CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Preferred equity investments, allowance		$ 19,588	$ 0
Accounts and other receivables, allowance		277	202
Deferred charges, accumulated amortization		19,412	9,832
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization		200,857	166,841
Notes and mortgages payable, deferred financing costs		41,800	43,281
Intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization		$ 75,073	$ 55,349
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		900,000,000	900,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		240,427,022	230,015,356
Common stock, shares outstanding		240,427,022	230,015,356
Operating partnership, units outstanding		24,620,279	34,511,214
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		90.70%
Total assets	[1]	$ 8,917,661	$ 8,867,168
Total liabilities	[1]	$ 3,895,577	3,981,221
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		90.70%
Total assets		$ 1,956,020	1,514,292
Total liabilities		$ 1,264,338	$ 970,473

[1] Represents the consolidated assets and liabilities of Paramount Group Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). The Operating Partnership is a consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), of which we are the sole general partner and own approximately 90.7%, as of December 31, 2017. The assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership, as of December 31, 2017, include $1,956,020 and $1,264,338 of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 13, Variable Interest Entities.