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Equity-Based Compensation (Detail) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 11, 2012
Oct. 21, 2013
Jun. 30, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Equity based compensation $ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation [1] $ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation [1] $ 27,264,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation [2] $ 6,791,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation [2]        
Director Stock Plan [Member] | Director [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, shares issued in period     45,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationGross
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Equity Plan [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]                
Maximum authorized amount as a percentage of shares authorized     10.00%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardPercentageOfOutstandingStockMaximum
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, shares issued in period     6,796,599us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationGross
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Equity Plan [Member] | Non-Executive Directors [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, shares issued in period         282,854us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesShareBasedCompensationGross
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New Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Maximum intended award pool opportunity     120,000,000arcp_IntendedMaximumAwardPoolOpportunity
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Restricted Stock [Member] | Director Stock Plan [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Number of Restricted Common Shares, Vested     (21,875)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Unvested Beginning Balance     18,875us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Granted     3,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Forfeited     0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Unvested Ending Balance 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Equity based compensation     3,600,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Weighted-Average Issue Price, Unvested Beginning Balance     $ 13.52us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Granted     $ 13.99us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Vested     $ 13.58us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Forfeited     $ 0.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Unvested Ending Balance $ 0.00us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Restricted Stock [Member] | Director Stock Plan [Member] | Director [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Restricted share vesting period     5 years          
Number of shares authorized, in shares 99,000us-gaap_CommonStockCapitalSharesReservedForFutureIssuance
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Restricted Stock [Member] | Restricted Share Plan [Member] | Director [Member] | ARCT IV [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Restricted share vesting period     5 years          
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, equity instruments other than options, automatic grant     1,333arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsGrantsinPeriodRatio
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, periodic vesting percentage     20.00%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Restricted Stock [Member] | Equity Plan [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Number of Restricted Common Shares, Vested     458,546us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Unvested Beginning Balance     931,442us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Granted     5,602,989us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Forfeited     (94,040)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeitedInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Unvested Ending Balance 5,981,845us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Weighted-Average Issue Price, Unvested Beginning Balance     $ 13.82us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Granted     $ 13.28us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Vested     $ 12.94us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Forfeited     $ 13.89us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsForfeituresWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Weighted-Average Issue Price, Unvested Ending Balance $ 13.38us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantDateFairValue
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Equity based compensation 2,900,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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Restricted Stock [Member] | Equity Plan [Member] | Former Manager [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Number of Restricted Common Shares, Vested     (167,400)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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= arcp_EquityPlanMember
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Granted     800,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Equity based compensation     11,400,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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Performance Shares [Member] | Multi-year Outperformance Plan [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Equity based compensation   3,100,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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Performance Shares [Member] | Multi-year Outperformance Plan [Member] | Former Manager [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Number of Restricted Common Shares, Vested           (8,241,101)us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriod
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Number of Restricted Common Shares, Granted           8,241,101us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsInPeriod
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, performance period           3 years    
Performance Shares [Member] | New Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, periodic vesting percentage     33.30%us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardAwardVestingRightsPercentage
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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Equity based compensation 2,800,000us-gaap_AllocatedShareBasedCompensationExpense
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Performance based award percentage, as percentage of the company's market capitalization             5.00%arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsMaximumAwardOpportunityPercentageofEquityMarketCapitalization
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, absolute component threshold percentage 4.00%arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardAbsoluteComponentThresholdPercentage
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= us-gaap_PerformanceSharesMember
/ us-gaap_PlanNameAxis
= arcp_NewMultiYearOutperformancePlanMember		         4.00%arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardAbsoluteComponentThresholdPercentage
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= arcp_NewMultiYearOutperformancePlanMember
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, relative component threshold percentage 4.00%arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardRelativeComponentThresholdPercentage
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
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Dividends payable 6,900,000us-gaap_DividendsPayableCurrentAndNoncurrent
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Performance Shares [Member] | New Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member] | Performance Period [Member]                
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]                
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, absolute component, performance target percentage 21.00%arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardAbsoluteComponentPerformanceTargetPercentage
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= arcp_NewMultiYearOutperformancePlanMember
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Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award, relative component, one hundred percent funding benchmark, performance target percentage 18.00%arcp_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardRelativeComponentOneHundredPercentFundingBenchmarkPerformanceTargetPercentage
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[1] As disclosed above, this line item caption has been reclassified into "general and administrative" in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
[2] For discussion on the restatement adjustments, see Note 2 - Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements.
[3] The "Peer Group" is comprised of the following companies: EPR Properties; Getty Realty Corporation; Lexington Realty Trust; National Retail Properties, Inc.; Realty Income Corporation; and Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.