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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision for income taxes	$ 40,577,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Federal income tax benefit	(6,305,000)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State income tax expense (benefit)	948,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	0us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Cole Capital Segment [Member] \| Other income net [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision for income taxes	(40,600,000)	0
Real Estate Investment Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
State income and franchise tax expense	$ 7,300,000	$ 2,200,000

Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.