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Business Combinations - Schedule of Price Consideration for Business Consideration (Detail) (Prologis North American Industrial Fund [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 20, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Prologis North American Industrial Fund [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Investments in real estate properties |  | $ 2,770,191 pld_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationRealEstate / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember
Cash, accounts receivable and other assets |  | 132,261 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentAssets / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember
Debt |  | (1,195,213)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNoncurrentLiabilitiesLongTermDebt / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities |  | (70,226)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedCurrentLiabilities / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember
Noncontrolling interests |  | (554,493)pld_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationMinorityInterest / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember
Total purchase price | $ 46,800 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember | $ 1,082,520 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = pld_PrologisNorthAmericanIndustrialFundMember

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