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LTIP units issued

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Value Of LTIP Units Issued.

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Vesting period for grants of restricted stock and LTIP Units made in and after November 2006.

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Weighted Average Per Unit Fair Value

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Total number of common shares of an entity that have been sold or granted to shareholders (includes common shares that were issued, repurchased and remain in the treasury). These shares represent capital invested by the firm's shareholders and owners, and may be all or only a portion of the number of shares authorized. Shares issued include shares outstanding and shares held in the treasury.

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Aggregate par or stated value of issued nonredeemable common stock (or common stock redeemable solely at the option of the issuer). This item includes treasury stock repurchased by the entity. Note: elements for number of nonredeemable common shares, par value and other disclosure concepts are in another section within stockholders' equity.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Option and Incentive Plan (Restricted Stock) (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) VestingInstallments $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued \| shares	154,386,429		154,386,429		153,869,075
Common Stock, Value, Issued	$ 1,543		$ 1,543		$ 1,538
Stock based Compensation Expense	$ 7,900	$ 7,100	$ 18,100	$ 16,500
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued \| shares	37,414		37,414
Employee and director payment per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.01
Common Stock, Value, Issued	$ 4,900		$ 4,900
Employee's weighted average cost per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 130.32		$ 130.32
LTIPs (including 2012 OPP and 2013 and 2014 MYLTIPS) And Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting annual installments \| VestingInstallments			4
Unrecognized compensation expenses	$ 26,800		$ 26,800
Unvested MYLTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expenses	$ 28,500		$ 28,500
Weighted-average period (years)	2 years 8 months 12 days
Boston Properties Limited Partnership \| LTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
LTIP units issued (in shares) \| shares	111,488		111,488
Value of LTIP units issued			$ 13,300
Per unit fair value weighted-average (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 119.52		$ 119.52
Expected life assumed to calculate per unit fair value per LTIP unit (years)			5 years 8 months 12 days
Risk-free rate			2.14%
Expected price volatility			28.00%
Boston Properties Limited Partnership \| 2017 MYLTIP [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
MYLTIP units issued (in shares) \| shares	400,000		400,000
Boston Properties Limited Partnership \| LTIPs and 2017 MYLTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee and director payment per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.25