Organization (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		18 Months Ended	21 Months Ended					21 Months Ended		21 Months Ended			21 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 property sqft	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 property sqft	Apr. 20, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 Common stock	Oct. 05, 2012 Common stock	Apr. 20, 2012 Common stock	Mar. 31, 2013 Common stock	Mar. 31, 2013 American Realty Capital Global Special Limited Partner, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Common stock	Apr. 20, 2012 Minimum [Member] Common stock	Mar. 31, 2013 Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services [Member] Europe [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 All Other Regions, Excluding the United States [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Europe [Member]
Operations [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized	300,000,000		300,000,000	300,000,000	150,000,000
Common stock, par value, in dollars per share	$ 0.01		$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Share Price						$ 10.00	$ 10.00	$ 10.00
Shares available for issuance under a distribution reinvestment plan, shares								25,000,000
Initial Public Offering, Subscriptions Required To Break Escrow, Minimum				$ 2,000,000
Common stock, outstanding	1,028,161		256,500	1,028,161
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	7,239,000	0	2,200,000	9,900,000					9,869,000
Common Stock, Value, Outstanding	10,200,000			10,200,000
Share Price, Dividend Reinvestment Plan												$ 9.50	$ 9.50
Payments to Acquire Real Estate											1,200,000,000
Share Price, Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Percentage of Estimated Value of Common Stock													95.00%
Portfolio Strategy, Target Geographic Mix, Percentage of Portfolio Investments															10.00%	40.00%
Number of Real Estate Properties	1			1
Area of Real Estate Property	9,094			9,094
Real Estate Property, Occupancy Rate	100.00%			100.00%
Real Estate Property, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term	11 years 0 months 0 days
Limited Partners' Contributed Capital										$ 200
Units of limited partner interest in OP held by The Advisor	22			22
Property Management Fee, Percent Fee														50.00%