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Property operating expenses, disclosed by reporting segment, for the reporting period which includes the balance sheet line items: Property Operating, Real Estate Taxes and Maintenance and Repairs.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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This item represents the net total realized and unrealized gain (loss) included in earnings for the period as a result of selling or holding marketable securities categorized as trading, available-for-sale, or held-to-maturity, including the unrealized holding gain (loss) of held-to-maturity securities transferred to the trading security category and the cumulative unrealized gain (loss) which was included in other comprehensive income (a separate component of shareholders' equity) for available-for-sale securities transferred to trading securities during the period. Additionally, this item would include any gains (losses) realized during the period from the sale of investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting and losses recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of the subject investments.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from sales and other disposals of real estate owned for investment purposes.

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The aggregate total of expenses of managing and administering the affairs of an entity, including affiliates of the reporting entity, which are not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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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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This element represents the income or loss from continuing operations attributable to the economic entity which may also be defined as revenue less expenses and taxes from ongoing operations before extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest.

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This item represents the entity's proportionate share for the period of the net income (loss) of its investee (such as unconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures) to which the equity method of accounting is applied. This item includes income or expense related to stock-based compensation based on the investor's grant of stock to employees of an equity method investee.

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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 283,849us-gaap_Revenues	$ 258,714us-gaap_Revenues	$ 256,933us-gaap_Revenues	$ 261,243us-gaap_Revenues	$ 282,009us-gaap_Revenues	$ 257,550us-gaap_Revenues	$ 255,584us-gaap_Revenues	$ 258,482us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,060,739us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,053,625us-gaap_Revenues	$ 1,002,843us-gaap_Revenues
Property operating expenses									(293,897)cbl_PropertyOperatingExpensesBySegment	(296,207)cbl_PropertyOperatingExpensesBySegment	(276,754)cbl_PropertyOperatingExpensesBySegment
Interest expense									(239,824)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(231,856)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(242,357)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other expense									(32,297)us-gaap_OtherGeneralExpense	(28,826)us-gaap_OtherGeneralExpense	(25,078)us-gaap_OtherGeneralExpense
Gain on sales of real estate assets									5,342	1,980	2,286
Segment profit									500,063cbl_SegmentProfitLoss	498,716cbl_SegmentProfitLoss	460,940cbl_SegmentProfitLoss
Depreciation and amortization expense									(291,273)	(278,911)	(255,460)
General and administrative expense									(50,271)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	(48,867)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	(51,251)us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Interest and other income									14,121us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome	10,825us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome	3,953us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt							(9,108)		87,893	(9,108)	265
Loss on impairment									(17,858)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate	(70,049)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate	(24,379)us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRealEstate
Gain on investment										2,400us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments	45,072us-gaap_GainLossOnInvestments
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates									14,803	11,616	8,313
Income tax provision									(4,499)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(1,305)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(1,404)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income from continuing operations	87,406	57,204	44,077	64,292	8,983	52,234	16,255	37,845	252,979	115,317	186,049
Total assets	6,616,299us-gaap_Assets				6,785,971us-gaap_Assets				6,616,299us-gaap_Assets	6,785,971us-gaap_Assets	7,089,736us-gaap_Assets
Capital expenditures									317,795	348,783	705,023
Malls [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									933,736	930,081	901,249
Property operating expenses									(282,796)	(300,172)	(286,919)
Interest expense									(198,758)	(206,779)	(214,216)
Other expense									(20)	0	(12)
Gain on sales of real estate assets									3,537	295	1,188
Segment profit									455,699	423,425	401,290
Total assets	5,662,967				5,917,437				5,662,967	5,917,437	6,213,801
Capital expenditures									198,205	203,210	608,190
Associated Centers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									41,527	41,726	40,212
Property operating expenses									(9,500)	(10,298)	(9,933)
Interest expense									(7,959)	(8,148)	(8,449)
Other expense									0	0	0
Gain on sales of real estate assets									937	0	202
Segment profit									25,005	23,280	22,032
Total assets	274,116				274,234				274,116	274,234	302,225
Capital expenditures									17,157	10,718	6,630
Community Centers [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									18,600	17,937	13,361
Property operating expenses									(5,260)	(3,568)	(3,219)
Interest expense									(2,510)	(2,397)	(2,517)
Other expense									0	0	0
Gain on sales of real estate assets									107	452	608
Segment profit									10,937	12,424	8,233
Total assets	282,078				222,576				282,078	222,576	203,261
Capital expenditures									3,160	8,052	13,884
All Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues									66,876	63,881	48,021
Property operating expenses									3,659	17,831	23,317
Interest expense									(30,597)	(14,532)	(17,175)
Other expense									(32,277)	(28,826)	(25,066)
Gain on sales of real estate assets									761	1,233	288
Segment profit									8,422	39,587	29,385
Total assets	397,138				371,724				397,138	371,724	370,449
Capital expenditures									$ 99,273	$ 126,803	$ 76,319