Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Development of Consolidated Rental Properties (Details)

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Development of Consolidated Rental Properties (Details) (USD $)
 16 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Hotel
sqft
Jul. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
mi
sqft
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Extension
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Area of real estate property 982,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty   982,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty       982,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
Foxwoods [Member]              
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Area of real estate property 313,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
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= skt_FoxwoodsMember 		      313,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
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Number of Hotels 2skt_NumberofHotels
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= skt_FoxwoodsMember 		  2skt_NumberofHotels
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Partner's Portion of Contributed Capital to the Joint Venture $ 1,000,000skt_PartnersPortionofContributedCapitaltotheJointVenture
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= skt_FoxwoodsMember 		           
Contributions for construction in process 45,800,000us-gaap_PaymentsForConstructionInProcess
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= skt_FoxwoodsMember 		           
Grand Rapids [Member]              
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Area of real estate property 350,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		  350,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		      350,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember
Contributions for construction in process     19,700,000us-gaap_PaymentsForConstructionInProcess
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		       
Payments to Acquire Land   8,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLand
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		         
Number of miles from major city 11skt_Numberofmilesfrommajorcity
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		  11skt_Numberofmilesfrommajorcity
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		      11skt_Numberofmilesfrommajorcity
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember
Number of miles from vacation destination 30skt_Numberofmilesfromvacationdestination
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		  30skt_Numberofmilesfromvacationdestination
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= skt_GrandRapidsMember 		      30skt_Numberofmilesfromvacationdestination
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= skt_GrandRapidsMember
West Branch [Member]              
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Net book value of damaged assets written off       455,000skt_Netbookvalueofdamagedassetswrittenoff
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= skt_WestBranchMember 		     
Demolition costs       567,000skt_Demolitioncosts
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= skt_WestBranchMember 		     
Total insurance proceeds received or expected to be received     1,300,000skt_Totalexpectedproceedsfrominsurance
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= skt_WestBranchMember 		       
Casualty gain     486,000us-gaap_InsuredEventGainLoss
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= skt_WestBranchMember 		       
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]              
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Principal 1,446,830,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember 		  1,330,398,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember 		  1,446,830,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Casualty gain     486,000us-gaap_InsuredEventGainLoss
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember 		  0us-gaap_InsuredEventGainLoss
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember 		0us-gaap_InsuredEventGainLoss
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Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] | Foxwoods [Member]              
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Ownership % 67.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember 		      67.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] | Mortgages [Member] | Foxwoods [Member]              
Development of Consolidated Rental Properties [Line Items]              
Maximum Borrowing Capacity 70,300,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= us-gaap_MortgagesMember 		      70,300,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Basis spread on variable rate             1.65%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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Number of mortgage extensions             2skt_Numberofmortgageextensions
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Term of mortgage extension             1 year
Principal $ 25,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
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