Equity - Limited Partner OP Units (Details) - VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] - Common Stock [Member] - shares	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited partners', units outstanding (shares)	782,170	786,719
Limited Partner [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited partners', units outstanding (shares)	800,000	800,000

The number of limited partner units outstanding.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 4.F)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120397183&loc=d3e187171-122770

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