Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Organization Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (“Piedmont”) (NYSE: PDM) is a Maryland corporation that operates in a manner so as to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes and engages in the acquisition, development, management, and ownership of commercial real estate properties throughout the United States, including properties that are under construction, are newly constructed, or have operating histories. Piedmont was incorporated in 1997 and commenced operations in 1998. Piedmont conducts business primarily through Piedmont Operating Partnership, L.P. (“Piedmont OP”), a Delaware limited partnership, as well as performing the management of its buildings through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Piedmont Government Services, LLC and Piedmont Office Management, LLC. Piedmont owns 99.9% of, and is the sole general partner of, Piedmont OP and as such, possesses full legal control and authority over the operations of Piedmont OP. The remaining 0.1% ownership interest of Piedmont OP is held indirectly by Piedmont through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Piedmont Office Holdings, Inc. ("POH"), the sole limited partner of Piedmont OP. Piedmont OP owns properties directly, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, and through both consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures. References to Piedmont herein shall include Piedmont and all of its subsidiaries, including Piedmont OP and its subsidiaries and joint ventures. As of December 31, 2016, Piedmont owned 65 in-service office properties, plus one redevelopment asset, two development assets, and one building through an unconsolidated joint venture. Piedmont's total consolidated portfolio consists of 19.6 million rentable square feet (unaudited) of primarily Class A commercial office space. The 65 in-service office properties comprise 18.9 million square feet (unaudited) and were 94.2% leased (unaudited) as of December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016, approximately 87% of Piedmont's Annualized Lease Revenue (unaudited) was generated from these 65 office properties in select submarkets located primarily within eight major U.S. office markets: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. Piedmont internally evaluates all of the real estate assets as one operating segment, and accordingly, does not report segment information.

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Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (“Piedmont”) (NYSE: PDM) is a Maryland corporation that operates in a manner so as to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes and engages in the acquisition, development, management, and ownership of commercial real estate properties throughout the United States, including properties that are under construction, are newly constructed, or have operating histories. Piedmont was incorporated in 1997 and commenced operations in 1998. Piedmont conducts business primarily through Piedmont Operating Partnership, L.P. (“Piedmont OP”), a Delaware limited partnership, as well as performing the management of its buildings through two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Piedmont Government Services, LLC and Piedmont Office Management, LLC. Piedmont owns 99.9% of, and is the sole general partner of, Piedmont OP and as such, possesses full legal control and authority over the operations of Piedmont OP. The remaining 0.1% ownership interest of Piedmont OP is held indirectly by Piedmont through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Piedmont Office Holdings, Inc. ("POH"), the sole limited partner of Piedmont OP. Piedmont OP owns properties directly, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, and through both consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures. References to Piedmont herein shall include Piedmont and all of its subsidiaries, including Piedmont OP and its subsidiaries and joint ventures.

As of December 31, 2016, Piedmont owned 65 in-service office properties, plus one redevelopment asset, two development assets, and one building through an unconsolidated joint venture. Piedmont's total consolidated portfolio consists of 19.6 million rentable square feet (unaudited) of primarily Class A commercial office space. The 65 in-service office properties comprise 18.9 million square feet (unaudited) and were 94.2% leased (unaudited) as of December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2016, approximately 87% of Piedmont's Annualized Lease Revenue (unaudited) was generated from these 65 office properties in select submarkets located primarily within eight major U.S. office markets: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, and Washington, D.C.

Piedmont internally evaluates all of the real estate assets as one operating segment, and accordingly, does not report segment information.