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MORTGAGE AND OTHER INDEBTEDNESS (Construction Loans Financed) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2013 extension_option
Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Financed	$ 2,435,000cbl_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesAtAtlantaMember	$ 80,000,000cbl_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesAtAtlantaMember
Property loan obligation guaranteed by Company (percent)	100.00%cbl_GuarantorsPercentageObligationforLandLoan / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesAtAtlantaMember
Debt instrument, face value	454,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesAtAtlantaMember
Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)	2.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesAtAtlantaMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Outlet Shoppes at Oklahoma City, Phase III [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Financed			5,400,000cbl_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesatOklahomaCityPhaseIIIMember
Property loan obligation guaranteed by Company (percent)			100.00%cbl_GuarantorsPercentageObligationforLandLoan / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesatOklahomaCityPhaseIIIMember
Outlet Shoppes at Oklahoma City, Phase III [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			2.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesatOklahomaCityPhaseIIIMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Outlet Shoppes at El Paso - Phase II [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Financed			7,000,000cbl_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesatElPasoPhaseIIMember
Outlet Shoppes at El Paso - Phase II [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate (percent)			2.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1 / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_OutletShoppesatElPasoPhaseIIMember / us-gaap_VariableRateAxis = us-gaap_LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember
Louisville Outlet Shoppes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Financed				$ 60,200,000cbl_DebtInstrumentMaximumBorrowingCapacity / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_LouisvilleOutletShoppesMember
Property loan obligation guaranteed by Company (percent)				100.00%cbl_GuarantorsPercentageObligationforLandLoan / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_LouisvilleOutletShoppesMember
Number of one-year extension options available				2cbl_NumberOfExtensionOptionsAvailable / us-gaap_RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationDescriptionOfPropertyAxis = cbl_LouisvilleOutletShoppesMember
Extension option, term (years)				1 year
Louisville Outlet Shoppes [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399



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