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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Computation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share |
| For the three months ended June 30, 2013
| Income (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount
| (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
Basic Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | $ | 451,632 |  |  | 151,938 |  |  | $ | 2.97 |
Discontinued operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | 785 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.01 |
Allocation of undistributed earnings to participating securities | (3,629 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.03 | )
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 448,788 |  |  | 151,938 |  |  | $ | 2.95 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation and Exchangeable Senior Notes | — |  |  | 552 |  |  | (0.01 | )
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 448,788 |  |  | 152,490 |  |  | $ | 2.94 |
| For the three months ended June 30, 2012
| Income (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount
| (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
Basic Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | $ | 85,539 |  |  | 150,312 |  |  | $ | 0.57 |
Discontinued operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | 33,020 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.22 |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 118,559 |  |  | 150,312 |  |  | $ | 0.79 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation and Exchangeable Senior Notes | — |  |  | 382 |  |  | (0.01 | )
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 118,559 |  |  | 150,694 |  |  | $ | 0.78 |
| For the six months ended June 30, 2013
| Income (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount
| (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
Basic Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | $ | 484,118 |  |  | 151,793 |  |  | $ | 3.19 |
Discontinued operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | 15,975 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.10 |
Allocation of undistributed earnings to participating securities | (3,179 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.02 | )
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 496,914 |  |  | 151,793 |  |  | $ | 3.27 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation and Exchangeable Senior Notes | — |  |  | 429 |  |  | (0.01 | )
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 496,914 |  |  | 152,222 |  |  | $ | 3.26 |
| For the six months ended June 30,2012
| Income (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount
| (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
Basic Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Income from continuing operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | $ | 133,465 |  |  | 149,328 |  |  | $ | 0.89 |
Discontinued operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | 33,506 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.23 |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 166,971 |  |  | 149,328 |  |  | $ | 1.12 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation and Exchangeable Senior Notes | — |  |  | 392 |  |  | — |
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 166,971 |  |  | 149,720 |  |  | $ | 1.12 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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