Revisions of Previously-Issued Financial Statements (Details 1) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenues
Total revenues	$ 109,667	$ 98,786	$ 208,417	$ 199,936
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses	53,795	53,365	107,903	111,889
Other Income and Expenses
Equity in earnings of equity method investments in real estate	4,488	10,042	7,703	7,178
Other income and (expenses)	4,204	170	810	852
Interest expense	(23,216)	(23,264)	(45,241)	(46,593)
Nonoperating income expense	(14,524)	(13,052)	(36,728)	(38,563)
Income before income taxes and gain on sale of real estate	41,348	32,369	63,786	49,484
Provision for income taxes	(1,973)	(2,671)	(2,764)	(3,309)
Income before gain on sale of real estate	39,375	29,698	61,022	46,175
Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax	0	12,548	2,197	12,548
Net Income	39,375	42,246	63,219	58,723
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(10,935)	(7,640)	(20,199)	(15,317)
Net income attributable to CPA:17 - Global	$ 28,440	$ 34,606	$ 43,020	$ 43,406
Net income attributable to CPA:17 - Global (usd per share)		$ 0.11		$ 0.14
Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding		322,723,562		321,240,449
As Reported
Revenues
Total revenues		$ 98,786		$ 199,936
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses		53,365		111,889
Other Income and Expenses
Equity in earnings of equity method investments in real estate		10,974		7,725
Other income and (expenses)		946		1,898
Interest expense		(23,264)		(46,593)
Nonoperating income expense		(11,344)		(36,970)
Income before income taxes and gain on sale of real estate		34,077		51,077
Provision for income taxes		(2,664)		(3,361)
Income before gain on sale of real estate		31,413		47,716
Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax		12,548		12,548
Net Income		43,961		60,264
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(7,640)		(15,317)
Net income attributable to CPA:17 - Global		$ 36,321		$ 44,947
Net income attributable to CPA:17 - Global (usd per share)		$ 0.11		$ 0.14
Weighted-Average Shares Outstanding		322,723,562		321,240,449
Revisions
Revenues
Total revenues		$ 0		$ 0
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses		0		0
Other Income and Expenses
Equity in earnings of equity method investments in real estate		(932)		(547)
Other income and (expenses)		(776)		(1,046)
Interest expense		0		0
Nonoperating income expense		(1,708)		(1,593)
Income before income taxes and gain on sale of real estate		(1,708)		(1,593)
Provision for income taxes		(7)		52
Income before gain on sale of real estate		(1,715)		(1,541)
Gain on sale of real estate, net of tax		0		0
Net Income		(1,715)		(1,541)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		0		0
Net income attributable to CPA:17 - Global		$ (1,715)		$ (1,541)
Net income attributable to CPA:17 - Global (usd per share)		$ 0.00		$ 0.00