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

Recent Transactions (Real Estate Held For Sale/Discontinued Operations/Dispositions) (Narrative) (Details)

Recent Transactions (Real Estate Held For Sale/Discontinued Operations/Dispositions) (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		18 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft² property item	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft² property item	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft² property item	Dec. 19, 2019 ft²
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ (7,915)
Land and other Impairments	$ 16,846	$ 2,499	22,109	$ 2,499
Proceeds from the sale of property			$ 16,455	$ 636,161
Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²						6,600,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| item	13		13		13
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Properties Disposed One [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| property	34		34		34
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²	5,900,000		5,900,000		5,900,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property	35		35		35
Number of disposal groups \| property			13
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ (56,997)
Area Of Real Estate Property Sold \| ft²	200,000		200,000		200,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property			$ 17,322
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²	697,000		697,000		697,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property					$ 87,200
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| 111 River St. [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²	566,215		566,215		566,215
Gain (loss) on sale of property			$ 244,500
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Properties Disposed One [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property					3
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Properties Disposed Two [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of real estate properties \| property	17		17		17
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²	2,700,000		2,700,000		2,700,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property			$ 305,400
Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, Red Bank, and Florham Park [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale	$ 11,900		64,900
Land and other Impairments		$ 16,800	$ 22,100
Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, Red Bank, and Florham Park [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property	21		21		21
Number of disposal groups \| item			7
Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, Red Bank, and Florham Park [Member] \| Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale	$ 11,900		$ 57,000
Land and other Impairments	$ 16,800		$ 22,100
Development [Member] \| Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, Red Bank, and Florham Park [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| item	2		2		2