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Income Taxes - Reconciliation Between Cash Dividends Paid and Dividends Paid Deduction (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Dividends paid	$ 239,294us-gaap_DividendsCash	$ 193,101us-gaap_DividendsCash	$ 153,617us-gaap_DividendsCash
Plus: Deemed dividends on convertible debt	12,026ddr_DeemedDividendsOnConvertibleDebt	9,987ddr_DeemedDividendsOnConvertibleDebt	7,875ddr_DeemedDividendsOnConvertibleDebt
Less: Dividends designated to prior year	(6,608)ddr_DividendsDesignatedToPriorPeriods	(7,030)ddr_DividendsDesignatedToPriorPeriods	(6,967)ddr_DividendsDesignatedToPriorPeriods
Plus: Dividends designated from the following year	5,594ddr_DividendsDesignatedFromFollowingPeriods	6,608ddr_DividendsDesignatedFromFollowingPeriods	7,030ddr_DividendsDesignatedFromFollowingPeriods
Less: Return of capital	(172,328)ddr_ReturnOfCapital	(169,747)ddr_ReturnOfCapital	(112,612)ddr_ReturnOfCapital
Dividends paid deduction	$ 77,978ddr_DividendPaidDeduction	$ 32,919ddr_DividendPaidDeduction	$ 48,943ddr_DividendPaidDeduction

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The difference in dividends paid and dividends paid deduction for federal income tax purposes due to deemed dividends on convertible debt.

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The dividends paid deduction for federal income tax purposes.

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The difference in dividends paid and dividends paid deduction for federal income tax purposes due to dividends designated from the following year.

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The difference in dividends paid and dividends paid deduction for federal income tax purposes due to dividends designated to a prior year.

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The difference in dividends paid and dividends paid deduction for federal income tax purposes due to return of capital.

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Amount of paid and unpaid cash dividends declared for classes of stock, for example, but not limited to, common and preferred.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 405

-Section 45

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6957935&loc=d3e64057-112817

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