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Real Estate (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Schedule of Real Estate Properties [Table Text Block] | Boston Properties, Inc. Real estate consisted of the following at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Land | $ | 5,087,029 |  |  | $ | 5,072,568 |
Right of use assets - finance leases | 237,394 |  |  | — |
Right of use assets - operating leases | 149,231 |  |  | — |
Land held for future development (1) | 246,972 |  |  | 200,498 |
Buildings and improvements | 13,396,648 |  |  | 13,356,751 |
Tenant improvements | 2,559,907 |  |  | 2,396,932 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 44,908 |  |  | 44,351 |
Construction in progress | 953,336 |  |  | 578,796 |
Total | 22,675,425 |  |  | 21,649,896 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (5,164,353 | ) |  | (4,897,777 | )
| $ | 17,511,072 |  |  | $ | 16,752,119 |
_______________ (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 September 30, 2019 (in thousands):
| Operating |  | Finance
October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 | $ | 2,426 |  |  | $ | 150 |
2020 | 10,050 |  |  | 907 |
2021 | 24,953 |  |  | 5,958 |
2022 | 18,041 |  |  | 10,208 |
2023 | 10,345 |  |  | 9,708 |
Thereafter (1) | 567,232 |  |  | 1,431,760 |
Total lease payments | 633,047 |  |  | 1,458,691 |
Less: interest portion | (433,292 | ) |  | (1,237,662 | )
Present value of lease payments | $ | 199,755 |  |  | $ | 221,029 |
_______________ (1) Finance lease payments in 2024 include approximately $38.7 million related to a purchase option that the Company is reasonably certain it will exercise.
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 September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
| September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Land | $ | 4,986,576 |  |  | $ | 4,971,475 |
Right of use assets - finance leases | 237,394 |  |  | — |
Right of use assets - operating leases | 149,231 |  |  | — |
Land held for future development (1) | 246,972 |  |  | 200,498 |
Buildings and improvements | 13,101,302 |  |  | 13,059,488 |
Tenant improvements | 2,559,907 |  |  | 2,396,932 |
Furniture, fixtures and equipment | 44,908 |  |  | 44,351 |
Construction in progress | 953,336 |  |  | 578,796 |
Total | 22,279,626 |  |  | 21,251,540 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (5,061,727 | ) |  | (4,800,475 | )
| $ | 17,217,899 |  |  | $ | 16,451,065 |
_______________ (1) Includes pre-development costs.
Platform 16 [Member] |
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Finance Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | As of January 24, 2019, the lease payments from the finance lease related to the remaining parcels made available for lease to the Company were 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 |
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue [Member] |
Entity Information [Line Items] |
Finance Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | As of July 16, 2019, the lease payments from the finance lease were as follows (in thousands):
Period from July 16, 2019 through December 31, 2019 | $ | — |
2020 | — |
2021 | 3,863 |
2022 | 8,576 |
2023 | 8,669 |
Thereafter | 1,358,518 |
Total expected minimum lease payments | 1,379,626 |
Interest portion | (1,214,649 | )
Present value of expected net lease payments | $ | 164,977 |

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