Veris Residential, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Recent Transactions (Dispositions/Rental Property Held For Sale) (Narrative) (Details)

Recent Transactions (Dispositions/Rental Property Held For Sale) (Narrative) (Details)					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 23, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 20, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 USD ($) property	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) property item	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 item	Sep. 30, 2019 ft²	Sep. 30, 2019 property
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Payment for borrowings							$ 398,000,000	$ 381,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Overlook Ridge Agreement [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Payment for borrowings	$ 235,800,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Rockpoint [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Overlook Ridge Agreement [Member] \| Chase and Alterra At Overlook Ridge Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Sales proceeds		$ 411,500,000
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale							(35,079,000)
Sales proceeds							593,436,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property							$ 268,364,000
Number of building sold \| item							63
Malden, MA [Member] \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Sales proceeds				$ 685,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property				$ 270,000
Revere, MA [Member] \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Sales proceeds			$ 1,185,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property			$ 296,000
Fort Lee, Parsippany, Hanover And Neptune, New Jersey, And Malden And Revere, Massachusetts [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale						$ 35,100,000
Estimated expected sales proceeds							$ 536,600,000
Assets held for sale, Deferred charges and other assets						7,200,000	7,200,000
Assets held for sale, Unbilled rents receivable, net						5,500,000	5,500,000
Assets held for sale, Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities						$ 3,600,000	3,600,000
Expected assets to be written off							11,500,000
Expected liabilities to be written off							$ 700,000
Number of properties not expected to recover from estimated net sales proceeds \| property							2
Fort Lee, Parsippany, Hanover And Neptune, New Jersey, And Malden And Revere, Massachusetts [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²										697,000
Number of properties held for sale \| property											3
Fort Lee, Parsippany, Hanover And Neptune, New Jersey, And Malden And Revere, Massachusetts [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Multi-Family Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale									1,386		3
Fort Lee, Parsippany, Hanover And Neptune, New Jersey, And Malden And Revere, Massachusetts [Member] \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Sales proceeds					$ 433,000,000
Number of building sold \| property					1
Fort Lee, Parsippany, Hanover And Neptune, New Jersey, And Malden And Revere, Massachusetts [Member] \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Multi-Family Properties [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of building sold \| property					3