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	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Cole Managed REITs [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Cole Managed REITs [Member] Investments In Affiliates Subsidiaries Associates And Joint Ventures [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 INAV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 CCIT II And CCPT V [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 CCIT II [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 CCIT II [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 CCPT V [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 CCPT V [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Oct. 21, 2013 Transition Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Purchase of Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment and Unreimbursed Expenses [Member] Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Cole Merger [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee Reimbursement [Member] Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Strategic and Financial Advisory Services Fee Reimbursement [Member] Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Financial Advisory and Information Agent Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Legal Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Legal Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Advisory And Information Agent Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Advisory And Information Agent Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Advisory And Information Agent Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Cole Merger [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Advisory And Information Agent Services Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Advisory And Information Agent Services Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Advisory And Information Agent Services Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Cole Merger [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Support Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Cole Merger [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Support Services Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Support Services Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Support Services Reimbursement [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Cole Merger [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment and Other Capitalized Costs [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Offering Costs [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Unreimbursed Expenses [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Brokerage Commission Fee [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Services and Out-Of-Pocket Expenses [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Cole Merger [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Financial Advisory and Information Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Financial Advisory and Information Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Purchase of Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment and Reimbursement of Expenses [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Contribution and Exchange Agreement [Member] ARCT IV [Member] Member Units [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Contribution and Exchange Agreement [Member] American Realty Capital Trust III Operating Partnership And American Realty Capital Trust III, Special Limited Partner [Member] ARCT III [Member] Member Units [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Contribution and Exchange Agreement [Member] American Realty Capital Trust III Operating Partnership And American Realty Capital Trust III, Special Limited Partner [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Contribution and Exchange Agreement [Member] American Realty Capital Trust III Operating Partnership And American Realty Capital Trust III, Special Limited Partner [Member] ARCT III [Member] Member Units [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Acquisition Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Acquisition Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 Acquisition Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Acquisition Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 Acquisition Fee [Member] Former Manager and Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Financing Consideration Fee [Member] Former Manager and Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Incentive Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Base Management Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Base Management Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2014 Base Management Fee [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Base Management Fee [Member]		Jan. 21, 2014 Base Management Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Base Management Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Base Management Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Reduced Base Management Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Transfer Agent Fee [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Transfer Agent Fee [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Transfer Agent Fee [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Transfer Agent Fee [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Transfer Agent Fee [Member] Former Manager [Member]	Jan. 03, 2014 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] Member Units [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] Member Units [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jan. 03, 2014 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT IV [Member] Member Units [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Asset Management Fees [Member] Advisor [Member] ARCT III [Member] Member Units [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Property Management Fee [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Oversight Fee [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Rent Expense [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Rent Expense [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Property Management Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Property Management Services [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT III [Member] Merger Related Costs [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Strategic Advisory Fees [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Strategic Advisory Fees [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Strategic Advisory Fees [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Strategic Advisory Fees [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Strategic Advisory Fees [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] ARCT IV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Selling Commission Revenue [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Selling Commission Revenue [Member] CCPT IV, CCIT II, CCPT V [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Selling Commission Revenue [Member] INAV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Selling Commissions Reallowance Expense [Member] CCPT IV, CCIT II, CCPT V [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Selling Commissions Reallowance Expense [Member] INAV [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Dealer Manager Fee [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Dealer Manager Fee [Member] CCPT IV, CCIT II, CCPT V [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Dealer Manager Fee [Member] INAV [Member] Common Class W [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Dealer Manager Fee [Member] INAV [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Dealer Manager Fee [Member] INAV [Member] Common Class I [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Distribution Fee [Member] INAV [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Organization and Offering Fee [Member] Cole Managed REITs [Member]	Jul. 28, 2014 Organization and Offering Fee [Member] Cole Managed REITs [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]	Jul. 28, 2014 Organization and Offering Expenses Reimbursement [Member] Cole Managed REITs [Member] Subsequent Event [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Transition services agreement term														60 days																																																																																	60 days
Related party operation fees and reimbursements														$ 10,000,000		$ 1,800,000			$ 7,700,000	$ 7,700,000	$ 600,000		$ 600,000	$ 600,000				$ 800,000			$ 200,000			$ 2,000,000		$ 1,700,000			$ 400,000								$ 500,000							$ 0	[1]	$ 11,515,000	[1]	$ 0	[1]	$ 16,851,000	[1]				$ 0	[2]	$ 2,000,000	[2]	$ 0	[2]	$ 4,654,000	[2]					$ 0	$ 535,000	$ 344,000	$ 648,000													$ 100,000	$ 200,000		$ 2,300,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 920,000														$ 114,800	$ 445,776
Related party transaction, purchases from related party															10,000,000																											2,100,000							5,800,000
Related party transactions, service fee percentage																	0.25%	0.25%																																												1.00%																																							0.25%
Accounts payable, related parties, current																	7,700,000					600,000							800,000			200,000			2,000,000		300,000			400,000								100,000																										5,000,000
Related party transaction, agreement amount																	2,500,000								600,000	500,000	500,000		800,000						2,000,000	2,000,000		2,900,000									600,000
Payments of offering costs and fees related to stock issuances																																											1,700,000									98,400,000																																																													7,000,000
Acquisition related	8,453,000	37,289,000	20,337,000	47,616,000														28,400,000												800,000			400,000					2,900,000			1,300,000			2,000,000	8,400,000	700,000																																			300,000
Leasehold improvements and property and equipment																																																	1,000,000
Consideration to former manager for internalization																																																	3,000,000
Related party transaction, cumulative capital investment return, threshold percentage																																																		6.00%
Related party transaction, cumulative capital investment return, as a percentage of benchmark																																																																																						6.00%
Related party transaction, cumulative capital investment return																																																				557,300,000
Partner ownership interest, Issuance of Units																																																			7,300,000		7,600,000																																					711,189.95
Equity ownership holding period, years																																																				1 year
Related party transaction, financing coordination fees earned by related party, percentage of benchmark																																																															0.75%
Excess annualized core earnings, percentage																																																																20.00%
Asset management fee percentage, option 1																																																																											0.50%
Asset management fee percentage, option 2																																																																												0.40%
Business combination, common stock issued to settle acquisition related costs																																																																									388,461															603,599
Related party transaction, asset management fees earned by related party, percentage of benchmark																																																																																				0.1875%	0.75%
Related party transaction, stock approved for issuance																																																																																									145,022
Stock issued during period, shares, issued for services																																																																																		498,857	492,483
Business acquisition, equity interest issued or issuable, per share conversion rate																																																																																							2.3961
Related party transaction, selling, general and administrative expenses from transactions with related party																																																																																		13,900,000						9,900,000
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party, percentage of single-tenant property gross revenue																																																																																											2.00%
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party, percentage of multi-tenant property gross revenue																																																																																											4.00%
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party, percentage of gross offering proceeds																																																																																																						7.00%
Related party transaction, expenses from transactions with related party, percentage of gross proceeds from sale of common stock																																																																																																											3.00%
Related party transaction, oversight fees earned by related party, percentage of benchmark																																																																																												1.00%
Revenue from related party, percentage of gross offering proceeds																																																																																																							7.00%					2.00%
Revenue from related party, percentage																																																																																																									100.00%	100.00%
Revenue from related party, percentage of offering price per share																																																																																																								3.75%
Daily asset based related party fee percent																																																																																																													0.55%	0.55%	0.25%	0.50%
Carrying amount of investment						3,917,000	3,917,000	160,000		1,809,000		1,732,000
Due from affiliates	73,336,000		73,336,000		0	8,600,000					55,000,000		9,700,000
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity											$ 100,000,000		$ 10,000,000
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate									2.20%

[1] In conjunction with the ARCT III Merger, the payment of acquisition fees was terminated, except with respect to properties that were in ARCP’s or ARCT III’s pipeline at the ARCT III Merger date; any fees that were paid because the Company’s Former Manager or the ARCT III Advisor had sourced and negotiated the purchase price prior to the ARCT III Merger.

[2] The amounts incurred and paid were recognized in merger and other transaction related costs during the six months ended June 30, 2013 as they relate to the ARCT III Merger. The amounts incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2013 were accrued through January 7, 2014, the date prior to transition to self-manag