Variable Interst Entity Cash Flow Percent Entitled To Entity

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- Definition

The net carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's assets and liabilities included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position.

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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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- Definition

Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5A

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6970148&loc=SL6759159-111685

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Variable Interest Entities (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Eye Street 1201 NW Associates LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Net Carrying Amount		$ (1.6)	$ 0.3
Piedmont’s % Ownership of Entity	49.50%
Variable Interst Entity, Cash Flow Percent Entitled To Entity		100.00%
Eye Street 1225 NW Associates LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Net Carrying Amount		1.1	1.9
Piedmont’s % Ownership of Entity	49.50%
Variable Interst Entity, Cash Flow Percent Entitled To Entity		100.00%
Piedmont 500 W. Monroe Fee LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Net Carrying Amount		43.7
Piedmont’s % Ownership of Entity	100.00%
Suwanee Gateway One LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Net Carrying Amount		7.7	7.8
Piedmont’s % Ownership of Entity	100.00%
Medici Atlanta LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Net Carrying Amount		$ 13.0
Piedmont’s % Ownership of Entity	100.00%