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Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Details 2) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Tax Treatment Of Dividend [Line Items]      
Minimum Percentage of Taxable Income Distributed As Dividends 90.00%vrlp_MinimumPercentageOfTaxableIncomeDistributedAsDividends    
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $ 94,100,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 87,800,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
Income Tax Liability Relating to Taxable REIT Subsidiaries Current 10,777,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIntraperiodTaxAllocation 9,608,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIntraperiodTaxAllocation 20,336,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitIntraperiodTaxAllocation
Net Basis Difference Of Assets And Liabilities Between Tax Basis And GAAP Basis $ 3,600,000,000vrlp_NetBasisDifferenceOfAssetsAndLiabilitiesBetweenTaxBasisAndGaapBasis    
Ordinary Income [Member]      
Tax Treatment Of Dividend [Line Items]      
Percentage Of Taxable Income Distributed 100.00%vrlp_PercentageOfTaxableIncomeDistributed
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= vrlp_OrdinaryIncomeMember
  62.70%vrlp_PercentageOfTaxableIncomeDistributed
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= vrlp_OrdinaryIncomeMember
Long Term Capital Gain [Member]      
Tax Treatment Of Dividend [Line Items]      
Percentage Of Taxable Income Distributed     37.30%vrlp_PercentageOfTaxableIncomeDistributed
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= vrlp_LongTermCapitalGainMember