Organization and Business (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	24 Months Ended			24 Months Ended	27 Months Ended		24 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 sqft Property states	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Unconsolidated joint venture sqft joint_venture	Jun. 30, 2014 Common Stock	Apr. 04, 2014 Initial public offering	Feb. 18, 2014 Initial public offering	Jan. 26, 2012 Initial public offering	Apr. 04, 2014 Initial public offering Common Stock	Jun. 30, 2014 IPO and secondary offering	Dec. 19, 2013 Distribution reinvestment plan	Apr. 04, 2014 Distribution reinvestment plan Initial public offering	Feb. 18, 2014 Distribution reinvestment plan Initial public offering	Jan. 26, 2012 Distribution reinvestment plan Initial public offering	Jun. 30, 2014 Distribution reinvestment plan IPO and secondary offering	Feb. 18, 2014 Maximum Initial public offering	Feb. 18, 2014 Maximum Distribution reinvestment plan Initial public offering	Nov. 25, 2013 Maximum Distribution reinvestment plan Initial public offering	Jun. 30, 2014 CCPT IV OP
Organization and business [Line Items]
General partner partnership interest percentage																		100.00%
Common stock, shares authorized, value							$ 2,975,000,000
Common stock, shares authorized, value reallocated																23,000,000	400,000,000
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)	490,000,000	490,000,000											5,500,000		292,300,000
Share price (in dollars per share)						$ 10.00						$ 9.50
Issuance of common stock, shares (in shares)				89,144,146	297,400,000			292,300,000	300,300,000		5,100,000
Unsold shares deregistered					404,000
Common stock shares registered dividend reinvestment plan										26,000,000
Stock issued during period, shares, dividend reinvestment plan														2,900,000
Issuance of common stock	885,953,000			892,000					3,000,000,000
Offering costs, selling commissions, and dealer management fees									$ (305,900,000)
Number of owned properties (in number of properties)	509		1
Rentable square feet (in square feet)	14,700,000		176,000
Number of states in which entity owns properties (in number of states)	44
Percentage of rentable space leased	99.00%