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Noncontrolling Interests (Narrative) (Details)
Mar. 31, 2015
Noncontrolling Interests [Member]  
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]  
Operating Partnership (OP) Units (in shares) 16,242,774bxp_OpUnits
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= us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember
Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) Units (in shares) 1,845,626bxp_LongTermIncentivePlanUnits
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= us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember
Series Four Preferred Units (in shares) 12,667bxp_SeriesFourPreferredUnits
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= us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember
OPP Units 2012 [Member]  
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]  
Outperformance awards in LTIP Units (in shares) 217,688bxp_OutperformanceAwardsLongTermIncentivePlanUnits
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= bxp_OppUnitsTwoThousandAndTwelveMember
2013 MYLTIP [Member]  
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]  
2013 MYLTIP (in shares) 309,818bxp_A2013Myltip
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= bxp_MYLTIPtwothousandthirteenMember
MYLTIP 2014 [Member]  
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]  
2014 MYLTIP (in shares) 476,320bxp_TwothousandfourteenMYLTIP
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= bxp_MYLTIPTwothousandfourteenMember
2015 MYLTIP [Member]  
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Effects of Changes, Net [Line Items]  
2015 MYLTIPS (in shares) 368,415bxp_TwothousandfifteenMYLTIPS
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= bxp_MYLTIPtwothousandfifteenMember