Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Parent Company [Member]	Partnership Interest [Member]	Preferred Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Treasury Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Distributions in Excess of Net Income [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Total Stockholders' Equity [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest Exchangeable Operating Partnership Units [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests in Limited Partners' Interest in Consolidated Partnerships [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Total Noncontrolling Interests [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Preferred Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Common Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Treasury Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Distributions in Excess of Net Income [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Total Stockholders' Equity [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Noncontrolling Interest Exchangeable Operating Partnership Units [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Noncontrolling Interests in Limited Partners' Interest in Consolidated Partnerships [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Common Stock [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Partners Capital Total [Member]	Partners Capital Total [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Limited Partner [Member]	Limited Partner [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	General Partner [Member]	General Partner [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Preferred Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Common Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Treasury Stock [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Distributions in Excess of Net Income [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member] Parent Company [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Partners Capital Total [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Equity One Inc. [Member] General Partner [Member]
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 2,082,620	$ 2,082,620		$ 325,000	$ 972	$ (19,658)	$ 2,742,508		$ (58,693)	$ (936,020)	$ 2,054,109	$ (1,975)	$ 30,486		$ 28,511												$ 2,052,134		$ 30,486		$ (58,693)		$ (1,975)		$ 2,112,802
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent		103,789	$ 103,954
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	105,334	105,334	105,334	0	0	0	0		0		103,789	165	1,380		1,545												103,954		1,380		0		165		103,789
Current period other comprehensive income, net	22,815	22,815	22,815	0	0	0	0	$ 22,954	22,954	0	22,954	33	(172)														22,987				22,954		33		0
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		(139)	(172)																										(172)
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Share-based Compensation, Other Long-term Incentive Plans, Requisite Service Period Recognition		0		0	0	2,776	(2,776)		0	0	0	0	0		0
Restricted stock issued, net of amortization	9,967	9,967		0	2	0	9,965		0	0	9,967	0	0		0												9,967		0		0		0		9,967
Common stock redeemed for taxes withheld for stock based compensation, net																$ 7,835	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 7,835	$ 0	$ 0	$ 7,835	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock issued under dividend reinvestment plan		804	804														0	0	0	804	0	0	804	0	0	0
Common stock issued, net of issuance costs		549,545		0	71	0	549,474		0	0	549,545	0	0		0
Contributions from partners	8,675	8,675		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	8,675		8,675												0		8,675		0		0		0
Distributions to partners	(155,844)	(5,762)		0	0	0	(538)		0	0	(538)	0	(5,224)		(5,224)												(150,620)		(5,224)		0		(229)		150,391
Common units redeemed as a result of common stock redeemed by Parent Company, net of issuances	(542,514)																										(542,514)		0		0		0		(542,514)
Cash dividends declared: preferred stock/unit	15,797	15,797		0	0	0	0		0	15,797	15,797	0	0		0												15,797		0		0		0		15,797
Preferred stock		(15,797)
Cash dividends declared - common stock/unit		150,082		0	0	0	0		0	149,853	149,853	229	0		229
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2016	2,600,284	2,600,284		325,000	1,045	(16,882)	3,291,602		(35,739)	(997,881)	2,567,145	(2,006)	35,145		33,139												2,565,139		35,145		(35,739)		(2,006)		2,602,884
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2016	2,624,502	2,624,502		325,000	1,045	(17,062)	3,294,923		(18,346)	(994,259)	2,591,301	(1,967)	35,168		33,201												2,589,334		35,168		(18,346)		(1,967)		2,609,647
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent		90,938	91,155
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	93,039	93,039	93,039	0	0	0	0		0		90,938	217	1,884		2,101												91,155		1,884		0		217		90,938
Current period other comprehensive income, net	4,194	4,194	4,194	0	0	0	0	$ 4,205	4,205	0	4,205	6	(17)														4,211				4,205		6		0
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		(11)	(17)																										(17)
Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax		4,194
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Share-based Compensation, Other Long-term Incentive Plans, Requisite Service Period Recognition		(9)		0	0	(986)	977		0	0	(9)	0	0		0
Restricted stock issued, net of amortization	10,920	10,920		0	2	0	10,918		0	0	10,920	0	0		0												10,920		0		0		0		10,920		$ 7,951	$ 7,951	$ 0	$ 1	$ 0	$ 7,950	$ 0	$ 0	$ 7,951	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 7,951
Common stock redeemed for taxes withheld for stock based compensation, net																18,432	0	1	0	18,431	0	0	18,432	0	0	0
Common stock issued under dividend reinvestment plan		908	$ 908														0	0	0	908	0	0	908	0	0	0
Common stock issued, net of issuance costs																$ 4,471,413	$ 0	$ 654	$ 0	$ 4,470,759	$ 0	$ 0	$ 4,471,413	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred Stock Redemption Premium	325,000																											$ 325,000		$ 0		$ 0		$ 0		$ 325,000
Contributions from partners	13,467	13,467		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	13,100	367		13,467												13,100		367		0		13,100		0
Distributions to partners	(241,240)	(7,086)		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	(7,086)		(7,086)												(234,154)		(7,086)		0		(450)		(233,704)
Common units redeemed as a result of common stock redeemed by Parent Company, net of issuances	(4,453,889)																										(4,453,889)		0		0		0		(4,453,889)
Cash dividends declared: preferred stock/unit	$ 5,029	5,029		0	0	0	0		0		5,029	0	0		0												5,029		0		0		0		5,029
Redemption of preferred stock		325,000		325,000	0	0	11,099		0	11,099	325,000	0	0	$ 0
Preferred stock		(16,128)								(5,029)
Cash dividends declared - common stock/unit		234,154		0	0	0	0		0	233,704	233,704	450	0		450
Ending Balance at Sep. 30, 2017		$ 6,636,684		$ 0	$ 1,701	$ (18,048)	$ 7,779,103		$ (14,141)	$ (1,153,153)	$ 6,595,462	$ 10,906	$ 30,316		$ 41,222												$ 6,606,368		$ 30,316		$ (14,141)		$ 10,906		$ 6,609,603