Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 02, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Apr. 01, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties		$ 16,000		$ 16,000		$ 136,000
Due to related parties		$ 665,000		$ 665,000		399,000
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares		10,998,085	1,809,678	10,998,085	1,809,678
Proceeds from issuance of operating partnership units	$ 800,000			$ 0	$ 750,000
Distributions paid related to LTIP Units				1,344,000	0
Dividends payable		$ 30,000		30,000		407,000
Equity based compensation				1,114,000	641,000
Lock out period (years)	1 year
Related party expenses		0	$ 18,503,000	0	18,503,000
OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions paid		$ 300,000	$ 0	$ 600,000	$ 0
Class B units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Equity based compensation	$ 14,500,000
Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services | Europe | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | Singe Tenant Net Lease, Not Part of Shopping Center
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management fee, percent fee				1.75%
Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services | Europe | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | All Other Property Types, Other Than Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased and Not Part of Shopping Center
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management fee, percent fee				3.50%
Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services | Europe | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management fee, percent fee				0.25%
Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services | Europe | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | All Other Properties, Other than Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management fee, percent fee				0.50%
Contract Purchase Price | Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services | Europe
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition fees as a percentage of benchmark	50.00%
Amount Available or Outstanding Under Financing Arrangement | Unaffiliated Third Party Property Management Services | Europe
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition and financing coordination fees as a percentage of benchmark	50.00%
OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares	1,726,323	1,809,678	1,809,678	1,809,678	1,809,678
OP Units | OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Conversion ratio	1
Class B units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares	1,726,323	0	0	0	0
Class B units | Class B units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Conversion ratio	1
Third party professional fees and offering costs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to related parties		$ 700,000		$ 700,000		$ 400,000
Special Limited Partner
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating partnership units (in shares) | shares		244,444		244,444		244,444
Advisor | Amended Advisory Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum monthly base management fee	$ 18,000,000
Amended Advisory Agreement, variable fee payable (percent)	1.25%
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation payable in cash (percent)	50.00%
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation payable in shares (percent)	50.00%
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation, percent of core AFFO per share in excess of incentive hurdle of $0.78 per share	15.00%
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation core AFFO per share, incentive hurdle one (USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.78
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation, percent of core AFFO per share in excess of incentive hurdle of $1.02 per share	10.00%
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation core AFFO per share, incentive hurdle two (USD per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.02
Amended Advisory Agreement, minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on AUM up to $5 Billion (percent)	1.25%
Minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on annum aggregate amount, maximum amount of assets under management, range three	$ 5,000,000,000.0
Amended Advisory Agreement, minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on AUM of at least $15 billion (percent)	0.95%
Minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on annum aggregate amount, maximum amount of assets under management, range two	$ 15,000,000,000.0
Minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on annum aggregate amount, maximum amount of assets under management, range three calculation base (percent)	1.25%
Minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on annum aggregate amount, maximum Amount of assets under management, range three calculation denominator	$ 10,000,000,000.0
Amended Advisory Agreement, minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on AUM between $5 billion and $15 billion (percent)	0.30%
Amended Advisory Agreement, variable fee payable, maximum sale of investments to trigger possible reduction	$ 200,000,000.0
Advisor | Amended Advisory Agreement | Minimum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation core AFFO per share, incentive hurdle possible annual increase (percent)	1.00%
Minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on annum aggregate amount, maximum amount of assets under management, range three	$ 5,000,000,000.0
Advisor | Amended Advisory Agreement | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation core AFFO per share, incentive hurdle possible annual increase (percent)	3.00%
Minimum base management fee and incentive compensation payable, cap on annum aggregate amount, maximum amount of assets under management, range three	$ 15,000,000,000.0
Advisor | Class B units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions paid			$ 300,000		$ 400,000
Advisor | OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares	83,333			1,461,753
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due from related parties		$ 16,000		$ 16,000		$ 100,000
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Contract Purchase Price
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition fees as a percentage of benchmark	1.00%
Financing advance fees as a percentage of benchmark, expected third party costs	0.50%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Contract Purchase Price | Portion of Fees Attributable to Related Party | Europe
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition fees as a percentage of benchmark	50.00%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Advance on Loan or Other Investment
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing advance fees as a percentage of benchmark	1.00%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Amount Available or Outstanding Under Financing Arrangement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition and financing coordination fees as a percentage of benchmark	0.75%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Amount Available or Outstanding Under Financing Arrangement | Portion of Fees Attributable to Related Party | Europe
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition and financing coordination fees as a percentage of benchmark	50.00%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Average Invested Assets | Greater Of | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark		2.00%		2.00%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Net Income, Excluding Additions to Non-cash Reserves and Gains on Sales of Assets | Greater Of | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark		25.00%		25.00%
Advisor | American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC | Annual Targeted Investor Return | Pre-tax Non-compounded Return on Capital Contribution
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cumulative capital investment return to investors as a percentage of benchmark							6.00%
Service Provider | OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares				347,903
Limited Partner | OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares	22			22
Management | OP Units
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities (in shares) | shares	83,333
Property Manager | American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oversight fees as a percentage of benchmark		1.00%		1.00%
Property Manager | American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oversight fees as a percentage of benchmark		2.00%		2.00%
Property Manager | American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC | Gross Revenue, Managed Properties | All Other Properties, Other than Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased | Maximum
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oversight fees as a percentage of benchmark		4.00%		4.00%
Affiliated Entity | Transfer Agent Fees | American National Stock Transfer, LLC | General and Administrative Expense
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		$ 100,000		$ 100,000
OPP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions paid related to LTIP Units		200,000	0	700,000	0
Dividends payable		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 400,000