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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 25
-Paragraph 23
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Agreement and Plan of Merger (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2021 subsidiary $ / shares Rate
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Merger-related costs \| $	$ 13,298	$ 0	$ 13,298	$ 0
Potential success fees upon closing of merger \| $	$ 18,000		$ 18,000
Disclosure challenges, purported stockholders of VEREIT
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed to date \| lawsuit	12		12
Disclosure challenges, purported stockholders of Realty Income
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of lawsuits filed to date \| lawsuit	1		1
VEREIT Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Newly formed subsidiaries \| subsidiary					2
Conversion for common stock and common units per merger agreement \| Rate					70.50%
Right to receive cash for Series F preferred shares (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 25.00