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Senior Notes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Repayments of term loan | $ 492,076,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt | $ 49,932,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt |
Debt extinguishment costs | 3,300,000 us-gaap_WriteOffOfDeferredDebtIssuanceCost |  |
3.625% Senior Unsecured Notes Due February 2025 [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Proceeds from unsecured notes payable |  |  | 500,000,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromUnsecuredNotesPayable / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = ddr_ThreePointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorUnsecuredNotesDueFebruaryTwentyTwentyFiveMember
Debt Instrument, Stated Percentage |  |  | 3.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = ddr_ThreePointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorUnsecuredNotesDueFebruaryTwentyTwentyFiveMember
Debt Instrument Maturity Date |  |  | 2025-02
Total fees, excluding underwriting discounts, incurred for the issuance of senior notes |  |  | 1,100,000 us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = ddr_ThreePointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorUnsecuredNotesDueFebruaryTwentyTwentyFiveMember
Unsecured Term Loan [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Repayments of term loan |  |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember
Secured Term Loan [Member] |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |
Repayments of term loan |  |  | $ 100,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = us-gaap_SecuredDebtMember

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