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Percentage of Leased Area

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Area of land held.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount of liabilities incurred by the acquirer as part of consideration transferred in a business combination.

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Amount of long-term debt due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Revenue, comprised of base and incentive revenue derived from the management of joint ventures, managing third-party properties, or another entity's operations.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of investments in land and buildings held for sale, excluding real estate considered to be inventory of the entity.

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Revenue from the sale of commercial, industrial, or residential property during the period. This element is more likely than not relevant to an entity for which real estate operations are a principal activity. If real estate operations are not a principal activity, the reporting entity would likely use a gain (loss) on sale of property, plant, or equipment type element.

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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, shares in Millions							3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	May 25, 2017 USD ($) ft² $ / shares shares	May 25, 2017 USD ($) ft² $ / shares shares	May 24, 2017 ft² shares	Feb. 02, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Jan. 17, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Jan. 04, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) ft²	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 08, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 09, 2016 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, consideration paid									$ 463,669
Business acquisition, transaction costs							$ 11,300		$ 11,300
Area of land (in sq ft/acres) \| ft²							376,000		376,000
Income from acquired leasehold interest							$ 0	$ 0	$ 39,215	$ 0
Income from acquired leasehold interest							369	375	1,199	1,356
Casualty and impairment loss							2,170	0	5,637	0
Gain on sale of real estate							202	0	202	15,618
Eatontown, NJ \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real estate sold							4,800		4,800
Casualty and impairment loss									3,500
Land [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real estate sold											$ 300
Yonkers Gateway Center
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, consideration paid						$ 51,902
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, value						48,800
Cash acquisition price						$ 2,900
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, units (in shares) \| shares						1.8
Business acquisition, unit price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 27.09
Business acquisition, transaction costs						$ 200
Area of land (in sq ft/acres) \| ft²			437,000
Shops at Bruckner
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, consideration paid					$ 32,269
Cash acquisition price					19,400
Business acquisition, transaction costs					$ 300
Area of land (in sq ft/acres) \| ft²					114,000
Shops at Bruckner \| Mortgages
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, debt assumed					$ 12,600
Hudson Mall
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, consideration paid				$ 44,273
Cash acquisition price				19,900
Business acquisition, transaction costs				$ 600
Area of land (in sq ft/acres) \| ft²				383,000
Hudson Mall \| Mortgages
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, debt assumed				$ 23,800
Ackerman Portfolio
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, consideration paid	$ 325,000
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, value	122,000	$ 122,000
Cash acquisition price	$ 44,000
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, units (in shares) \| shares	4.5	1.9	2.6
Business acquisition, unit price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 27.02	$ 27.02
Business acquisition, transaction costs	$ 10,200	$ 10,200
Business acquisition, debt assumed	$ 33,000	$ 33,000
Area of land (in sq ft/acres) \| ft²	1,500,000	1,500,000
Percentage of leased area	83.00%	83.00%
Ackerman Portfolio \| Mortgages
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, non-recourse debt issued	$ 126,000
Cross Bay Commons [Member] \| Waterbury, CT
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Real estate sold												$ 21,600
Urban Edge Properties LP
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Income from acquired leasehold interest							0	0	39,215	0
Income from acquired leasehold interest							369	375	1,199	1,356
Casualty and impairment loss							2,170	0	5,637	0
Gain on sale of real estate							$ 202	$ 0	$ 202	$ 15,618