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Investment In Properties (Schedule Of Intangible Lease Assets And Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Below market rent, Gross	$ (28,624)	$ (28,883)
Below market rent, Accumulated Amortization	10,709	10,401
Below market rent, Net	(17,915)	(18,482)
Other Intangible Lease Assets [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Gross	57,657	62,785
Accumulated Amortization	(34,125)	(37,114)
Net	23,532	25,671
Above Market Rent [Member]
Finite Lived Intangible Assets And Liabilities [Line Items]
Gross	3,134	3,134
Accumulated Amortization	(1,870)	(1,756)
Net	$ 1,264	$ 1,378

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Amount of accumulated amortization of leases acquired as part of a real property acquisition at below market lease rate with a finite life.

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Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275

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