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Other Debt - Barclay's Facility (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Amortization of discounts and premiums $ 0us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium [1] $ 0us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium [1]
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Barclays Bank PLC [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity 2,100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= arcp_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= arcp_BarclaysBankPlcMember
 
Increase in Additional Borrowing Capacity 350,000,000arcp_IncreaseinAdditionalBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= arcp_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= arcp_BarclaysBankPlcMember
 
Amortization of discounts and premiums $ 28,600,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= arcp_SeniorSecuredCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAxis
= arcp_BarclaysBankPlcMember
 
[1] These five depreciation and amortization line item captions have been consolidated into one line item caption named depreciation and amortization in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows.