Tanger Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
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COVID-19 Pandemic (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
COVID-19 Pandemic (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Feb. 29, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Deferral option percentage	100.00%
Rents deemed uncollectible		5.00%				15.00%
Uncollectible accounts reserve increase (decrease)		$ 2,200,000				$ 11,800,000
Straight-line rent write off		$ 2,400,000				6,100,000
Percentage of rent from bankruptcy		2.00%		9.00%
Repayments of Long-term Lines of Credit			$ 599,800,000
Reduced cash outflows due to decrease in property operating and general and administrative expenses					$ 15,400,000
Reduced cash outflows due to decrease in general and administrative expenses					1,900,000
Reduced cash outflows due to decrease in property operating expenses					13,500,000
Dividend distributions suspended savings in cash per quarter		$ 35,000,000.0			35,000,000.0	$ 35,000,000.0
Recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of rent from bankruptcy						89.00%
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Repayments of Long-term Lines of Credit						$ 641,630,000	$ 416,400,000
Principal		1,579,653,000			1,579,653,000	1,579,653,000			$ 1,582,309,000
Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Principal		0			0	0			$ 0
Debt [Member] \| Tanger Properties Limited Partnership [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Line of credit borrowing capacity	$ 600,000,000.0	$ 600,000,000.0			$ 600,000,000.0	$ 600,000,000.0		$ 600,000,000.0

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