Noncontrolling Interest - Holders of Convertible Limited Partnership Units in the Operating Partnership	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Noncontrolling Interest [Abstract]
Noncontrolling Interest - Holders of Convertible Limited Partnership Units in the Operating Partnership	NONCONTROLLING INTEREST - HOLDERS OF CONVERTIBLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS IN THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP The Saul Organization holds a 25.4% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership represented by 7,002,538 limited partnership units, as of December 31, 2013. The units are convertible into shares of Saul Centers’ common stock, at the option of the unit holder, on a one-for-one basis provided that, in accordance with the Saul Centers, Inc. Articles of Incorporation, the rights may not be exercised at any time that the Saul Organization beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate more than 39.9% of the value of the outstanding common stock and preferred stock of Saul Centers (the “Equity Securities”). As of December 31, 2013, 720,000 units were eligible for conversion. The impact of the Saul Organization’s 25.4% limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership is reflected as Noncontrolling Interest in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Fully converted partnership units and diluted weighted average shares outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011, were 27,330,100, 26,613,900, and 24,739,700, respectively.

The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock.

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