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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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General - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, R$ in Millions, $ in Millions											1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 06, 2020 BRL (R$)	Mar. 06, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2020 CAD ($)	Jan. 02, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 19, 2019 CAD ($)	May 01, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 22, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 18, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 23, 2018 shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 09, 2020 $ / shares shares	Mar. 08, 2020 shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Aug. 23, 2019 USD ($)
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common shares, par value (in USD per share) \| $ / shares												$ 0.01		$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Common shares, shares authorized (in shares)												325,000,000		325,000,000	250,000,000	250,000,000
Preferred shares, shares authorized (in shares)												25,000,000
Preferred shares, par value (in USD per share) \| $ / shares												$ 0.01
Preferred shares, share issued (in shares)												0				0
Preferred shares, share outstanding (in shares)												0				0
Payments for asset acquisitions \| $												$ 0	$ 35,923,000
Payments to acquire investment \| $												25,747,000	$ 0
IPO
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)										33,350,000
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) \| $ / shares							$ 29.75		$ 24.50		$ 27.75		$ 27.75
Net proceeds from offering \| $							$ 1,210,000,000		$ 92,500,000		$ 1,100,000,000	$ 233,600,000
Number of shares subject to forward sale agreement (in shares)							8,250,000		6,000,000
Offering fees \| $											$ 1,500,000
Public Offering - YF ART Holdings
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)											38,422,583
Public Offering - Goldman Sachs
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Number of shares sold (in shares)											8,061,228
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
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%
Cloverleaf
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration \| $						$ 1,240,000,000
Lanier Cold Storage
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration \| $						$ 81,900,000
Nova Cold Logistics
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration			$ 337.3	$ 259,500,000	$ 338.6
Newport Cold
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Aggregate cash consideration \| $				$ 56,100,000
Port Fresh Holdings, LLC
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payments for asset acquisitions \| $								$ 35,200,000
MHW Group Inc.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Payments for asset acquisitions \| $								$ 50,800,000
Superfrio Armazens Gerais S.A.
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Equity interest	14.99%	14.99%										14.99%
Payments to acquire investment	R$ 117.8	$ 25,700,000