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

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2016 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000102537817000016 Filed on February 24, 2017

Income Statement

Concept	2016	2015 Q4	2015 Q3
Revenue	$941.5M	$265.3M	$214.7M
YoY Change	0.34%	6.6%	8.96%
Cost Of Revenue	$91.87M	$59.80M	$32.50M
YoY Change	-40.19%	4.55%	-8.71%
Gross Profit	$849.7M	$205.4M	$182.1M
YoY Change	8.26%	7.48%	12.83%
Gross Profit Margin	90.24%	77.44%	84.83%
Selling, General & Admin	$100.4M	$29.70M	$26.80M
YoY Change	-19.55%	-21.01%	-4.96%
% of Gross Profit	11.82%	14.46%	14.72%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$142.7M	$75.50M	$35.70M
YoY Change	3.93%	3.0%	-50.89%
% of Gross Profit	16.79%	36.76%	19.6%
Operating Expenses	$376.8M	$104.0M	$102.4M
YoY Change	-6.99%	4.94%	16.63%
Operating Profit	$472.9M	$101.4M	$79.70M
YoY Change	125.3%	10.22%	8.29%
Interest Expense	$183.4M	-$39.80M	$49.68M
YoY Change	-5.62%	14.7%	6.77%
% of Operating Profit	38.79%	-39.25%	62.34%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$41.71M	-$4.700M	-$30.44M
YoY Change	-70.46%	193.75%	-24.02%
Pretax Income	$278.1M	$69.90M	$25.16M
YoY Change	28.53%	94.71%	-12.54%
Income Tax	$3.288M	$17.30M	$3.361M
% Of Pretax Income	1.18%	24.75%	13.36%
Net Earnings	$267.7M	$51.05M	$21.75M
YoY Change	55.43%	58.18%	-20.46%
Net Earnings / Revenue	28.44%	19.25%	10.13%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.50	$0.48	$0.20
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.49	$0.48	$0.20
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	106.7M shares	104.4M shares	105.8M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	107.1M shares		106.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2016	2015 Q4	2015 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$155.0M	$157.0M	$191.0M
YoY Change	-1.27%	-21.11%	-63.96%
Cash & Equivalents	$155.0M	$157.2M	$191.3M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets	$455.0M	$219.0M	$339.0M
YoY Change	107.76%	-6.01%	-39.03%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$4.801B	$5.011B	$5.029B
YoY Change	-4.19%	3.68%	13.96%
Goodwill		$681.8M	$684.6M
YoY Change		-1.53%	-2.59%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$299.0M	$275.5M	$275.9M
YoY Change	8.73%	10.45%	26.49%
Other Assets	$26.00M	$59.00M	$5.000M
YoY Change	-55.93%	742.86%
Total Long-Term Assets	$7.999B	$8.523B	$8.549B
YoY Change	-6.15%	1.28%	7.6%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$455.0M	$219.0M	$339.0M
Total Long-Term Assets	$7.999B	$8.523B	$8.549B
Total Assets	$8.454B	$8.742B	$8.888B
YoY Change	-3.29%	1.08%	4.55%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$267.0M	$342.0M	$299.0M
YoY Change	-21.93%	16.33%	6.79%
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	$374.0M	$445.0M	$401.0M
YoY Change	-15.96%	12.94%	5.8%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$4.441B	$4.480B	$4.600B
YoY Change	-0.87%	9.56%	20.45%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$122.0M	$154.0M	$166.0M
YoY Change	-20.78%	-12.0%	-13.99%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.563B	$4.634B	$4.766B
YoY Change	-1.53%	8.68%	18.79%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$374.0M	$445.0M	$401.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$4.563B	$4.634B	$4.766B
Total Liabilities	$5.152B	$5.166B	$5.253B
YoY Change	-3.07%	8.71%	17.08%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings
YoY Change
Common Stock		$104.0K	$105.0K
YoY Change		0.0%	0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)			$60.95M
YoY Change			0.0%
Treasury Stock Shares			1.044M shares
Shareholders Equity	$3.302B	$3.427B	$3.486B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$8.454B	$8.742B	$8.888B
YoY Change	-3.29%	1.08%	4.55%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2016	2015 Q4	2015 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$267.7M	$51.05M	$21.75M
YoY Change	55.43%	58.18%	-20.46%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$142.7M	$75.50M	$35.70M
YoY Change	3.93%	3.0%	-50.89%
Cash From Operating Activities	$546.8M	$177.6M	$114.8M
YoY Change	7.52%	45.69%	5.71%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$596.1M	-$146.9M	-$102.8M
YoY Change	-16.23%	-78.03%	-40.41%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$847.0K	$126.9M	$600.0K
YoY Change	-146.54%	-812.92%	-99.31%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$284.7M	-$20.00M	-$102.3M
YoY Change	-55.87%	-97.09%	19.65%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net	-$84.06M
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-$282.0M	-188.1M	-53.30M
YoY Change	-332.55%	-177.09%	-117.65%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	$546.8M	177.6M	114.8M
Cash From Investing Activities	-$284.7M	-20.00M	-102.3M
Cash From Financing Activities	-$282.0M	-188.1M	-53.30M
Net Change In Cash	-$27.30M	-30.50M	-40.80M
YoY Change	77.63%	-90.48%	-112.55%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$546.8M	$177.6M	$114.8M
Capital Expenditures	-$596.1M	-$146.9M	-$102.8M
Free Cash Flow	$1.143B	$324.5M	$217.6M
YoY Change	-6.33%	-58.94%	-22.59%

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CY2016	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Real Estate Heldforinvestment ProceedsFromSaleOfRealEstateHeldforinvestment	542422000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Proceeds From Unsecured Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromUnsecuredLinesOfCredit	1044767000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Proceeds From Unsecured Lines Of Credit ProceedsFromUnsecuredLinesOfCredit	1154157000	USD
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CY2015Q1	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	38582000	USD
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	66923000	USD
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	23578000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	56144000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	185227000	USD
CY2016Q1	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	60864000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	53171000	USD
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	112302000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	48470000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	274807000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	0	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	8748000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Provision For Doubtful Accounts ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts	7064000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Life Used For Depreciation1 RealEstateAndAccumulatedDepreciationLifeUsedForDepreciation1
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Federal Income Tax Basis RealEstateFederalIncomeTaxBasis	6900000000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investment Property Accumulated Depreciation RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAccumulatedDepreciation	381529000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investment Property Accumulated Depreciation RealEstateInvestmentPropertyAccumulatedDepreciation	484437000	USD
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CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investment Property Net RealEstateInvestmentPropertyNet	4801400000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investments RealEstateInvestments	5826544000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investments RealEstateInvestments	5511706000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investments Other RealEstateInvestmentsOther	82749000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Real Estate Investments Other RealEstateInvestmentsOther	81711000	USD
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CY2015	us-gaap	Real Estate Revenue Net RealEstateRevenueNet	656956000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Real Estate Revenue Net RealEstateRevenueNet	663463000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Real Estate Tax Expense RealEstateTaxExpense	59800000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Real Estate Tax Expense RealEstateTaxExpense	57700000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Real Estate Tax Expense RealEstateTaxExpense	56000000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Recognition Of Deferred Revenue RecognitionOfDeferredRevenue	786000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Recognition Of Deferred Revenue RecognitionOfDeferredRevenue	0	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Recognition Of Deferred Revenue RecognitionOfDeferredRevenue	0	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Equity Carrying Amount RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount	14944000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest Equity Carrying Amount RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount	965000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Reimbursement Revenue ReimbursementRevenue	24862000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Reimbursement Revenue ReimbursementRevenue	22832000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Reimbursement Revenue ReimbursementRevenue	25438000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Rental Properties RentalProperties	5309925000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Rental Properties RentalProperties	5204126000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Repayment Of Notes Receivable From Related Parties RepaymentOfNotesReceivableFromRelatedParties	11000000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Repayment Of Notes Receivable From Related Parties RepaymentOfNotesReceivableFromRelatedParties	185447000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Repayment Of Notes Receivable From Related Parties RepaymentOfNotesReceivableFromRelatedParties	37053000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Repayments Of Lines Of Credit RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	1415000000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Repayments Of Lines Of Credit RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	1330122000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Repayments Of Lines Of Credit RepaymentsOfLinesOfCredit	954006000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Repayments Of Secured Debt RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt	205024000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Repayments Of Secured Debt RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt	90328000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Repayments Of Secured Debt RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt	161104000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	0	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	0	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	11925000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Restructuring Reserve RestructuringReserve	3300000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Revenue From Related Parties RevenueFromRelatedParties	295492000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Revenue From Related Parties RevenueFromRelatedParties	242888000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Revenue From Related Parties RevenueFromRelatedParties	231938000	USD
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CY2015Q1	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	220388000	USD
CY2015Q2	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	238079000	USD
CY2015Q3	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	214666000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	265250000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	938383000	USD
CY2016Q1	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	270240000	USD
CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	217266000	USD
CY2016Q3	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	225247000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	228780000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	941533000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Secured Debt SecuredDebt	2269421000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Secured Debt SecuredDebt	1706921000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Senior Notes SeniorNotes	1476084000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Senior Notes SeniorNotes	1807200000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Severance Costs1 SeveranceCosts1	1000000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Severance Costs1 SeveranceCosts1	800000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Severance Costs1 SeveranceCosts1	500000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options Vested In Period Total Fair Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedInPeriodTotalFairValue	56400000	USD
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber	236112	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableNumber	145033	shares
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice	29.75
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice	30.99
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice	33.27
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod	3118	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod	3499	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod	752	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	32.99
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	28.71
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Forfeitures And Expirations In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	28.42
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingIntrinsicValue	3745163	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	619601	shares
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	475765	shares
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	258787	shares
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber	145033	shares
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	30.30
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	29.95
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	31.10
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice	33.27
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Exercisable Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice	33.27
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Aggregate Intrinsic Value ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingAggregateIntrinsicValue	3745163	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Number ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber	145033	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	31.41
CY2015	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	28.57
CY2016	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation Arrangements By Share Based Payment Award Options Exercises In Period Weighted Average Exercise Price ShareBasedCompensationArrangementsByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisesInPeriodWeightedAverageExercisePrice	28.34
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CY2014	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term2 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm2	P1Y9M
CY2015	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term2 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm2	P1Y0M22D
CY2016	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term2 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm2	P0Y3M18D
CY2016	us-gaap	Sharebased Compensation Arrangement By Sharebased Payment Award Options Vested And Expected To Vest Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term1 SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageRemainingContractualTerm1	P0Y3M18D
CY2014	us-gaap	State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations StateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	8729000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations StateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	10233000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit Continuing Operations StateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitContinuingOperations	4988000	USD
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues	4600000	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	140718	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	213479	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Shares Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesStockOptionsExercised	113002	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Acquisitions StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueAcquisitions	1815521000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Employee Stock Purchase Plan StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueEmployeeStockPurchasePlan	-462000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Employee Stock Purchase Plan StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueEmployeeStockPurchasePlan	2735000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Employee Stock Purchase Plan StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueEmployeeStockPurchasePlan	1210000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Issued For Services StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForServices	15737000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Issued For Services StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForServices	15493000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Issued For Services StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueIssuedForServices	14599000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	282162000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value New Issues StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues	83766000	USD
CY2014Q1	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Shares StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares	11037	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Stock Repurchased During Period Value StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue	678000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	3427243000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity StockholdersEquity	3301667000	USD
CY2013Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	2202731000	USD
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	3890735000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	3561428000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest StockholdersEquityIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	3425140000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments TemporaryEquityForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustments	-9000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments TemporaryEquityForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustments	0	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments TemporaryEquityForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustments	0	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Deferred Employee Stock Ownership Plan TreasuryStockDeferredEmployeeStockOwnershipPlan	56040000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Treasury Stock Deferred Employee Stock Ownership Plan TreasuryStockDeferredEmployeeStockOwnershipPlan	50222000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Undistributed Earnings Loss Allocated To Participating Securities Basic UndistributedEarningsLossAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesBasic	1007000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Undistributed Earnings Loss Allocated To Participating Securities Basic UndistributedEarningsLossAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesBasic	579000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Undistributed Earnings Loss Allocated To Participating Securities Basic UndistributedEarningsLossAllocatedToParticipatingSecuritiesBasic	886000	USD
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	2055000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	4304000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	5586000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	136000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Foreign Currency Translation UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromForeignCurrencyTranslation	22000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Accrued UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued	1100000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	1510000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Current Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromCurrentPeriodTaxPositions	137000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	1447000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	1264000	USD
CY2015	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	572000	USD
CY2016	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reductions Resulting From Lapse Of Applicable Statute Of Limitations UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionsResultingFromLapseOfApplicableStatuteOfLimitations	97000	USD
CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Variable Interest Entity Entity Maximum Loss Exposure Amount VariableInterestEntityEntityMaximumLossExposureAmount	154800000	USD
CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Variable Interest Entity Entity Maximum Loss Exposure Amount VariableInterestEntityEntityMaximumLossExposureAmount	152900000	USD
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Basic Shares Outstanding Pro Forma WeightedAverageBasicSharesOutstandingProForma	101296847	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	1063192	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	831960	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Adjustment WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAdjustment	330191	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	99827356	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	106507652	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Diluted Shares Outstanding WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	107073203	shares
CY2014	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	98764164	shares
CY2015	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	105675692	shares
CY2016	us-gaap	Weighted Average Number Of Shares Outstanding Basic WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	106743012	shares
CY2016	wpc	Accrued Noncash Investing Activities AccruedNoncashInvestingActivities	2100000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Advisory Expense AdvisoryExpense	5501000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Advisory Expense AdvisoryExpense	11303000	USD
CY2016	wpc	Advisory Expense AdvisoryExpense	14141000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Affiliates Reimbursement Revenue AffiliatesReimbursementRevenue	130212000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Deferred Revenue Amount EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationDeferredRevenueAmount	4833000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Income From Managed Entities Amount EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationIncomeFromManagedEntitiesAmount	939000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Interest Amount EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseInterestAmount	2111000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Affiliates Reimbursement Revenue AffiliatesReimbursementRevenue	55837000	USD
CY2016	wpc	Affiliates Reimbursement Revenue AffiliatesReimbursementRevenue	66433000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Allocated Stock Based Compensation Expense Excluding Restructuring Expense AllocatedStockBasedCompensationExpenseExcludingRestructuringExpense	31075000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Allocated Stock Based Compensation Expense Excluding Restructuring Expense AllocatedStockBasedCompensationExpenseExcludingRestructuringExpense	21626000	USD
CY2016	wpc	Allocated Stock Based Compensation Expense Excluding Restructuring Expense AllocatedStockBasedCompensationExpenseExcludingRestructuringExpense	18015000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Asset Management Fees Receivable AssetManagementFeesReceivable	2172000	USD
CY2016Q4	wpc	Asset Management Fees Receivable AssetManagementFeesReceivable	2449000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperations	134460000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterest	-142000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Attributableto Noncontrolling Interests BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsAttributabletoNoncontrollingInterests	5380000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Net Income Loss From Continuing Operations Including Portion Attributable To Noncontrolling Interests BusinessAcquisitionsProFormaNetIncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests	139698000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Capital Leases Net Investment In Direct Financing Leases Excluding Unearned Income CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInDirectFinancingLeasesExcludingUnearnedIncome	1497879000	USD
CY2016Q4	wpc	Capital Leases Net Investment In Direct Financing Leases Excluding Unearned Income CapitalLeasesNetInvestmentInDirectFinancingLeasesExcludingUnearnedIncome	1258016000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Comprehensive Income Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterests	-133000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Comprehensive Income Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterests	0	USD
CY2016	wpc	Comprehensive Income Attributable To Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToRedeemableNoncontrollingInterests	0	USD
CY2015Q3	wpc	Construction In Progress Placed Into Service ConstructionInProgressPlacedIntoService	53200000	USD
CY2016Q1	wpc	Contract Termination Income ContractTerminationIncome	32200000	USD
CY2015Q4	wpc	Current Acquisition Fees Receivable CurrentAcquisitionFeesReceivable	4909000	USD
CY2016Q4	wpc	Current Acquisition Fees Receivable CurrentAcquisitionFeesReceivable	8024000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit Excluding Portion Attributableto Taxable Subsidiary CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefitExcludingPortionAttributabletoTaxableSubsidiary	6869000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Dealer Manager Feesand Expenses DealerManagerFeesandExpenses	21760000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Dealer Manager Feesand Expenses DealerManagerFeesandExpenses	11403000	USD
CY2016	wpc	Dealer Manager Feesand Expenses DealerManagerFeesandExpenses	12808000	USD
CY2014	wpc	Deconsolidationof Affiliates Cash Transferredto Entity DeconsolidationofAffiliatesCashTransferredtoEntity	0	USD
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CY2014	wpc	Wholesaling Revenue WholesalingRevenue	23532000	USD
CY2015	wpc	Wholesaling Revenue WholesalingRevenue	4794000	USD
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CY2016	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;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</font></div></div>
CY2016	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 Pronouncements</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;">In May 2014, the FASB issued</font><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, which constitute a majority of our revenues, but will apply to reimbursed tenant costs and revenues generated from our operating properties and our Investment Management business. We will adopt this guidance for our annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2018 using one of two methods: retrospective restatement for each reporting period presented at the time of adoption, or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying this guidance recognized at the date of initial application. We have not decided which method of adoption we will use. We are evaluating the impact of the new standard and have not yet determined if it will have a material impact on our business or 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;">In February 2015, the FASB issued </font><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;"> ASU 2015-02 amends the current consolidation guidance, including modification of the guidance for evaluating whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are VIEs or voting interest entities. The guidance does not amend the existing disclosure requirements for VIEs or voting interest model entities. The guidance, however, modified the requirements to qualify under the voting interest model. Under the revised guidance, 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 over the managing member or substantive participating rights over the entity or VIE. Please refer to the discussion in the Basis of Consolidation section above.</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;">In April 2015, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2015-03 changes the presentation of debt issuance costs, which were previously recognized as an asset, and requires that they be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. 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, and retrospective application is required. We adopted ASU 2015-03 on January 1, 2016 and have disclosed the reclassification of our debt issuance costs in the Reclassifications section above.</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;">In February 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-02 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. For lessors, however, the accounting remains largely unchanged from the current model, with the distinction between operating and financing leases retained, but updated to align with certain changes to the lessee model and the new revenue recognition standard. The new standard also replaces existing sale-leaseback guidance with a new model applicable to both lessees and lessors. Additionally, the new standard requires extensive quantitative and qualitative disclosures. ASU 2016-02 is effective for U.S. GAAP public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years; for all other entities, the final lease 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. The new standard must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition of the new guidance and provides for certain practical expedients. Transition will require application of the new model at the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. The ASU is expected to impact our consolidated financial statements as we have certain operating office and land lease arrangements for which we are the lessee. We are evaluating the impact of the new standard and have not yet determined if it will have a material impact on our business or 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;">In March 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-05, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ASU 2016-05 clarifies that a change in counterparty to a derivative contract, in and of itself, does not require the dedesignation of a hedging relationship. ASU 2016-05 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those years. Early adoption is permitted and entities have the option of adopting this guidance on a prospective basis to new derivative contracts or on a modified retrospective basis. We elected to early adopt ASU 2016-05 on January 1, 2016 on a prospective basis, and there was no impact 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;">In March 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-07, Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323). </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-07 simplifies the transition to the equity method of accounting. ASU 2016-07 eliminates the requirement to apply the equity method of accounting retrospectively when a reporting entity obtains significant influence over a previously held investment. Instead the equity method of accounting will be applied prospectively from the date significant influence is obtained. The new standard should be applied prospectively for investments that qualify for the equity method of accounting in interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted, and we elected to early adopt this standard as of January 1, 2016. The adoption of this standard had no impact 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;">In March 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-09 amends Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Based Compensation to simplify various aspects of how share-based payments are accounted for and presented in the financial statements including (i) reflecting income tax effects of share-based payments through the income statement, (ii) allowing statutory tax withholding requirements at the employees’ maximum individual tax rate without requiring awards to be classified as liabilities and (iii) permitting an entity to make an accounting policy election for the impact of forfeitures on the recognition of expense. ASU 2016-09 is effective for public business entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within that reporting period, with early adoption permitted.</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 adopted ASU 2016-09 as of January 1, 2017 and elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than to account for them based on an estimate of expected forfeitures. This election is to be adopted using a modified retrospective transition method, with a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. The related financial statement impact of this adjustment is not expected to be material. Depending on several factors, such as the market price of our common stock, employee stock option exercise behavior, and corporate income tax rates, the excess tax benefits associated with the exercise of stock options and the vesting and delivery of RSAs, RSUs, and PSUs could generate a significant income tax benefit in a particular interim period, potentially creating volatility in Net income attributable to W. P. Carey and basic and diluted earnings per share between interim periods. We do not expect that the impact will be material to Net income attributable to W. P. Carey and basic and diluted earnings per share on an annual basis. Under the current accounting guidance, windfall tax benefits related to stock-based compensation were approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$6.7 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$12.5 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and were recognized within Additional paid-in capital in our consolidated financial statements. If ASU 2016-09 had been adopted as of January 1, 2015, these amounts would have been reflected as a reduction to Provision for income taxes in those respective periods.</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;">In June 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2016-13 introduces a new model for estimating credit losses based on current expected credit losses for certain types of financial instruments, including loans receivable, held-to-maturity debt securities, and net investments in direct financing leases, amongst other financial instruments. ASU 2016-13 also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities and expands the disclosure requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for losses. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early application of the guidance permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 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;">In August 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2016-15 intends to reduce diversity in practice for certain cash flow classifications, including, but not limited to (i) debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, (ii) contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, (iii) proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, and (iv) distributions received from equity method investees. ASU 2016-15 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early application of the guidance permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-15 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%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In October 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> ASU 2016-17 changes how a reporting entity that is a decision maker should consider indirect interests in a VIE held through an entity under common control. If a decision maker must evaluate whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, it will only need to consider its proportionate indirect interest in the VIE held through a common control party. ASU 2016-17 amends ASU 2015-02, which we adopted on January 1, 2016, and which currently directs the decision maker to treat the common control party’s interest in the VIE as if the decision maker held the interest itself. ASU 2016-17 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated 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%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In November 2016, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2016-18 intends to reduce diversity in practice for the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-18 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-18 on our consolidated 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%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In January 2017, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2017-01 intends to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. Under the current implementation guidance in Topic 805, there are three elements of a business: inputs, processes, and outputs. While an integrated set of assets and activities, collectively referred to as a “set,” that is a business usually has outputs, outputs are not required to be present. ASU 2017-01 provides a screen to determine when a set is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. ASU 2017-01 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We elected to early adopt ASU 2017-01 on January 1, 2017 on a prospective basis. While our acquisitions have historically been classified as either business combinations or asset acquisitions, certain acquisitions that were classified as business combinations by us likely would have been considered asset acquisitions under the new standard. As a result, future transaction costs are more likely to be capitalized since we expect most of our future acquisitions to be classified as asset acquisitions under this new standard. In addition, goodwill that was previously allocated to businesses that were sold or held for sale will no longer be allocated and written off upon sale if future sales were deemed to be sales of assets and not businesses.</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;">In January 2017, the FASB issued </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">ASU 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. ASU 2017-04 removes step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. All other goodwill impairment guidance will remain largely unchanged. Entities will continue to have the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. ASU 2017-04 will be effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years in which a goodwill impairment test is performed, with early adoption permitted. We are in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2017-04 on our consolidated financial statements.</font></div></div>
CY2016	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, 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="#sA7760700978C5E5BA51E0ED87F130C94"><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 Owned Real Estate 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, 2016</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. 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. </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;">At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we were also the advisor to Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, or 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="#s22A73C4C6E865EE382B4CD92F4011284"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 4</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%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</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, and feeder funds of CCIF, or the CCIF Feeder Funds, which are also BDCs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s22A73C4C6E865EE382B4CD92F4011284"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Note 4</font></a><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">). In May 2016, one of the CCIF Feeder Funds, Carey Credit Income Fund 2018 T, filed a registration statement on Form N-2 with the SEC to sell up to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">102,564,103</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> shares of its beneficial interest in an initial public offering, with the proceeds to be invested in shares of CCIF. The registration statement was declared effective by the SEC in October 2016 but fundraising has not yet commenced. We refer to CCIF and the CCIF Feeder Funds collectively as the Managed BDCs. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, we were also the advisor to Carey European Student Housing Fund I, L.P., or CESH I, a limited partnership formed for the purpose of developing, owning, and operating student housing properties and similar investments in Europe. We refer to the Managed REITs, Managed BDCs, and CESH I collectively 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%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On May 4, 2016, we filed a registration statement with the SEC for Corporate Property Associates 19 – 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;">:19 – Global, a diversified non-traded REIT, for a capital raise of up to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$2.0 billion</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, which included </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$500.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> of shares allocated 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;">:19 – Global’s distribution reinvestment plan. We have decided to delay the introduction of 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;">:19 – Global due to regulatory uncertainty surrounding the adoption of the Fiduciary Rule and the resulting impact on the market with regard to product choices, pricing, and timing, which is currently in a state of flux. As a result, there can be no assurances as to whether or when 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;">:19 – Global’s offering will commence. Through </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, the financial activity of 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;">:19 – Global, which has no significant assets, liabilities, or operations, was included in our consolidated 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%;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;">Owned Real Estate</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> — We own and invest in commercial properties principally in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia that are then leased to companies, primarily on a triple-net lease basis. We also own </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">two</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> hotels, which are considered operating 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 and limited partnership units of the Managed Programs (</font><a style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;" href="#s303654C131F4552EA10E3669B9899118"><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="#s22A73C4C6E865EE382B4CD92F4011284"><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, 2016</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;">903</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">87.9 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;">217</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> tenants, with an occupancy rate of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">99.1%</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 and CESH I, for which we earn structuring revenue, and manage their portfolios of real estate investments, for which we earn asset 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 through our advisory agreements with certain of the Managed Programs, including in connection with providing liquidity events for the Managed REITs’ stockholders. At </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">December 31, 2016</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;">446</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;">52.0 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;">216</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;">99.8%</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">. The Managed REITs and CESH I also had interests in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">160</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> operating properties, totaling approximately </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">20.0 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> square feet (unaudited), in the aggregate. We continue to explore alternatives for expanding our investment management operations beyond advising the existing Managed Programs. Any such expansion could involve the purchase of properties or other investments as principal with the intention of transferring such investments to a newly created fund. These new funds could invest primarily in assets other than net-lease real estate and could include funds raised through private placements, such as CESH I, or publicly traded vehicles, either in the United States or internationally.</font></div></div>
CY2016	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>
CY2016	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 style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"></font></div></div>

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