Related-Party Transactions and Arrangements (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) employee	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) employee property	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Asset management fees incurred	$ 4,533,000	$ 3,094,000	$ 8,566,000	$ 5,460,000
Number of direct employees | employee	0		0
Cumulative non-compounded annual return rate to investors, as a percent			8.00%
Carter/Validus Advisors, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition fee, as percentage of contract purchase price of each property or asset acquired			2.00%
Acquisition fee, as percentage of amount advanced on mortgage loan			2.00%
Annual asset management fee, as percentage of aggregate asset value plus costs and expenses incurred by Advisor			0.85%
Monthly asset management fee, as percentage of aggregate asset value as of the last day of the immediately preceding month			0.07083%
Asset management fees incurred	$ 4,533,000	3,094,000	$ 8,566,000	5,460,000
Operating expenses allocated to the Company by the advisor	290,000	436,000	$ 565,000	871,000
Percentage of remaining net sales proceeds Advisor will receive after investors receive return			15.00%
Carter/Validus Advisors, LLC And/Or Its Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition fees incurred related to investments in real estate	329,000	6,423,000	$ 2,748,000	9,305,000
Acquisition fees incurred related to investments in real estate-related notes receivables	0	75,000	5,000	157,000
Acquisition fees incurred related to notes receivables	200,000		$ 200,000
Minimum number of properties required to be sold to incur brokerage commission | property			1
Maximum brokerage commission paid by Company, as percentage of contract sales price			6.00%
Disposition fees incurred	0	0	$ 0	0
Subordinated sale fees incurred	0	0	$ 0	0
Listing fee percentage			15.00%
Listing fees incurred	0	0	$ 0	0
Carter/Validus Advisors, LLC And/Or Its Affiliates [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Disposition fee, as percentage of contract sales price			1.00%
Percentage of brokerage commission paid by Company for properties sold that required a substantial amount of services			50.00%
Carter Validus Real Estate Management Services, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Leasing and management fees, as percentage of gross revenues from single-tenant properties			3.00%
Leasing and management fees, as percentage of gross revenues from multi-tenant properties			4.00%
Oversight fee, as percentage of gross revenues from properties managed			1.00%
Property management fees incurred	$ 1,279,000	$ 750,000	$ 2,446,000	$ 1,392,000