Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - Summary of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Details) - USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		$ 7,530,932,000	$ 7,409,028,000
Cash and restricted cash		29,374,000	41,823,000
Preferred equity investments		55,051,000	53,941,000
Deferred rent receivable		163,695,000	77,792,000
Accounts and other receivables		15,251,000	10,844,000
Deferred charges, net		71,184,000	74,991,000
Intangible assets, net		412,225,000	511,207,000
Other assets		22,829,000	6,658,000
Total assets	[1]	8,867,168,000	8,775,229,000
Notes and mortgages payable, net		3,408,179,000	2,941,524,000
Loans payable to noncontrolling interests			45,662,000
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		103,896,000	102,730,000
Intangible liabilities, net		153,018,000	179,741,000
Interest rate swap liabilities		22,446,000	93,936,000
Other liabilities		53,046,000	45,101,000
Total liabilities	[1]	3,981,221,000	3,464,679,000
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		1,336,810,000	63,511,000
Investments, at fair value			8,025,000
Cash and restricted cash		17,054,000	497,000
Preferred equity investments		55,051,000
Deferred rent receivable		32,103,000
Accounts and other receivables		695,000
Deferred charges, net		5,966,000
Intangible assets, net		52,139,000
Other assets		14,474,000
Total assets		1,514,292,000	72,033,000
Notes and mortgages payable, net		872,960,000
Loans payable to noncontrolling interests			45,662,000
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		21,077,000
Intangible liabilities, net		48,654,000
Interest rate swap liabilities		21,227,000
Other liabilities		6,555,000	195,000
Total liabilities		$ 970,473,000	$ 45,857,000

[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 87.0%. As of December 31, 2016, the assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership include $1,514,292 and $970,473, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 13, Variable Interest Entities.