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Equity and Capital (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 01, 2013
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]      
Common stock offering, maximum aggregate price     $ 300,000,000cbl_CommonStockOfferingMaximumAggregatePrice
Commission to sales agent, maximum (percent)     2.00%cbl_CommissionToSalesAgentPercent
Number of shares settled 269,929us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues 238,693us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues  
Common stock offering, maximum aggregate price still available $ 88,507,000cbl_CommonStockOfferingMaximumAggregatePriceStillAvailable    
At The Market Stock Sales      
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]      
Number of shares settled 8,419,298.000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Weighted-average sales price (in usd per share) $ 25.12cbl_ProceedsFromSaleOfCommonStockWeightedAveragePricePerShare
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