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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments In Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Mack-Green-Gale LLC/Gramercy Agreement) (Details)

Investments In Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Mack-Green-Gale LLC/Gramercy Agreement) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Oct. 18, 2012 Gramercy Agreement [Member] item	Dec. 17, 2010 Gramercy Agreement [Member] sqft	Apr. 29, 2009 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2010 Gramercy Agreement [Member] sqft	Sep. 30, 2012 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2008 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2009 Gramercy Agreement [Member]	May 09, 2006 Mack-Green [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Mack-Green [Member]	Apr. 29, 2009 Mack-Green [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 SL Green [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 OPLP [Member]	Mar. 31, 2009 OPLP [Member]	Dec. 31, 2007 OPLP [Member]	May 09, 2006 OPLP [Member] property sqft	May 09, 2006 OPLP [Member] Mack-Green [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Ten Operating Partnerships [Member] Mack-Green [Member] property	Sep. 30, 2012 Ten Operating Partnerships [Member] SL Green [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Eight Operating Partnerships [Member] Mack-Green [Member] property	Sep. 30, 2012 Eight Operating Partnerships [Member] SL Green [Member]	May 09, 2006 New Jersey [Member] OPLP [Member] property sqft	May 09, 2006 Michigan [Member] OPLP [Member] property sqft
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of interest in venture													100.00%					100.00%	96.00%
Acquisition cost											$ 125,000,000
Mortgage loans, carrying amount										90,300,000						276,300,000
Mortgage finance on property obtained		11,000,000
Number of properties										6		4								10		8
Mortgage loan, maturity date							May 2009								May 2016
Area of office property sold, square feet		198,376				121,314																			1,200,000
Area of office property, square feet																		3,500,000						2,300,000
Spread over LIBOR			2.75%							2.75%
Interest rate cap			3.15%
Period in advance of agreement end date that fair market value estimates are to be provided							6 months
Venture sale of real estate						13,900,000											83,500,000
Management, leasing and other services fees				117,000	108,000		354,000	382,000
Number of deeds transferred	4
Mortgage loans on real estate bearing weighted average fixed interest rate																185,000,000
Weighted average fixed interest rate																6.26%
Repayments of debt		26,800,000
Number of owned office properties																		25						17
Number of properties sold						1																			8
Venture gain (loss) on sale of real estate																	(22,300,000)
Profit sharing percentage												50.00%		50.00%						99.00%	1.00%		99.00%
Impairment charge on property									$ 32,300,000
Sharing percent of amount realized			50.00%
Holding and distribution pattern under operating agreement												The Mack-Green operating agreement generally provided for profits and losses to be allocated as follows: 99 percent of Mack-Green's share of the profits and losses from 10 specific OPLP Properties allocable to the Company and one percent allocable to SL Green; (ii) one percent of Mack-Green's share of the profits and losses from eight specific OPLP Properties and its minor interest in four office properties allocable to the Company and 99 percent allocable to SL Green; and (iii) 50 percent of all other profits and losses allocable to the Company and 50 percent allocable to SL Green.