Organization and Business Operations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
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 elected to be taxed and currently qualifies as a real estate investment trust, or a REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, 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 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 March 31, 2017, the Company owned 49 real estate investments (including one real estate investment owned through a consolidated partnership), consisting of 84 properties located in 46 metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs. The Company ceased offering shares of common stock in its 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 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. We refer to our DRIP Offering and Offering together as the "Offerings." Effective January 1, 2017, shares are offered pursuant to the DRIP Offering for a price per share of $9.519, which is the greater of (i) 95% of the fair market value per share as determined by our board of directors as of September 30, 2016 and (ii) $9.50 per share, until such time as our board of directors determines a new estimated share value. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had issued approximately 191,535,000 shares of common stock in the Offerings for gross proceeds of $1,896,389,000, before share repurchases of $59,963,000 and offering costs, selling commissions and dealer manager fees of $174,798,000. 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 elected to be taxed and currently qualifies as a real estate investment trust, or a REIT, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, 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 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 March 31, 2017, the Company owned 49 real estate investments (including one real estate investment owned through a consolidated partnership), consisting of 84 properties located in 46 metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs.

The Company ceased offering shares of common stock in its 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 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. We refer to our DRIP Offering and Offering together as the "Offerings."

Effective January 1, 2017, shares are offered pursuant to the DRIP Offering for a price per share of $9.519, which is the greater of (i) 95% of the fair market value per share as determined by our board of directors as of September 30, 2016 and (ii) $9.50 per share, until such time as our board of directors determines a new estimated share value.

As of March 31, 2017, the Company had issued approximately 191,535,000 shares of common stock in the Offerings for gross proceeds of $1,896,389,000, before share repurchases of $59,963,000 and offering costs, selling commissions and dealer manager fees of $174,798,000.

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.