2.4.0.8010010 - Disclosure - Organization and Offeringtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseFROM_Jan01_2013_TO_Jun30_2013http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001390213duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_OrganizationConsolidationAndPresentationOfFinancialStatementsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Business and Organization2false 2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00Note 1. Organization and Offering OrganizationCorporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated (“CPA®:17 – Global” and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries and predecessors, “we,” “us” or “our”) is a publicly owned, non-listed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that invests primarily in commercial properties leased to companies domestically and internationally. We were formed in 2007 and are managed by W. P. Carey Inc. (“WPC”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “advisor”). As a REIT, we are not subject to United States (“U.S.”) federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income, the level of our distributions and other factors. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, primarily on a triple-net-lease basis, which requires the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. Revenue is subject to fluctuation primarily because of the timing of new lease transactions, lease terminations, lease expirations, contractual rent adjustments, tenant defaults, sales of properties and changes in foreign currency exchange rates, if any.  Substantially all of our assets and liabilities are held by CPA®:17 Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and at June 30, 2013, we owned 99.985% of the general and limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. The remaining 0.015% interest in the Operating Partnership is held by a subsidiary of WPC. At June 30, 2013, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 340 fully-occupied properties, substantially all of which were net-leased to 87 tenants, and totaled approximately 32 million square feet. In addition, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 67 self-storage and hotel properties for an aggregate of approximately 5 million square feet.  Public Offerings We issued approximately 289,000,000 shares of our common stock and raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.9 billion from our initial public offering, which ended in April 2011, and our follow-on offering, which closed on January 31, 2013. Through June 30, 2013, we have issued 22,630,011 shares ($215.0 million) through our distribution reinvestment and stock purchase plan (“DRIP”). We repurchased 4,624,670 shares ($43.6 million) of our common stock under our redemption plan from inception through June 30, 2013. In January 2013, we amended our articles of incorporation to increase the number of shares authorized to 950,000,000 consisting of 900,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share. In January 2013, we also filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-186182) with the SEC regarding 200,000,000 shares of our common stock to be offered through our DRIP. falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Statement of Position (SOP) -Number 94-6 -Paragraph 10 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. false0Nature Of OperationsfalseOrganization and OfferingUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.cpa17global.com/role/DisclosureOrganizationAndOffering12