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Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 property	Apr. 30, 2019 property	Oct. 31, 2017 property
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties, no longer subject to oversight fee (property) \| property					39	39	39
Advisor \| Average Invested Assets \| Maximum \| American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC \| Greater of
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark			2.00%
Advisor \| Net Income, Excluding Additions to Non-cash Reserves and Gains on Sales of Assets \| Maximum \| American Realty Capital Global Advisors, LLC \| Greater of
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Operating expenses as a percentage of benchmark			25.00%
Property Manager \| Gross Revenue, Managed Properties \| Maximum \| American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oversight fees as a percentage of benchmark			1.00%
Property Manager \| Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased \| Gross Revenue, Managed Properties \| Maximum \| American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oversight fees as a percentage of benchmark			2.00%
Property Manager \| All Other Properties, Other than Stand Alone, Single Tenant, Net Leased \| Gross Revenue, Managed Properties \| Maximum \| American Realty Capital Global Properties, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oversight fees as a percentage of benchmark			4.00%
Advisory Agreement \| Advisor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Minimum monthly base management fee		$ 18,000,000.0
Amended Advisory Agreement, variable fee payable	1.25%
Advisory Agreement \| Advisor \| Incurred \| Incurred \| Incentive compensation
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party expenses		$ 0		$ 0
Amended Advisory Agreement \| Advisor
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation payable in cash			50.00%
Amended Advisory Agreement, incentive compensation payable in shares			50.00%