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Employee and director payment per share

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Value Of LTIP Units Issued.

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Value of MYLTIP Awards

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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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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Per share or unit weighted-average intrinsic value of nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes share and unit options.

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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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Number of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Option and Incentive Plan Stock and Units (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Feb. 04, 2022	Feb. 01, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued			156,833,612		156,833,612		156,623,749
Stock based compensation expense			$ 7,700	$ 8,400	$ 43,200	$ 42,200
Common Stock, Value, Issued			$ 1,568		$ 1,568		$ 1,565
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares issued			41,818		41,818
LTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Value Of LTIP Units Issued					$ 29,900
Weighted average price (per unit)			$ 106.46		$ 106.46
Expected life assumed to calculate per unit fair value per LTIP unit (in years)					5 years 8 months 12 days
Risk-free rate					1.71%
Expected price volatility					31.00%
MYLTIP 2019 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Final awards percentage of target	69.00%
Value of MYLTIP Awards	$ 8,600
Forfeitures, in units	144,043
MYLTIP 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Value of MYLTIP Awards		$ 17,300
Vesting Period		3 years
Boston Properties Limited Partnership \| LTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
LTIP units issued (in shares)			280,616		280,616
Boston Properties Limited Partnership \| MYLTIP 2022
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares issued					254,061
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee and director payment per share (in dollars per share)					$ 0.01
Common Stock, Value, Issued			$ 4,700		$ 4,700
Common Stock Weighted Average Price (in dollars per share)			$ 111.47		$ 111.47
LTIP and MYLTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee and director payment per share (in dollars per share)					$ 0.25
Ltips (including vested MYLTIPS) And Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expenses			$ 25,900		$ 25,900
Unvested MYLTIP Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expenses			$ 7,300		$ 7,300
Weighted-average period (years)					2 years