Area of real estate property to support potential build out.

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Area of real estate property under development.

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Area of a real estate property.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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The cash inflow from the capital received in cash from a partner in a partnership during the period.

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Business Combination - Additional Information (Detail) shares in Millions, ft² in Millions, $ in Billions		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May. 29, 2015 ft² Property shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, common limited partnership units issued \| shares		6.4	6.4
Prologis US Logistics Venture [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interests in real estate entities	55.00%	55.00%	55.00%
Contribution received from venture partner \| $		$ 2.3
Prologis US Logistics Venture [Member] \| KTR Capital Partners and Affiliates [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of buildings \| Property	315
Square feet	59.0
Area of properties under development	3.6
Area of properties to support potential build out	6.8
Prologis US Logistics Venture [Member] \| KTR Capital Partners and Affiliates [Member] \| Common Limited Partnership Units
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, common limited partnership units issued \| shares	4.5