CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Preferred equity investments, allowance		$ 19,588	$ 19,588
Accounts and other receivables, allowance		277	277
Deferred charges, accumulated amortization		22,513	19,412
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization		216,533	200,857
Notes and mortgages payable, deferred financing costs		39,570	41,800
Intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization		$ 79,952	$ 75,073
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		900,000,000	900,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		240,505,886	240,427,022
Common stock, shares outstanding		240,505,886	240,427,022
Operating partnership, units outstanding		25,307,251	24,620,279
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		90.50%
Total assets	[1]	$ 8,973,868	$ 8,917,661
Total liabilities	[1]	$ 3,919,798	3,895,577
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		90.50%
Total assets		$ 1,999,929	1,956,020
Total liabilities		$ 1,269,963	$ 1,264,338

[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 90.5% as of March 31, 2018. The assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership, as of March 31, 2018, include $1,999,929 and $1,269,963 of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 11, Variable Interest Entities.