Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") - Summary of Assets and Liabilities of Consolidated Variable Interest Entities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		$ 7,497,700	$ 7,530,932
Cash and restricted cash		75,198	29,374
Preferred equity investments		55,294	55,051
Accounts and other receivables		12,564	15,251
Deferred rent receivable		184,571	163,695
Deferred charges, net		72,796	71,184
Intangible assets, net		389,588	412,225
Other assets		39,895	22,829
Total assets	[1]	8,885,514	8,867,168
Notes and mortgages payable, net		3,526,279	3,408,179
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		88,250	103,896
Intangible liabilities, net		145,138	153,018
Interest rate swap liabilities		0	22,446
Other liabilities		75,188	53,046
Total liabilities	[1]	4,040,156	3,981,221
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Rental property, net		1,331,814	1,336,810
Cash and restricted cash		61,047	17,054
Preferred equity investments		55,294	55,051
Accounts and other receivables		584	5,966
Deferred rent receivable		37,339	32,103
Deferred charges, net		6,044	695
Intangible assets, net		48,922	52,139
Other assets		419	14,474
Total assets		1,541,463	1,514,292
Notes and mortgages payable, net		967,833	872,960
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		19,292	21,077
Intangible liabilities, net		45,650	48,654
Interest rate swap liabilities			21,227
Other liabilities		11,127	6,555
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.