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Equity and Capital (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 01, 2013
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Common stock offering, maximum aggregate price |  |  | $ 300,000,000 cbl_CommonStockOfferingMaximumAggregatePrice
Commission to sales agent, maximum (percent) |  |  | 2.00%cbl_CommissionToSalesAgentPercent
Number of shares settled | 269,929 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues | 238,693 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues |
Common stock offering, maximum aggregate price still available | $ 88,507,000 cbl_CommonStockOfferingMaximumAggregatePriceStillAvailable |  |
At The Market Stock Sales |  |  |
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of shares settled | 8,419,298.000 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = cbl_AtTheMarketStockSalesMember |  |
Weighted-average sales price (in usd per share) | $ 25.12 cbl_ProceedsFromSaleOfCommonStockWeightedAveragePricePerShare / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = cbl_AtTheMarketStockSalesMember |  |

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