General	12 Months Ended
General	Dec. 31, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
General	General The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Account (the “Real Property Account” or the “Registrant”) was established on November 20, 1986 by resolution of the Board of Directors of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential” or the “Company”), as a separate investment account pursuant to New Jersey law and is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Prudential is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). The assets of the Real Property Account are segregated from Prudential’s other assets. The Real Property Account is used to fund benefits under certain variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts issued by Prudential. These products are Variable Appreciable Life (“PVAL”, “PVAL $100,000+ Face Value,” and “CVAL”), Discovery Plus (“PDISCO+”), and Variable Investment Plan (“VIP”). The assets of the Real Property Account are invested in The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Partnership (the “Partnership”). The Partnership is the investment vehicle for assets allocated to the real estate investment option under certain variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts. The Real Property Account, along with Pruco Life Variable Contract Real Property Account and Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Contract Real Property Account, are the sole investors in the Partnership. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying audited consolidated financial statements of the Partnership. The Partnership has a policy of investing at least 65% of its assets in direct ownership interests in income-producing real estate and participating mortgage loans.

PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT REAL PROPERTY ACCOUNT S-1/A