Percentage of equity interest holds in unconsolidated joint venture.

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Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]

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Long-Term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership. This does not include advances to clients.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The number of each class of partnership units outstanding at the balance sheet date. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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The cash inflow associated with the maturity (principal being due), prepayment and call (request of early payment) of other investments not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Unconsolidated Entities - Information About Investments in Co-investment Ventures by Property Funds (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ / shares in Units, € in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 MXN / shares	Dec. 31, 2015 ¥ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2013 $ / shares
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Closing price of common stock \| $ / shares							$ 41.60
Percentage of equity interest holds in unconsolidated joint venture			50.00%
Prologis Targeted Europe Logistics Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Redemption requests for a portion of our investment	$ 201.4	€ 185.0
Prologis Targeted U.S. Logistics Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Redemption requests for a portion of our investment \| $	$ 200.0
Prologis Mexico Industrial Fund [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Units outstanding \| shares	291,100,000		291,100,000
Closing price of common stock \| (per share)	$ 1.51		$ 1.51	MXN 26.12
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund and Related Joint Ventures [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in property fund	50.00%		50.00%
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund and Related Joint Ventures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in property fund	5.00%		5.00%
Prologis Brazil Logistics Partners Fund and Related Joint Ventures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage in property fund	50.00%		50.00%
Nippon Prologis REIT Inc [Member]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities for Loans to Commercial Borrowers [Line Items]
Units outstanding \| shares	261,310		261,310
Closing price of common stock \| (per share)	$ 1,815		$ 1,815		¥ 218,500
Intercompany notes receivable \| $	$ 85.2		$ 85.2			$ 85.9