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Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Jun. 03, 2014
Y
Feb. 17, 2015
Mar. 18, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 27, 2018
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Common stock, shares outstanding   153,402,107us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding       153,113,945us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding  
Shares of its Common Stock in connection with the redemption of an equal number of OP Units (in shares)   258,599us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesIssued1          
Shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock by certain employees (in shares)   5,909us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised          
Dividend paid on common stock (in dollars per share) $ 5.15us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid            
Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share         $ 0.65us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare    
Common Stock, Value, Issued   $ 1,534,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue       $ 1,531,000us-gaap_CommonStockValue  
New ATM program [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
At the market stock offering program, aggregate value of common stock     600,000,000bxp_AtMarketStockOfferingProgramAggregateValueOfCommonStock
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At Market Stock Offering Program Maximum Length Of Sale In Years     3bxp_AtMarketStockOfferingProgramMaximumLengthOfSaleInYears
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Common Stock, Value, Issued   $ 0us-gaap_CommonStockValue
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Quarter 4 2014 [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Dividend payable date   Jan. 28, 2015          
Dividend shareholder of record date   Dec. 31, 2014          
Quarter 1 2015 [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Dividend payable date   Apr. 30, 2015          
Dividend shareholder of record date   Mar. 31, 2015          
Dividends payable, date declared   Mar. 18, 2015          
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Dividend paid on common stock (in dollars per share)       $ 32.8125us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid
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Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share         $ 32.8125us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
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Series B, Shares Outstanding (in shares)   80,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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      80,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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Series B, Dividend Rate, Percentage   5.25%us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePercentage
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Series B, Liquidation Preference Per Share (dollars per share)   $ 2,500.00us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
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      $ 2,500us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
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Ratio of depository shares to shares of Series B Preferred Stock   0.01bxp_RatioOfDepositorySharesToSharesOfSeriesBPreferredStock
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Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Quarter 1 2015 [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Dividend payable date   Feb. 17, 2015          
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Quarter 2 2015 [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Dividend payable date   May 15, 2015          
Dividend shareholder of record date   May 05, 2015          
Dividends payable, date declared   Mar. 18, 2015          
Depository shares of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Series B, Shares Outstanding (in shares)   8,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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Series B, Liquidation Preference Per Share (dollars per share)   $ 25.00us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
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        $ 25.00us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
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Subsequent Event [Member] | Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]              
Class of Stock [Line Items]              
Series B, Liquidation Preference Per Share (dollars per share)             $ 2,500.00us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
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