W.P. Carey & Co. LLC.

W. P. Carey & Co. LLC announced the appointment of Gino Sabatini as managing director and Kathleen Barthmaier and Darren Postel as directors.

Gino Sabatini joined W. P. Carey's investment department in 2000. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he was enrolled in the Management and Technology program. He received a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Engineering School, a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and an MBA from Hat yard Business School.

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Kathleen Barthmaier joined W. P. Carey's investment department in 2004. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she concentrated in Business and Public Policy and obtained a minor in Hispanic Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences. Upon graduation, Barthmaier was named a Fulbright Scholar to Mexico City.

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Barthmaier was recently involved with the $225 million transaction W. P. Carey and affiliates completed with The New York Times Company. Sabatini's recent transactions include the acquisition of a cold storage facility in Glendale Heights, Illinois, leased to Kronos Foods, Inc.

Darren Postel joined W. P. Carey's asset management department in 2005. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. As a transaction officer in the department, he is responsible for negotiating lease renewals, mortgage refinancings, strategic asset sales and investment restructurings related to the firm's real estate portfolios.

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Postel has executed a number of high profile lease restructurings, including Lillian Vernon Corporation and Quebecor World, Inc. Odd