Stockholders' Equity / Partners' Capital Tables (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Dividends Declared [Table Text Block]

The following table presents Boston Properties, Inc.’s dividends per share and Boston Properties Limited Partnership’s distributions per OP Unit and LTIP Unit paid in 2018:

Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend (Per Share)		Distribution (Per Unit)
March 29, 2018	April 30, 2018		$0.80		$0.80
December 29, 2017	January 30, 2018		$0.80		$0.80

Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]

Class of Stock [Line Items]

Dividends Declared [Table Text Block]

The following table presents Boston Properties Inc.’s dividends per share on its outstanding Series B Preferred Stock paid during 2018:

Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend (Per Share)
May 4, 2018	May 15, 2018		$32.8125
February 2, 2018	February 15, 2018		$32.8125