Real Estate and Other, Net (Details) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions |
1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||||||
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Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
$ / unit
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Oct. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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Aug. 01, 2015
USD ($)
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May. 02, 2015
USD ($)
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Jan. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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Nov. 01, 2014
USD ($)
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Aug. 02, 2014
USD ($)
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May. 03, 2014
USD ($)
a
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Jan. 30, 2016
USD ($)
department_store
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Jan. 31, 2015
USD ($)
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Feb. 01, 2014
USD ($)
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Nov. 30, 2013
shares
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| Real Estate Properties [Line Items] | ||||||||||||||||
| Net gain on sale or redemption of non-operating assets | $ (1) | $ (6) | $ (2) | $ (2) | $ (2) | $ (9) | $ (12) | $ (9) | $ (25) | [1] | $ (132) | [1] | ||||
| Investment income from Home Office Land Joint Venture | (41) | (53) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Net gain from sale of operating assets | (9) | (92) | [1] | (17) | [1] | |||||||||||
| Store and other asset impairments | 20 | 30 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Other | 42 | (8) | (33) | |||||||||||||
| Total expense/(income) | 3 | (148) | [1] | (155) | [1] | |||||||||||
| Area of Land | a | 220 | |||||||||||||||
| Payments for (Proceeds from) Investments | $ (13) | (35) | [1] | (143) | [1] | |||||||||||
| Number of stores | department_store | 1,021 | |||||||||||||||
| REIT Units Redeemed | shares | 205 | |||||||||||||||
| REIT Unit Cash Price | $ / unit | 151.97 | |||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities | $ 31 | |||||||||||||||
| Redemption Of REIT Units | $ 24 | |||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of operating assets | $ 11 | 70 | [1] | 19 | [1] | |||||||||||
| Intangible asset impairment (Note 8) | $ 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from Equity Method Investment, Dividends or Distributions | 36 | $ 58 | ||||||||||||||
| Litigation Settlement, Expense | $ 50 | |||||||||||||||
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