Organization (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Unaffiliated Third Party [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest in OP, Percent	0.60%
Long Term [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Property concentration, percentage	70.00%
Medium Term [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Property concentration, percentage	30.00%
Minimum [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	10 years
Remaining Medium Lease Term	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Remaining lease term	12 years
Remaining Medium Lease Term	8 years
ARC Properties Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] \| General Partner [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
General partner ownership interest in OP	96.10%
ARC Real Estate Partners, LLC [Member] \| Contributor [Member] \| Affiliated Entity [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Limited partner ownership interest in OP, Percent	3.30%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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