CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - OP - USD ($)		Total		Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Offering Related Costs [Member]	General Partner [Member]	Limited Partners' Preferred Stock to General Partners' Preferred Stock [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]		VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Affiliates of Former Manager [Member] Offering Related Costs [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member]		VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred Units [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred Units [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Common Stock [Member] General Partner [Member]		VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Common Stock [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred OP Units [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred OP Units [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred OP Units [Member] Preferred Units [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred OP Units [Member] Preferred Units [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Preferred OP Units [Member] Common Stock [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Series C Stock [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Series C Stock [Member] Total Partners' Capital [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Series C Stock [Member] Common Stock [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partners' Common Stock to General Partners' Common Stock [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partners' Common Stock to General Partners' Common Stock [Member] Common Stock [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partners' Common Stock to General Partners' Common Stock [Member] Common Stock [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] General Partners' Preferred Stock to General Partners' Common Stock [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] General Partners' Preferred Stock to General Partners' Common Stock [Member] Preferred Units [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] General Partners' Preferred Stock to General Partners' Common Stock [Member] Common Stock [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partners' Preferred Stock to General Partners' Preferred Stock [Member] Preferred Units [Member] General Partner [Member]	VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] Limited Partners' Preferred Stock to General Partners' Preferred Stock [Member] Preferred Units [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Beginning balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2012												6,990,328	0	184,553,676		1,621,349
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012							$ 1,668,760,000			$ 1,668,760,000		$ 163,047,000	$ 0	$ 1,489,587,000		$ 16,126,000	$ 0
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Issuance of Units (shares)														78,215,719	[1]					36,037,691	721,465	630,689
Issuance of Units							1,253,343,000	[1]		1,253,343,000	[1]			$ 1,253,343,000	[1]			$ 931,803,000	$ 931,803,000	$ 900,942,000	$ 16,466,000	$ 14,395,000
Issuance of Common OP Units through distribution reinvestment plan (shares)														940,737
Issuance of Common OP Units through distribution reinvestment plan							25,564,000			25,564,000				$ 25,564,000
Offering costs		$ (165,531,000)	[2]				(165,531,000)			(165,531,000)				$ (165,531,000)
Repurchases of Common OP Units (shares)		(4,956)												(28,319,972)
Repurchase of Common OP Units		$ (358,041,000)					(358,041,000)			(358,041,000)				$ (358,041,000)
Excess of ARCT IV Merger consideration over historical cost							(558,089,000)			(558,089,000)				$ (558,089,000)
Conversion of Units to units (shares)																									1,411,030		599,233	(599,233)		(828,472)	829,629
Conversion of Units																							$ 17,396,000	$ 17,396,000	$ 17,396,000	$ 0	$ 5,800,000	$ (5,800,000)	$ 0	$ (9,000,000)	$ 9,000,000
Equity-based compensation, net of forfeitures (shares)														1,004,673		8,241,100
Equity-based compensation, net of forfeitures							40,662,000			40,662,000				$ 7,962,000		$ 32,700,000
Equity component of convertible debt		28,559,000					28,559,000							28,559,000
Contribution from Advisor							2,313,000			2,313,000				2,313,000
Distributions declared							(259,468,000)			(259,468,000)				(259,468,000)
Issuance of Common OP Units (shares)																8,029,545
Issuance of Common OP Units							107,771,000			107,771,000						$ 107,771,000
Distributions to Common OP Units and non-controlling interest holders		(9,014,000)					(9,014,000)			(9,014,000)						$ (9,014,000)																		$ (9,014,000)
Non-controlling interests retained		567,000					567,000										567,000																	567,000
Redemption of OP Units (shares)																(91,176)
Redemption of OP Units							(1,152,000)			(1,152,000)						$ (1,152,000)
Contributions from non-controlling interest holders		30,861,000																																30,861,000
Net (loss) income		(507,815,000)					(507,815,000)			(507,815,000)				(491,499,000)		(16,316,000)																		(16,316,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		11,600,000					11,600,000			11,600,000				$ 11,227,000		$ 373,000
Ending balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2013												42,199,547	721,465	239,234,725		17,832,274
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013							2,229,228,000			2,228,661,000		$ 1,054,989,000	$ 16,466,000	$ 1,018,123,000		$ 139,083,000	567,000
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Issuance of stock		2,153,925,000		$ 161,800,000					$ 161,800,000
Issuance of Units (shares)	[1]													662,305,318		7,956,297
Issuance of Units	[1]						9,082,747,000			9,082,747,000				$ 8,930,263,000		$ 152,484,000
Repurchase of Common OP Units		(7,690,000)
Conversion of Units to units (shares)																											1,108,351	(1,108,351)				634,591	(634,591)
Conversion of Units						$ 0																					$ 16,046,000	$ (16,046,000)				$ 12,677,000	$ (12,677,000)
Equity-based compensation, net of forfeitures (shares)														3,433,701
Equity-based compensation, net of forfeitures							31,861,000			31,861,000				$ 30,261,000		1,600,000
Issuance of Common OP Units (shares)														(551,664)
Issuance of Common OP Units							(7,690,000)			(7,690,000)				$ (7,690,000)
Distributions to Common OP Units and non-controlling interest holders		(36,318,000)					(861,030,000)			(858,568,000)				(824,712,000)		$ (33,856,000)	(2,462,000)																	(36,318,000)
Non-controlling interests retained		24,766,000					24,766,000										24,766,000																	24,766,000
Redemption of OP Units (shares)																916,423
Redemption of OP Units							(8,420,000)			(8,420,000)						$ (8,420,000)
Excess tax benefit		4,458,000					4,458,000			4,458,000				4,458,000
Distributions to Preferred OP Units							(98,722,000)			(98,722,000)		$ (70,679,000)	$ (414,000)	(27,629,000)
Contributions from non-controlling interest holders		982,000					982,000										982,000																	982,000
Net (loss) income		(1,010,912,000)					(1,010,912,000)			(1,010,758,000)				(977,185,000)		(33,573,000)	(154,000)																	(33,727,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(4,938,000)					(4,938,000)			(4,938,000)				$ (4,768,000)		$ (170,000)
Ending balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2014												42,834,138	86,874	905,530,431		23,763,797
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014							9,382,330,000			9,358,631,000		$ 996,987,000	$ 3,375,000	$ 8,157,167,000		$ 201,102,000	23,699,000
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Issuance of stock		$ 8,930,263,000	[2]	2,200,000					2,200,000
Repurchases of Common OP Units (shares)		(188,075)			(268,414)									(268,414)
Repurchase of Common OP Units		$ (2,227,000)					(2,227,000)			(2,227,000)				$ (2,227,000)
Equity-based compensation, net of forfeitures (shares)														(377,623)
Equity-based compensation, net of forfeitures							14,500,000			14,500,000				$ 14,500,000
Distributions to Common OP Units and non-controlling interest holders		(45,594,000)					(294,894,000)			(256,919,000)				(249,300,000)		(7,619,000)	(37,975,000)																	(45,594,000)
Distributions to Preferred OP Units							(71,478,000)			(71,478,000)		$ (71,418,000)	$ (60,000)																					(474,000)
Disposition of consolidated joint venture interest		14,859,000															14,859,000																	14,859,000
Tax shortfall from equity-based compensation							(764,000)			(764,000)				(764,000)
Net (loss) income		(323,492,000)					(323,492,000)			(324,766,000)				(316,353,000)		(8,413,000)	1,274,000																	(7,139,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss)		$ (4,875,000)					(4,875,000)			(4,875,000)				$ (4,605,000)		$ (270,000)																		$ (122,000)
Ending balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2015												42,834,138	86,874	904,884,394		23,763,797
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015							$ 8,713,959,000			$ 8,712,102,000		$ 925,569,000	$ 3,315,000	$ 7,598,418,000		$ 184,800,000	$ 1,857,000
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Issuance of stock				$ 0					$ 0

[1] Includes $2.2 million and $161.8 million issued to affiliates of the Former Manager (as defined in Note 1 – Organization) for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. No such expenses were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2015.

[2] Includes $2.2 million and $161.8 million issued to affiliates of the Former Manager (as defined in Note 1 – Organization) for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. No such expenses were incurred during the year ended December 31, 2015.