COPT Defense Properties Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
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Fair Value Measurements (Details 4)

v3.5.0.2

Fair Value Measurements (Details 4) - Fair value measurement on a nonrecurring basis - Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Contracts to sell
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair Values on Measurement Date	$ 87,983
Discounted cash flow
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair Values on Measurement Date	36,693
Yield analyses
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair Values on Measurement Date	$ 2,452
Investor yield requirement (percent)	9.00%
Minimum \| Discounted cash flow
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate (percent)	9.50%
Terminal capitalization rate (percent)	8.30%
Maximum \| Discounted cash flow
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate (percent)	11.30%
Terminal capitalization rate (percent)	9.50%
Weighted Average \| Discounted cash flow
Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Discount rate (percent)	10.50%
Terminal capitalization rate (percent)	8.70%

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Fair value portion of probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Ratio of the net operating income produced by an asset and its capital cost (original prices paid to buy the asset), used as an input to measure fair value.

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