CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Accounts and other receivables, allowance		$ 366	$ 365
Deferred charges, accumulated amortization		15,484	14,204
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization		157,239	143,987
Notes and mortgages payable, deferred financing costs		18,192	18,914
Intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization		$ 53,983	$ 41,931
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		900,000,000	900,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		213,036,508	212,112,137
Common stock, shares outstanding		213,036,508	212,112,137
Operating partnership, units outstanding		51,443,466	51,660,088
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		80.50%
Total assets	[1]	$ 8,404,057	$ 8,775,229
Total liabilities	[1]	$ 3,502,746	3,464,679
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		80.50%
Total assets		$ 1,512,307	72,033
Total liabilities		$ 1,001,764	$ 45,857

[1] Represents the consolidated assets and liabilities of Paramount Group Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”). The Operating Partnership is a consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), of which we are the sole general partner and own approximately 80.5%. As of March 31, 2016, the assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership include $1,512,307 and $1,001,764 of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 11, Variable Interest Entities.