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REDEEMABLE INTERESTS AND NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS - Operating Partnership (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Nov. 30, 2005 quarter $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2005 quarter $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2004 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Value of redemption of units \| $			$ 2,246	$ 656	$ 11,754
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, units exercised for conversion (shares)			526,510	84,014	964,796
K-SCUs
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Value of redemption of units \| $	$ 21
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, units exercised for conversion (shares)	8,120
Operating Partnership
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)	26,758,405		26,758,405	28,208,373
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, allocation from (to) shareholders' equity, adjustment \| $			$ 4,065	$ 3,049	$ 2,454
Noncontrolling interest, allocation from (to) Shareholders' Equity, adjustment \| $			$ 13,642	$ 4,290	$ (13,625)
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, units exercised for conversion (shares)			915,338
Operating Partnership \| CBL’s Predecessor
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)	18,117,350		18,117,350	18,172,690
Operating Partnership \| Third parties
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)	8,641,055		8,641,055	10,035,683
Operating Partnership \| The Company
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Redeemable noncontrolling interests \| $	$ 3,575		$ 3,575	$ 8,835
Partners' capital attributable to noncontrolling interest \| $	$ 55,917		$ 55,917	$ 86,773
Operating Partnership \| S-SCUs
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)								1,560,940
Limited partnership agreement, noncontrolling interest redemption right, acquisition price threshold of qualifying property \| $								$ 20,000
Operating Partnership \| S-SCUs \| After Five Years
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Limited partnership agreement, annual distribution term, amount per unit (USD per unit) \| $ / shares								$ 2.92875
Operating Partnership \| L-SCUs
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)							571,700
Limited partnership agreement, condition to participate in distribution at common unit rate, number of consecutive quarters of distribution exceeding minimum (quarter) \| quarter							4
Operating Partnership \| L-SCUs \| Earlier of June 1, 2020 Or When Distribution Exceeds Minimum
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Limited partnership agreement, annual distribution term, amount per unit (USD per unit) \| $ / shares							$ 3.0288
Limited partnership agreement, quarterly distribution term, amount per unit (USD per unit) \| $ / shares							$ 0.7572
Operating Partnership \| Common Units
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)						622,278
Partnership units, value \| $						$ 14,000
Ownership interest acquired (as a percent)						30.00%
Operating Partnership \| K-SCUs
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Units of partnership interest (shares)		1,144,924
Limited partnership agreement, condition to participate in distribution at common unit rate, number of consecutive quarters of distribution exceeding minimum (quarter) \| quarter		4
Operating Partnership \| K-SCUs \| After First Year
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Partnership unit, dividend rate (as a percent)		6.25%
Partnership unit, dividends (USD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 2.96875
Limited partnership agreement, redemption right, conversion rate to common stock, per share		1
Operating Partnership
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Redeemable noncontrolling interest, ownership interest of noncontrolling owners (as a percent)	0.80%		0.80%	0.80%
Noncontrolling interest, ownership interest of noncontrolling owners (as a percent)	12.60%		12.60%	13.40%