Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - Summary of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		$ 7,370,321	$ 7,409,028
Cash and restricted cash		30,304	41,823
Preferred equity investments		54,807	53,941
Deferred rent receivable		150,539	77,792
Accounts and other receivables		12,185	10,844
Deferred charges, net		81,672	74,991
Intangible assets, net		406,186	511,207
Other assets		96,671	6,658
Total assets	[1]	8,340,048	8,775,229
Notes and mortgages payable, net		3,039,149	2,941,524
Loans payable to noncontrolling interests			45,662
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		85,947	102,730
Intangible liabilities, net		144,197	179,741
Interest rate swap liabilities		82,046	93,936
Other liabilities		46,275	45,101
Total liabilities	[1]	3,477,758	3,464,679
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		1,336,805	63,511
Investments, at fair value			8,025
Cash and restricted cash		15,935	497
Preferred equity investments		54,807
Deferred rent receivable		27,796
Accounts and other receivables		977
Deferred charges, net		5,807
Intangible assets, net		56,241
Other assets		1,541
Total assets		1,499,909	72,033
Notes and mortgages payable, net		869,226
Loans payable to noncontrolling interests			45,662
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		23,175
Intangible liabilities, net		52,612
Interest rate swap liabilities		31,383
Other liabilities		109	195
Total liabilities		$ 976,505	$ 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 83.0%. As of September 30, 2016, the assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership include $1,499,909 and $976,505 of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 12, Variable Interest Entities.