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Real Estate (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table Text Block] | Boston Properties, Inc. Real estate consisted of the following at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Land | $ | 5,061,532 |  |  | $ | 5,072,568 |
Right of use assets - finance leases | 187,292 |  |  | — |
Right of use assets - operating leases | 151,166 |  |  | — |
Land held for future development (1) | 258,221 |  |  | 200,498 |
Buildings and improvements | 13,286,605 |  |  | 13,356,751 |
Tenant improvements | 2,444,358 |  |  | 2,396,932 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 43,080 |  |  | 44,351 |
Construction in progress | 647,469 |  |  | 578,796 |
Total | 22,079,723 |  |  | 21,649,896 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (4,962,959 | ) |  | (4,897,777 | )
| $ | 17,116,764 |  |  | $ | 16,752,119 |
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(1) | Includes pre-development costs.
Finance Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | The following table provides a maturity analysis for the Company's lease liabilities related to its operating and finance leases as of March 31, 2019 (in thousands):
| Operating |  | Finance (1)
April 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 | $ | 7,317 |  |  | $ | 4,401 |
2020 | 17,488 |  |  | 122,070 |
2021 | 25,403 |  |  | 2,130 |
2022 | 11,376 |  |  | 1,121 |
2023 | 9,084 |  |  | 944 |
Thereafter | 567,232 |  |  | 73,241 |
Total lease payments | 637,900 |  |  | 203,907 |
Less: interest portion | (438,247 | ) |  | (30,784 | )
Present value of lease payments | $ | 199,653 |  |  | $ | 173,123 |
The Company recorded an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings related to initial direct costs that, as of January 1, 2019, had not started to amortize and are no longer allowed to be capitalized in accordance with ASU 2016-02, totaling approximately to Dividends in Excess of Earnings of Boston Properties, Inc. and Partners' Capital of Boston Properties Limited Partnership, approximately $0.4 million to Noncontrolling interests - Common Units of Boston Properties, Inc. and Noncontrolling Interest - Redeemable Partnership Units of Boston Properties Limited Partnership and $70,000 to Noncontrolling Interests - Property Partnerships of Boston Properties, Inc. and Noncontrolling Interests in Property Partnerships of Boston Properties Limited Partnership on the corresponding Consolidated Balance Sheets. $3.9 million to Dividends in Excess of Earnings of Boston Properties, Inc. and Partners' Capital of Boston Properties Limited Partnership, approximately $0.4 million
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Boston Properties Limited Partnership |
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table Text Block] | Boston Properties Limited Partnership Real estate consisted of the following at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Land | $ | 4,961,028 |  |  | $ | 4,971,475 |
Right of use assets - finance leases | 187,292 |  |  | — |
Right of use assets - operating leases | 151,166 |  |  | — |
Land held for future development (1) | 258,221 |  |  | 200,498 |
Buildings and improvements | 12,991,108 |  |  | 13,059,488 |
Tenant improvements | 2,444,358 |  |  | 2,396,932 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 43,080 |  |  | 44,351 |
Construction in progress | 647,469 |  |  | 578,796 |
Total | 21,683,722 |  |  | 21,251,540 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (4,864,334 | ) |  | (4,800,475 | )
| $ | 16,819,388 |  |  | $ | 16,451,065 |
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(1) | Includes pre-development costs.
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Finance Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | As of January 24, 2019, the lease payments from the finance lease are as follows (in thousands):
Period from January 24, 2019 through December 31, 2019 | $ | 17,918 |
2020 | 109,460 |
Total expected minimum lease payments | 127,378 |
Interest portion | (4,815 | )
Present value of expected net lease payments | $ | 122,563 |

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