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Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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| Gross deferred income tax assets: | ||
| Net operating loss carryforwards (1) | $ 346,978us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards | $ 391,764us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards |
| Basis difference - real estate properties | 105,205pld_DeferredTaxAssetsBasisDifferenceRealEstateProperties | 133,767pld_DeferredTaxAssetsBasisDifferenceRealEstateProperties |
| Basis difference - equity investments | 12,401us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsEquityMethodInvestments | 9,238us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsEquityMethodInvestments |
| Basis difference - intangibles | 5,952pld_DeferredTaxAssetsIntangibleAssets | 8,113pld_DeferredTaxAssetsIntangibleAssets |
| Section 163(j) interest limitation | 32,703pld_DeferredTaxAssetsInterestLimitation | 33,224pld_DeferredTaxAssetsInterestLimitation |
| Capital loss carryforward | 25,282pld_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforward | 32,054pld_DeferredTaxAssetsCapitalLossCarryforward |
| Other - temporary differences | 10,701us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther | 20,124us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther |
| Total gross deferred income tax assets | 539,222us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross | 628,284us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross |
| Valuation allowance | (518,241)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | (583,675)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance |
| Gross deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance | 20,981us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet | 44,609us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet |
| Gross deferred income tax liabilities: | ||
| Basis difference - real estate properties | 89,998pld_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBasisDifferenceRealEstateProperties | 167,951pld_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBasisDifferenceRealEstateProperties |
| Built-in-gains - equity investments and real estate properties | 27,116pld_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBasisDifferenceEquityInvestmentsAndRealEstateProperties | |
| Basis difference- intangibles | 7,324pld_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBasisDifferenceIntangibles | 8,823pld_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesBasisDifferenceIntangibles |
| Other - temporary differences | 716us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther | 5,269us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther |
| Total gross deferred income tax liabilities | 98,038us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities | 209,159us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities |
| Net deferred income tax liabilities | $ 77,057us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet | $ 164,550us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsLiabilitiesNet |
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Deferred tax assets, basis difference-real estate properties. No definition available.
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Deferred Tax Assets Capital Loss Carryforward No definition available.
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Deferred tax assets intangible assets. No definition available.
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Deferred tax assets, interest limitation. No definition available.
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Deferred tax liabilities basis difference equity investments and real estate properties. No definition available.
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Deferred tax liabilities basis difference intangibles. No definition available.
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Deferred tax liabilities, basis difference-real estate properties. No definition available.
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from equity method investments. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards, net of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences not separately disclosed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences net of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards after valuation allowances. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences not separately disclosed. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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