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General - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)							1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
General - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	May 01, 2019	Apr. 22, 2019	Feb. 01, 2019	Sep. 18, 2018	Jan. 23, 2018	Dec. 15, 2010	Mar. 31, 2019	Jan. 31, 2009	Sep. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Aug. 23, 2019	Jan. 22, 2018
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Offering fees											$ 0	$ 8,205,000
Payments for asset acquisitions											$ 35,161,000	0
YF ART Holdings L.P.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership percentage before IPO					100.00%
IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)					33,350,000
Offering price (in USD per share)					$ 16.00
Net proceeds from offering					$ 493,600,000
Offering fees					40,000,000.0
Payments of stub dividend					3,100,000
Net proceeds from offering used for general corporate purposes					$ 184,400,000
Underwriter's Option
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)		6,562,000			4,350,000		6,063,105
Public Offering
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)		42,062,000		4,000,000
Offering price (in USD per share)		$ 29.75		$ 24.50			$ 27.75
Net proceeds from offering		$ 1,210,000,000		$ 92,500,000			$ 1,100,000,000
Offering fees							$ 1,500,000
Number of shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares)		8,250,000		6,000,000
Public Offering - YF ART Holdings
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)				16,500,000			38,422,583
Public Offering - Goldman Sachs
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)				9,083,280			8,061,228
Public Offering - Fortress Entities
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)				7,200,000
At the Market Equity Program
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)									0
Authorized equity program													$ 500,000,000.0
Senior Secured Term Loan B Facility \| Term Loans \| IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Indebtedness repaid					$ 285,100,000
Payment of accrued and unpaid interest					3,000,000.0
Payment of closing expense					200,000
Clearfield, Utah and Middleboro, Massachusetts Construction Loans \| Construction Loans \| IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Indebtedness repaid					20,900,000
Series B
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)						375,000
Net proceeds from offering						$ 368,500,000
Series B \| Goldman
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)						325,000
Series A
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)								125
Net proceeds from offering								$ 100,000
Payment for redemption of preferred shares					100,000
Series A \| IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payment for redemption of preferred shares					$ 100,000
Common Stock \| Goldman
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares converted (in shares)					28,808,224
Common Stock \| Series B
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Shares converted (in shares)										33,240,258
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. \| General Partner
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership											99.00%
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. \| Limited Partner
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership of partnership											1.00%
Goldman \| Series B
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares)														325,000
Cloverleaf
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration, net of cash purchased for the Cloverleaf Acquisition	$ 1,240,000,000
Lanier Cold Storage
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration, net of cash purchased for the Cloverleaf Acquisition	$ 82,600,000
Port Fresh Holdings, LLC
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payments for asset acquisitions			$ 35,900,000								$ 35,923,000
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payments of stub dividend											96,811,000	58,692,000
Payments for asset acquisitions											35,161,000	$ 0
Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. \| Port Fresh Holdings, LLC
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payments for asset acquisitions											$ 35,923,000