Percentage of equity interest holds in unconsolidated joint venture.

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Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]

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Long-Term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership. This does not include advances to clients.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of an equity method investment.

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The number of each class of partnership units outstanding at the balance sheet date. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Unconsolidated Entities - Information About Investments in Co-investment Ventures by Property Funds (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2016 MXN / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 ¥ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest holds in unconsolidated joint venture	50.00%	50.00%
Intercompany notes receivable	$ 166.1				$ 189.7	$ 125.7
Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Redemption a portion of our investment	311.1	€ 275.0
Prologis Targeted U.S. Logistics Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Redemption a portion of our investment	300.0
Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund and Prologis Targeted U.S. Logistics Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Gain on Redemption	$ 136.3
Prologis Mexico Industrial Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Units outstanding \| shares	291.1
Closing price of common stock \| (per share)	$ 1.44		MXN 29.69
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund and Related Joint Ventures [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in property fund	50.00%
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund and Related Joint Ventures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in property fund	5.00%
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund and Related Joint Ventures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in property fund	50.00%
Nippon Prologis REIT Inc [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Units outstanding \| shares	0.3
Closing price of common stock \| (per share)	$ 2,041			¥ 238,900
Intercompany notes receivable	$ 96.9				$ 85.2