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Benefit Plans - Summary of Fair Value of Value Sharing Equity Program Grants (Detail) (VSEP grants [Member])
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value Inputs, Equity, Quantitative Information [Line Items]  
Risk-free interest rate 0.36%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
Weighted-average dividend yield 4.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendRate
Expected life 3 years
Minimum [Member]  
Fair Value Inputs, Equity, Quantitative Information [Line Items]  
Expected volatility 18.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ddr_ValueSharingEquityProgramMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Maximum [Member]  
Fair Value Inputs, Equity, Quantitative Information [Line Items]  
Expected volatility 24.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= ddr_ValueSharingEquityProgramMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember