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Commitments And Contingencies (Roseland Contingent Consideration) (Narrative) (Details)

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Commitments And Contingencies (Roseland Contingent Consideration) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Oct. 23, 2012
Roseland Partners, L.L.C. [Member]    
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]    
Fair value of contingent consideration   $ 10,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= cli_RoselandPartnersLLCMember
Business acquisition, contingent cash payment 900,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= cli_RoselandPartnersLLCMember
 
Purchase accounting adjustments 0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= cli_RoselandPartnersLLCMember
 
Completion/Start Of Certain Developments [Member] | Minimum [Member]    
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]    
Probability of occurrence 92.00%cli_ProbabilityOfOccurrence
/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
= cli_CompletionStartOfCertainDevelopmentsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
 
Completion/Start Of Certain Developments [Member] | Maximum [Member]    
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]    
Probability of occurrence 99.00%cli_ProbabilityOfOccurrence
/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
= cli_CompletionStartOfCertainDevelopmentsMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
 
Obtaining Of Tax Credits/Grants [Member]    
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]    
Probability of occurrence 50.00%cli_ProbabilityOfOccurrence
/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
= cli_ObtainingOfTaxCreditsGrantsMember
 
Obtaining Of Tax Credits/Grants [Member] | Roseland Partners, L.L.C. [Member]    
Business Acquisition, Contingent Consideration [Line Items]    
Business acquisition, contingent cash payment $ 3,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsRangeOfOutcomesValueHigh
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= cli_RoselandPartnersLLCMember
/ us-gaap_ContingentConsiderationByTypeAxis
= cli_ObtainingOfTaxCreditsGrantsMember