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Consolidated Statements of Equity/Capital (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Total USD ($)	Series E Preferred Stock [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member] Series E Preferred Stock [Member]	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Shopping Center Properties [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Redeemable Noncontrolling Partnership Interests [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Common Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Additional Paid-In Capital [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Accumulated Deficit [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Total Shareholders' Equity [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Noncontrolling Interests [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. [Member] Noncontrolling Interests [Member] Shopping Center Properties [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Shopping Center Properties [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Series E Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Preferred Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Restricted Common Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Common Units and Restricted Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Redeemable Partnership Interests [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Redeemable Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Redeemable Common Units [Member] Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Redeemable Partnership Interests [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Redeemable Partnership Interests [Member] Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Noncontrolling Interests [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Noncontrolling Interests [Member] Shopping Center Properties [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Preferred Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Preferred Units [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Preferred Units [Member] Series E Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Preferred Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Common Units [Member]	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Common Units [Member]	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Common Units [Member] Restricted Common Stock [Member]	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Common Units [Member] Common Units and Restricted Common Units [Member]	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] General Partner [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] General Partner [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] General Partner [Member] Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Limited Partners [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Limited Partners [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Limited Partners [Member] Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Limited Partners [Member] Restricted Common Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Limited Partners [Member] Common Units and Restricted Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] Series C Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] Series E Preferred Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] Preferred Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] Common Units [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] Restricted Common Stock [Member] USD ($)	CBL & Associates Limited Partnership [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member] Common Units and Restricted Common Units [Member] USD ($)
Beginning balance, partners' capital at Dec. 31, 2011															$ 1,470,521								$ 6,235	$ 26,036		$ 32,271		$ 1,711	$ 4,280		$ 509,719								$ 10,178			$ 944,633					$ 1,466,241
Beginning balance, shareholders' equity at Dec. 31, 2011				1,470,391			23	1,484	1,657,927	3,425	(399,581)	1,263,278	207,113
Redeemable common units, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2011						32,271
Beginning balance, partners' capital units (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2011																															22,750,000				190,380,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)				149,372		4,445					131,600	131,600	17,772		149,372								3,597	848		4,445			(647)		43,738								1,616			104,665					150,019
Other comprehensive income				3,974		21				3,561		3,561	413		3,974									21		21		3,974																			3,974
Issuance of shares of stock (in shares)			690,000																														6,900,000		244,000
Issuance of 690,000 shares of Series E preferred stock in equity offering				166,720			7		166,713			166,720						166,720															166,720																166,720
Redemption of units (in shares)	(224,628)																															(4,600,000)				(627,000)
Redemption of units, value	(3,965)																(115,000)			(9,429)												(111,227)								(41)			(3,732)	(9,429)				(115,000)			(9,429)
Redemption of Series C preferred stock				(115,000)			(5)		(111,222)		(3,773)	(115,000)
Issuance of common units (in shares)																																			42,000	855,000
Issuance of common units																				14,730																						14,730									14,730
Issuance of common units under deferred compensation arrangement															(615)																											(615)					(615)
Conversion of 12,466,000 Operating Partnership common units to shares of common stock	59,738							125	59,613			59,738	(59,738)
Purchase of noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership				(9,863)	14,204								(9,863)	14,204		14,204														14,204
Issuance of noncontrolling interest in Operating Partnership				14,000									14,000
Dividends declared - common stock				(138,069)							(138,069)	(138,069)
Dividends declared - preferred stock				(43,738)							(43,738)	(43,738)
Issuance of shares of common stock and restricted common stock				730				2	728			730
Distributions declared																			(43,738)	(169,766)					(4,685)		(4,685)							(43,738)							(1,771)			(167,995)						(43,738)	(169,766)
Cancellation of common units and restricted common stock (in shares)																																			(39,000)
Cancellation of restricted common stock, value				(633)					(633)			(633)			(633)																											(633)					(633)
Contributions from CBL related to exercises of stock options															4,454																											4,454					4,454
Exercise of stock options				4,454				2	4,452			4,454
Accrual under deferred compensation arrangements				44					44			44			44																								1			43					44
Amortization of deferred compensation				3,863					3,863			3,863			3,831									32		32													41			3,790					3,831
Accelerated vesting of share-based compensation				(725)					(725)			(725)			(719)									(6)		(6)													(8)			(711)					(719)
Allocation of partners' capital															(3,171)									3,171		3,171													(18)			(3,153)					(3,171)
Issuance of 42,484 shares of common stock under deferred compensation arrangement				(615)					(615)			(615)
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests				(3,197)		3,197			(3,360)			(3,360)	163
Adjustment to record redeemable noncontrolling interests at redemption value				(8,778)		8,778			(3,155)			(3,155)	(5,623)		(8,778)								360	8,418		8,778													(94)			(8,684)					(8,778)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests				(34,119)		(8,464)							(34,119)		(2,423)								(3,779)			(3,779)			(2,423)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests				7,120									7,120		7,120														7,120
Purchase of noncontrolling interests in other consolidated subsidiaries				40,962									40,962		40,962														40,962
Ending balance, partners' capital at Dec. 31, 2012															1,521,660								6,413	33,835		40,248		5,685	63,496		565,212								9,904			877,363					1,458,164
Ending balance, shareholders' equity at Dec. 31, 2012				1,521,097			25	1,613	1,773,630	6,986	(453,561)	1,328,693	192,404
Redeemable common units, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2012						40,248
Ending balance, partners' capital units (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012																															25,050,000				190,855,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)				92,792		2,941					85,204	85,204	7,588		92,792								2,565	376		2,941			839		44,892								491			46,570					91,953
Other comprehensive income				(762)		(6)				(661)		(661)	(101)		(762)									(6)		(6)		(762)																			(762)
Redemption of redeemable noncontrolling preferred joint venture interest				10,000					10,000			10,000
Issuance of shares of stock (in shares)		6,900,000
Redemption of redeemable noncontrolling preferred joint venture interest															10,000																								104			9,896					10,000
Issuance of common units (in shares)																																				8,780,000
Issuance of common units																				216,588																								216,588							216,588
Conversion of 12,466,000 Operating Partnership common units to shares of common stock	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership					(41,444)									(41,444)		(41,444)														(41,444)
Dividends declared - common stock				(157,532)							(157,532)	(157,532)
Dividends declared - preferred stock				(44,892)							(44,892)	(44,892)
Issuance of shares of common stock and restricted common stock				216,663				87	216,576			216,663
Distributions declared															(8,861)				(44,892)	(157,531)														(44,892)							(1,851)			(155,680)						(44,892)	(157,531)
Cancellation of common units and restricted common stock (in shares)																																					(42,000)
Cancellation of restricted common stock, value				(720)					(720)			(720)									(720)																								(720)							(720)
Accrual under deferred compensation arrangements				(7,095)					(7,095)			(7,095)			(7,095)																								(74)			(7,021)					(7,095)
Amortization of deferred compensation				2,704					2,704			2,704			2,704																								28			2,676					2,704
Allocation of partners' capital															(4,676)									4,589		4,589			57										1,425			(6,158)					(4,733)
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests				(4,534)		4,589			(33,746)			(33,746)	29,212
Adjustment to record redeemable noncontrolling interests at redemption value				7,012		(7,011)			6,295			6,295	717		7,086								(1,545)	(5,467)		(7,012)													148			6,938					7,086
Distributions to noncontrolling interests				(39,885)		(6,122)							(39,885)		(39,885)								(1,550)	(4,571)		(6,121)			(10,299)										(309)			(29,277)					(29,586)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests				6,530									6,530		6,530														6,530
Ending balance, partners' capital at Dec. 31, 2013															1,560,355								5,883	28,756		34,639		4,923	19,179		565,212								9,866			961,175					1,541,176
Ending balance, shareholders' equity at Dec. 31, 2013				1,559,934			25	1,700	1,967,644	6,325	(570,781)	1,404,913	155,021
Redeemable common units, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013						34,639									28,756
Ending balance, partners' capital units (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013																															25,050,000				199,593,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss)				249,539		3,425					219,150	219,150	30,389		249,539								1,827	1,598		3,425			1,880		44,892								2,081			200,686					247,659
Other comprehensive income				8,260		65				7,086		7,086	1,174		8,260									65		65		8,260																			8,260
Redemption of units (in shares)																																			(273,000)
Redemption of units, value	(4,861)														(4,861)																											(4,861)					(4,861)
Issuance of common units (in shares)																																						246,000
Issuance of common units																						683																								683							683
Conversion of 12,466,000 Operating Partnership common units to shares of common stock	0
Purchase of noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership				(4,861)									(4,861)
Dividends declared - common stock				(170,262)							(170,262)	(170,262)
Dividends declared - preferred stock				(44,892)							(44,892)	(44,892)
Issuance of shares of common stock and restricted common stock				683				3	680			683
Distributions declared																			(44,892)	(201,483)				(4,571)		(4,571)								(44,892)							(1,479)			(200,004)						(44,892)	(201,483)
Cancellation of common units and restricted common stock (in shares)																																			(34,000)
Cancellation of restricted common stock, value				(389)					(389)			(389)			(389)																											(389)					(389)
Amortization of deferred compensation				3,508					3,508			3,508			3,508																								36			3,472					3,508
Allocation of partners' capital															(2,792)									2,937		2,937													(660)			(2,132)					(2,792)
Adjustment for noncontrolling interests				(2,937)		2,937			(8,231)			(8,231)	5,294
Adjustment to record redeemable noncontrolling interests at redemption value				(5,336)		5,337			(5,014)			(5,014)	(322)		(5,336)								3,017	2,319		5,336													(55)			(5,281)					(5,336)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests				(44,257)		(8,844)							(44,257)		(13,089)								(4,272)			(4,272)			(13,089)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests				938									938																938
Ending balance, partners' capital at Dec. 31, 2014															1,550,441								6,455	31,104		37,559		13,183	8,908		565,212								9,789			953,349					1,541,533
Ending balance, shareholders' equity at Dec. 31, 2014				1,549,928			25	1,703	1,958,198	13,411	(566,785)	1,406,552	143,376
Redeemable common units, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014						37,559									31,104
Ending balance, partners' capital units (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014																															25,050,000				199,532,000
Beginning balance, partners' capital at Sep. 30, 2014
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Distributions declared															(9,314)
Ending balance, partners' capital at Dec. 31, 2014															1,550,441
Ending balance, shareholders' equity at Dec. 31, 2014							25
Redeemable common units, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014															$ 31,104