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Carey takes $154m dive into European market.


Investment firm W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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 announced that it acquired and leased back 16 retail facilities from Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG, one of the leading Do It Yourself retailers in Germany, for approximately $154 million.

The transaction represents W. P. Carey's largest single European investment completed on behalf of its managed Corporate Property Associates (CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. [R]) series of income generating real estate funds.

The facilities, totaling approximately 1.3 million square feet, are located throughout Germany in Arnstadt, Borken, Bunde, Dorsten, Duisburg, Freiberg, Gutersloh, Bad Salzungen Coordinates:  Bad Salzungen is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district. It is situated on the river Werra, 5 km east of Tiefenort (with Krayenburg castle, dating back to the year 786), and 20 km south of Eisenach , Monheim, Oberhausen, Osnabruck, Rodewisch, Schmalkalden, St. Augustin, Stendal and Wuppertal. Hellweg will maintain control of the facilities, which will be under a single triple-net lease, for an initial period of 25 years.

W. P. Carey completed the transaction on behalf of CPA[R]: 16-Global and CPA[R]:15, both members of the $7 billion W. P. Carey Group. CPA[R]:16-Global owns 25% of the portfolio, while CPA[R]:15 owns the remaining 75%.

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This is a list of companies from the countries in the European Union.
 who recognize the sale-leaseback as an alternative form of financing.

"As companies seek to improve their efficiencies, many are unlocking the capital tied up in their real estate and redeploying these funds into their core competencies.

"We are pleased to have completed this transaction with Hellweg and are proud to add these 16 properties to our growing European portfolio."

The acquisition adds to W. P. Carey's rapidly growing portfolio of managed properties throughout Europe consisting of more than 14 million square feet.

Over the trailing 12-month period, The W. P. Carey Group has invested more than $524 million including investments with: Pohjola Non-Life Insurance Company Ltd. ($110 million, Finland); Plantasjen ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and , ($30.8 million, Finland); TietoEnator Plc. ($97.6 million, Finland); the Thales Group SA ($103 million, France); the Polestar Polestar: see Polaris.  Group ($27.8 million, United Kingdom) and the Belgian Government ($16.6 million, Belgium).
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Title Annotation:W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
Publication:Real Estate Weekly
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Date:Jul 6, 2005
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