Business And Organization (Details)	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Business And Organization [Line Items]
Number of properties	67
Minority Interest In Joint Ventures Percentage	20.00%
Company's interest in Operating Partnership	99.60%
Limited partners' interest in Operating Partnership	0.40%
OP units outstanding	281,000
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust [Member]
Business And Organization [Line Items]
Number of properties	22

The number of units or percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the LLC or LP.

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

-Publisher AICPA

-Name Practice Bulletin (PB)

-Number 14

-Paragraph 15

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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