General	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General	General Pruco Life Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Real Property Account” or the “Registrant”) was established on August 27, 1986 by resolution of the Board of Directors of Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco Life” or the “Company”), as a separate investment account pursuant to Arizona law and is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pruco Life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). The assets of the Real Property Account are segregated from Pruco Life’s other assets. The Real Property Account is used to fund benefits under certain variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts issued by Pruco Life. These products are Variable Appreciable Life (“VAL”), Variable Life Insurance (“VLI”), Discovery Plus (“SPVA”), and Discovery Life Plus (“SPVL”). The assets of the Real Property Account are invested in The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Partnership (the “Partnership”). The Partnership is the investment vehicle for assets allocated to the real estate investment option under certain variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts. The Real Property Account, along with The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account and Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Contract Real Property Account, are the sole investors in the Partnership. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Partnership. The Partnership has a policy of investing at least 65% of its assets in direct ownership interests in income-producing real estate and participating mortgage loans.

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Pruco Life Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Real Property Account” or the “Registrant”) was established on August 27, 1986 by resolution of the Board of Directors of Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco Life” or the “Company”), as a separate investment account pursuant to Arizona law and is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Pruco Life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). The assets of the Real Property Account are segregated from Pruco Life’s other assets. The Real Property Account is used to fund benefits under certain variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts issued by Pruco Life. These products are Variable Appreciable Life (“VAL”), Variable Life Insurance (“VLI”), Discovery Plus (“SPVA”), and Discovery Life Plus (“SPVL”).

The assets of the Real Property Account are invested in The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Partnership (the “Partnership”). The Partnership is the investment vehicle for assets allocated to the real estate investment option under certain variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts. The Real Property Account, along with The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account and Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Contract Real Property Account, are the sole investors in the Partnership. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Partnership.

The Partnership has a policy of investing at least 65% of its assets in direct ownership interests in income-producing real estate and participating mortgage loans.