DOCUMENT AND ENTITY INFORMATION	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Aug. 01, 2012
Entity Registrant Name	AGREE REALTY CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0000917251
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Trading Symbol	adc
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		11,436,044
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012