Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - Summary of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		$ 7,389,456	$ 7,409,028
Cash and restricted cash		42,253	41,823
Preferred equity investments		54,304	53,941
Deferred rent receivable		97,660	77,792
Accounts and other receivables		12,092	10,844
Deferred charges, net		77,254	74,991
Intangible assets, net		464,227	511,207
Other assets		32,691	6,658
Total assets	[1]	8,404,057	8,775,229
Mortgages and notes payable		2,942,026	2,941,524
Loans payable to noncontrolling interests			45,662
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		154,680	102,730
Intangible liabilities, net		167,069	179,741
Interest rate swap liabilities		116,943	93,936
Other liabilities		45,955	45,101
Total liabilities	[1]	3,502,746	3,464,679
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		1,339,491	63,511
Investments, at fair value			8,025
Cash and restricted cash		24,807	497
Preferred equity investments		54,304
Deferred rent receivable		21,106
Accounts and other receivables		992
Deferred charges, net		5,148
Intangible assets, net		66,099
Other assets		360
Total assets		1,512,307	72,033
Mortgages and notes payable		857,893
Loans payable to noncontrolling interests			45,662
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		29,794
Intangible liabilities, net		60,823
Interest rate swap liabilities		50,046
Other liabilities		3,208	195
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.