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Area of a real estate property.

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Describe the conversion features of common stock if such stock is convertible. That is, shares of common stock into which another convertible security was converted, or shares of common stock into which another class of common stock was converted.

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Amount of Income (Loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest.

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Revenue, comprised of base and incentive revenue derived from the management of joint ventures, managing third-party properties, or another entity's operations.

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Noncontrolling Interests - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 sqft	Dec. 31, 2012 sqft	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Property sqft	Jun. 30, 2014 sqft
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Square footage of properties	260,700,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty	264,300,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty	208,800,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty			12,600,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
Third party investors portion reflected as a component of Noncontrolling Interest	$ 219,871,000us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	$ 179,472,000us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue	$ 126,779,000us-gaap_ManagementFeesRevenue
Prologis Inc [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest		10,100,000
(Loss) from continuing operations		500,000
Income from discontinued operations		10,600,000
Prologis Institutional Alliance Fund II [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Payment to acquire partners' interest				245,800,000
Number of limited partnership units issued				805,000
Amount of partnership units issued				31,300,000
Promote fee earned from venture				18,800,000
Third party investors portion reflected as a component of Noncontrolling Interest				13,500,000
Prologis, L.P. [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Description of conversion rate	One share of common stock to one unit
Third party investors portion reflected as a component of Noncontrolling Interest	219,871,000	179,472,000	126,779,000
Prologis, L.P. [Member] \| Prologis US Logistics Venture [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Number of properties sold					66
Square footage of properties					12,800,000
Proceeds for contributed properties					$ 1,000,000,000
Equity method investment, percentage					55.00%