ORGANIZATION	12 Months Ended
ORGANIZATION	Dec. 31, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
ORGANIZATION	ORGANIZATION Kite Realty Group Trust (the “Parent Company”), through its majority-owned subsidiary, Kite Realty Group, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), owns interests in various operating subsidiaries and joint ventures engaged in the ownership, operation, acquisition, development and redevelopment of high-quality, open-air shopping centers and mixed-used assets in select markets in the United States. The terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Parent Company and the Operating Partnership, collectively, and those entities owned or controlled by the Parent Company and/or the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership was formed on August 16, 2004, when the Parent Company contributed properties and the net proceeds from an initial public offering of shares of its common stock to the Operating Partnership. The Parent Company was organized in Maryland in 2004 to succeed in the development, acquisition, construction and real estate businesses of its predecessor. We believe the Company qualifies as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Parent Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, and as of December 31, 2021 owned approximately 98.9% of the common partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“General Partner Units”). The remaining 1.1% of the common partnership interests (“Limited Partner Units” and, together with the General Partner Units, the “Common Units”) were owned by the limited partners. As the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, the Parent Company has full, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in the day-to-day management and control of the Operating Partnership. The Parent Company and the Operating Partnership are operated as one enterprise. The management of the Parent Company consists of the same members as the management of the Operating Partnership. As the sole general partner with control of the Operating Partnership, the Parent Company consolidates the Operating Partnership for financial reporting purposes, and the Parent Company does not have any significant assets other than its investment in the Operating Partnership. On October 22, 2021, we completed a merger with Retail Properties of America, Inc. (“RPAI”) in accordance with the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 18, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, its wholly owned subsidiary KRG Oak, LLC (“Merger Sub”) and RPAI, pursuant to which RPAI merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”). Immediately following the closing of the Merger, Merger Sub merged with and into the Operating Partnership so that all of the assets and liabilities of the Company continue to be held at or below Operating Partnership level. The transaction value was approximately $4.7 billion, including the assumption of approximately $1.8 billion of debt. We acquired 100 operating retail properties and five active development projects through the Merger along with multiple parcels of entitled land for future value creation. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each outstanding share of RPAI common stock converted into the right to receive 0.623 common shares of the Company plus cash in lieu of fractional Company shares. The aggregate value of the Merger consideration paid or payable to former holders of RPAI common stock was approximately $2.8 billion, excluding the value of RPAI restricted stock units that vested at closing and certain restricted share awards assumed by the Company at closing. In connection with the Merger, the Operating Partnership issued an equivalent amount of General Partner Units to the Parent Company. At December 31, 2021, we owned interests in 180 operating retail properties totaling approximately 29.0 million square feet and one office property with 0.3 million square feet. Of the 180 operating retail properties, 11 contain an office component. We also owned eight development projects under construction as of this date. Of the 180 properties, 177 are consolidated in these financial statements and the remaining three are accounted for under the equity method. At December 31, 2020, we owned interests in 90 operating and redevelopment properties totaling approximately 17.3 million square feet. We also owned two development projects under construction as of this date. Of the 90 properties, 87 are consolidated in these financial statements and the remaining three are accounted for under the equity method.