Net Income Per Common Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Numerator:
Basic net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 61,393	$ 7,275
Effect of net income attributable to noncontrolling interests - unit holders	2,655	348
Diluted net income attributable to common stockholders	$ 64,048	$ 7,623
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	111,658	111,216
Diluted adjusted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	116,687	116,531
Basic net income per common share attributable to Parkway Properties, Inc. (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55	$ 0.07
Diluted net income per common share attributable to Parkway Properties, Inc. (in dollars per share)	$ 0.55	$ 0.07
Effect of Operating Partnership units
Denominator:
Effect of share-based compensation (in shares)	4,833	5,114
Effect of RSUs
Denominator:
Effect of share-based compensation (in shares)	196	189
Effect of restricted shares
Denominator:
Effect of share-based compensation (in shares)	0	6
Effect of deferred incentive share units
Denominator:
Effect of share-based compensation (in shares)	0	6