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Organization of the Parent Company and The Operating Partnership (Details)
Mar. 31, 2015
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real_estate_investment
Mar. 31, 2014
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Parent Company [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Ownership in the Operating Partnership 99.10%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Net rentable square feet 24,900,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Area Owned by Company of Undeveloped Parcels Of Land 415bdn_AreaOwnedbyCompanyofUndevelopedParcelsOfLand
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Area Of Additional Undeveloped Parcels Of Land With Option to Purchase 63bdn_AreaOfAdditionalUndevelopedParcelsOfLandWithOptionToPurchase
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Total potential development capacity 6,000,000bdn_TotalPotentialDevelopmentCapacity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
 
Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Net rentable square feet 6,700,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember
5,700,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember
Number Of Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures 17bdn_NumberOfUnconsolidatedRealEstateVentures
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_CorporateJointVentureMember
 
Wholly-owned Management Company Subsidiaries [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Net rentable square feet 33,700,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bdn_ManagementCompanySubsidiariesMember
 
Third Parties and Real Estate Ventures [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Net rentable square feet 8,900,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= bdn_ThirdPartiesAndRealEstateVenturesMember
 
Total Properties [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 198us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_TotalPropertiesMember
 
Office Properties [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 161us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_OfficePropertiesMember
 
Industrial Facilities [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 20us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_IndustrialFacilitiesMember
 
Mixed Use Properties [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 5us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_MixedUsePropertiesMember
 
Retail Properties [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 1us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_RetailPropertiesMember
 
Core Properties [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 187us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_CorePropertiesMember
 
Assets Held-for-sale [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 6us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleMember
 
Development Property [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 3us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_DevelopmentPropertyMember
 
Redevelopment Property [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 1us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_RedevelopmentPropertyMember
 
Re-entitlement Property [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Number of Real Estate Properties 1us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= bdn_ReEntitlementPropertyMember
 
Wholly Owned Properties [Member] | Parent Company [Member]    
Organization of The Parent Company and The Operating Partnership [Line Items]    
Net rentable square feet 24,800,000us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember
/ us-gaap_RealEstatePropertiesAxis
= us-gaap_WhollyOwnedPropertiesMember