Investments in Unconsolidated Entities (Details 7) (USD $)					1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Nov. 30, 2013 Aventura Mall	Nov. 30, 2013 Mortgages maturing December 11, 2017 Aventura Mall	Nov. 30, 2013 Mortgages maturing December 01, 2020 Aventura Mall	Dec. 31, 2012 Mall property	Dec. 31, 2013 Retail properties property	Dec. 31, 2012 Retail properties property	Dec. 31, 2011 Dissolved Joint Venture Partnership	Mar. 22, 2012 TMLP 2012 acquisition Consolidated property interests property	Dec. 31, 2013 Equity Method Investments Unconsolidated property interests	Dec. 31, 2012 Equity Method Investments Unconsolidated property interests	Dec. 31, 2013 Equity Method Investments Unconsolidated property interests Maximum
Schedule of Equity Method Investments
Number of properties												9
Number of joint venture interests sold								1	3	3
Joint venture ownership percentage					33.00%						50.00%
Assets:
Investment properties, at cost	$ 35,126,344,000	$ 34,252,521,000											$ 15,824,689,000	$ 14,607,291,000
Less - accumulated depreciation	10,067,743,000	9,068,388,000											5,294,578,000	4,926,511,000
Investment properties, net	25,058,601,000	25,184,133,000											10,530,111,000	9,680,780,000
Cash and cash equivalents	1,716,863,000	1,184,518,000	798,650,000	796,718,000									792,751,000	619,546,000
Tenant receivables and accrued revenue, net	581,482,000	521,301,000											310,320,000	252,774,000
Investment in unconsolidated entities, at equity													38,352,000	39,589,000
Deferred costs and other assets	1,519,814,000	1,570,734,000											586,622,000	438,399,000
Total assets													12,258,156,000	11,031,088,000
Liabilities and Partners' Deficit:
Mortgages and unsecured indebtedness	23,588,531,000	23,113,007,000											13,024,257,000	11,584,863,000
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, intangibles, and deferred revenues	1,374,113,000	1,374,172,000											849,107,000	672,483,000
Other liabilities	257,222,000	303,588,000											514,822,000	447,132,000
Total liabilities	26,311,457,000	25,515,511,000											14,388,186,000	12,704,478,000
Preferred units													67,450,000	67,450,000
Partners' deficit	(3,218,686,000)	(3,083,190,000)											(2,197,480,000)	(1,740,840,000)
Total liabilities and equity	33,324,574,000	32,586,606,000											12,258,156,000	11,031,088,000
Our Share of:
Partners' deficit													(717,776,000)	(799,911,000)
Add: Excess Investment													2,059,584,000	2,184,133,000
Our net Investment in unconsolidated entities, at equity	2,433,399,000	2,108,966,000											1,341,808,000	1,384,222,000
Life of joint ventures with excess investment															40 years
Debt Maturity and Other
2014	2,072,529,000												1,103,850,000
2015	1,972,833,000												2,090,963,000
2016	5,005,080,000												1,304,721,000
2017	3,594,748,000												866,378,000
2018	2,031,818,000												736,078,000
Thereafter	8,886,074,000												6,917,266,000
Total principal maturities	23,563,082,000												13,019,256,000
Net unamortized debt premiums and discounts	25,449,000												5,001,000
Total mortgages and other indebtedness	23,588,531,000	23,113,007,000											13,024,257,000	11,584,863,000
Interest rate, low end of range (as a percent)													0.46%
Interest rate, high end of range (as a percent)													9.35%
Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)													4.60%
Debt refinanced						430,000,000
Debt issued to refinance previous mortgage							1,200,000,000
Fixed interest rate before reduction (as a percent)					5.91%
Fixed interest rate (as a percent)					3.75%
Extinguishment charge					$ 82,800,000