NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Oct 27, 2011) - Investment firm [ W. P. Carey & Co. LLC ] (NYSE: [ WPC ]) announced today that President and CEO Trevor P. Bond will participate at [ Harvard's 2011 REAI Annual Fall Conference ] to be held at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA, November 9 through November 10, 2011. The REAI Fall Conference will feature Harvard faculty, industry leaders and government officials in conversations about the future of real estate development and investment. Mr. Bond will speak on the panel discussing Capital Markets on Wednesday, November 9 at 4:45pm (ET).

W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (NYSE: [ WPC ]) is an investment management company that provides long term sale leaseback and build to suit financing for companies worldwide and manages a global investment portfolio of approximately $11.8 billion. Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (WPC), W. P. Carey and its CPA® series of non-traded REITs help companies and private equity firms unlock capital tied up in real estate assets. The W. P. Carey Group's investments are highly diversified, comprising contractual agreements with approximately 284 long term corporate tenants spanning 28 industries and 18 countries. [ http://www.wpcarey.com ]

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