disposed.
Georgetown Square Condominiums 5 and 6 [Member]
Quarry Ridge II - Rochester, MN property acquired or disposed.
Quarry Ridge II Rochester, MN [Member]
Isanti Unimproved - Isanti, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Isanti Unimproved - Isanti, MN [Member]
Kentwood Thomasville - Kentwood, MI property acquired or disposed.
Kentwood Thomasville Kentwood, MI [Member]
Grand Forks Unimproved - Grand Forks, ND property acquired or disposed.
Grand Forks Unimproved Grand Forks, ND [Member]
Georgetown Square Condominiums 3 and 4 property acquired or disposed.
Georgetown Square Condominiums 3 and 4 [Member]
Lighthouse - Duluth, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Lighthouse Duluth MN [Member]
Legends at Heritage Place - Sartell, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Legends at Heritage Place - Sartell, MN [Member]
Jamestown Medical Office Building - Jamestown, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Jamestown Medical Office Building Jamestown ND [Member]
Fargo 1320 45th St N - Fargo, ND property acquired or disposed.
Fargo 1320 45th St N Fargo ND [Member]
Heritage Place - Sartell, MN property acquired or disposed.
Heritage Place - Sartell, MN [Member]
East Park - Sioux Falls, SD for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
East Park Sioux Falls SD [Member]
Cypress Court Apartment Development - St. Cloud, MN acquired or disposed.
Cypress Court Apartment Development St. Cloud, MN [Member]
Dakota Commons - Williston, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Dakota Commons - Williston, ND [Member]
A business segment for reporting the information separately.
Unimproved Land [Member]
A business segment for reporting the information separately.
Other Disposition [Member]
Dewey Hill - Edina, MN
Dewey Hill - Edina, MN [Member]
Number of apartment units acquired.
Number of apartment units, acquisitions
Number of units
Cypress Court - St. Cloud, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Cypress Court - St. Cloud, MN [Member]
Eagan 2785 & 2795 - Eagan, MN
Eagan 2785 & 2795 - Eagan, MN [Member]
Eagan - Eagan, MN property acquired or disposed.
Eagan - Eagan, MN [Member]
Pending Dispositions.
Dixon Avenue Industrial Park, Des Moines, Iowa [Member]
Clive 2075 NW 94th Street - Clive, IA for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Clive 2075 NW 94th Street Clive IA [Member]
Colony - Lincoln, NE for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Colony - Lincoln, NE [Member]
Chateau II - Minot, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Chateau II - Minot, ND [Member]
Commons at Southgate - Minot, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Commons at Southgate - Minot, ND [Member]
Identification of the status of property acquired.
Business Acquisition, By Status of Property Acquired [Domain]
Cedar Lake Business Center, St. Louis Park, Minnesota [Member]
Candlelight - Fargo, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Candlelight Fargo ND [Member]
Burnsville 2 Strip Center - Burnsville, MN property acquired or disposed.
Burnsville 2 Strip Center - Burnsville, MN [Member]
Pending Dispositions.
Brooklyn Park 7401 Boone Avenue, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota [Member]
Pending Dispositions.
Bloomington Business Plaza, Bloomington, Minnesota [Member]
Monticello 7th Addition - Monticello, MN
Monticello 7th Addition - Monticello, MN [Member]
Real estate held.
Land Parcel 2 [Member]
Bodycote Industrial Building - Eden Prairie, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Bodycote Industrial Building Eden Prairie MN [Member]
Alps Park - Rapid City, SD for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Alps Park - Rapid City, SD [Member]
Anoka Strip Center - Anoka, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Anoka Strip Center Anoka MN [Member]
Amount of increase in noncontrolling interest from subsidiary issuance of equity interests to noncontrolling interest holders.
JV Partner Contributions
Acquisitions
Acquisitions [Member]
Badger Hills - Rochester, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Badger Hills Rochester, MN [Member]
API Building, Duluth, Minnesota [Member]
Homestead Garden - Rapid City, SD
Homestead Garden - Rapid City, SD [Member]
Silver Springs - Rapid City, SD
Silver Springs - Rapid City, SD [Member]
Creekside Crossing - Bismarck, ND
Creekside Crossing - Bismarck, ND [Member]
PrairieCare Medical - Brooklyn Park, MN
PrairieCare Medical - Brooklyn Park, MN [Member]
71 France Phase I - Edina, MN
71 France Phase I - Edina, MN [Member]
71 France Phase 2 & 3 - Edina, MN
71 France Phase 2 & 3 - Edina, MN [Member]
Minot 1525 24th Ave SW - Minot, ND
Minot 1525 24th Ave SW - Minot, ND [Member]
The commitment period related to tenant improvements.
Commitment period for tenant improvements
Number of apartment units.
Number of apartment units
Purchase Price of Pending Acquisition
Purchase Price of Pending Acquisition
Cash to be paid for pending acquisition.
Cash to be paid for pending acquisition
Cash to be paid for pending acquisition
The number of consecutive trading days for valuation.
Number of consecutive trading days for valuation
The quarter in which a construction project is estimated to be completed.
Real Estate Construction, Estimated Quarter for Completion
Estimated quarter for completion
Number of buildings
Number of land
Parcels of land
Estimated cost of project.
Anticipated Total Cost
Number of buildings.
Number of buildings
The redemption value of UPREIT Units during the period.
Redemption Value of UPREIT Units
Aggregate redemption value of UPREIT Units of operating partnership owned by limited partners
Information by properties, such as buildings, or major development project phase.
Additional Project Information [Axis]
Information by properties, such as buildings, or major development project phase.
Additional Project Information [Domain]
Information by properties or major development project, phase two.
Project Phase Two [Member]
Project Phases Two and Three [Member]
Financial information relating to building one.
Building One [Member]
Financial information relating to building two.
Building Two [Member]
Project costs incurred to date.
Project costs incurred to date
The year in which a construction project is estimated to be completed.
Real Estate Construction, Estimated Year for Completion
Estimated year for completion
Information by properties or major development project, phase one.
Project Phase One [Member]
vacant land in Rapid City, South Dakota [Member]
Vacant Land in Rapid City, South Dakota [Member]
Chateau II, Minot, North Dakota [Member]
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck, North Dakota [Member]
Winsted, Minnesota property.
Winsted, Minnesota [Member]
Sioux Falls, South Dakota property acquired or disposed.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota [Member]
Burnsville II Strip Center, Burnsville, Minnesota [Member]
Eagan 2785 & 2795 Highway 55, Eagan, Minnesota [Member]
Pending Dispositions.
Clive 2075 NW 94th Street, Clive, Iowa [Member]
Dakota Commons, Williston, North Dakota [Member]
Monticello, Minnesota property acquired.
Monticello, Minnesota [Member]
Renaissance Heights I Apartments, Williston, North Dakota [Member]
Southgate, Minot, North Dakota [Member]
Commons at Southgate, Minot, North Dakota [Member]
Arcata Apartments, Golden Valley, Minnesota [Member]
Cardinal Point, Grand Forks, North Dakota [Member]
The name or location of property under a material pending acquisition.
Burnsville, Minnesota [Member]
Rapid City, South Dakota property acquired.
Rapid City, South Dakota [Member]
Grand Forks - Grand Forks, ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Grand Forks Grand Forks, ND [Member]
Value of limited partnership units to be issued in pending.
Value of limited partnership units to be issued in pending
Value of limited partnership units to be issued in pending acquisition
Sale amount of pending property disposition.
Sale amount of pending disposition
Sales price of pending disposition
Property One
Property One [Member]
Property Two
Property Two [Member]
Vacant land in Monticello, MN
Vacant land in Monticello, MN [Member]
Grand Forks, ND
Grand Forks, ND [Member]
Maple Grove, MN
Maple Grove, MN [Member]
Fargo, ND
Fargo, ND [Member]
Minot Wells Fargo Bank - Minot, ND
Minot Wells Fargo Bank - Minot, ND [Member]
St. Cloud, MN property acquired.
St. Cloud, MN [Member]
Roseville 3075 Long Lake Rd - Roseville, MN
Roseville 3075 Long Lake Rd - Roseville, MN [Member]
Edina 6565 France SMC III - Edina, MN
Edina 6565 France SMC III - Edina, MN [Member]
'Deer Ridge - Jamestown, ND
Deer Ridge - Jamestown, ND [Member]
Minot Office Center - Minot, ND
Minot Office Center - Minot, ND [Member]
Number of apartment units pending acquisition
Number of apartment units pending acquisition
Subject to purchase options
Subject to purchase options [Member]
Subject to restrictions on taxable dispositions
Subject to restrictions on taxable dispositions [Member]
Minot, ND
Minot, ND [Member]
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis, MN [Member]
Weston, WI
Weston, WI [Member]
Minnesota Portfolio
Minnesota Portfolio [Member]
Eagan, MN - Unimproved Land
Eagan, MN - Unimproved Land [Member]
Tabular disclosure of an enterprise's obligations to construction, development and renovation projects in the near future under existing contracts or agreements.
Development, Construction Commitments and Contracts Disclosure [Table Text Block]
Development. Expansion and Renovation Projects
Number of partnership units held by noncontrolling interests as of the balance sheet date.
Noncontrolling Interests Operating Partnership Units
Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership (in shares)
Refers to distribution reinvestment of earnings and Share purchase plan for the employee.
Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan [Member]
Aggregate gross sales price of common shares of beneficial interest allowed to be sold related to at-the-market equity program.
Aggregate gross sales price of common shares of beneficial interest allowed to be sold
Financial information relating to the 2009 stock based compensation plan, long term incentive plan.
2008 Incentive Award Plan [Member]
2008 Incentive Award Plan [Member]
Number of shares registered during the period under the Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan.
Shares registered under Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan
Shares registered under Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (in shares)
Average Price Per share amount received by subsidiary or equity investee for each share of common stock issued or sold in the stock transaction.
Sale of Stock, Average Price Per Share
Average price of shares issued (in dollars per share)
401(k) plan for issuing shares.
401(k) plan [Member]
Distribution Reinvestment Waiver
Distribution Reinvestment Waiver [Member]
The equity impact of aggregate cash, stock, and paid-in-kind dividends declared for preferred shareholders during the period.
Dividends, Preferred Stock2
Dividends to preferred shareholders
The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property relating to continuing operations to fair value.
Impairment of Real Estate, Continuing Operations
Impairment of real estate investments
Costs incurred to provide to tenants basic services such as electricity, gas, water, telephone, cable, and internet service.
Utilities
The number of properties sold during the period.
Number of properties sold
Number of industrial properties held for sale.
Number of industrial held for sale
Number of properties held for sale
Condominium units acquired or disposed.
Condominium Units [Member]
Outstanding common shares and limited partnership units.
Common Shares and Limited Partnership Units [Member]
Residential and Retail
Residential and Retail [Member]
A business segment for reporting the information separately.
Commercial Medical [Member]
Wirth Corporate Center - Golden Valley, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Wirth Corporate Center Golden Valley MN [Member]
Financial information relating to the involuntary conversion at the Chateau Apartments relating to the fire in 2012.
Chateau Apartment Conversion, Fire [Member]
Chateau Apartment Fire, 2012 [Member]
Northgate I Office
Northgate I [Member]
Weston Walgreens - Weston, WI for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Weston Walgreens Weston WI [Member]
Northgate II - Maple Grove, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Northgate II Maple Grove MN [Member]
Minimum depository accounts to be maintained.
Minimum depository accounts
Line of credit, minimum outstanding principal balance.
Line of credit, minimum outstanding principal balance
Non interest bearing account to be maintained.
Non interest bearing account
Non-interest bearing account
The number of properties used as security under the line of credit.
Number of properties securing line of credit
Long-term Debt Including Liabilities Of Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation.
Long-term Debt Including Liabilities Of Disposal Group
Total payments
Financial covenant requiring the entity to maintain a specific debt service coverage on aggregate assets.
Debt service coverage on aggregate assets
Financial covenant requiring the entity to maintain a specific debt service coverage on individual assets.
Debt service coverage on individual assets
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
INVOLUNTARY CONVERSION OF ASSETS [Abstract]
Proceeds From Financing Liability [Abstract]
PROCEEDS FROM FINANCING LIABILITY [Abstract]
The amount of deed contract related to the sale of non-core assisted living property that was subsequently leased back to the seller with an option to repurchase the property at a specified price.
Sale Leaseback Transaction Amount Of Deed Contract
Contract for deed
For a long-lived asset to be held and used by an entity, the table may include amount of the impairment loss and the involuntary conversion.
Schedule of Involuntary Conversion Long-Lived Assets Held and Used [Table]
The insurance proceeds received for total business interruption proceeds.
Insurance proceeds received for total business interruption proceeds
Insurance proceeds received for redevelopment
This element represents the categories used to group involuntarily converted long-lived assets held and used by the type of asset.
Involuntarily Long-Lived Assets Held and Used by Type [Axis]
Involuntarily Converted Long-Lived Assets Held and Used by Type [Axis]
The financial information relating to the involuntary conversion of assets, by conversion event.
Involuntarily Converted, Long-Lived Assets Held and Used, Conversion Event [Domain]
Financial information relating to the involuntary conversion at the Chateau Apartments relating to the flood in 2012.
Chateau Apartment Conversion, Flood [Member]
Chateau Apartment Flood, 2012 [Member]
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY [Abstract]
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY [Abstract]
Number of units in building.
Number of units in building
The percentage of project financed in a joint venture considered as variable interest entity.
Percentage of project financed
Percentage of project financed (in hundredths)
Financial information relating to building three.
Building Three [Member]
The estimated total costs of the project related to the joint venture considered as variable interest entity.
Estimated total costs of joint venture project
Financial information relating to the involuntary conversion at the Chateau Apartments relating to the fire in 2013.
Chateau Apartment Conversion, Second Fire [Member]
Chateau Apartment, Fire 2013 [Member]
Number of 32 unit buildings.
Number of 32 unit buildings
Number of buildings destroyed.
Number of buildings destroyed
Insurance proceeds received for reimbursement for business interruption (loss of rents).
Insurance proceeds received for reimbursement for business interruption (loss of rents)
Lost net operating income
This element represents that portion of equity (net assets) in a subsidiary not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the parent. A noncontrolling interest is sometimes called a minority interest.
IRET - Minot Apartments, LLC [Member]
Financing received from a third party for a joint venture.
Third Party Debt [Member]
Financing received from the entity for a joint venture.
Debt from IRET [Member]
Consolidated Balance Sheet [Abstract]
Consolidated Statement of Equity [Abstract]
Tabular Disclosure of Other Liabilities
Other Liabilities [Table]
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.
Other Liabilities [Line Items]
Financing Liability
Financing Liability [Member]
Total Equity
Total Equity [Member]
IRET - 71 France, LLC
IRET - 71 France, LLC [Member]
Disclosure pertaining to Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Text Block]
REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
Schedule of prior period adjustments to correct an error in previously issued financial statements. The disclosure may include, but is not limited to: (1) the effect of the correction on each financial statement line item and any per-share amounts affected for each prior period presented (2) the cumulative effect of the change on retained earnings or other appropriate components of equity or net assets in the statement of financial position, as of the beginning of the earliest period presented, and (3) the effect of the prior period adjustment (both gross and net of applicable income tax) on the net income of each prior period presented in the entity's annual report for the year in which the adjustments are made. This table can be used to disclose the amounts as previously reported and the effect of the correction or other adjustment on per line item or per share amount basis. This table uses as its line items financial statement line items that are affected by prior period adjustments.
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Table]
Redeemable
Redeemable [Line Items]
RedeemableNoncontrollingInterests
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Axis]
Mark to market adjustments for redeemable noncontrolling interests.
Mark to market adjustments
Fair value adjustments
Acquisition of joint venture partner's interest.
Acquisition of joint venture partner's interest
Rollforward of Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Abstract]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests [Domain]
Redeemable
Redeemable [Member]
Dispositions [Abstract]
Area of a real estate property disposed.
Area of Real Estate Property, dispositions
Area of a real estate property (in square feet)
Number of apartment units disposed.
iret_ Number Of Apartment Units Dispositions
Number of apartment units dispositions (in units)
Date of disposal, in CCYY-MM-DD format.
Disposals, Date of Transaction for Acquisition or Disposal
Date disposed
Metal Improvement Company - New Brighton, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Metal Improvement Company New Brighton MN [Member]
Table of all disclosed information related to disposals, which may include methodology and assumptions, type of asset, asset classification, useful life, useful purpose, acquisition cost, method of disposal, depreciation method, gain (loss) on disposal pretax and net of tax, date of disposal and restrictions on amount of proceeds from donated assets.
Schedule of Significant Disposals [Table]
This element represents the categories of disposal transactions that affect property, plant and equipment.
Significant Disposals by Transaction [Axis]
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.
Significant Disposals [Line Items]
Description of the specific disposal transaction, which distinguishes it from similar transactions.
Significant Disposals, Transaction [Domain]
Lancaster - St. Cloud, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Lancaster St Cloud MN [Member]
Kalispell Retail - Kalispell, MT
Kalispell Retail - Kalispell, MT [Member]
Kalispell Unimproved - Kalispell, MT
Kalispell Unimproved - Kalispell, MT [Member]
Northgate I - Maple Grove, MN for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Northgate I Maple Grove MN [Member]
Fargo Express Center & SC Pad - Fargo, ND
Fargo Express Center & SC Pad - Fargo, ND [Member]
Table of all disclosed information related to development projects placed in service,
Schedule of Significant Development Projects Placed in Service [Table]
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.
Significant Development Projects Placed in Service [Line Items]
This element represents the categories of development projects placed in service by transactions that affect property, plant and equipment.
Significant Development Projects Placed in Service by Transaction [Axis]
Description of the specific development projects placed in service, which distinguishes it from similar transactions.
Significant Development Projects Placed in Service, Transaction [Domain]
Property acquired by development projects placed in service.
Development Projects Placed in Service [Member]
Date a unit is placed in service in CCYY_MM_DD format.
Date placed in service
The amount of expenditures for a real estate projects that has been placed in service as of period end.
Development costs of projects placed in service
The percentage of interest indevelopment.
Interest in development
Cypress Court II - St. Cloud, MN
Cypress Court II - St. Cloud, MN [Member]
Arcata - Golden Valley, MN ND for development, expansion and renovation projects underway or recently completed.
Arcata - Golden Valley, MN [Member]