CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Accounts and other receivables, allowance		$ 202	$ 202
Deferred charges, accumulated amortization		11,900	9,832
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization		171,221	166,841
Notes and mortgages payable, deferred financing costs		48,481	43,281
Intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization		$ 58,536	$ 55,349
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		900,000,000	900,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		231,379,820	230,015,356
Common stock, shares outstanding		231,379,820	230,015,356
Operating partnership, units outstanding		33,631,382	34,511,214
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		87.30%
Total assets	[1]	$ 8,885,514	$ 8,867,168
Total liabilities	[1]	$ 4,040,156	3,981,221
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		87.30%
Total assets		$ 1,541,463	1,514,292
Total liabilities		$ 1,043,902	$ 970,473

[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 87.3%. As of March 31, 2017, the assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership include $1,541,463 and $1,043,902 of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 12, Variable Interest Entities.