Represents the purchase price of warrants acquired by the entity.

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Represents the number of warrants acquired by the entity.

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The weighted average exercise price of each class of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Represents the number of common stock shares issued in a warrant settlement transaction.

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Represents the fair value of warranty liability.

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Number of permanent warrants issued to purchase common stock of New GGP. Equity warrants represent derivative securities that give the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specific price within a certain time frame. Warrants are often included in a new debt issue to entice investors by a higher return potential.

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Represents the amount of warrants purchased during the period.

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Represents the term of warrants.

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Certain changes made during the current period to the value and amount of warrant liability reported.

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Represents the discount for lack of marketability.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during the period.

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Represents the number warrant options.

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Represents the exercise price for the warrant options.

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Estimated fair value of permanent warrants.

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Represents the amount of warrants reclassified into equity during the period.

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Aggregate amount of each class of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 129

-Paragraph 4

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

-Paragraph i

-Article 4

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

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (e)

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WARRANTS (Details 2) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended														3 Months Ended
WARRANTS (Details 2) (USD $)	Mar. 28, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013 warrant	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 14, 2012 warrant	Oct. 15, 2012 warrant	Jul. 16, 2012 warrant	Apr. 16, 2012 warrant	Mar. 26, 2013 GGPLP	Jan. 29, 2013 The Brookfield Investor	Jan. 28, 2013 Warrant acquisition GGPLP warrant	Jan. 28, 2013 Warrant acquisition Fairholme GGPLP	Jan. 28, 2013 Warrant acquisition Blackstone. GGPLP	Mar. 28, 2013 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum	Mar. 28, 2013 Maximum	Dec. 31, 2012 Maximum	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value Measurements, Recurring Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)	Mar. 31, 2012 Fair Value Measurements, Recurring Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
WARRANT LIABILITY
Number of warrants acquired											41,070,000	5,000,000
Purchase price of warrants acquired										$ 633,000,000
Issuable Shares		120,000,000		134,640,000	133,884,000	133,116,000	132,372,000			27,000,000
Exercise price (in dollars per share)										$ 9.37
Common stock shares issued in warrant settlement transaction								27,500,000	65,000,000
Warrant options									57,500,000
Warrant option exercise price									618,000,000
Remaining outstanding warrants									16,430,000
Fair Value of Warrant Liability
Balance at the beginning of the period																	1,488,196,000	985,962,000
Warrant liability adjustment																	40,546,000	143,112,000
Purchase of warrants by GGLP																	(633,229,000)
Reclassification to equity		(895,513,000)															(895,513,000)
Balance at the end of the period																		1,129,074,000
Estimated fair value of Warrants and significant assumptions used in valuation
Fair value of Warrants	$ 895,513,000		$ 1,488,196,000
Observable Inputs
GGP stock price per share	$ 19.88		$ 19.85
Warrant term	4 years 7 months 13 days		4 years 10 months 10 days
Unobservable Inputs
Expected volatility (as a percent)	30.00%		33.00%										15.00%	20.00%	65.00%	65.00%
Discount for lack of marketability (as a percent)	3.00%		3.00%										3.00%	3.00%	7.00%	7.00%