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	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		27 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2021 USD ($) property	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) ft² property item	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($) ft² property item	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2019 ft²
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Land and other impairments		$ 413	$ 5,263
Proceeds from the sale of property			$ 6,939
Book value		$ 4,693,858		$ 4,693,858	$ 4,638,643
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		4		4
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Repayment of debt	$ 124,500
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		11		11
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²		2,000,000		2,000,000
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Office [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property		11		11
Number of disposal groups \| property		4
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized gains (losses) on real estate held for sale		$ 1,020
Area Of Real Estate Property Sold \| ft²		1,076,256		1,076,256
Gain (loss) on sale of property		$ 21,761
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Area of property (in square feet) \| ft²		4,300,000		4,300,000
Gain (loss) on sale of property				$ 659,400
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Properties Disposed One [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property				25
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Properties Disposed Two [Member] \| Suburban Office Portfolio [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of property		$ 391,400
Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, And Red Bank, New Jersey [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties held for sale \| property		1		1
Unrealized gains (losses) on real estate held for sale		$ 1,200
Land and other impairments		400
Parsippany, Madison, Short Hills, Edison, And Red Bank, New Jersey [Member] \| Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Unrealized gains (losses) on real estate held for sale		1,200
Land and other impairments		400
Short Hills, New Jersey [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of property		$ 2,200
Short Hills, New Jersey [Member] \| Disposal Group, Held-for-sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| property	4
Gain (loss) on sale of property	$ 2,200
Proceeds from the sale of property	255,000
Net proceeds	100,000
Repayment of debt	$ 22,000