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Income Taxes - Components of Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Domestic $ 390,874us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ (404,910)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic $ (65,566)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic
International 322,754us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 741,172us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign (37,251)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign
Earnings (loss) before income taxes $ 713,628pld_EarningsLossBeforeIncomeTaxes $ 336,262pld_EarningsLossBeforeIncomeTaxes $ (102,817)pld_EarningsLossBeforeIncomeTaxes