Limited Partners' Equity of the Operating Partnership - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Limited Partners' common units outstanding	3,530,031	3,539,075
Liberty Property Limited Partnership [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]
Limited Partners' common units outstanding	3,530,031	3,539,075
market value of the outstanding common units	$ 142.4

The number of limited partner units outstanding.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70434-108055

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 4.F)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187171-122770

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