Organization	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION Organization and Operations Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Spirit" or, with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Company") operates as a self-administered and self-managed REIT that seeks to generate and deliver sustainable and attractive returns for stockholders by primarily investing in and managing a portfolio of single-tenant, operationally essential real estate throughout the U.S. that is generally leased on a long-term, triple-net basis to tenants operating within retail, industrial, office and other property types. Single tenant, operationally essential real estate generally refers to free-standing, commercial real estate facilities where tenants conduct activities that are essential to the generation of their sales and profits. The Company’s operations are generally carried out through Spirit Realty, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") and its subsidiaries. Spirit General OP Holdings, LLC, one of the Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, is the sole general partner and owns approximately 1% of the Operating Partnership. The Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary (Spirit Notes Partner, LLC) are the only limited partners and together own the remaining 99% of the Operating Partnership. On May 31, 2018, the Company completed the spin-off (the "Spin-Off") of the assets that collateralized Master Trust 2014, properties leased to Shopko, and certain other assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT, Spirit MTA REIT ("SMTA"). The Company formed Spirit Realty AM Corporation (“SRAM”), a wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary. The rights and obligations of the Asset Management Agreement were transferred to SRAM on April 1, 2019, which was subsequently terminated and simultaneously replaced by the Interim Management Agreement between SRAM and SMTA, effective as of September 20, 2019. The Company allocates personnel and other general and administrative costs to SRAM for management services provided to SMTA.

Organization

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION

Organization and Operations

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Spirit" or, with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Company") operates as a self-administered and self-managed REIT that seeks to generate and deliver sustainable and attractive returns for stockholders by primarily investing in and managing a portfolio of single-tenant, operationally essential real estate throughout the U.S. that is generally leased on a long-term, triple-net basis to tenants operating within retail, industrial, office and other property types. Single tenant, operationally essential real estate generally refers to free-standing, commercial real estate facilities where tenants conduct activities that are essential to the generation of their sales and profits.

The Company’s operations are generally carried out through Spirit Realty, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") and its subsidiaries. Spirit General OP Holdings, LLC, one of the Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, is the sole general partner and owns approximately 1% of the Operating Partnership. The Corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary (Spirit Notes Partner, LLC) are the only limited partners and together own the remaining 99% of the Operating Partnership.

On May 31, 2018, the Company completed the spin-off (the "Spin-Off") of the assets that collateralized Master Trust 2014, properties leased to Shopko, and certain other assets into an independent, publicly traded REIT, Spirit MTA REIT ("SMTA"). The Company formed Spirit Realty AM Corporation (“SRAM”), a wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary. The rights and obligations of the Asset Management Agreement were transferred to SRAM on April 1, 2019, which was subsequently terminated and simultaneously replaced by the Interim Management Agreement between SRAM and SMTA, effective as of September 20, 2019. The Company allocates personnel and other general and administrative costs to SRAM for management services provided to SMTA.