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

Disclosure Of Fair Value Of Assets And Liabilities (Narrative) (Details)

Disclosure Of Fair Value Of Assets And Liabilities (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 property	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) property item	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) property item	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value of Company's long-term debt			$ 2,879,002,000	$ 2,791,629,000
Principal balance outstanding			2,801,797,000	2,808,518,000
Land and other impairments			16,817,000	$ 32,444,000	$ 24,566,000
Property impairments		$ 36,600,000	36,582,000
Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, And Red Bank, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ (15,700,000)
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Properties \| property			6
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, And Red Bank, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property			6
Number of disposal groups \| item			3	6
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member] \| Fort Lee, Newark, Paramus, Bridgewater, Morris Plains And Rahway, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property				35
Number of properties not expected to recover from estimated net sales proceeds \| property				20
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale				$ 164,400,000
Properties aggregate net book value				966,000,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member] \| Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, And Red Bank, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property			16
Number of properties not expected to recover from estimated net sales proceeds \| property			6
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ (15,700,000)
Properties aggregate net book value			657,000,000
Land and other impairments			$ 9,500,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Weehawken, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Property impairments		$ 36,600,000
Properties \| property			2
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Land Parcels [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Land and other impairments			$ 7,300,000
Properties \| property			3
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ (1,682,000)	(39,049,000)
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Hotel [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Number of properties closed \| property	1
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Hotel [Member] \| Weehawken, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Properties \| property			2
Number of properties closed \| property	1
Discontinued Operations [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			$ (14,040,000)	$ (135,052,000)
Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, And Red Bank, New Jersey [Member]
Fair Value Measurement Inputs and Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Unrealized losses on rental properties held for sale			(14,000,000)
Land and other impairments			$ 9,500,000