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Related Party Transaction, Cumulative Capital Investment Return, as a Percentage of Benchmark

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Related Party Transaction, Expected Third Party Acquisition Costs Reimbursable to Related Party, Percentage of Benchmark

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Related Party Transaction, Financing Advance Fees Earned by Related Party, Percentage of Benchmark

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Related Party Transaction, Monthly Asset Management Fee Earned by Related Party, Percentage of Benchmark

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Related party transaction, operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark, fee cap

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Related Party Transaction, Property Management Fees Earned by Related Party, Percentage of Benchmark

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Related Party Transaction, Quarterly Asset Management Fee Earned By Related Party, Percentage of Benchmark

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Share Price, Equity Instruments, Net of Selling Commissions and Dealer Fees

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Unearned Class B Units, in Lieu of Asset Management Fees Paid in Cash

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Related Party Transactions and Arrangements (Fees and Participations Paid in Connection With the Operations of the Company) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Total commissions and fees from the Dealer Manager [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Share price net (in dollars per share)	$ 9.00		$ 9.00
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Advisor [Member] \| Absorbed General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction				$ 0
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Contract Purchase Price [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition fees as a percentage of benchmark	1.00%		1.00%
Expected third party acquisition costs	0.50%		0.50%
Quarterly asset management fee	0.1875%		0.1875%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Advance on Loan or Other Investment [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing advance fees as a percentage of benchmark	1.00%		1.00%
Expected third party acquisition costs	0.50%		0.50%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Amount Available or Outstanding Under Financing Arrangement [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Financing coordination fee	1.00%		1.00%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Pre-tax Non-compounded Return on Capital Contribution [Member] \| Advisor [Member] \| Annual Targeted Investor Return [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cumulative capital investment return to investors as a percentage of benchmark	7.00%		7.00%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Gross Revenue, Stand-alone Single-tenant Net Leased Properties [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management fees as a percentage of benchmark	2.00%		2.00%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Gross Revenue, Excluding Stand-alone Single-tenant Net Leased Properties [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Property management fees as a percentage of benchmark	4.00%		4.00%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Hard Costs Of Construction, Renovation and Tenant Finish-out on Property [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Construction, renovation or tenant finish-out as a percentage of benchmark			6.00%
American Realty Capital Retail II Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Contract Purchase Price [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Monthly Asset Management Fee Earned by Related Party, Percentage of Benchmark	0.0625%		0.0625%
Maximum [Member] \| American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Contract Purchase Price, All Assets Acquired [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition and financing coordination fees as a percentage of benchmark	1.50%		1.50%
Aggregate acquisition fees and acquisition related expenses as a percentage of benchmark	4.50%		4.50%
Maximum [Member] \| American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Advances On All Loans Or Other Investments [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Aggregate acquisition fees and acquisition related expenses as a percentage of benchmark	4.50%		4.50%
Class B Units [Member] \| American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Contract Purchase Price [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized (in shares)			479,802
Greater Of [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Average Invested Assets [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark	2.00%		2.00%
Greater Of [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Net Income, Excluding Additions to Non-cash Reserves and Gains on Sales of Assets [Member] \| Advisor [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark	25.00%		25.00%
American Realty Capital Retail Advisor, LLC [Member] \| Advisor [Member] \| Administrative Services [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Fees paid to related parties	$ 400,000	$ 0	$ 1,100,000	$ 0