CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Preferred equity investments, allowance		$ 0	$ 19,588
Accounts and other receivables, allowance		593	277
Deferred charges, accumulated amortization		30,129	19,412
Intangible assets, accumulated amortization		245,444	200,857
Notes and mortgages payable, deferred financing costs		32,883	41,800
Intangible liabilities, accumulated amortization		$ 89,200	$ 75,073
Common stock, par value		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized		900,000,000	900,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		233,135,704	240,427,022
Common stock, shares outstanding		233,135,704	240,427,022
Operating partnership, units outstanding		25,127,003	24,620,279
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		90.30%
Total assets	[1]	$ 8,755,978	$ 8,917,661
Total liabilities	[1]	$ 3,864,314	3,895,577
Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Percentage of ownership in operating partnership		90.30%
Total assets		$ 1,982,679	1,956,020
Total liabilities		$ 1,253,414	$ 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 90.3% as of December 31, 2018. The assets and liabilities of the Operating Partnership, as of December 31, 2018, include $1,982,679 and $1,253,414 of assets and liabilities, respectively, of certain VIEs that are consolidated by the Operating Partnership. See Note 14, Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”).