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Impairment Charges and Impairment of Joint Venture Investments - Impairment Charges on Assets or Investments (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Operating Shopping Centers [Member] |
Schedule Of Investments [Line Items] |
Number of properties | 25 us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = ddr_OperatingAssetsImpairedMember
Land Parcels [Member] |
Schedule Of Investments [Line Items] |
Number of properties | 5 us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties / us-gaap_FairValueByAssetClassAxis = ddr_LandParcelsImpairedMember
Minimum [Member] |
Schedule Of Investments [Line Items] |
Asset disposal period | 12 months
Maximum [Member] |
Schedule Of Investments [Line Items] |
Asset disposal period | 24 months

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