$WPC
W. P. Carey Inc. Stock $wpc

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2015 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000102537816000062 Filed on February 26, 2016

Income Statement

Concept	2015	2014 Q4	2014 Q3
Revenue	$938.4M	$248.8M	$197.0M
YoY Change	3.3%	79.0%	48.58%
Cost Of Revenue	$153.6M	$57.20M	$35.60M
YoY Change	-30.21%	69.23%	5.01%
Gross Profit	$784.8M	$191.1M	$161.4M
YoY Change	14.39%	81.65%	63.53%
Gross Profit Margin	83.63%	76.8%	81.93%
Selling, General & Admin	$124.8M	$37.60M	$28.20M
YoY Change	1.71%	19.37%	19.49%
% of Gross Profit	15.9%	19.68%	17.47%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$137.3M	$73.30M	$72.70M
YoY Change	21.5%	69.68%	43.39%
% of Gross Profit	17.49%	38.36%	45.04%
Operating Expenses	$405.1M	$99.10M	$87.80M
YoY Change	12.59%	55.57%	62.29%
Operating Profit	$209.9M	$92.00M	$73.60M
YoY Change	-6.28%	121.69%	65.02%
Interest Expense	$194.3M	-$34.70M	$46.53M
YoY Change	9.1%	35.02%	77.19%
% of Operating Profit	92.59%	-37.72%	63.23%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$141.2M	-$1.600M	-$40.07M
YoY Change	233.88%	-159.26%	180.1%
Pretax Income	$216.4M	$35.90M	$28.77M
YoY Change	-5.43%	229.36%	7.89%
Income Tax	$37.62M	$6.400M	$901.0K
% Of Pretax Income	17.39%	17.83%	3.13%
Net Earnings	$172.3M	$32.27M	$27.34M
YoY Change	-28.17%	40.18%	47.72%
Net Earnings / Revenue	18.36%	12.97%	13.88%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$1.62	$0.31	$0.27
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.61	$0.30	$0.27
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	105.7M shares	104.0M shares	100.3M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	106.5M shares		101.1M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2015	2014 Q4	2014 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$157.0M	$199.0M	$530.0M
YoY Change	-21.11%	68.64%	463.83%
Cash & Equivalents	$157.0M	$198.7M	$530.3M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$219.0M	$233.0M	$556.0M
YoY Change	-6.01%	55.33%	308.82%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$5.011B	$4.833B	$4.413B
YoY Change	3.68%	105.4%	81.68%
Goodwill		$692.4M	$702.8M
YoY Change		97.72%	114.28%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$275.0M	$249.4M	$218.1M
YoY Change	10.44%	-52.94%	-60.91%
Other Assets	$59.00M	$7.000M	$0.00
YoY Change	742.86%	-91.95%	-100.0%
Total Long-Term Assets	$8.523B	$8.415B	$7.945B
YoY Change	1.28%	85.82%	73.09%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$219.0M	$233.0M	$556.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$8.523B	$8.415B	$7.945B
Total Assets	$8.742B	$8.648B	$8.501B
YoY Change	1.09%	84.84%	79.87%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$342.0M	$294.0M	$280.0M
YoY Change	16.33%	102.76%	-0.71%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$445.0M	$394.0M	$379.0M
YoY Change	12.94%	84.98%	7.37%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$4.480B	$4.089B	$3.819B
YoY Change	9.56%	97.82%	75.51%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$154.0M	$175.0M	$193.0M
YoY Change	-12.0%	16.67%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.634B	$4.264B	$4.012B
YoY Change	8.68%	92.33%	84.38%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$445.0M	$394.0M	$379.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.634B	$4.264B	$4.012B
Total Liabilities	$5.315B	$4.752B	$4.487B
YoY Change	8.51%	92.47%	77.45%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings
YoY Change
Common Stock		$104.0K	$105.0K
YoY Change		50.72%	52.17%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)		$60.95M	$60.95M
YoY Change		1.12%	1.12%
Treasury Stock Shares		1.044M shares	1.044M shares
Shareholders Equity	$3.427B	$3.751B	$3.863B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$8.742B	$8.648B	$8.501B
YoY Change	1.09%	84.84%	79.87%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2015	2014 Q4	2014 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$172.3M	$32.27M	$27.34M
YoY Change	-28.17%	40.18%	47.72%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$137.3M	$73.30M	$72.70M
YoY Change	21.5%	69.68%	43.39%
Cash From Operating Activities	$508.5M	$121.9M	$108.6M
YoY Change	27.42%	97.89%	45.19%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$711.6M	-$668.5M	-$172.5M
YoY Change	-24.52%	3259.3%	146.08%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$1.820M	-$17.80M	$87.00M
YoY Change	10.17%	-110.3%	815.79%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$645.2M	-$686.3M	-$85.50M
YoY Change	0.77%	-548.86%	40.86%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	$0.00
YoY Change	-100.0%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	$121.3M	244.0M	302.0M
YoY Change	-64.66%	-227.35%	1997.22%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$508.5M	121.9M	108.6M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$645.2M	-686.3M	-85.50M
Cash From Financing Activities	$121.3M	244.0M	302.0M
Net Change In Cash	-$15.37M	-320.4M	325.1M
YoY Change	-115.07%	-1499.13%	1040.7%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$508.5M	$121.9M	$108.6M
Capital Expenditures	-$711.6M	-$668.5M	-$172.5M
Free Cash Flow	$1.220B	$790.4M	$281.1M
YoY Change	-9.07%	869.82%	94.0%

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CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1901000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-9925000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-1720000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Deferred Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-18565000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1158000	USD
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Tax Assets Deferred Income DeferredTaxAssetsDeferredIncome	35525000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	280315000	USD
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Asset Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeAssetAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	50320000	USD
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability Amount Not Offset Against Collateral DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiabilityAmountNotOffsetAgainstCollateral	13156000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments Gain Loss Net DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet	4965000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations FederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	-4755000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations FederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	12452000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Financing Receivable Credit Quality Additional Information FinancingReceivableCreditQualityAdditionalInformation	We generally seek investments in facilities that we believe are critical to a tenant’s business and that we believe have a low risk of tenant default.
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CY2014	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Realized ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized	-400000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Foreign Currency Transaction Gain Loss Realized ForeignCurrencyTransactionGainLossRealized	-800000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	4702000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	-3056000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations ForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	14936000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Properties GainLossOnSaleOfProperties	39711000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Properties GainLossOnSaleOfProperties	29250000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Properties GainLossOnSaleOfProperties	6487000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Investment Real Estate GainsLossesOnSalesOfInvestmentRealEstate	-332000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Gains Losses On Sales Of Investment Real Estate GainsLossesOnSalesOfInvestmentRealEstate	1581000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	General And Administrative Expense GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	67063000	USD
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CY2012Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	329132000	USD
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CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	692415000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	681809000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Goodwill Purchase Accounting Adjustments GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments	1479000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Goodwill Translation Adjustments GoodwillTranslationAdjustments	-10548000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit	3762000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit	1762000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	23067000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Impairment Of Real Estate ImpairmentOfRealEstate	29906000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	84637000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	206329000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations IncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	172258000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	228779000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax Attributable To Reporting Entity IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity	33497000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax Attributable To Reporting Entity IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity	0	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments	51020000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Income Loss From Equity Method Investments Net Of Dividends Or Distributions IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestmentsNetOfDividendsOrDistributions	-415000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Income Taxes Paid Net IncomeTaxesPaidNet	25247000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Income Related Party InterestIncomeRelatedParty	1639000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Interest Paid InterestPaid	174504000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Investment Advisory Management And Administrative Fees InvestmentAdvisoryManagementAndAdministrativeFees	263063000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Investment Advisory Management And Administrative Fees InvestmentAdvisoryManagementAndAdministrativeFees	202935000	USD
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Line Of Credit LineOfCredit	485021000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Management Fees Revenue ManagementFeesRevenue	49984000	USD
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CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate MortgageLoansOnRealEstate	0	USD
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate MortgageLoansOnRealEstate	20848000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate MortgageLoansOnRealEstate	10689000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Amortization Of Premium MortgageLoansOnRealEstateAmortizationOfPremium	0	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Amortization Of Premium MortgageLoansOnRealEstateAmortizationOfPremium	-212000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Amortization Of Premium MortgageLoansOnRealEstateAmortizationOfPremium	63000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Collections Of Principal MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCollectionsOfPrincipal	0	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate Collections Of Principal MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCollectionsOfPrincipal	10222000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate New Mortgage Loans MortgageLoansOnRealEstateNewMortgageLoans	21060000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Mortgage Loans On Real Estate New Mortgage Loans MortgageLoansOnRealEstateNewMortgageLoans	0	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	343140000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities	152537000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-640226000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Cash Provided By Used In Investing Activities NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities	-645185000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	239826000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	238742000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Diluted NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersDiluted	171679000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Noncontrolling Interest Increase From Business Combination NoncontrollingInterestIncreaseFromBusinessCombination	99757000	USD
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Noncurrent Assets NoncurrentAssets	6102017000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Nonoperating Income Expense NonoperatingIncomeExpense	-141193000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	223938000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	209879000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Before Reclassifications Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax	-100037000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Before Reclassifications Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossBeforeReclassificationsNetOfTax	-96041000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	21855000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-96863000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	-101379000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTaxPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-4647000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Other Nonoperating Income Expense OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	2113000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	135833000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Operating Income Expense Net OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	53133000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Other Real Estate Revenue OtherRealEstateRevenue	956000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Other Real Estate Revenue OtherRealEstateRevenue	30515000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Other Restructuring Costs OtherRestructuringCosts	5700000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Other Sales Revenue Net OtherSalesRevenueNet	2071000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Other Sales Revenue Net OtherSalesRevenueNet	17767000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Other Tax Expense Benefit OtherTaxExpenseBenefit	5181000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Payments For Advance To Affiliate PaymentsForAdvanceToAffiliate	11000000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments For Advance To Affiliate PaymentsForAdvanceToAffiliate	185447000	USD
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CY2013	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	40000000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	679000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments For Repurchase Of Common Stock PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	0	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments For Software PaymentsForSoftware	7133000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments For Software PaymentsForSoftware	18262000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments For Software PaymentsForSoftware	4321000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	220395000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	347902000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Common Stock PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock	403555000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	72059000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends Minority Interest PaymentsOfDividendsMinorityInterest	14713000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	2368000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	12321000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments Of Financing Costs PaymentsOfFinancingCosts	10878000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments Related To Tax Withholding For Share Based Compensation PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation	11476000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments Related To Tax Withholding For Share Based Compensation PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation	17165000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments Related To Tax Withholding For Share Based Compensation PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation	18742000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	13748000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	0	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	1338000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Gross PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross	0	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	1945000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	25468000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Equity Method Investments PaymentsToAcquireEquityMethodInvestments	16229000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Marketable Securities PaymentsToAcquireMarketableSecurities	0	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Marketable Securities PaymentsToAcquireMarketableSecurities	7664000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Marketable Securities PaymentsToAcquireMarketableSecurities	0	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	265383000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	898162000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Real Estate PaymentsToAcquireRealEstate	674808000	USD
CY2013	us-gaap	Payments To Develop Real Estate Assets PaymentsToDevelopRealEstateAssets	6906000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Payments To Minority Shareholders ProceedsFromPaymentsToMinorityShareholders	730000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	246069000	USD
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CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	282162000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	572000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	831960	shares
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CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	106507652	shares
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CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	105675692	shares
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CY2015Q4	wpc	Accounts Receivable Billed Under Direct Financing Leases AccountsReceivableBilledUnderDirectFinancingLeases	1200000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Advisory Expense AdvisoryExpense	4106000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Advisory Expense AdvisoryExpense	5501000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Advisory Expense AdvisoryExpense	11303000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Affiliates Reimbursement Revenue AffiliatesReimbursementRevenue	73592000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Affiliates Reimbursement Revenue AffiliatesReimbursementRevenue	130212000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Affiliates Reimbursement Revenue AffiliatesReimbursementRevenue	55837000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Asset Management Fees Receivable AssetManagementFeesReceivable	0	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Asset Management Fees Receivable AssetManagementFeesReceivable	2172000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	155579000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	134460000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	1909000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	-142000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Attributableto Noncontrolling Interests BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsAttributabletoNoncontrollingInterests	-10963000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Attributableto Noncontrolling Interests BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsAttributabletoNoncontrollingInterests	5380000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests	146525000	USD
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CY2015Q4	wpc	Capital Leases Net Investment In Direct Financing Leases Excluding Unearned Income CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInDirectFinancingLeasesExcludingUnearnedIncome	1558184000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Carrying Value Of Collateral Mortgaged Real Estate CarryingValueOfCollateralMortgagedRealEstate	3300000000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Carrying Value Of Collateral Mortgaged Real Estate CarryingValueOfCollateralMortgagedRealEstate	3000000000	USD
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CY2014	wpc	Comprehensive Income Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterests	-133000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Comprehensive Income Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterests	0	USD
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CY2014Q4	wpc	Current Acquisition Fees Receivable CurrentAcquisitionFeesReceivable	2463000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Current Acquisition Fees Receivable CurrentAcquisitionFeesReceivable	4909000	USD
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CY2013	wpc	Dealer Manager Feesand Expenses DealerManagerFeesandExpenses	13028000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Dealer Manager Feesand Expenses DealerManagerFeesandExpenses	21760000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Dealer Manager Feesand Expenses DealerManagerFeesandExpenses	11403000	USD
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CY2015	wpc	Decrease In Additional Paid In Capital For Purchases DecreaseInAdditionalPaidInCapitalForPurchases	0	USD
CY2013	wpc	Deferred Acquisition Revenue Received DeferredAcquisitionRevenueReceived	18633000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Deferred Acquisition Revenue Received DeferredAcquisitionRevenueReceived	15724000	USD
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CY2014	wpc	Distributionof Available Cash From Managed Reits DistributionofAvailableCashFromManagedReits	31052000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Distributionof Available Cash From Managed Reits DistributionofAvailableCashFromManagedReits	38406000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Deferred Acquisition Revenue Received DeferredAcquisitionRevenueReceived	23469000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Deferred Revenue Recognized DeferredRevenueRecognized	8492000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Deferred Revenue Recognized DeferredRevenueRecognized	786000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Deferred Revenue Recognized DeferredRevenueRecognized	0	USD
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CY2014	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deferred Revenue Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeferredRevenuePercent	0.229
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CY2013	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Interest Amount EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseInterestAmount	0	USD
CY2014	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Interest Amount EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseInterestAmount	2111000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Interest Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseInterestPercent	0.000
CY2014	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Interest Percent EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseInterestPercent	0.100
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CY2015Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Acquired In Place Leases Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetAcquiredInPlaceLeasesNet	902848000	USD
CY2013Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Acquired In Place Leases Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetAcquiredInPlaceLeasesNet	872000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Off Market Lease Favorable Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetOffMarketLeaseFavorableNet	522797000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Off Market Lease Favorable Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetOffMarketLeaseFavorableNet	475072000	USD
CY2013Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Asset Off Market Lease Favorable Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetOffMarketLeaseFavorableNet	722000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Liabilities Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsLiabilitiesNet	1280980000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Liabilities Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesAccumulatedAmortization	24183000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Liabilities Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesAccumulatedAmortization	46647000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Liabilities Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesGross	182542000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Liabilities Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesGross	184251000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Liabilities Net FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesNet	158359000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Finite Lived Intangible Liabilities Net FiniteLivedIntangibleLiabilitiesNet	137604000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	-5000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest ForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustmentAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	76000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Gain Loss On Change In Control Of Interests Excluding Allocation Of Profit Sharing Interest GainLossOnChangeInControlOfInterestsExcludingAllocationOfProfitSharingInterest	0	USD
CY2014	wpc	Gain Loss On Change In Control Of Interests Excluding Allocation Of Profit Sharing Interest GainLossOnChangeInControlOfInterestsExcludingAllocationOfProfitSharingInterest	105947000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Gain Loss On Change In Control Of Interests Excluding Allocation Of Profit Sharing Interest GainLossOnChangeInControlOfInterestsExcludingAllocationOfProfitSharingInterest	0	USD
CY2013	wpc	Gain Loss On Sale Of Finance Receivable GainLossOnSaleOfFinanceReceivable	-300000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Gain On Change In Control Of Interests GainOnChangeInControlOfInterests	0	USD
CY2014	wpc	Gain On Change In Control Of Interests GainOnChangeInControlOfInterests	105947000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Gain On Change In Control Of Interests GainOnChangeInControlOfInterests	0	USD
CY2014	wpc	Payments To Acquire Real Estate Under Construction PaymentsToAcquireRealEstateUnderConstruction	20647000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Payments To Acquire Real Estate Under Construction PaymentsToAcquireRealEstateUnderConstruction	28040000	USD
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CY2013	wpc	Incentive Termination And Subordinated Disposition Revenue IncentiveTerminationAndSubordinatedDispositionRevenue	199000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Incentive Termination And Subordinated Disposition Revenue IncentiveTerminationAndSubordinatedDispositionRevenue	0	USD
CY2015	wpc	Incentive Termination And Subordinated Disposition Revenue IncentiveTerminationAndSubordinatedDispositionRevenue	203000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Increase Decrease In Foreign Currency Exchange Rate IncreaseDecreaseInForeignCurrencyExchangeRate	-0.104
CY2013	wpc	Increase Decrease In Structuring Revenue Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInStructuringRevenueReceivable	13788000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Increase Decrease In Structuring Revenue Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInStructuringRevenueReceivable	23713000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Increase Decrease In Structuring Revenue Receivable IncreaseDecreaseInStructuringRevenueReceivable	29327000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Indefinite Lived Intangible Asset IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAsset	696390000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Indefinite Lived Intangible Asset IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAsset	686679000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Intangible Assets Gross Including Goodwill IntangibleAssetsGrossIncludingGoodwill	2589572000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Intangible Assets Gross Including Goodwill IntangibleAssetsGrossIncludingGoodwill	2617655000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Intangible Liabilities Gross IntangibleLiabilitiesGross	199253000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Intangible Liabilities Gross IntangibleLiabilitiesGross	200962000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Intangible Liabilities Net IntangibleLiabilitiesNet	175070000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Intangible Liabilities Net IntangibleLiabilitiesNet	154315000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Long Term Debt Before Unamortized Discount LongTermDebtBeforeUnamortizedDiscount	4496348000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Management Income Received In Shares Of Affiliates ManagementIncomeReceivedInSharesOfAffiliates	33572000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Management Income Received In Shares Of Affiliates ManagementIncomeReceivedInSharesOfAffiliates	39866000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Management Income Received In Shares Of Affiliates ManagementIncomeReceivedInSharesOfAffiliates	23266000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Maximum Cash Distribution Per Credit Agreement MaximumCashDistributionPerCreditAgreement	100000000.0	USD
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CY2014	wpc	Net Income Loss Including Portion Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossIncludingPortionAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	246211000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Net Income Loss Including Portion Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossIncludingPortionAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	185227000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Net Transfers To Noncontrolling Interest NetTransfersToNoncontrollingInterest	98876000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Net Transfers To Noncontrolling Interest NetTransfersToNoncontrollingInterest	198452000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Net Transfers To Noncontrolling Interest NetTransfersToNoncontrollingInterest	172258000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Noncontrolling Interest Increasefrom Distributionsto Noncontrolling Interest Holders NoncontrollingInterestIncreasefromDistributionstoNoncontrollingInterestHolders	65145000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Noncontrolling Interest Increasefrom Distributionsto Noncontrolling Interest Holders NoncontrollingInterestIncreasefromDistributionstoNoncontrollingInterestHolders	570000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Noncontrolling Interest Increasefrom Distributionsto Noncontrolling Interest Holders NoncontrollingInterestIncreasefromDistributionstoNoncontrollingInterestHolders	730000	USD
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CY2015Q4	wpc	Organization And Offering Costs Receivable OrganizationAndOfferingCostsReceivable	461000	USD
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CY2015	wpc	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives Arising During Period Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest And Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivativesArisingDuringPeriodIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestAndRedeemableNoncontrollingInterestNetOfTax	24053000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives Arising During Period Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivativesArisingDuringPeriodIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestRedeemableNoncontrollingInterestNetOfTax	21848000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives Arising During Period Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivativesArisingDuringPeriodIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestRedeemableNoncontrollingInterestNetOfTax	-117947000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Unrealized Gain Loss On Derivatives Arising During Period Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossUnrealizedGainLossOnDerivativesArisingDuringPeriodIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestRedeemableNoncontrollingInterestNetOfTax	-125447000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Other Comprehensive Income Lossunrealizedholding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Including Portion Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossunrealizedholdingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodIncludingPortionAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterestNetOfTax	-10000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Other Comprehensive Income Lossunrealizedholding Gain Loss On Securities Arising During Period Including Portion Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossunrealizedholdingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodIncludingPortionAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterestNetOfTax	15000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Other Stateand Local Income Tax Expense Benefit OtherStateandLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	175000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Other Stateand Local Income Tax Expense Benefit OtherStateandLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2197000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Payments To Acquire Real Estate Under Construction PaymentsToAcquireRealEstateUnderConstruction	0	USD
CY2013	wpc	Pre Tax Income From Taxable Subsidiaries PreTaxIncomeFromTaxableSubsidiaries	-10425000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Pre Tax Income From Taxable Subsidiaries PreTaxIncomeFromTaxableSubsidiaries	21131000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Pre Tax Income From Taxable Subsidiaries PreTaxIncomeFromTaxableSubsidiaries	72343000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Prepayment Of Mortgage Principal PrepaymentOfMortgagePrincipal	0	USD
CY2014	wpc	Prepayment Of Mortgage Principal PrepaymentOfMortgagePrincipal	220786000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Prepayment Of Mortgage Principal PrepaymentOfMortgagePrincipal	91560000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Pretax Income From Passthrough Subsidiaries PretaxIncomeFromPassthroughSubsidiaries	96314000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Pretax Income From Passthrough Subsidiaries PretaxIncomeFromPassthroughSubsidiaries	202807000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Pretax Income From Passthrough Subsidiaries PretaxIncomeFromPassthroughSubsidiaries	137536000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Real Estate Revenueand Other RealEstateRevenueandOther	315965000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Real Estate Revenueand Other RealEstateRevenueandOther	645383000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Real Estate Revenueand Other RealEstateRevenueandOther	735448000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Realized Gain Loss On Foreign Currency Transactions And Other RealizedGainLossOnForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndOther	6154000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Realized Gain Loss On Foreign Currency Transactions And Other RealizedGainLossOnForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndOther	-3012000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Realized Gain Loss On Foreign Currency Transactions And Other RealizedGainLossOnForeignCurrencyTransactionsAndOther	1978000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Reclassification Of Estate Shareholder Shares ReclassificationOfEstateShareholderShares	40000000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Related Party Reimbursement Revenue RelatedPartyReimbursementRevenue	73572000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Related Party Reimbursement Revenue RelatedPartyReimbursementRevenue	130212000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Related Party Reimbursement Revenue RelatedPartyReimbursementRevenue	55837000	USD
CY2014Q4	wpc	Related Party Reimbursement Revenue Receivable RelatedPartyReimbursementRevenueReceivable	301000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Related Party Reimbursement Revenue Receivable RelatedPartyReimbursementRevenueReceivable	5579000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Straight Line Rent Adjustments And Amortization Of Rent Related Intangibles StraightLineRentAdjustmentsAndAmortizationOfRentRelatedIntangibles	21333000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Straight Line Rent Adjustments And Amortization Of Rent Related Intangibles StraightLineRentAdjustmentsAndAmortizationOfRentRelatedIntangibles	44843000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Straight Line Rent Adjustments And Amortization Of Rent Related Intangibles StraightLineRentAdjustmentsAndAmortizationOfRentRelatedIntangibles	16071000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Structuring Revenue StructuringRevenue	46589000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Structuring Revenue StructuringRevenue	71256000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Structuring Revenue StructuringRevenue	92117000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Tax Provision Taxable Subsidiaries TaxProvisionTaxableSubsidiaries	-3625000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Tax Provision Taxable Subsidiaries TaxProvisionTaxableSubsidiaries	18468000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Tax Provision Taxable Subsidiaries TaxProvisionTaxableSubsidiaries	32440000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Variable Interest Entities Count VariableInterestEntitiesCount	20	vie
CY2013	wpc	Vat Paid In Connection With Acquisition Of Real Estate VatPaidInConnectionWithAcquisitionOfRealEstate	502000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Vat Paid In Connection With Acquisition Of Real Estate VatPaidInConnectionWithAcquisitionOfRealEstate	7036000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Vat Paid In Connection With Acquisition Of Real Estate VatPaidInConnectionWithAcquisitionOfRealEstate	10401000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Vat Refunded In Connection With Acquisitions In Real Estate VatRefundedInConnectionWithAcquisitionsInRealEstate	121000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Vat Refunded In Connection With Acquisitions In Real Estate VatRefundedInConnectionWithAcquisitionsInRealEstate	0	USD
CY2015	wpc	Vat Refunded In Connection With Acquisitions In Real Estate VatRefundedInConnectionWithAcquisitionsInRealEstate	9997000	USD
CY2013	wpc	Wholesaling Revenue WholesalingRevenue	10856000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Wholesaling Revenue WholesalingRevenue	23532000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Wholesaling Revenue WholesalingRevenue	4794000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Debt Instrument Covenant Compliance DebtInstrumentCovenantCompliance	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We were in compliance with all of these covenants at </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">.</font></div></div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Recent Accounting Requirements</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following Accounting Standards Updates, or ASUs, promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, are applicable to us:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">—</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2015-16 requires that an acquirer recognize adjustments identified during the business combination measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The effects on earnings due to changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects as a result of the change are also recognized in the same period’s financial statements. ASU 2015-16 also requires that acquirers present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes to the financial statements the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment had been recognized as of the acquisition date. ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within those fiscal years, early adoption is permitted, and prospective application is required for adjustments that are identified after the effective date of this update. We elected to early adopt ASU 2015-16 and implemented the standard prospectively beginning July 1, 2015. The adoption and implementation of the standard did not have a material impact on our financial statements.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">(Subtopic 835-30) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">— ASU 2015-03 changes the presentation of debt issuance costs, which are currently recognized as a deferred charge (that is, an asset) and requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. ASU 2015-03 does not affect the recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs. ASU 2015-03 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015, early adoption is permitted and retrospective application is required. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2015-03 on our consolidated financial statements and expect to reclassify </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$12.6 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of deferred financing costs, net from Other assets, net to Non-recourse debt, net, Senior Unsecured Credit Facility - Term Loan, and Senior Unsecured Notes, net as of January 1, 2016.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">—</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We will adopt ASU 2015-02 on January 1, 2016 and are currently in the process of evaluating its impact on the consolidated financial statements. We are evaluating our joint ventures, as well as existing leases that create VIEs based on lease terms, including a fixed-price purchase option or fixed-price renewal option. We generally create our joint ventures as partnerships in the form of a limited liability company or a limited partnership. ASU 2015-02 requires an entity to classify a limited liability company or a limited partnership as a VIE unless the partnership provides partners with either substantive kick-out rights or substantive participating rights over the managing member or general partner. Since a majority of our partnerships lack kick-out rights or substantive participating rights over the managing member or general partner, the impact of this new guidance for us is primarily a change in classification from voting interest entity to VIE. This ASU does not change the criteria regarding which party consolidates a VIE. Thus, the change in classification will require us to include additional entities as part of our VIE disclosures. However, there is not expected to be an impact to our consolidated balance sheets or results of operations for any of the periods presented.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2014-12, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">—</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2014-12 provides guidance on share-based payment awards, in which a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite vesting period be treated as a performance condition. ASU 2014-12 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-12 on our consolidated financial statements.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2014-09</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">— ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model requiring a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount reflecting the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 does not apply to our lease revenues, but will apply to reimbursed tenant costs and revenues generated from our operating properties and our Investment Management business. Additionally, this guidance modifies disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for all entities by one year, until years beginning in 2018, with early adoption permitted but not before 2017, the original public company effective date.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#3c3c3d;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-09 on our consolidated financial statements and have not yet determined the method by which we will adopt the standard.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Accounting Change</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following proposed accounting change may potentially impact our Real Estate Ownership and Investment Management segments if the outcome has a significant influence on sale-leaseback demand in the marketplace:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The FASB previously issued an Exposure Draft on a joint proposal with the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB, that would </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#0a0a0a;">significantly</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> transform lease accounting from the existing model. These changes would impact most companies but are particularly applicable to those that are significant users of real estate. The proposal outlines a new model for accounting by lessees, whereby their rights and obligations under substantially all leases, existing and new, would be capitalized and recorded on the balance sheet. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In November 2015, the FASB directed the staff to draft a final ASU on leases for vote by written ballot. In addition, the FASB decided that for (i) public business entities, (ii) a not-for-profit entity that has issued, or is a conduit bond obligor for, securities that are traded, listed, or quoted on an exchange or an-over-the-counter market, and (iii) an employee benefit plan that files or furnishes statements with or to the SEC (collectively referred to as “public business entities”), the final leases standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years; for all other entities, the final leases standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early application will be permitted for all entities upon issuance of the final standard.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In the first quarter of 2016, the IASB and FASB finalized their lease standards, which brings most leases on the balance sheet for lessees under a single model. For lessors, however, the accounting remains largely unchanged and the distinction between operating and finance leases is retained. Both standards are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">For some companies, the new accounting guidance may influence whether or not, or the extent to which, they may enter into the type of sale-leaseback transactions in which we specialize. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We are evaluating the impact of the new standards and have not determined if they will have a material impact on our business.</font></div></div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Business and Organization</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">W. P. Carey Inc., or W. P. Carey, is, together with its consolidated subsidiaries and predecessors, a REIT that provides long-term financing via sale-leaseback and build-to-suit transactions for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio. We invest primarily in commercial properties domestically and internationally. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, primarily on a triple-net lease basis, which generally requires each tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Originally founded in 1973, we reorganized as a REIT in September 2012 in connection with our merger with Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated. We refer to that merger as the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:15 Merger. On January 31, 2014, Corporate Property Associates 16 – Global Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 – Global, merged with and into us (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s50B08CB0D34D59C4B909A1AEAF570927"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 3</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">), which we refer to as the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 Merger. Our shares of common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.”</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Section 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, we are not generally subject to United States federal income taxation other than from our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, as well as other factors. We hold all of our real estate assets attributable to our Real Estate Ownership segment under the REIT structure, while the activities conducted by our Investment Management segment subsidiaries have been organized under TRSs.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Through our TRSs we also earn revenue as the advisor to publicly-owned, non-listed REITs, which are sponsored by us under the Corporate Property Associates, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt"> </sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">brand name that invest in similar properties. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we were the advisor to Corporate Property Associates 17 – Global Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global, and Corporate Property Associates 18 – Global Incorporated, or CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global. We were also the advisor to CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 – Global until its merger with us on January 31, 2014. We refer to CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:16 – Global, CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global, and CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global together as the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> REITs. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we were also the advisor to Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, referred to as CWI 1, and Carey Watermark Investors 2 Incorporated, or CWI 2, two publicly-owned, non-listed REITs that invest in lodging and lodging-related properties. We refer to CWI 1 and CWI 2 together as the CWI REITs and, together with the CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> REITs, as the Managed REITs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#sCCDC8472C2B958F996DFDBEB81884517"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 4</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we also served as the advisor to Carey Credit Income Fund, or CCIF, a business development company, or BDC (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s0ED4544D07F7587AB957ABAB813CB25D"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 7</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In July 2015, two registration statements on Form N-2 for two feeder funds of CCIF, or the CCIF Feeder Funds, were declared effective by the SEC. The CCIF Feeder Funds intend to invest the proceeds that they raise in their respective public offerings into the master fund, CCIF. The advisor to CCIF is wholly owned by us. We refer to CCIF and the CCIF Feeder Funds collectively as the Managed BDCs and, together with the Managed REITs, as the Managed Programs.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Reportable Segments</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Real Estate Ownership</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> — We own and invest in commercial properties principally in the United States, Europe, and Asia that are then leased to companies, primarily on a triple-net lease basis. We have also invested in several operating properties, such as lodging and self-storage properties. We earn lease revenues from our wholly-owned and co-owned real estate investments that we control. In addition, we generate equity income through co-owned real estate investments that we do not control and through our ownership of shares of the Managed Programs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s0ED4544D07F7587AB957ABAB813CB25D"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 7</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). Through our special member interests in the operating partnerships of the Managed REITs, we also participate in their cash flows (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#sCCDC8472C2B958F996DFDBEB81884517"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 4</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, our owned portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">869</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">90.1 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet (unaudited), substantially all of which were net leased to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">222</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> tenants, with an occupancy rate of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">98.8%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Investment Management</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> — Through our TRSs, we structure and negotiate investments and debt placement transactions for the Managed REITs, for which we earn structuring revenue, and manage their portfolios of real estate investments, for which we earn asset-based management revenue. We also earn asset management revenue from CCIF based on the average of its gross assets at fair value. We may earn disposition revenue when we negotiate and structure the sale of properties on behalf of the Managed REITs, and we may also earn incentive revenue and receive other compensation in connection with providing liquidity events for the Managed REITs’ stockholders. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:17 – Global and CPA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt">®</sup></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">:18 – Global collectively owned all or a portion of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">428</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, including certain properties in which we have an ownership interest. Substantially all of these properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">49.6 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet (unaudited), were net leased to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">201</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> tenants, with an average occupancy rate of approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.9%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Managed REITs also had interests in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">174</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> operating properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">19.7 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet (unaudited). We continue to explore alternatives for expanding our investment management operations by raising funds beyond advising the existing Managed Programs. Any such expansion could involve the purchase of properties or other investments as principal, either for our owned portfolio or with the intention of transferring such investments to a newly-created fund, as well as the sponsorship of one or more funds to make investments other than primarily net lease investments, such as the CWI REITs and the Managed BDCs. These new funds could invest primarily in assets other than net-lease real estate and could include funds raised through private placements or publicly-traded vehicles, either in the United States or internationally.</font></div></div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Reclassifications </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;">—</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. </font></div></div>
CY2015	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Use of Estimates </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;">—</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and the disclosure of contingent amounts in our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</font></div></div>

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