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Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership (Tables) (Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] |
Schedule of Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership [Line Items] |
Schedule of Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership | The following table sets forth the changes in outstanding partnership units for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:
|  |  |  | Limited Partnership Units
|  | General partnership units |  | Class A |  | Class B |  | Total
Balance December 31, 2011 |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | 11,491,892 |  |  | 85,727,656 |  |  | 97,219,548 |
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units |  | — |  |  | (6,730,028 | ) |  | 6,730,028 |  |  | — |
Issuance of restricted units |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 566,000 |  |  | 566,000 |
Units issued upon exercise of options |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 37,700 |  |  | 37,700 |
Balance December 31, 2012 |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | 4,761,864 |  |  | 93,061,384 |  |  | 97,823,248 |
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units |  | — |  |  | (67,428 | ) |  | 67,428 |  |  | — |
Issuance of restricted units |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 332,373 |  |  | 332,373 |
Units issued upon exercise of options |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 44,500 |  |  | 44,500 |
Units issued as consideration for business acquisition (see Note 3) |  | — |  |  | 450,576 |  |  | — |  |  | 450,576 |
Balance December 31, 2013 |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | 5,145,012 |  |  | 93,505,685 |  |  | 98,650,697 |
Units withheld for employee income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (412,239 | ) |  | (412,239 | )
Exchange of Class A limited partnership units |  | — |  |  | (66,606 | ) |  | 66,606 |  |  | — |
Issuance of restricted units |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,302,729 |  |  | 1,302,729 |
Units issued upon exercise of options |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 47,000 |  |  | 47,000 |
Balance December 31, 2014 |  | 1,000,000 |  |  | 5,078,406 |  |  | 94,509,781 |  |  | 99,588,187 |

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