Organization (Details 2) - Corporate Office Properties, L.P. [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Common Units [Member]
Forms of ownership in Operating Partnership and ownership percentage by the entity
Percentage ownership in operating partnership	96.30%
Preferred Units [Member]
Forms of ownership in Operating Partnership and ownership percentage by the entity
Percentage ownership in operating partnership	95.50%

Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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