Restated Consolidated Statements of Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues:
Rental income	$ 244,415	[1]	$ 40,987	[1]
Direct financing lease income	1,006	[1]	0	[1]
Operating expense reimbursements	21,476	[1]	1,910	[1]
Cole Capital revenue	54,257	[1]	0	[1]
Total revenues	321,154	[1]	42,897	[1]
Operating expenses:
Cole Capital reallowed fees and commissions	34,436	[1]	0	[1]
Acquisition related	13,417	[1]	10,327	[1]
Merger and other transaction related	160,298	[1],[2]	123,568	[1],[2]
Property operating	29,755	[1]	2,549	[1]
Operating fees to affiliate	13,888	[1],[3]	12,493	[1],[3]
General and administrative	56,492	[1]	7,772	[1]
Equity-based compensation	0	[4]	0	[4]
Depreciation and amortization	173,842	[1]	26,753	[1]
Total operating expenses	482,128	[1]	183,462	[1]
Operating loss	(160,974)	[1]	(140,565)	[1]
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net	(120,951)	[1]	(6,801)	[1]
Extinguishment of debt, net	(9,399)	[1],[5]	0	[1],[5]
Other income, net	10,210	[1]	999	[1]
Loss on derivative instruments, net	(7,121)	[1]	(5)	[1]
Gain on disposition of properties, net	(17,605)	[1],[6]	0	[1],[6]
Gain on sale of investments	0	[1]	451	[1]
Total other expenses, net	(144,866)	[1]	(5,356)	[1]
Net loss from continuing operations	(305,840)	[1]	(145,921)	[1]
Discontinued operations:
Loss from operations of held for sale properties	0	[1]	(16)	[1]
Gain on held for sale properties	0		0
Net loss from discontinued operations	0	[1]	(16)	[1]
Net loss	(305,840)	[1]	(145,937)	[1]
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	14,396	[1]	2,057	[1]
Net loss attributable to the Company	(291,444)	[1]	(143,880)	[1]
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders	$ (0.58)	[1]	$ (0.86)	[1]
As Previously Reported [Member]
Revenues:
Rental income	244,445		40,987
Direct financing lease income	1,006		0
Operating expense reimbursements	21,096		1,910
Cole Capital revenue	54,067		0
Total revenues	320,614		42,897
Operating expenses:
Cole Capital reallowed fees and commissions	34,436		0
Acquisition related	11,884		10,327
Merger and other transaction related	222,192	[2]	137,769	[2]
Property operating	29,627		2,549
Operating fees to affiliate	0	[3]	0	[3]
General and administrative	26,839		1,454
Equity-based compensation	22,510	[4]	881	[4]
Depreciation and amortization	165,363		26,753
Total operating expenses	512,851		179,733
Operating loss	(192,237)		(136,836)
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net	(116,712)		(6,056)
Extinguishment of debt, net	0	[5]	0	[5]
Other income, net	5,512		853
Loss on derivative instruments, net	(20,197)		(5)
Gain on disposition of properties, net	2,979	[6]	0	[6]
Gain on sale of investments	0		451
Total other expenses, net	(128,418)		(4,757)
Net loss from continuing operations	(320,655)		(141,593)
Discontinued operations:
Loss from operations of held for sale properties	0		(16)
Gain on held for sale properties	0		14
Net loss from discontinued operations	0		(2)
Net loss	(320,655)		(141,595)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	11,974		432
Net loss attributable to the Company	(308,681)		(141,163)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders	$ (0.61)		$ (0.84)
Reclassifications And Immaterial Adjustments [Member]
Revenues:
Rental income	0		0
Direct financing lease income	0		0
Operating expense reimbursements	0		0
Cole Capital revenue	190		0
Total revenues	190		0
Operating expenses:
Cole Capital reallowed fees and commissions	0		0
Acquisition related	0		0
Merger and other transaction related	0	[2]	0	[2]
Property operating	31		0
Operating fees to affiliate	0	[3]	0	[3]
General and administrative	(31)		0
Equity-based compensation	0	[4]	0	[4]
Depreciation and amortization	0		0
Total operating expenses	0		0
Operating loss	190		0
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net	(3,653)		(146)
Extinguishment of debt, net	0	[5]	0	[5]
Other income, net	3,463		146
Loss on derivative instruments, net	0		0
Gain on disposition of properties, net	0	[6]	0	[6]
Gain on sale of investments	0		0
Total other expenses, net	(190)		0
Net loss from continuing operations	0		0
Discontinued operations:
Loss from operations of held for sale properties	0		0
Gain on held for sale properties	0		0
Net loss from discontinued operations	0		0
Net loss	0		0
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	0		0
Net loss attributable to the Company	0		0
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.00		$ 0.00
Error Corrections [Member]
Revenues:
Rental income	(30)		0
Direct financing lease income	0		0
Operating expense reimbursements	380		0
Cole Capital revenue	0		0
Total revenues	350		0
Operating expenses:
Cole Capital reallowed fees and commissions	0		0
Acquisition related	1,533		0
Merger and other transaction related	(61,894)	[2]	(14,201)	[2]
Property operating	97		0
Operating fees to affiliate	13,888	[3]	12,493	[3]
General and administrative	29,684		6,318
Equity-based compensation	(22,510)	[4]	(881)	[4]
Depreciation and amortization	8,479		0
Total operating expenses	(30,723)		3,729
Operating loss	31,073		(3,729)
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense, net	(586)		(599)
Extinguishment of debt, net	(9,399)	[5]	0	[5]
Other income, net	1,235		0
Loss on derivative instruments, net	13,076		0
Gain on disposition of properties, net	(20,584)	[6]	0	[6]
Gain on sale of investments	0		0
Total other expenses, net	(16,258)		(599)
Net loss from continuing operations	14,815		(4,328)
Discontinued operations:
Loss from operations of held for sale properties	0		0
Gain on held for sale properties	0		(14)
Net loss from discontinued operations	0		(14)
Net loss	14,815		(4,342)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	2,422		1,625
Net loss attributable to the Company	$ 17,237		$ (2,717)
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.03		$ (0.02)

[1] For discussion on the restatement adjustments, see Note 2 - Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements.

[2] This line item caption has been updated to merger and other non-routine transactions in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

[3] This line item caption has been updated to management fees to affiliates in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

[4] As disclosed above, this line item caption has been reclassified into general and administrative in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

[5] This line item caption has been added and is included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the period ended March 31, 2014.

[6] This line item caption has been updated to loss on disposition of properties, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.