Organization and Basis of Presentation - Narrative (Details) ft² in Millions, $ in Billions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) ft² property building item
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties	38
Number of key demand drivers \| item	4
National Landing Submarket in Northern Virginia
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Percentage of operating portfolio by the entity	75.00%
Future Development
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties	19
Area of real estate property \| ft²	11.0
Multifamily
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties	16
Number of units in real estate property \| item	6,781
Multifamily \| Asset under Construction
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties	1
Number of units in real estate property \| item	775
Commercial Real Estate
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties	20
Area of real estate property \| ft²	6.7
One Commercial Building
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties \| building	1
Subordinated interest	10.00%
Four Commercial Buildings
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of Real Estate Properties \| building	4
Subordinated interest	33.50%
Wholly Owned Properties
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of properties for ground lease	2
Wholly Owned Properties \| Future Development
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Area of real estate property \| ft²	8.9
Wholly Owned Properties \| Multifamily
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of units in real estate property \| item	6,781
Wholly Owned Properties \| Multifamily \| Asset under Construction
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Number of units in real estate property \| item	775
Wholly Owned Properties \| Commercial Real Estate
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Area of real estate property \| ft²	6.3
Virginia Tech
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Under-construction property value developed by Virginia Tech \| $	$ 1
JBG Smith, LP
Organization and Basis of Presentation
Ownership interest by parent	86.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147478964/842-20-50-3

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