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Other Assets and Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014
Real Estate [Abstract]
Expected future amortization of leasing commissions	$ 241,557,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Above and below market leases and rent leveling assets	$ 193,900,000pld_AboveAndBelowMarketLeasesAndRentLevelingAssets

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Above And Below Market Leases And Rent Leveling Assets

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Amount after 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=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275

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