Proceeds From Reimbursement of Preformation Expenditures

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real estate investment purchase price

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- Definition

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

-Number 18

-Paragraph 20

-Subparagraph a (1)

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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- Definition

Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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- Definition

Total investments in (A) an entity in which the entity has significant influence, but does not have control, (B) subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity and or cost method, and (C) an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group. Includes long-term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)

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- Definition

The carrying amount of the outstanding balance due under the mortgage loan.

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.12-29)

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-Publisher SEC

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-Section 04

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-Subparagraph Schedule IV

-Article 5

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 29

-Article 12

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-04.(c) Schedule IV)

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- Definition

The cash outflow associated with the purchase of real estate held for investment purposes.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Investing Activities

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

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-Paragraph 13

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
	Oct. 05, 2011	Oct. 06, 2011
Repayment of Debt [Member] \| Loan Secured by Pearland Town Center [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayment of existing loans	$ 133,884
Repayment of Debt [Member] \| Loan Secured by West County Center [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Repayment of existing loans	20,786
Creation of Joint Venture [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Reimbursement of Preformation Expenditures	5,526
Repayments of Debt	204,210
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| CBL/T-C LLC [Member] \| Oak Park Mall [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Encumbrance of contributed interests		174,320
Aggregate sales price to joint venture (CBL/T-C)		381,730
Payments to Acquire Real Estate Held-for-investment	207,410
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| TIAA-CREF [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Contribution in joint venture		222,242
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| TIAA-CREF [Member] \| Pearland Town Center [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		12.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| TIAA-CREF [Member] \| CoolSprings Galleria [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| TIAA-CREF [Member] \| West County Center [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| TIAA-CREF [Member] \| Oak Park Mall [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| Pearland Town Center [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		88.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| CoolSprings Galleria [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| West County Center [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| Oak Park Mall [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Creation of Joint Venture [Member] \| Contribution of real estate investments [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Encumbrance of contributed interests		$ 359,334