Operations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Operations	Operations On September 30, 2005, Arvida/JMB Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") completed its liquidation by contributing all of its remaining assets to ALP Liquidating Trust ("ALP"), subject to all of the Partnership's obligations and liabilities. Arvida Company ("Arvida"), an affiliate of the general partner of the Partnership, acts as Administrator (the "Administrator") of ALP. In connection with its formation, ALP issued a total of 448,794 beneficial interest units to the partners of the Partnership ("Unit Holders"). In the liquidation, each partner in the Partnership received a beneficial interest in ALP for each interest the partner held in the Partnership. As a result, a partner's percentage interest in ALP remained the same as that person's percentage interest was in the Partnership immediately prior to its liquidation. Upon completion of the liquidation of the Partnership, pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), ALP elected to become the successor issuer to the Partnership for reporting purposes under the Exchange Act and elect to report under the Exchange Act effective September 30, 2005. ALP has assumed all reports filed by the Partnership prior to liquidation of the Partnership under the Exchange Act. Throughout this quarterly report, references to ALP shall be deemed to include activities of the Partnership prior to September 30, 2005.

Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Operations

On September 30, 2005, Arvida/JMB Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership") completed its liquidation by contributing all of its remaining assets to ALP Liquidating Trust ("ALP"), subject to all of the Partnership's obligations and liabilities. Arvida Company ("Arvida"), an affiliate of the general partner of the Partnership, acts as Administrator (the "Administrator") of ALP.

In connection with its formation, ALP issued a total of 448,794 beneficial interest units to the partners of the Partnership ("Unit Holders"). In the liquidation, each partner in the Partnership received a beneficial interest in ALP for each interest the partner held in the Partnership. As a result, a partner's percentage interest in ALP remained the same as that person's percentage interest was in the Partnership immediately prior to its liquidation.

Upon completion of the liquidation of the Partnership, pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), ALP elected to become the successor issuer to the Partnership for reporting purposes under the Exchange Act and elect to report under the Exchange Act effective September 30, 2005. ALP has assumed all reports filed by the Partnership prior to liquidation of the Partnership under the Exchange Act. Throughout this quarterly report, references to ALP shall be deemed to include activities of the Partnership prior to September 30, 2005.

ALP LIQUIDATING TRUST 10-Q