2.2.0.7 false Subsequent Event 0213 - Disclosure - Subsequent Event true false false false 1 USD false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Subsequent Event [Abstract] 0 vtr_SubsequentEventAbstract vtr false na duration Subsequent Event. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string Subsequent Event. false 3 SUBSEQUENT EVENT 1 us-gaap_ScheduleOfSubsequentEventsTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: 0in; "> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><b>NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENT</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">On July 1, 2010, we completed the acquisition of businesses owned and operated by Lillibridge and its real estate interests in 96 MOBs and ambulatory facilities for approximately $381 million, including the assumption of debt. Lillibridge is a fully-integrated healthcare real estate company that owns, designs, develops and manages MOBs, and offers strategic, financial and operational real estate advisory services, principally for highly rated, not-for-profit healthcare systems nationally. Lillibridge manages for third parties 31 MOBs. As a result of the transaction, we acquired: a 100% interest in Lillibridge’s property management, leasing, construction and development, advisory and asset management services business; a 100% interest in 38 MOBs comprising 1.9 million square feet of space; a 20% joint venture interest in 24 MOBs comprising 1.5 million square feet; and a 5% joint venture interest in 34 MOBs comprising 2.3 million square feet. We are the managing member of these joint ventures and the property manager for the joint venture properties. An institutional third party holds the majority interests in these joint ventures, and we have a right of first offer on those interests. We funded the acquisition with cash on hand (including $11.1 million in earnest money deposits made in June 2010), borrowings under our revolving credit facilities and the assumption of mortgage debt. In connection with the acquisition, approximately $133 million of mortgage debt was paid off. Our portfolio now includes 153 owned or managed MOBs with 8.6 million square feet in 20 states, including the District of Columbia. </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; margin-left: 0in; "> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Describes disclosed significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, but before the issuance of the financial statements. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, losses resulting from fire or flood, losses on receivables, significant realized and unrealized gains and losses that result from changes in quoted market prices of securities, declines in market prices of inventory, changes in authorized or issued debt (SEC), significant foreign exchange rate changes, substantial loans to insiders or affiliates, significant long-term investments, and substantial dividends not in the ordinary course of business. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 5 -Paragraph 11 false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true