Veris Residential, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Significant Accounting Policies (Policy)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Recent Transactions (Acquisitions) (Narrative) (Details)

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Recent Transactions (Acquisitions) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands						12 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2017 USD ($) item	Feb. 02, 2017 USD ($) ft² property	Jan. 11, 2017 USD ($) ft² property	Dec. 23, 2015 USD ($) ft²	Nov. 12, 2015 USD ($) ft²	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price of property						$ 121,582	$ 94,073	$ 91,813
Multi-Family Properties [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number Of Units \| item						5,614
Red Bank, New Jersey [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| property			3
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²			280,000
Purchase price of property			$ 26,800
Short Hills And Madison, New Jersey [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| property		6
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²		1,100,000
Purchase price of property		$ 368,000
Jersey City, New Jersey [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Purchase price of property	$ 315,000
Number Of Units \| item	523
Parsippany [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²				147,241
Purchase price of property				$ 10,300
Edison [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²					196,128
Purchase price of property					$ 53,100
Percentage of leased office property					95.60%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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