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

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

Recent Transactions (Dispositions/Rental Property Held for Sale) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) ft² property item	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) ft² property item
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale		$ (20,135)	$ (12,331)
Sales proceeds		$ 324,050	$ 399,332
Number of properties sold \| item		30	60
Parsippany, Paramus, Rochelle Park, Hamilton And Wall, New Jersey And White Plains, New York [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, Deferred charges and other assets			$ 9,800
Assets held for sale, Unbilled rents receivable, net			4,700
Assets held for sale, Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities			4,600
Expected assets to be written off			13,400
Expected liabilities to be written off			$ 300
Parsippany, Paramus, Rochelle Park, Hamilton And Wall, New Jersey And White Plains, New York [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²			2,000,000
Number of properties held for sale \| property			21
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ 12,300
Estimated expected sales proceeds			223,000
Sales proceeds			$ 12,300
Number of properties not expected to recover from estimated net sales proceeds \| property			7
Fort Lee, Newark, Paramus, Bridgewater, Morris Plains And Rahway, New Jersey [Member] \| Office [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale		$ 20,100
Fort Lee, Newark, Paramus, Bridgewater, Morris Plains And Rahway, New Jersey [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Assets held for sale, Deferred charges and other assets		2,900
Assets held for sale, Unbilled rents receivable, net		1,700
Assets held for sale, Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities		2,300
Expected assets to be written off		3,900
Expected liabilities to be written off		$ 1,700
Fort Lee, Newark, Paramus, Bridgewater, Morris Plains And Rahway, New Jersey [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| item		159
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²		845,000
Number of properties held for sale \| property		6
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale		$ 20,100
Estimated expected sales proceeds		$ 124,000
Number of properties not expected to recover from estimated net sales proceeds \| property		4
Fort Lee, Newark, Paramus, Bridgewater, Morris Plains And Rahway, New Jersey [Member] \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Sales proceeds	$ 54,500
Number of properties sold \| item	3