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Equity-based Compensation - Multi-Year Outperformance Plans (Details) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended
	Jan. 08, 2014	Oct. 03, 2013	Dec. 11, 2012	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Apr. 23, 2015
New Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Nonvested shares (shares)							0
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense				$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Performance Shares [Member] \| Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member] \| Former Manager [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award expiration period			3 years
Number of shares vested (shares)	8,200,000
Performance Shares [Member] \| New Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance based award percentage, as percentage of the Company's market capitalization		5.00%
Award opportunity amount		$ 120,000,000
Award opportunity original amount		$ 218,100,000
VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense						1,600,000
VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member] \| Multi-Year Outperformance Plan [Member] \| Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense						$ 93,900,000