Organization	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Organization Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, or CPA:17 – Global, and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, we, us, or our, is a publicly owned REIT that invests primarily in commercial real estate properties leased to companies both domestically and internationally. We were formed in 2007 and are managed by W. P. Carey Inc., or WPC, through one of its subsidiaries, or collectively our Advisor. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S. federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, among other factors. We earn revenue primarily by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, predominantly 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 due to 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. Substantially all of our assets and liabilities are held by CPA:17 Limited Partnership, or the Operating Partnership, and at June 30, 2018, we owned 99.99% of general and limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. The remaining interest in the Operating Partnership is held by a subsidiary of WPC. At June 30, 2018, our portfolio was comprised of full or partial ownership interests in 411 properties, substantially all of which were fully-occupied and triple-net leased to 114 tenants, and totaled approximately 44.4 million square feet with a weighted-average lease term of 11.3 years and an occupancy rate of 99.7%. In addition, our portfolio was comprised of full or majority ownership interests in 38 operating properties, including 37 self-storage properties and one hotel property, for an aggregate of approximately 2.7 million square feet. We operate in two reportable business segments: Net Lease and Self Storage. Our Net Lease segment includes our domestic and foreign investments in net-leased properties, whether they are accounted for as operating or direct financing leases. Our Self Storage segment is comprised of our investments in self-storage properties. In addition, we have investments in loans receivable, commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, one hotel, and certain other properties, which are included in our All Other category (Note 14). Our reportable business segments and All Other category are the same as our reporting units. We raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.9 billion from our initial public offering, which closed in April 2011, and our follow-on offering, which closed in January 2013. We have fully invested the proceeds from our initial and follow-on public offerings. In addition, from inception through June 30, 2018, $726.2 million of distributions to our shareholders were reinvested in our common stock through our Distribution Reinvestment Plan, or DRIP. On June 17, 2018, we entered into a merger agreement with WPC and certain of its subsidiaries, or the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which we will merge with and into one of WPC’s subsidiaries, or the Proposed Merger. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, our stockholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.160 shares of WPC common stock for each share of our common stock. See Note 3 for additional information on the Proposed Merger.

Organization

Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, or CPA:17 – Global, and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, we, us, or our, is a publicly owned REIT that invests primarily in commercial real estate properties leased to companies both domestically and internationally. We were formed in 2007 and are managed by W. P. Carey Inc., or WPC, through one of its subsidiaries, or collectively our Advisor. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S. federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, among other factors. We earn revenue primarily by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, predominantly 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 due to 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.

Substantially all of our assets and liabilities are held by CPA:17 Limited Partnership, or the Operating Partnership, and at June 30, 2018, we owned 99.99% of general and limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership. The remaining interest in the Operating Partnership is held by a subsidiary of WPC.

At June 30, 2018, our portfolio was comprised of full or partial ownership interests in 411 properties, substantially all of which were fully-occupied and triple-net leased to 114 tenants, and totaled approximately 44.4 million square feet with a weighted-average lease term of 11.3 years and an occupancy rate of 99.7%. In addition, our portfolio was comprised of full or majority ownership interests in 38 operating properties, including 37 self-storage properties and one hotel property, for an aggregate of approximately 2.7 million square feet.

We operate in two reportable business segments: Net Lease and Self Storage. Our Net Lease segment includes our domestic and foreign investments in net-leased properties, whether they are accounted for as operating or direct financing leases. Our Self Storage segment is comprised of our investments in self-storage properties. In addition, we have investments in loans receivable, commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, one hotel, and certain other properties, which are included in our All Other category (Note 14). Our reportable business segments and All Other category are the same as our reporting units.

We raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $2.9 billion from our initial public offering, which closed in April 2011, and our follow-on offering, which closed in January 2013. We have fully invested the proceeds from our initial and follow-on public offerings. In addition, from inception through June 30, 2018, $726.2 million of distributions to our shareholders were reinvested in our common stock through our Distribution Reinvestment Plan, or DRIP.

On June 17, 2018, we entered into a merger agreement with WPC and certain of its subsidiaries, or the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which we will merge with and into one of WPC’s subsidiaries, or the Proposed Merger. If the Proposed Merger is consummated, our stockholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 0.160 shares of WPC common stock for each share of our common stock. See Note 3 for additional information on the Proposed Merger.