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	Jun. 02, 2011 USD ($)	May 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 AMB [Member] USD ($)	May 31, 2011 PEPR [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 PEPR [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 PEPR [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 PEPR [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 PEPR and AMB [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2013 Prologis SGP Mexico [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2013 Prologis North American Industrial Fund III [Member] USD ($)	Aug. 06, 2013 Prologis North American Industrial Fund III [Member] USD ($) Property sqft	Aug. 06, 2013 Prologis North American Industrial Fund III [Member] Minimum [Member]	Aug. 06, 2013 Prologis North American Industrial Fund III [Member] Maximum [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Prologis North American Properties Fund I [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 22, 2012 Prologis California [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 03, 2012 Prologis North American Industrial Fund [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Co-Investment Venture Acquisitions [Member] USD ($) Transactions
Business Acquisition Actual Revenue And Pre Tax Income Loss [Line Items]
Preliminary aggregate purchase price	$ 5,856,500,000		$ 1,600,000,000	€ 1,100,000,000						$ 5,856,500,000				$ 1,626,900,000							$ 33,200,000
Acquisition of additional units		96,500,000	380,900,000	380,900,000							2,700,000
Cash paid for PEPR Acquisition												1,000,000,000	715,800,000
Borrowings under LOC for PEPR Acquisition				500,000,000
Mark to market equity investment in PEPR from carrying value													486,000,000
Gain on PEPR investment recognized prior to Acquisition												85,900,000	59,600,000
Period of time included in actual results							7 months
Period of time included in pro forma adjustments							5 months
Rental income included in pro forma result															575,200,000									170,600,000
Rental expenses included in pro forma result															154,400,000									42,500,000
Rental income included in discontinued operations					34,105,000	128,162,000	171,103,000								74,200,000									11,500,000
Rental expenses included in discontinued operations															17,700,000									2,500,000
Number of properties sold																		73
Square footage of property																		9,500,000
Proceeds from sale of properties																	427,500,000
Equity method investment, percentage					60.00%											78.40%			80.00%	100.00%			63.00%
Business acquisition purchase price allocation real estate																		519,200,000				496,300,000	1,600,000,000
Business acquisition purchase price allocation other assets																		22,000,000				17,700,000	27,300,000
Gain on acquisition																		39,500,000			21,200,000	273,000,000
Business acquisition purchase price allocation real estate																409,500,000
Business acquisition purchase price allocation other assets																4,000,000
Business acquisition purchase price allocation other liabilities																158,400,000
Loss on acquisitions and dispositions of investments in real estate, net					597,656,000	305,607,000	111,684,000									(1,100,000)
Percentage owned in unconsolidated co-investment venture								15.00%	50.00%														100.00%
Business acquisition, loan repayment																							336,100,000
Business acquisition purchase price allocation debt																						150,000,000	875,400,000
Real estate assets										$ 8,197,600,000				$ 4,448,200,000							$ 117,000,000
Number of transactions in acquisitions																								3