Note 19 - Preferred Stock, Common Stock and Convertible Unit Transactions (Details Textual) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 03, 2021 shares	Apr. 15, 2021 shares	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 shares	Aug. 31, 2021 $ / shares	Feb. 28, 2020 USD ($)
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in shares)				567,450	1,084,953	294,346
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Ending Balance | $				$ 131,401	$ 210,793
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Converted (in shares)				2,600,000
Weingarten Realty Investors [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares Per Each Acquired Company Share (in shares)	1.408	1.408
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in shares)	179,919,880
ATM Program [Member]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.01				$ 0.01
Maximum Aggregate Sales Price | $			$ 500,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in shares)				450,000	3,500,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock | $				$ 11,300
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock, Net | $					$ 76,900
Common Stock Available for Issuance, Value | $				$ 411,000
Class L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Depositary Shares[Member]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in shares)				54,508
Class M Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Depositary Shares [Member]
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in shares)				90,760
Series I, J, K, L or M Preferred Stock [Member]
Number of Votes				1,000
Number of Proxies				1,000
Number of Votes, Depositary				1
Series I Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 25,000
Series J Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				25,000
Depositary Share [Member]
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 25.00
Convertible Units [Member]
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Ending Balance | $				$ 54,500
Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 1.00
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount | $								$ 300,000
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares (in shares)				0	0
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount | $				$ 224,900
Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased (in shares)				1,958
Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Class L Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Depositary Shares[Member] | Maximum [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased (in shares)				900,000
Share Repurchase Program [Member] | Class M Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock Depositary Shares [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased (in shares)				1,058,000