Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Business (Details)

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Business (Details)
ft² in Millions
Mar. 31, 2019
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OutletCenter
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Number of Operating Partnership Units Owned by the Company | shares 94,102,666  
Exchange ratio of Partnership Units for common shares 1  
Consolidated Properties [Member]    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Number of outlet centers 32 36
Total gross leaseable area of outlet centers (in square feet) | ft² 12.0  
Unconsolidated Properties [Member]    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Number of outlet centers 8  
Total gross leaseable area of outlet centers (in square feet) | ft² 2.4  
Unconsolidated Properties [Member] | CANADA    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Number of outlet centers 4  
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. [Member]    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Number of wholly-owned subsidiaries | subsidiary 2  
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] | Class A Limited Partnership Units [Member]    
Entity Information [Line Items]    
Number of Operating Partnership units owned by the Operating Partnership and other limited partners | shares 4,960,684