Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Equity-Based Compensation - Restricted Share Activity (Details)

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Equity-Based Compensation - Restricted Share Activity (Details) (Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc [Member], USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc [Member]
   
Number of shares    
Beginning balance 1,057,966us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
1,057,966us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Granted 933,769us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
1,307,729us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Vested   (1,266,245)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Forfeited   0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Ending balance   1,099,450us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Weighted-average grant date fair value    
Beginning balance (in dollars per share) $ 26.91us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
$ 26.91us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Granted (in dollars per share)   $ 26.50us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Vested (in dollars per share)   $ 24.67us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Forfeited (in dollars per share)   $ 0.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
Ending balance (in dollars per share)   $ 29.01us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember