Organization and Business Operations	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Business Operations	Organization and Business Operations Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc., or the Company, a Maryland corporation, was incorporated on December 16, 2009 and currently is treated and qualifies as a real estate investment trust, or a REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for federal income tax purposes. The Company was organized to acquire and operate a diversified portfolio of income-producing commercial real estate, with a focus on the data center and healthcare property sectors, net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants, as well as to make other real estate-related investments that relate to such property types. The Company operates through two reportable segments—commercial real estate investments in data centers and healthcare. Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through Carter/Validus Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, or the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. Carter/Validus Advisors, LLC, or the Advisor, the Company’s affiliated advisor, is the sole limited partner of the Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 2015, the Company owned 48 real estate investments (including two real estate investments owned through consolidated partnerships), consisting of 79 properties located in 44 metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had investments in real estate-related notes receivables in the aggregate principal amount of $10,014,000 and the Company had investments in 7.875% Series B Redeemable Cumulative Preferred Stock with a $0.01 par value per share in a private real estate corporation, or the Preferred Equity Investment, in an aggregate amount of $127,147,000. The Company ceased offering shares of common stock in its $1,746,875,000 initial public offering, or the Offering, on June 6, 2014. At the completion of the Offering, the Company raised gross proceeds of approximately $1,716,046,000 (including shares of common stock issued pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan, or the DRIP). The Company will continue to issue shares of common stock under the DRIP Offering (as defined below) until such time as the Company sells all of the shares registered for sale under the DRIP Offering, unless the Company files a new registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, or the DRIP Offering is terminated by the Company’s board of directors. In addition, the Company registered $100,000,000 in shares of common stock under the DRIP pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-195258), or the DRIP Offering, and collectively with the Offering, the Offerings, which was filed with the SEC on April 14, 2014 and automatically became effective with the SEC upon filing. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had issued approximately 179,051,000 shares of common stock in the Offerings for gross proceeds of $1,777,372,000, before share redemptions of $8,257,000 and offering costs, selling commissions and dealer manager fees of $174,639,000. Except as the context otherwise requires, “we,” “our,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc., the Operating Partnership, all majority-owned subsidiaries and controlled subsidiaries.

Organization and Business Operations

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc., or the Company, a Maryland corporation, was incorporated on December 16, 2009 and currently is treated and qualifies as a real estate investment trust, or a REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for federal income tax purposes. The Company was organized to acquire and operate a diversified portfolio of income-producing commercial real estate, with a focus on the data center and healthcare property sectors, net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants, as well as to make other real estate-related investments that relate to such property types. The Company operates through two reportable segments—commercial real estate investments in data centers and healthcare. Substantially all of the Company’s business is conducted through Carter/Validus Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, or the Operating Partnership. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. Carter/Validus Advisors, LLC, or the Advisor, the Company’s affiliated advisor, is the sole limited partner of the Operating Partnership.

As of June 30, 2015, the Company owned 48 real estate investments (including two real estate investments owned through consolidated partnerships), consisting of 79 properties located in 44 metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had investments in real estate-related notes receivables in the aggregate principal amount of $10,014,000 and the Company had investments in 7.875% Series B Redeemable Cumulative Preferred Stock with a $0.01 par value per share in a private real estate corporation, or the Preferred Equity Investment, in an aggregate amount of $127,147,000.

The Company ceased offering shares of common stock in its $1,746,875,000 initial public offering, or the Offering, on June 6, 2014. At the completion of the Offering, the Company raised gross proceeds of approximately $1,716,046,000 (including shares of common stock issued pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan, or the DRIP). The Company will continue to issue shares of common stock under the DRIP Offering (as defined below) until such time as the Company sells all of the shares registered for sale under the DRIP Offering, unless the Company files a new registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, or the DRIP Offering is terminated by the Company’s board of directors.

In addition, the Company registered $100,000,000 in shares of common stock under the DRIP pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-195258), or the DRIP Offering, and collectively with the Offering, the Offerings, which was filed with the SEC on April 14, 2014 and automatically became effective with the SEC upon filing. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had issued approximately 179,051,000 shares of common stock in the Offerings for gross proceeds of $1,777,372,000, before share redemptions of $8,257,000 and offering costs, selling commissions and dealer manager fees of $174,639,000.

Except as the context otherwise requires, “we,” “our,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT, Inc., the Operating Partnership, all majority-owned subsidiaries and controlled subsidiaries.