Noncontrolling Interests (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended												0 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Property sqft	Mar. 09, 2012 sqft	Feb. 10, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011 Property	Dec. 31, 2013 Hayden Ferry Lakeside I [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Hayden Ferry Lakeside II [Member] sqft	Jun. 28, 2013 Hayden Ferry Lakeside II [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Hayden Ferry Lakeside III, IV, V sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 245 Riverside [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 3344 Peachtree [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Two Ravinia [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Two Liberty Place [Member] sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Corporate Joint Venture sqft Property Term-extension	Dec. 31, 2013 Corporate Joint Venture Parkway	Dec. 31, 2013 Corporate Joint Venture TRST	Dec. 31, 2013 Parkway Properties Office Fund II, LP Asset sqft Property	Dec. 31, 2013 Lincoln Place	Mar. 25, 2013 Tampa Fund II Assets [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Office Building [Member] Property	Dec. 06, 2013 Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Lincoln Place sqft	Mar. 25, 2013 Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Tampa Fund II Assets [Member] sqft Property	Dec. 23, 2013 Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Bank of America Center sqft	Dec. 31, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Lincoln Place	Dec. 06, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Lincoln Place	Mar. 25, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Tampa Fund II Assets [Member]	Dec. 23, 2013 Mortgages [Member] Office Building [Member] FLORIDA Bank of America Center	Oct. 31, 2013 TPGI [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Murano [Member] Condominium Project
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Location						Phoenix, AZ	Phoenix, AZ		Phoenix, AZ	Jacksonville, FL	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta, GA	Philadelphia, PA
Parkway's ownership percentage (in percent)						30.00%	30.00%		30.00%	30.00%	33.00%	30.00%	19.00%		27.90%														73.00%
Area of real estate property (in square feet)		17,600,000	337,000			203,000	300,000	299,000	21,000	136,000	485,000	438,000	941,000	2,524,000							140,000	788,000	421,000
Target value of discretionary fund														$ 750,000,000.0
Target ownership percentage (in percent)															30.00%	70.00%
Target capital structure of equity capital														375,000,000
Target capital structure of non-recourse, fixed rate first mortgage debt														375,000,000
Number of properties acquired														13
Area of real estate property acquired									21,000					4,200,000
Increased discretionary fund capacity														20,000,000
Number of parking spaces in garage acquired														2,500
Cumulative preferred return threshold for pro rata cash distributions (in hundredths)														9.00%
Distribution percentage to partners (in hundredths)															44.00%	56.00%
Term of the fund														7 years 0 months 0 days
Number of term extension provisions														2
Length of extension term														1 year 0 months 0 days
Company purchased its co-investor's interest																						70.00%	70.00%
Ownership of property																						100.00%	100.00%
Number of properties under agreement to sell																	13
Area of property under agreement to sell																	2,700,000
Gross sales price of assets under agreement to sell																	344,300,000
Parkway's share of Gross Sales Price of assets under agreement to sell		97,400,000															97,400,000
Number of assets under agreement that have completed sale																	13
Non-controlling Interests, Net Sales Proceeds																	14,200,000
Liabilities of Assets Held-for-sale mortgage loans																	292,000,000
Mortgage loans assumed by buyer for property sold																	82,400,000
Mortgage assumed		58,694,000																									23,700,000
Total Purchase Price	898,400,000																					97,500,000	52,500,000
Gross valuation amount																							75,000,000
Liability assumed in a business acquisition																						40,700,000
Mortgage notes payable	$ 605,889,000	$ 1,097,493,000																						$ 49,300,000	$ 49,300,000	$ 58,100,000	$ 33,900,000
Number of real estate properties		43			2															50		4
Percentage of equity interest																												50.00%
Interest rate on mortgage (in percent)				1.50%																					5.90%		4.74%
Ownership percentage of noncontrolling interest																			70.00%										27.00%
Property Distributions prior to Established Return Thresholds, Percent																													73.00%
Number of common units issued in a business acquisition																		4,400,000			900,000
Number of common units outstanding in a business acquisition																		4,200,000