About W. P. Carey Asia

Founded in 1973, W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (“WPC”) is one of the world’s premier fund advisory and asset management companies, with approximately USD $11.8 billion of assets under management across 18 countries.  Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WPC), the W. P. Carey Group’s investments are highly diversified, comprising contractual agreements with more than 275 tenants such as Carrefour, Tesco and The New York Times, spanning 28 industries and more than 989 properties around the world.  W. P. Carey is currently raising and investing its 16th fund vehicle, which has raised more than $1.5 billion as of May 2011.

Track Record

• W. P. Carey has a 38-year, cycle-tested track record, having raised funds for, advised and managed 16 investment fund vehicles, 13 of which have gone full-cycle.  The average annual return to investors for all liquidated funds over our 38-year history is 11.4% after all fees and expenses. 
• W. P. Carey and its CPA^® series of funds have paid almost USD $3 billion over 800 distribution payments to investors since the introduction of the first CPA^® fund in 1979.  87% of distributions have increased over the prior quarter.

Fundraising Capabilities

• W. P. Carey has raised equity capital in excess of USD $5.5 billion through its national network of US broker/dealers and investment advisors.
• W. P. Carey’s latest fund, CPA^®:17 - Global, has raised more than USD $1.5 billion as of May 2011.

Assets Under Management

• The CPA^® REITs had real estate assets valued at approximately $8.5 billion and total assets of $8.8 billion as of December 31, 2010. The occupancy rate of their combined 99 million square foot portfolio was approximately 97%.

W. P. Carey: Your Sale-and-leaseback Solution

Sale-leaseback financing has been a widely used and accepted form of financing in the United States and in continental Europe.  Whether or not you are a company that wants to redeploy the capital that’s currently trapped in your real estate or a private equity firm that wants to integrate sale-leaseback financing in an acquisition, W. P. Carey’s Asia Team can help you with your corporate financing alternatives. 

We understand that the Asian community places a high cultural value on real estate ownership.  W. P. Carey wants to help companies understand that by using sale-leaseback financing, they are merely outsourcing their real estate, enabling them to focus on what they do best – run their businesses. 

Read more about sale-leaseback financing here.