Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Business (Details)

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Business (Details)
ft² in Millions
Mar. 31, 2016
ft²
shares
subsidiary
OutletCenter
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Number of Operating Partnership Units Owned by the Company | shares 96,126,507
Exchange ratio of Partnership Units for common shares 1
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc [Member]  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries | subsidiary 2
Class A Limited Partnership Units [Member] | Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Number of Operating Partnership units owned by the Operating Partnership and other limited partners | shares 5,052,743
Consolidated Properties [Member]  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Number of Outlet Centers 33
Total gross leaseable area of outlet centers (in square feet) | ft² 11.5
Unconsolidated Properties [Member]  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Number of Outlet Centers 9
Total gross leaseable area of outlet centers (in square feet) | ft² 2.8
Unconsolidated Properties [Member] | CANADA  
Entity Information [Line Items]  
Number of Outlet Centers 4