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Unconsolidated Entities - Summary of Remaining Equity Commitments (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2017 $ / € $ / £
Prologis Targeted European Logistics Fund [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Exchange rate | $ / €	1.18
Prologis U.K. Logistics Venture [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Exchange rate | $ / £	1.34

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 830
-SubTopic 30
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6897108&loc=SL6897125-166521

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