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Developments of Consolidated Outlet Centers (Narrative) (Details)

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Developments of Consolidated Outlet Centers (Narrative) (Details) (Southaven [Member], USD $)
1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Apr. 29, 2015
Extension
Mar. 31, 2015
mi
sqft
Payments to Acquire Land $ 14,800,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireLand    
Square Feet     320,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
Number of miles from major city     5skt_Numberofmilesfrommajorcity
Mortgages [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]      
Line of credit, Maximum borrowing capacity   $ 60,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= skt_SouthavenMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
 
Basis spread on variable rate   1.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
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Number of mortgage extensions   1skt_Numberofmortgageextensions
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/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
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Term of mortgage extension   2 years