W. P. Carey & Company is an investment firm with $3.5 billion in equity capital. The firm has long served as the pre-eminent provider of corporate real estate financing solutions to private equity firms and companies worldwide. As the world s largest publicly traded limited-liability company, W. P. Carey owns more than 650 commercial and industrial facilities throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, totaling more than 90 million square feet of space. As part of its management business, the company provides asset management services to the Corporate Property Associates series of publicly held, non-traded real estate investment trusts. Founded in 1973, W. P. Carey maintains its headquarters in New York City.