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Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures Notes Receivable (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Jul. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 17, 2014
Real_Estate_Investments
Oct. 16, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Number of Real Estate Investments in residential towers 1bdn_NumberofRealEstateInvestmentsinresidentialtowers        
Equity Method Investment, Summarized financial information debt 965,077,000bdn_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedfinancialinformationdebt        
Financing Receivable, Net 88,000,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet   7,026,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet    
Austin Joint Venture [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Short-term Debt, Terms 4.0% through December 31, 2014, (ii) 5.0% from January 1, 2015 through January 31, 2015, (iii) 7.0% from February 1, 2015 through February 28, 2015 and (iv) 9.0% from March 1, 2015 through March 31, 2015.        
River Place [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Financing Receivable, Net 88,000,000us-gaap_NotesReceivableNet
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= bdn_RiverPlaceMember
       
Austin Joint Venture [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Net Rentable Area   232,274us-gaap_NetRentableArea
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= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
     
Equity Method Investment, Summarized financial information debt 382,100,000bdn_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedfinancialinformationdebt
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
34,500,000bdn_EquityMethodInvestmentSummarizedfinancialinformationdebt
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
     
Equity method investments, Cash contributions 69,000,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsCashcontributions
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
12,800,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsCashcontributions
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= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
     
Equity method investments, Closing costs 200,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsClosingcosts
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= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
100,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsClosingcosts
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
     
Equity method investments, Purchase adjustments   900,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsPurchaseadjustments
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
     
Equity method investments, Credit from seller   600,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsCreditfromseller
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
     
Number of Real Estate Properties   2us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
  7us-gaap_NumberOfRealEstateProperties
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember
 
Austin, Texas [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Number of floors of a building   3bdn_NumberOfFloorsOfBuilding
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinTexasMember
     
Secured Debt [Member] | Austin Joint Venture [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Short-term Debt, Terms 0.05        
DRA Advisors LLC [Member] | Austin Joint Venture [Member]          
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]          
Equity method investments, Closing costs         $ 1,900,000bdn_EquitymethodinvestmentsClosingcosts
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= bdn_DRAAdvisorsLLCMember
/ us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis
= bdn_AustinJointVentureMember