Impairment Loss on Real Estate Assets	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Real Estate [Abstract]
Impairment Loss on Real Estate Assets	Impairment Loss on Real Estate AssetsDuring the three months ended September 30, 2019, Piedmont reduced The Dupree building's carrying value to reflect its fair value, estimated based on the net contract price of $12.7 million, and recognized an impairment loss on real estate assets of approximately $2.0 million. Piedmont closed on the sale of The Dupree building on September 4, 2019.

The entire disclosure for the details of the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value. Disclosure may also include a description of the impaired asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired asset is reported.

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