Consolidated and Combined Statements of Changes in Equity - USD ($)		Total	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	Common Shares	Additional Paid-In Capital	Vornado Equity	Vornado Equity Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	Accumulated Earnings (Deficit)	Redeemable NCI	Redeemable NCI OPP Units	NCI in Consolidated Subsidiaries
Beginning balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012				0
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012		$ 389,888,000		$ 0	$ 0	$ 389,590,000		$ 0	$ 0		$ 298,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss) attributable to Vornado		109,314,000				109,314,000
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		21,000									21,000
Distributions to Vornado, net		$ (157,639,000)				(157,639,000)
Common shares issued:
Under Omnibus share plan (in shares)		0
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013				0
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ 341,584,000		$ 0	0	341,265,000		0	0		319,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income (loss) attributable to Vornado		65,772,000				65,772,000
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		22,000									22,000
Distributions to Vornado, net		$ (148,515,000)				(148,515,000)
Common shares issued:
Under Omnibus share plan (in shares)		0
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014				0
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014		$ 258,863,000		$ 0	0	258,522,000		0	0		341,000
Common shares issued:
Deferred tax liability, net		0	$ 3,730,000				$ 3,700,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Vornado	[1]	38,785,000				(2,022,000)		40,807,000
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		2,563,000							2,547,000		16,000
Limited partnership units issued to Vornado at separation		0				27,649,000			(27,649,000)
Contributions from Vornado	[2]	245,067,000				245,067,000
Issuance of shares in connection with separation (shares)				99,247,806
Issuance of shares in connection with separation		$ 0		$ 993,000	472,925,000	(473,918,000)
Under Omnibus share plan (in shares)		2,302,762		31,739
Under Omnibus share plan		$ 0			0
Under dividend reinvestment plan (shares)				11,407
Under dividend reinvestment plan		0			258,000			(258,000)
Dividends on common shares ($0.80 per share)		(79,167,000)						(79,167,000)
Share-based compensation expense		10,261,000			2,186,000			176,000	7,899,000
Distributions to redeemable NCI ($0.80 per unit)	[3]	$ (4,918,000)							(4,918,000)	$ (6,400)
Ending balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		99,290,952		99,290,952
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015		$ 471,454,000		$ 993,000	$ 475,369,000	$ 0		$ (38,442,000)	$ 33,177,000		$ 357,000
Common shares issued:
Distribution to share-based awards, as a percent of dividends paid to common shares	[3]									10.00%
Deferred tax liability, net		$ 3,607,000	$ 3,607,000

[1] Net loss earned from January 1, 2015 through January 15, 2015 is attributable to Vornado as it was the sole shareholder prior to January 15, 2015. Refer to Note 1 - Organization

[2] Included in Contributions from Vornado is a $3.7 million deferred tax liability related to our properties in Puerto Rico. Refer to Note 8 - Income Taxes.

[3] Included in Distributions to redeemable NCI are distributions to Outperformance Plan Units(“OPP”) Units which are equivalent to 10% of dividends paid on common shares, or $6.4 thousand.