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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Computation Of Basic And Diluted Earnings Per Share |
| For the three months ended September 30, 2014
| 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. | $ | 127,724 |  |  | 153,120 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |
Allocation of undistributed earnings to participating securities | (63 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 127,661 |  |  | 153,120 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation | — |  |  | 153 |  |  | — |
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 127,661 |  |  | 153,273 |  |  | $ | 0.83 |
| For the three months ended September 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. | $ | 73,522 |  |  | 152,407 |  |  | $ | 0.48 |
Discontinued operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | 79,155 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.52 |
Allocation of undistributed earnings to participating securities | (586 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 152,091 |  |  | 152,407 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation and Exchangeable Senior Notes | — |  |  | 285 |  |  | — |
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 152,091 |  |  | 152,692 |  |  | $ | 1.00 |
| For the nine months ended September 30, 2014
| Income (Numerator) |  | Shares (Denominator) |  | Per Share Amount
| (in thousands, except for per share amounts)
Basic Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | $ | 258,472 |  |  | 153,077 |  |  | $ | 1.69 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation | — |  |  | 151 |  |  | — |
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 258,472 |  |  | 153,228 |  |  | $ | 1.69 |
| For the nine months ended September 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. | $ | 553,436 |  |  | 152,000 |  |  | $ | 3.64 |
Discontinued operations attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. | 99,425 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.65 |
Allocation of undistributed earnings to participating securities | (3,762 | ) |  | — |  |  | (0.02 | )
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 649,099 |  |  | 152,000 |  |  | $ | 4.27 |
Effect of Dilutive Securities: |  |  |  |  |
Stock Based Compensation and Exchangeable Senior Notes | — |  |  | 381 |  |  | (0.01 | )
Diluted Earnings: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders | $ | 649,099 |  |  | 152,381 |  |  | $ | 4.26 |

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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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