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      "text": "W. P. Carey Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and manages commercial properties, primarily under long-term net leases. Its portfolio is centered on single-tenant industrial, warehouse and retail properties in North America and Europe; under typical triple-net leases, tenants are responsible for property taxes, insurance and maintenance. [https://ir.wpcarey.com/overview/default.aspx] [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000036/wpc-20251231.htm]\n\nFounded in 1973, the company describes “Investing for the Long Run” and “Doing Good While Doing Well” as guiding principles. [https://www.wpcarey.com/about-us/our-history] [https://www.wpcarey.com/corporate-responsibility] For scale, W. P. Carey reported 2025 total revenues of approximately $1.716 billion and more than 195 employees globally as of December 31, 2025. As of June 30, 2026, its net-lease portfolio comprised 1,748 properties totaling approximately 188 million square feet. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000036/wpc-20251231.htm] [https://www.wpcarey.com/corporate-responsibility-social] [https://ir.wpcarey.com/overview/default.aspx]\n[https://ir.wpcarey.com/overview/default.aspx][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000036/wpc-20251231.htm][https://www.wpcarey.com/about-us/our-history][https://www.wpcarey.com/corporate-responsibility][https://www.wpcarey.com/corporate-responsibility-social]",
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      "text": "W. P. Carey’s core offering is long-term, primarily single-tenant net leases on commercial properties, including industrial, warehouse and retail buildings. Leases generally include contractual rent escalators; as of June 30, 2026, the portfolio comprised 1,748 properties totaling about 188 million square feet, with a 12.2-year weighted-average lease term and 98.5% occupancy. [P144400515][P144400939] The property-type mix represented 38.7% industrial, 25.1% warehouse, 22.3% retail and 13.9% other by annualized base rent. [https://www.wpcarey.com/portfolio-chart-data-tables]\n\nThe company also provides corporate real-estate financing and project-delivery services. Its sale-leaseback offering lets a business sell property to W. P. Carey and lease it back; build-to-suit projects involve funding and managing construction to tenant specifications; and tenant solutions include funding a tenant’s developer or managing a turnkey project from site selection through delivery. [https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/sale-leasebacks][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/build-to-suits][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/tenant-solutions] The company also describes private-equity financing and capital solutions. [https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/private-equity]\n[P144400515][P144400939][https://www.wpcarey.com/portfolio-chart-data-tables][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/sale-leasebacks][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/build-to-suits][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/tenant-solutions][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/private-equity][https://www.wpcarey.com/portfolio-chart-data-tables][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/sale-leasebacks][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/build-to-suits][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/tenant-solutions][https://www.wpcarey.com/capabilities/private-equity]",
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      "text": "W. P. Carey’s portfolio is concentrated in the United States and Europe. At June 30, 2026, U.S. properties accounted for 60.7% of portfolio ABR and international properties for 39.3%. U.S. regional shares were South 17.2%, Midwest 16.8%, East 15.0% and West 11.7%. ABR is a portfolio rent measure, not reported revenue by geography. [T16523916][P16711198] At that date, country shares included Poland 4.7%, Italy 4.5%, Canada 4.5%, the Netherlands 4.2%, the United Kingdom 4.0%, Germany 3.3% and Spain 2.7%. [T16523916]\n\nAt year-end 2025, the company reported 1,682 net-leased properties across 25 countries; it sold its Norway investments during 2025. [T3407170][P83355107] Its offices are in New York, Dallas, London and Amsterdam. [P27318005][P120369627][https://www.wpcarey.com/contact-us] At December 31, 2025, it had 199 employees: 145 in the U.S. and 54 in Europe. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000036/wpc-20251231.htm]\n[T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][P16711198][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T16523916][T3407170][P83355107][P27318005][P120369627][https://www.wpcarey.com/contact-us][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000036/wpc-20251231.htm][https://www.wpcarey.com/contact-us][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537826000036/wpc-20251231.htm]",
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      "text": "W. P. Carey Inc. reports one operating and reportable segment, rather than separate reportable segments by property type or business activity. Its segment focuses primarily on operationally critical, single-tenant commercial real estate, principally leased on a long-term basis. [P3608991][P144400516]\n\nFor the six months ended June 30, 2026, the company reported $915.573 million in total revenue. Its revenue categories were Real Estate, $912.689 million (approximately 99.7%), and Investment Management, $2.884 million (approximately 0.3%). These are revenue categories, not separate reportable segments; the company reports its business as one segment. [T16523823]\n[P3608991][P144400516][T16523823][T16523823][T16523823]",
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      "text": "W. P. Carey was founded in 1973 by Wm. Polk Carey. It launched its first Corporate Property Associates investment program in 1979, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1998, and made its first European investment that year, followed by opening a London office in 1999. [https://www.wpcarey.com/about-us/our-history]\n\nThe company completed its merger with CPA:15 in 2012 and converted to a real estate investment trust. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138301/000119312512415497/d420852d8k.htm] It subsequently merged with CPA:16—Global in 2014, CPA:17 in 2018, and CPA:18 in 2022, consolidating its affiliated investment programs and completing its transition to a pure-play net-lease REIT. [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-p-carey-completes-merger-with-corporate-property-associates-16---global-and-announces-new-credit-facility-243300401.html] [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-p-carey-completes-5-9-billion-merger-with-cpa17--300740886.html] [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-p-carey-inc-completes-2-7-billion-merger-with-cpa18--301596490.html]\n\nIn 2018, Jason E. Fox succeeded Mark DeCesaris as chief executive officer. [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mark-j-decesaris-to-retire-as-ceo-of-w-p-carey-at-year-end-jason-e-fox-named-as-successor-300548917.html] In 2023, W. P. Carey spun off 59 office properties into Net Lease Office Properties, a milestone in its shift away from office assets. [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000110465923113522/tm2329364d1_ex99-1.htm]\n[https://www.wpcarey.com/about-us/our-history][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1138301/000119312512415497/d420852d8k.htm][https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-p-carey-completes-merger-with-corporate-property-associates-16---global-and-announces-new-credit-facility-243300401.html][https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-p-carey-completes-5-9-billion-merger-with-cpa17--300740886.html][https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/w-p-carey-inc-completes-2-7-billion-merger-with-cpa18--301596490.html][https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mark-j-decesaris-to-retire-as-ceo-of-w-p-carey-at-year-end-jason-e-fox-named-as-successor-300548917.html][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000110465923113522/tm2329364d1_ex99-1.htm]",
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