Equity - Limited Partner OP Units (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 15, 2019	Jul. 16, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Partnership units, surrendered (in shares)		2,900,000
Other recoveries			$ 0	$ 26,500	$ 0	$ (26,536)	$ 0
Limited Partners' capital account (usd per share)			$ 9.66	$ 9.08		$ 9.66
Limited Partners' capital account, rights relinquished on dividends		$ 6,400
VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited Partners' capital account, units surrendered, amount payable			$ 192,000			$ 192,000
VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited partners', units outstanding (shares)								23,700,000
VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P. [Member] | Common Stock [Member] | Limited Partner [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Limited partners', units outstanding (shares)			20,800,000			20,800,000
Partnership units, surrendered (in shares)			0	2,922,445
Subsequent Event [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Partnership units, surrendered (in shares)	19,900,000