UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-K

þ		ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 000-50249

CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 15 INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland		52-2298116
(State of incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York		10020
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone numbers, including area code:
Investor Relations (212) 492-8920
(212) 492-1100

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer þ		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ

Registrant has no active market for its common stock. Non-affiliates held 118,493,221 shares of common stock at June 30, 2010.

At March 18, 2011, there were 129,221,453 shares of common stock of registrant outstanding.

The registrant incorporates by reference its definitive Proxy Statement with respect to its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days following the end of its fiscal year, into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I			2
Item 1. Business			2
Item 1A. Risk Factors			12
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments			21
Item 2. Properties			21
Item 3. Legal Proceedings			21
Item 4. Removed and Reserved			21
PART II			22
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			22
Item 6. Selected Financial Data			23
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			24
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			45
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			48
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			89
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures			89
Item 9B. Other Information			89
PART III			90
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			90
Item 11. Executive Compensation			90
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			90
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			90
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services			90
PART IV			91
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules			91
SIGNATURES			92
Exhibit 21.1
Exhibit 23.1
Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 32

Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Item 7 of Part II of this Report, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. It is important to note that our actual results could be materially different from those projected in such forward-looking statements. You should exercise caution in relying on forward-looking statements as they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may materially affect our future results, performance, achievements or transactions. Information on factors which could impact actual results and cause them to differ from what is anticipated in the forward-looking statements contained herein is included in this Report as well as in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including but not limited to those described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Report. We do not undertake to revise or update any forward-looking statements. Additionally, a description of our critical accounting estimates is included in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of this Report.

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PART I

Item 1.		Business.

(a) General Development of Business

Overview

Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated (together with its consolidated subsidiaries and predecessors, “we”, “us” or “our”) is a publicly owned, non-listed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that primarily invests in commercial properties leased to companies domestically and internationally. As a REIT, we are not subject to United States (“U.S.”) federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income, the level of our distributions and other factors.

Our core investment strategy is to own and manage a portfolio of properties leased to a diversified group of companies on a single tenant net lease basis. Our net leases generally require the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property such as maintenance, insurance, taxes, structural repairs and other operating expenses. Leases of this type are referred to as triple-net leases. We generally seek to include in our leases:

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clauses providing for mandated rent increases or periodic rent increases over the term of the lease tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) or other similar index for the jurisdiction in which the property is located or, when appropriate, increases tied to the volume of sales at the property;

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indemnification for environmental and other liabilities;

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operational or financial covenants of the tenant; and

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guarantees of lease obligations from parent companies or letters of credit.

We are managed by W. P. Carey & Co. LLC (“WPC”) through certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “advisor”). WPC is a publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.”

The advisor provides both strategic and day-to-day management services for us, including capital funding services, investment research and analysis, investment financing and other investment related services, asset management, disposition of assets, investor relations and administrative services. The advisor also provides office space and other facilities for us. We pay asset management fees and certain transactional fees to the advisor and also reimburse the advisor for certain expenses incurred in providing services, including personnel provided for the administration of our operations. The advisor also currently serves in this capacity for other REITs that it formed under the Corporate Property Associates brand: Corporate Property Associates 14 Incorporated (“CPA^®:14”), Corporate Property Associates 16 — Global Incorporated (“CPA^®:16 — Global”) and Corporate Property Associates 17 — Global Incorporated (“CPA^®:17 — Global”), collectively, including us, the “CPA^® REITs.” The advisor also serves as the advisor to Carey Watermark Investors Incorporated, which was formed in March 2008 for the purpose of acquiring interests in lodging and lodging-related properties.

We were formed as a Maryland corporation in February 2001. In two offerings, between November 2001 and August 2003, we sold a total of 104,617,606 shares of our common stock for a total of $1.0 billion in gross offering proceeds. Through December 31, 2010, we have also issued 13,272,038 shares ($153.2 million) through our distribution reinvestment and stock purchase plan. We have repurchased 16,191,899 shares ($170.6 million) under our redemption plan from inception through December 31, 2010. In June 2009, as a result of redemptions reaching the 5% limitation under the terms of our redemption plan and our desire to preserve capital and liquidity, our board of directors suspended our redemption plan, effective for all redemption requests received subsequent to June 1, 2009, with limited exceptions in cases of death or disability. The suspension will remain in effect until our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to reinstate the plan.

Our principal executive offices are located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 and our telephone number is (212) 492-1100. We have no employees. At December 31, 2010, the advisor employed 170 individuals who are available to perform services for us.

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Significant Developments during 2010:

Net Asset Value — As a result of continued weakness in the economy and a weakening of the Euro versus the dollar during 2010 and 2009, our estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per share at December 31, 2010 decreased to $10.40, which represented a 3% decline from our December 31, 2009 NAV per share of $10.70.

Dispositions — During 2010, we sold five domestic properties for a total price of $88.9 million, net of selling costs, and recognized a net gain on the sales of $33.0 million. In addition, during 2010, we deconsolidated a subsidiary as a result of modifying its structure in connection with a refinancing and recognized a gain on deconsolidation of $11.5 million. All amounts are inclusive of affiliates’ noncontrolling interests in the properties.

Impairment Charges — During 2010, we incurred impairment charges totaling $25.3 million to reduce the carrying value of certain of our real estate investments to their estimated fair value (Note 11).

Financing Activity — During 2010, we refinanced maturing non-recourse mortgage loans with new non-recourse financing of $14.3 million at a weighted average annual interest rate and term of 6.1% and 6.0 years, respectively. In addition, an unconsolidated venture in which we hold a 33% ownership interest refinanced its existing non-recourse mortgage loan with new non-recourse financing of $57.5 million at a fixed annual interest rate and term of 5.8% and 8.3 years, respectively.

(b) Financial Information About Segments

We operate in one industry segment, real estate ownership, with domestic and foreign investments. Refer to Note 18 in the accompanying financial statements for financial information about this segment.

(c) Narrative Description of Business

Business Objectives and Strategy

We invest primarily in income-producing commercial real estate properties that are, upon acquisition, improved or developed or that will be developed within a reasonable time after acquisition.

Our objectives are to:

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own a diversified portfolio of triple-net leased real estate;

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fund distributions to shareholders; and

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increase our equity in our real estate by making regular principal payments on mortgage loans for our properties.

We seek to achieve these objectives by investing in and holding commercial properties that are generally triple-net leased to a single corporate tenant. We intend our portfolio to be diversified by tenant, facility type, geographic location and tenant industry.

Our business plan is principally focused on managing our existing portfolio of properties. This may include looking to selectively dispose of properties, obtaining new non-recourse mortgage financing on unencumbered assets or refinancing existing mortgage loans on properties if we can obtain such financing on attractive terms.

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Our Portfolio

At December 31, 2010, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interest in 347 properties, substantially all of which were triple-net leased to 78 tenants, and totaled approximately 30 million square feet (on a pro rata basis) with an occupancy rate of approximately 97%. Our portfolio had the following property and lease characteristics:

Geographic Diversification

Information regarding the geographic diversification of our properties at December 31, 2010 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):

		Consolidated Investments								Equity Investments in Real Estate (b)
		Annualized				% of Annualized				Annualized				% of Annualized
		Contractual				Contractual				Contractual				Contractual
		Minimum				Minimum				Minimum				Minimum
Region		Base Rent (a)				Base Rent				Base Rent (a)				Base Rent
United States
South		$	49,798				19	%		$	2,927				11	%
Midwest			41,132				16				2,904				11
West			40,804				16				10,749				41
East			36,220				14				6,365				24
Total U.S.			167,954				65				22,945				87
International
Europe (c)			88,810				35				3,501				13
Total		$	256,764				100	%		$	26,446				100	%

Property Diversification

Information regarding our property diversification at December 31, 2010 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):

		Consolidated Investments								Equity Investments in Real Estate (b)
		Annualized				% of Annualized				Annualized				% of Annualized
		Contractual				Contractual				Contractual				Contractual
		Minimum				Minimum				Minimum				Minimum
Property Type		Base Rent (a)				Base Rent				Base Rent (a)				Base Rent
Office		$	64,606				25	%		$	350				1	%
Warehouse/Distribution			43,051				17				3,473				13
Retail			40,861				16				1,493				6
Industrial			37,926				15				12,725				48
Other properties (c)			37,834				15				—				—
Self-storage			32,486				12				—				—
Hospitality			—				—				8,405				32
Total		$	256,764				100	%		$	26,446				100	%

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Tenant Diversification

Information regarding our tenant diversification at December 31, 2010 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):

		Consolidated Investments								Equity Investments in Real Estate(c)
		Annualized				% of Annualized				Annualized				% of Annualized
		Contractual				Contractual				Contractual				Contractual
		Minimum				Minimum				Minimum				Minimum
Tenant Industry (a)		Base Rent (b)				Base Rent				Base Rent (a)				Base Rent
Retail trade		$	60,120				23	%		$	2,296				9	%
Healthcare, education and childcare			24,262				9				—				—
Electronics			22,229				9				6,239				24
Buildings and real estate			21,115				8				—				—
Leisure, amusement, entertainment			19,387				8				—				—
Business and commercial services			15,970				6				—				—
Construction and building			13,651				5				646				2
Chemicals, plastics, rubber, and glass			12,462				5				—				—
Transportation — personal			11,371				4				—				—
Federal, state and local government			10,372				4				—				—
Insurance			8,617				3				—				—
Automobile			7,133				3				1,205				4
Aerospace and defense			5,804				2				—				—
Telecommunications			5,543				2				—				—
Media: printing and publishing			4,410				2				1,597				6
Beverages, food, and tobacco			3,940				2				1,763				7
Consumer and durable goods			3,899				2				—				—
Hotels and gaming			—				—				8,406				32
Other (d)			6,479				3				4,294				16
Total		$	256,764				100	%		$	26,446				100	%

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Lease Expirations

At December 31, 2010, lease expirations of our properties were as follows (dollars in thousands):

		Consolidated Investments								Equity Investments in Real Estate(b)
		Annualized				% of Annualized				Annualized				% of Annualized
		Contractual				Contractual				Contractual				Contractual
		Minimum				Minimum				Minimum				Minimum
Year of Lease Expiration		Base Rent (a)				Base Rent				Base Rent (a)				Base Rent
2011		$	8,272				3	%		$	223				1	%
2012			1,504				1				—				—
2013			2,263				1				—				—
2014			19,326				7				—				—
2015			24,461				10				—				—
2016			13,134				5				1,763				7
2017			5,327				2				646				2
2018			17,203				7				3,981				14
2019			13,835				5				—				—
2020			9,690				4				1,597				6
2021			14,100				5				2,541				10
2022			27,626				11				2,258				9
2023			20,406				8				8,406				31
2024			46,767				18				737				3
2025 – 2029			16,887				7				2,296				9
2030 – 2033			15,963				6				1,998				8
Total		$	256,764				100	%		$	26,446				100	%

Asset Management

We believe that effective management of our assets is essential to maintain and enhance property values. Important aspects of asset management include restructuring transactions to meet the evolving needs of current tenants, re-leasing properties, refinancing debt, selling assets and knowledge of the bankruptcy process.

The advisor monitors, on an ongoing basis, compliance by tenants with their lease obligations and other factors that could affect the financial performance of any of our properties. Monitoring involves verifying that each tenant has paid real estate taxes, assessments and other expenses relating to the properties it occupies and confirming that appropriate insurance coverage is being maintained by the tenant. For international compliance, the advisor also utilizes third-party asset managers for certain investments. The advisor reviews financial statements of our tenants and undertakes regular physical inspections of the condition and maintenance of our properties. Additionally, the advisor periodically analyzes each tenant’s financial condition, the industry in which each tenant operates and each tenant’s relative strength in its industry.

Holding Period

We intend to hold each property we invest in for an extended period. The determination of whether a particular property should be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, with a view to achieving maximum capital appreciation for our shareholders or avoiding increases in risk. No assurance can be given that this objective will be realized.

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Our intention is to consider alternatives for providing liquidity for our shareholders generally commencing eight years following the investment of substantially all of the net proceeds from our initial public offering, which occurred in 2003. We may provide liquidity for our shareholders through sales of assets, either on a portfolio basis or individually, a listing of our shares on a stock exchange, a merger (which may include a merger with one or more of our affiliated CPA^® REITs and/or with the advisor) or another transaction approved by our board of directors. While we are considering liquidity alternatives, we may choose to limit the making of new investments, unless our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, determines that, in light of our expected life, it is in our shareholders’ best interests for us to make new investments. We are under no obligation to liquidate our portfolio within any particular period since the precise timing will depend on real estate and financial markets, economic conditions of the areas in which the properties are located and tax effects on shareholders that may prevail in the future. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we will be able to consummate a liquidity event. In the most recent instances in which CPA^® REIT shareholders were provided with liquidity, the liquidating entity merged with another, later-formed CPA^® REIT. In each of these transactions, shareholders of the liquidating entity were offered the opportunity to exchange their shares for shares of the merged entity, cash or a short-term note.

Financing Strategies

Consistent with our investment policies, we use leverage when available on favorable terms. Substantially all of our mortgage loans are non-recourse and provide for monthly or quarterly installments, which include scheduled payments of principal. At December 31, 2010, 82% of our mortgage financing bore interest at fixed rates. At December 31, 2010, approximately 40% of our variable-rate debt bore interest at fixed rates but will reset in the future, pursuant to the terms of the mortgage contracts. Accordingly, our near-term cash flow should not be adversely affected by increases in interest rates. The advisor may refinance properties or defease a loan when a decline in interest rates makes it profitable to prepay an existing mortgage loan, when an existing mortgage loan matures or if an attractive investment becomes available and the proceeds from the refinancing can be used to purchase the investment. There is no assurance that existing debt will be refinanced at lower rates of interest as the debt matures. The benefits of the refinancing may include an increased cash flow resulting from reduced debt service requirements, an increase in distributions from proceeds of the refinancing, if any, and/or an increase in property ownership if some refinancing proceeds are reinvested in real estate. The prepayment of loans may require us to pay a yield maintenance premium to the lender in order to pay off a loan prior to its maturity.

A lender on non-recourse mortgage debt generally has recourse only to the property collateralizing such debt and not to any of our other assets, while unsecured financing would give a lender recourse to all of our assets. The use of non-recourse debt, therefore, helps us to limit the exposure of our assets to any one debt obligation. Lenders may, however, have recourse to our other assets in limited circumstances not related to the repayment of the indebtedness, such as under an environmental indemnity or in the case of fraud. Lenders may also seek to include in the terms of mortgage loans provisions making the termination or replacement of the advisor an event of default or an event requiring the immediate repayment of the full outstanding balance of the loan. We will attempt to negotiate loan terms allowing us to replace or terminate the advisor. Even if we are successful in negotiating such provisions, the replacement or termination of the advisor may require the prior consent of the mortgage lenders.

A majority of our financing requires us to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. At December 31, 2010, scheduled balloon payments for the next five years were as follows (in thousands):

2011		$	57,780	(a)(b)(c)
2012			103,774	(b)(c)
2013			102,530	(b)
2014			332,843	(b)
2015			164,000	(b)

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We are currently seeking to refinance certain of these loans due in 2011 and believe we have existing cash resources that can be used to make these payments, if necessary.

Investment Strategies

We invest primarily in income-producing properties that are, upon acquisition, improved or being developed or that are to be developed within a reasonable period after acquisition. While we are not currently seeking to make new significant investments, we may do so if attractive opportunities arise.

Most of our properties are subject to long-term net leases and were acquired through sale-leaseback transactions in which we acquire properties from companies that simultaneously lease the properties back from us. These sale-leaseback transactions provide the lessee company with a source of capital that is an alternative to other financing sources such as corporate borrowing, mortgaging real property, or selling shares of its stock.

Our sale-leaseback transactions may occur in conjunction with acquisitions, recapitalizations or other corporate transactions. We may act as one of several sources of financing for these transactions by purchasing real property from the seller and net leasing it back to the seller or its successor in interest (the lessee).

In analyzing potential net lease investment opportunities, the advisor reviews all aspects of a transaction, including the creditworthiness of the tenant or borrower and the underlying real estate fundamentals, to determine whether a potential acquisition satisfies our investment criteria. The advisor generally considers, among other things, the following aspects of each transaction:

Tenant/Borrower Evaluation — The advisor evaluates each potential tenant or borrower for their creditworthiness, typically considering factors such as management experience, industry position and fundamentals, operating history, and capital structure, as well as other factors that may be relevant to a particular investment. The advisor seeks opportunities in which it believes the tenant may have a stable or improving credit profile or the credit profile has not been recognized by the market. In evaluating a possible investment, the creditworthiness of a tenant or borrower often is a more significant factor than the value of the underlying real estate, particularly if the underlying property is specifically suited to the needs of the tenant; however, in certain circumstances where the real estate is attractively valued, the creditworthiness of the tenant may be a secondary consideration. Whether a prospective tenant or borrower is creditworthy will be determined by the advisor’s investment department and its investment committee, as described below. Creditworthy does not mean “investment grade.”

Properties Important to Tenant/Borrower Operations — The advisor generally focuses on properties that it believes are essential or important to the ongoing operations of the tenant. The advisor believes that these properties provide better protection generally as well as in the event of a bankruptcy, since a tenant/borrower is less likely to risk the loss of a critically important lease or property in a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise.

Diversification — The advisor attempts to diversify our portfolio to avoid dependence on any one particular tenant, borrower, collateral type, geographic location or tenant/borrower industry. By diversifying our portfolio, the advisor seeks to reduce the adverse effect of a single under-performing investment or a downturn in any particular industry or geographic region.

Lease Terms — Generally, the net leased properties in which we invest are leased on a full recourse basis to our tenants or their affiliates. In addition, the advisor generally seeks to include a clause in each lease that provides for increases in rent over the term of the lease. These increases are fixed or tied generally to increases in indices such as the CPI, or other similar index in the jurisdiction in which the property is located, but may contain caps or other limitations either on an annual or overall basis. Further, in some jurisdictions (notably Germany), these clauses must provide for rent adjustments based on increases or decreases in the relevant index. In the case of retail stores and hotels, the lease may provide for participation in gross revenues of the tenant at the property above a stated level. Alternatively, a lease may provide for mandated rental increases on specific dates.

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Collateral Evaluation — The advisor reviews the physical condition of the property and conducts a market evaluation to determine the likelihood of replacing the rental stream if the tenant defaults or of a sale of the property in such circumstances. The advisor will also generally engage third parties to conduct, or requires the seller to conduct, Phase I or similar environmental site assessments (including a visual inspection for the potential presence of asbestos) in an attempt to identify potential environmental liabilities associated with a property prior to its acquisition. If potential environmental liabilities are identified, the advisor generally requires that identified environmental issues be resolved by the seller prior to property acquisition or, where such issues cannot be resolved prior to acquisition, requires tenants contractually to assume responsibility for resolving identified environmental issues post-closing and provide indemnification protections against any potential claims, losses or expenses arising from such matters. Although the advisor generally relies on its own analysis in determining whether to make an investment, each real property to be purchased by us will be appraised by an independent appraiser. The contractual purchase price (plus acquisition fees, but excluding acquisition expenses, payable to the advisor) for a real property we acquire will not exceed its appraised value, unless approved by our independent directors. The appraisals may take into consideration, among other things, the terms and conditions of the particular lease transaction, the quality of the lessee’s credit and the conditions of the credit markets at the time the lease transaction is negotiated. The appraised value may be greater than the construction cost or the replacement cost of a property, and the actual sale price of a property if sold by us may be greater or less than the appraised value. In cases of special purpose real estate, a property is examined in light of the prospects for the tenant/borrower’s enterprise and the financial strength and the role of that asset in the context of the tenant/borrower’s overall viability. Operating results of properties and other collateral may be examined to determine whether or not projected income levels are likely to be met.

Transaction Provisions to Enhance and Protect Value — The advisor attempts to include provisions in our leases it believes may help protect our investment from changes in the operating and financial characteristics of a tenant that may affect its ability to satisfy its obligations to us or reduce the value of our investment, such as requiring our consent to specified tenant activity, requiring the tenant to provide indemnification protections, and requiring the tenant to satisfy specific operating tests. The advisor may also seek to enhance the likelihood of a tenant’s lease obligations being satisfied through a guarantee of obligations from the tenant’s corporate parent or other entity or a letter of credit. This credit enhancement, if obtained, provides us with additional financial security. However, in markets where competition for net lease transactions is strong, some or all of these provisions may be difficult to negotiate. In addition, in some circumstances, tenants may retain the right to repurchase the property leased by the tenant. The option purchase price is generally the greater of the contract purchase price or the fair market value of the property at the time the option is exercised.

Other Equity Enhancements — The advisor may attempt to obtain equity enhancements in connection with transactions. These equity enhancements may involve warrants exercisable at a future time to purchase stock of the tenant or borrower or their parent. If warrants are obtained, and become exercisable, and if the value of the stock subsequently exceeds the exercise price of the warrant, equity enhancements can help us to achieve our goal of increasing investor returns.

Investment Decisions — The advisor’s investment department, under the oversight of its chief investment officer, is primarily responsible for evaluating, negotiating and structuring potential investment opportunities for the CPA^® REITs and WPC. Before an investment is made, the transaction is reviewed by the advisor’s investment committee, except under the limited circumstances described below. The investment committee is not directly involved in originating or negotiating potential investments but instead functions as a separate and final step in the acquisition process. The advisor places special emphasis on having experienced individuals serve on its investment committee. The advisor will not invest in a transaction on our behalf unless it is approved by the investment committee, except that investments with a total purchase price of $10.0 million or less may be approved by either the chairman of the investment committee or the advisor’s chief investment officer (up to, in the case of investments other than long-term net leases, a cap of $30.0 million or 5% of our NAV, whichever is greater, provided that such investments may not have a credit rating of less than BBB-). For transactions that meet the investment criteria of more than one CPA^® REIT, the chief investment officer has discretion to allocate the investment to or among the CPA^® REITs. In cases where two or more CPA^® REITs (or one or more of the CPA^® REITs and the advisor) will hold the investment, a majority of the independent directors of each CPA^® REIT investing in the property must also approve the transaction.

The following people currently serve on the investment committee:

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Nathaniel S. Coolidge, Chairman — Former senior vice president and head of the bond and corporate finance department of John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance (currently known as John Hancock Life Insurance Company). Mr. Coolidge’s responsibilities included overseeing its entire portfolio of fixed income investments.

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Axel K.A. Hansing — Currently serving as a senior partner at Coller Capital, Ltd., a global leader in the private equity secondary market, and responsible for investment activity in parts of Europe, Turkey and South Africa.

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Frank J. Hoenemeyer — Former vice chairman and chief investment officer of the Prudential Insurance Company of America. As chief investment officer, he was responsible for all of Prudential Insurance Company of America’s investments including stocks, bonds and real estate.

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Jean Hoysradt — Currently serving as the chief investment officer of Mousse Partners Limited, an investment office based in New York.

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Dr. Lawrence R. Klein — Currently serving as professor emeritus of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School. Recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize in economic sciences and former consultant to both the Federal Reserve Board and the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.

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Richard C. Marston — Currently the James R.F. Guy professor of economics and finance at the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School.

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Nick J.M. van Ommen — Former chief executive officer of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), currently serves on the supervisory boards of several companies, including Babis Vovos International Construction SA, a listed real estate company in Greece, Intervest Retail and Intervest Offices, listed real estate companies in Belgium, BUWOG / ESG, a residential leasing and development company in Austria and IMMOFINANZ, a listed real estate company in Austria.

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Dr. Karsten von Köller — Currently chairman of Lone Star Germany GMBH, a US private equity firm (“Lone Star”), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Düsseldorfer Hypothekenbank AG, a subsidiary of Lone Star, and Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Corealcredit Bank AG and MHB Bank AG.

The advisor is required to use its best efforts to present a continuing and suitable investment program to us but is not required to present to us any particular investment opportunity, even if it is of a character that, if presented, could be taken by us.

Segments

We operate in one industry segment, real estate ownership with domestic and foreign investments. For 2010, Mercury Partners, LP and U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. jointly represented 13% of our total lease revenue, inclusive of noncontrolling interest.

Competition

We face active competition from many sources for investment opportunities in commercial properties net leased to major corporations both domestically and internationally. In general, we believe that our advisor’s experience in real estate, credit underwriting and transaction structuring should allow us to compete effectively for commercial properties to the extent we make future acquisitions. However, competitors may be willing to accept rates of return, lease terms, other transaction terms or levels of risk that we may find unacceptable.

Environmental Matters

Our properties generally are or have been used for commercial purposes, including industrial and manufacturing properties. Under various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, current and former owners and operators of property may have liability for the cost of investigating, cleaning up or disposing of hazardous materials released at, on, under, in or from the property. These laws typically impose responsibility and liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of or was responsible for the presence of hazardous materials or contamination, and liability under these laws is often joint and several. Third parties may also make claims against owners or operators of properties for personal injuries and property damage associated with releases of hazardous materials. As part of our efforts to mitigate these risks, we typically engage third parties to perform assessments of potential environmental risks when evaluating a new acquisition of property, and we frequently obtain contractual protection (indemnities, cash reserves, letters of credit or other instruments) from property sellers, tenants, a tenant’s parent company or another third party to address known or potential environmental issues.

Transactions with Affiliates

We enter into transactions with our affiliates, including the other CPA^® REITs and our advisor or its affiliates, if we believe that doing so is consistent with our investment objectives and we comply with our investment policies and procedures. These transactions typically take the form of jointly-owned ventures, direct purchases of assets, mergers or another type of transaction.

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Types of Investments

Substantially all of our investments to date are and will continue to be income-producing properties, which are, upon acquisition, improved or being developed or which will be developed within a reasonable period of time after their acquisition. These investments have primarily been through sale-leaseback transactions, in which we invest in properties from companies that simultaneously lease the properties back from us subject to long-term leases. Investments are not restricted as to geographical areas.

Other Investments — We may invest up to 10% of our net equity in unimproved or non-income-producing real property and in “equity interests.” Investment in equity interests in the aggregate will not exceed five percent of our net equity. Such equity interests are defined generally to mean stock, warrants or other rights to purchase the stock of, or other interests in, a tenant of a property, an entity to which we lend money or a parent or controlling person of a borrower or tenant. We may invest in unimproved or non-income-producing property that the advisor believes will appreciate in value or increase the value of adjoining or neighboring properties we own. There can be no assurance that these expectations will be realized. Often, equity interests will be “restricted securities,” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), which means that the securities have not been registered with the SEC and are subject to restrictions on sale or transfer. Under this rule, we may be prohibited from reselling the equity securities until we have fully paid for and held the securities for a period between six months to one year. It is possible that the issuer of equity interests in which we invest may never register the interests under the Securities Act. Whether an issuer registers its securities under the Securities Act may depend on many factors, including the success of its operations.

We will exercise warrants or other rights to purchase stock generally if the value of the stock at the time the rights are exercised exceeds the exercise price. Payment of the exercise price will not be deemed an investment subject to the above described limitations. We may borrow funds to pay the exercise price on warrants or other rights or may pay the exercise price from funds held for working capital and then repay the loan or replenish the working capital upon the sale of the securities or interests purchased. We will not consider paying distributions out of the proceeds of the sale of these interests until any funds borrowed to purchase the interest have been fully repaid.

We will not invest in real estate contracts of sale unless the contracts are in recordable form and are appropriately recorded in the applicable chain of title.

Cash resources will be invested in permitted temporary investments, which include short-term U.S. Government securities, bank certificates of deposit and other short-term liquid investments. To maintain our REIT qualification, we also may invest in securities that qualify as “real estate assets” and produce qualifying income under the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Any investments in other REITs in which the advisor or any director is an affiliate must be approved as being fair and reasonable by a majority of the directors (which must include a majority of the independent directors) who are not otherwise interested in the transaction.

If at any time the character of our investments would cause us to be deemed an “investment company” for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (the “Investment Company Act”), we will take the necessary action to ensure that we are not deemed to be an investment company. The advisor will continually review our investment activity, including monitoring the proportion of our portfolio that is placed in various investments, to attempt to ensure that we do not come within the application of the Investment Company Act.

Our reserves, if any, will be invested in permitted temporary investments. The advisor will evaluate the relative risks and rate of return, our cash needs and other appropriate considerations when making short-term investments on our behalf. The rate of return of permitted temporary investments may be less than would be obtainable from real estate investments.

(d) Financial Information About Geographic Areas

See Our Portfolio above and Note 18 of the consolidated financial statements for financial information pertaining to our geographic operations.

(e) Available Information

All filings we make with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and our current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports, are available for free on our website, http://www.cpa15.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after they are filed or furnished to the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to be read or copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings can also be obtained for free on the SEC’s Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. We are providing our website address solely for the information of investors. We do not intend our website to be an active link or to otherwise incorporate the information contained on our website into this Report or other filings with the SEC.

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We will supply to any shareholder, upon written request and without charge, a copy of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the SEC.

Item 1A.		Risk Factors.

Our business, results of operations, financial condition and ability to pay distributions at the current rate could be materially adversely affected by various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions below. These risk factors may have affected, and in the future could affect, our actual operating and financial results and could cause such results to differ materially from our expectations as expressed in any forward-looking statements. You should not consider this list exhaustive. New risk factors emerge periodically, and we cannot assure you that the factors described below list all risks that may become material to us at any later time.

The recent financial and economic crisis adversely affected our business, and the continued uncertainty in the global economic environment may adversely affect our business in the future.

Although we have seen signs of modest improvement in the global economy following the significant distress in 2008 and 2009, the economic recovery remains weak, and our business is still dependent on the speed and strength of that recovery, which cannot be predicted at the present time. To date, its effects on our business have primarily been that a number of tenants have experienced increased levels of financial distress, with several having filed for bankruptcy protection, although our experience in 2010 reflected an improvement from 2008 and 2009.

Depending on the strength of the recovery, we could in the future experience a number of additional effects on our business, including higher levels of default in the payment of rent by our tenants, additional bankruptcies and impairments in the value of our property investments, as well as difficulties in refinancing existing loans as they come due. Any of these conditions may negatively affect our earnings, as well as our cash flow and, consequently, our ability to sustain the payment of dividends at current levels or to resume our redemption plan.

We are subject to the risks of real estate ownership, which could reduce the value of our properties.

Our performance and asset value are subject, in part, to risks incident to the ownership and operation of real estate, including:

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changes in the general economic climate;

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changes in local conditions such as an oversupply of space or reduction in demand for commercial real estate;

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changes in interest rates and the availability of financing; and

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changes in laws and governmental regulations, including those governing real estate usage, zoning and taxes.

International investments involve additional risks.

We have invested in properties located outside the U.S. At December 31, 2010, our directly owned real estate properties located outside of the U.S. represented 35% of annualized contractual minimum base rent. These investments may be affected by factors particular to the laws of the jurisdiction in which the property is located. These investments may expose us to risks that are different from and in addition to those commonly found in the U.S., including:

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changing governmental rules and policies;

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enactment of laws relating to the foreign ownership of property and laws relating to the ability of foreign entities to remove invested capital or profits earned from activities within the country to the U.S.;

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	•		legal systems under which the ability to enforce contractual rights and remedies may be more limited than would be the case under U.S. law;

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the difficulty in conforming obligations in other countries and the burden of complying with a wide variety of foreign laws, which may be more stringent than U.S. laws, including tax requirements and land use, zoning, and environmental laws, as well as changes in such laws;

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adverse market conditions caused by changes in national or local economic or political conditions;

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changes in relative interest rates;

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changes in the availability, cost and terms of mortgage funds resulting from varying national economic policies;

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restrictions and/or significant costs in repatriating cash and cash equivalents held in foreign bank accounts; and

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changes in real estate and other tax rates and other operating expenses in particular countries.

In addition, the lack of publicly available information in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) could impair our ability to analyze transactions and may cause us to forego an investment opportunity. It may also impair our ability to receive timely and accurate financial information from tenants necessary to meet our reporting obligations to financial institutions or governmental or regulatory agencies. Certain of these risks may be greater in emerging markets and less developed countries. The advisor’s expertise to date is primarily in the U.S. and Europe, and the advisor has little or no expertise in other international markets.

Also, we may rely on third-party asset managers in international jurisdictions to monitor compliance with legal requirements and lending agreements with respect to our properties. Failure to comply with applicable requirements may expose us or our operating subsidiaries to additional liabilities.

Moreover, we are subject to foreign currency risk due to potential fluctuations in exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. Our primary currency exposure is to the Euro. We attempt to mitigate a portion of the risk of currency fluctuation by financing our properties in the local currency denominations, although there can be no assurance that this will be effective. Because we generally place both our debt obligation to the lender and the tenant’s rental obligation to us in the same currency, our results of foreign operations benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies; that is, a weaker U.S. dollar will tend to increase both our revenues and our expenses, while a stronger U.S. dollar will tend to reduce both our revenues and our expenses.

We may have difficulty selling or re-leasing our properties.

Real estate investments generally lack liquidity compared to other financial assets, and this lack of liquidity will limit our ability to quickly change our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. The triple-net leases we own, enter into, or acquire may be for properties that are specially suited to the particular needs of the tenant. With these properties, if the current lease is terminated or not renewed, we may be required to renovate the property or to make rent concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant. In addition, if we are forced to sell the property, we may have difficulty selling it to a party other than the tenant due to the special purpose for which the property may have been designed. These and other limitations may affect our ability to sell or re-lease properties without adversely affecting returns to our shareholders. See Item 1 —Business — Our Portfolio for scheduled lease expirations.

We have recognized, and may in the future recognize, substantial impairment charges on our properties.

We have incurred, and may in the future incur, substantial impairment charges, which we are required to recognize whenever we sell a property for less than its carrying value or we determine that the property has experienced a decline in its carrying value (or, for direct financing leases, that the unguaranteed residual value of the underlying property has declined). By their nature, the timing and extent of impairment charges are not predictable. Impairment charges reduce our net income, although they do not necessarily affect our cash flow from operations.

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The inability of a tenant in a single tenant property to pay rent will reduce our revenues and increase our expenses.

Most of our properties are occupied by a single tenant, and therefore the success of our investments is materially dependent on the financial stability of these tenants. Revenues from several of our tenants/guarantors constitute a significant percentage of our lease revenues. Our five largest tenants/guarantors represented approximately 37%, 36% and 35% of total lease revenues in 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Lease payment defaults by tenants negatively impact our net income and reduce the amounts available for distributions to shareholders. As our tenants generally may not have a recognized credit rating, they may have a higher risk of lease defaults than if our tenants had a recognized credit rating. In addition, the bankruptcy of a tenant could cause the loss of lease payments as well as an increase in the costs incurred to carry the property until it can be re-leased or sold. We have had tenants file for bankruptcy protection. In the event of a default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting the investment and re-leasing the property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to re-lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss.

The bankruptcy or insolvency of tenants or borrowers may cause a reduction in revenue.

Bankruptcy or insolvency of a tenant or borrower could cause:

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the loss of lease or interest payments;

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an increase in the costs incurred to carry the property;

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litigation;

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a reduction in the value of our shares; and

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a decrease in distributions to our shareholders.

Under U.S. bankruptcy law, a tenant who is the subject of bankruptcy proceedings has the option of assuming or rejecting any unexpired lease. If the tenant rejects the lease, any resulting claim we have for breach of the lease (excluding collateral securing the claim) will be treated as a general unsecured claim. The maximum claim will be capped at the amount owed for unpaid rent prior to the bankruptcy unrelated to the termination, plus the greater of one year’s lease payments or 15% of the remaining lease payments payable under the lease (but no more than three years’ lease payments). In addition, due to the long-term nature of our leases and, in some cases, terms providing for the repurchase of a property by the tenant, a bankruptcy court could recharacterize a net lease transaction as a secured lending transaction. If that were to occur, we would not be treated as the owner of the property, but we might have rights as a secured creditor. Those rights would not include a right to compel the tenant to timely perform its obligations under the lease but may instead entitle us to “adequate protection,” a bankruptcy concept that applies to protect against a decrease in the value of the property if the value of the property is less than the balance owed to us.

Insolvency laws outside of the U.S. may not be as favorable to reorganization or to the protection of a debtor’s rights as tenants under a lease as are the laws in the U.S. Our rights to terminate a lease for default may be more likely to be enforceable in countries other than the U.S., in which a debtor/tenant or its insolvency representative may be less likely to have rights to force continuation of a lease without our consent. Nonetheless, such laws may permit a tenant or an appointed insolvency representative to terminate a lease if it so chooses.

However, in circumstances where the bankruptcy laws of the U.S. are considered to be more favorable to debtors and to their reorganization, entities that are not ordinarily perceived as U.S. entities may seek to take advantage of the U.S. bankruptcy laws if they are eligible. An entity would be eligible to be a debtor under the U.S. bankruptcy laws if it had a domicile (state of incorporation or registration), place of business or assets in the U.S. If a tenant became a debtor under the U.S. bankruptcy laws, then it would have the option of assuming or rejecting any unexpired lease. As a general matter, after the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and prior to assumption or rejection of an expired lease, U.S. bankruptcy laws provide that until an unexpired lease is assumed or rejected, the tenant (or its trustee if one has been appointed) must timely perform obligations of the tenant under the lease. However, under certain circumstances, the time period for performance of such obligations may be extended by an order of the bankruptcy court.

We and the other CPA^® REITs managed by the advisor have had tenants file for bankruptcy protection and are involved in bankruptcy-related litigation (including several international tenants). Four prior CPA^® REITs reduced the rate of distributions to their investors as a result of adverse developments involving tenants.

Similarly, if a borrower under one of our loan transactions declares bankruptcy, there may not be sufficient funds to satisfy its payment obligations to us, which may adversely affect our revenue and distributions to our shareholders. The mortgage loans in which we may invest and the mortgage loans underlying the mortgage-backed securities in which we may invest may be subject to delinquency, foreclosure and loss, which could result in losses to us.

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Our distributions may exceed our adjusted cash flow from operating activities and our earnings in accordance with GAAP.

Over the life of our company, the regular quarterly cash distributions we pay are expected to be principally sourced by adjusted cash flow from operating activities. Adjusted cash flow from operating activities represents GAAP cash flow from operating activities, adjusted primarily to reflect timing differences between the period an expense is incurred and paid, to add cash distributions we receive from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income and to subtract cash distributions we pay to our noncontrolling partners in real estate ventures that we consolidate. However, there can be no assurance that our adjusted cash flow from operating activities will be sufficient to cover our future distributions, and we may use other sources of funds, such as proceeds from borrowings and asset sales, to fund portions of our future distributions.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, portions of the distributions we make may represent return of capital to our shareholders if they exceed our earnings and profits.

We do not fully control the management for our properties.

The tenants or managers of net lease properties are responsible for maintenance and other day-to-day management of the properties. If a property is not adequately maintained in accordance with the terms of the applicable lease, we may incur expenses for deferred maintenance expenditures or other liabilities once the property becomes free of the lease. While our leases generally provide for recourse against the tenant in these instances, a bankrupt or financially troubled tenant may be more likely to defer maintenance and it may be more difficult to enforce remedies against such a tenant. In addition, to the extent tenants are unable to conduct their operation of the property on a financially successful basis, their ability to pay rent may be adversely affected. Although we endeavor to monitor, on an ongoing basis, compliance by tenants with their lease obligations and other factors that could affect the financial performance of our properties, such monitoring may not in all circumstances ascertain or forestall deterioration either in the condition of a property or the financial circumstances of a tenant.

Our leases may permit tenants to purchase a property at a predetermined price, which could limit our realization of any appreciation or result in a loss.

In some circumstances, we grant tenants a right to repurchase the property they lease from us. The purchase price may be a fixed price or it may be based on a formula or the market value at the time of exercise. If a tenant exercises its right to purchase the property and the property’s market value has increased beyond that price, we could be limited in fully realizing the appreciation on that property. Additionally, if the price at which the tenant can purchase the property is less than our purchase price or carrying value (for example, where the purchase price is based on an appraised value), we may incur a loss.

Our success is dependent on the performance of the advisor.

Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions is largely dependent upon the performance of the advisor in the acquisition of investments, the selection of tenants, the determination of any financing arrangements, and the management of our assets. The advisory agreement has a one year term and may be renewed at our option upon expiration. The past performance of partnerships and CPA^® REITs managed by the advisor may not be indicative of the advisor’s performance with respect to us. We cannot guarantee that the advisor will be able to successfully manage and achieve liquidity for our shareholders to the same extent that it has done so for prior programs.

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The advisor may be subject to conflicts of interest.

The advisor manages our business and selects our investments. The advisor has some conflicts of interest in its management of us, which arise primarily from the involvement of the advisor in other activities that may conflict with us and the payment of fees by us to the advisor. Unless the advisor elects to receive our common stock in lieu of cash compensation, we will pay the advisor substantial cash fees for the services it provides, which will reduce the amount of cash available for investment in properties or distribution to our shareholders. Circumstances under which a conflict could arise between us and the advisor include:

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the receipt of compensation by the advisor for property purchases, leases, sales and financing for us, which may cause the advisor to engage in transactions that generate higher fees, rather than transactions that are more appropriate or beneficial for our business;

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agreements between us and the advisor, including agreements regarding compensation, will not be negotiated on an arm’s-length basis as would occur if the agreements were with unaffiliated third parties;

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acquisitions of single properties or portfolios of properties from affiliates, including WPC or the CPA® REITs, subject to our investment policies and procedures, which may take the form of a direct purchase of assets, a merger or another type of transaction;

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competition with certain affiliates for property acquisitions, which may cause the advisor and its affiliates to direct properties suitable for us to other related entities;

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a decision by the advisor (on our behalf) of whether to hold or sell a property could impact the timing and amount of fees payable to the advisor because it receives asset management fees and may decide not to sell a property;

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disposition, incentive and termination fees, which are based on the sale price of properties or the terms of a liquidity transaction, may cause a conflict between the advisor’s desire to sell a property or engage in a liquidity transaction and our interests; and

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whether a particular entity has been formed by the advisor specifically for the purpose of making particular types of investments (in which case it will generally receive preference in the allocation of those types of investments).

We delegate our management functions to the advisor.

We delegate our management functions to the advisor, for which it earns fees pursuant to an advisory agreement. Although at least a majority of our board of directors must be independent, because the advisor earns fees from us and has an ownership interest in us, we have limited independence from the advisor.

The termination or replacement of the advisor could trigger a default or repayment event under our financing arrangements for some of our assets.

Lenders for certain of our assets typically request change of control provisions in the loan documentation that would make the termination or replacement of WPC or its affiliates as the advisor an event of default or an event requiring the immediate repayment of the full outstanding balance of the loan. While we will attempt to negotiate not to include such provisions, lenders may require such provisions. If an event of default or repayment event occurs with respect to any of our assets, our revenues and distributions to our shareholders may be adversely affected.

Our NAV is computed by our advisor relying in part upon information that the advisor provides to a third party.

The asset management and performance compensation paid to the advisor are computed by the advisor relying in part upon an annual third-party valuation of our real estate. Any such valuation includes the use of estimates and may be influenced by the information provided to the third party by the advisor. Because our NAV is an estimate, it can change as interest rate and real estate markets fluctuate, and there is no assurance that a shareholder will realize such NAV in connection with any liquidity event.

Valuations that we obtain may include leases in place on the property being appraised, and if the leases terminate, the value of the property may become significantly lower.

The valuations that we obtain on our properties may be based on the values of the properties when the properties are leased. If the leases on the properties terminate, the values of the properties may fall significantly below the appraised value.

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We are not required to meet any diversification standards; therefore, our investments may become subject to concentration of risk.

Subject to our intention to maintain our qualification as a REIT, there are no limitations on the number or value of particular types of investments that we may make. Although we attempt to do so, we are not required to meet any diversification standards, including geographic diversification standards. Therefore, our investments may become concentrated in type or geographic location, which could subject us to significant concentration of risk with potentially adverse effects on our investment objectives.

Our use of debt to finance investments could adversely affect our cash flow and distributions to shareholders.

Most of our investments have been made by borrowing a portion of the purchase price of our investments and securing the loan with a mortgage on the property. We generally borrow on a non-recourse basis to limit our exposure on any property to the amount of equity invested in the property. However, if we are unable to make our debt payments as required, a lender could foreclose on the property or properties securing its debt. Additionally, lenders for our international mortgage loan transactions typically incorporate provisions that can cause a loan default and over which we have limited control, including a loan to value ratio, a debt service coverage ratio and a material adverse change in the borrower’s or tenant’s business, so if real estate values decline or a tenant defaults, the lender would have the right to foreclose on its security. If any of these events were to occur, it could cause us to lose part or all of our investment, which in turn could cause the value of our portfolio, and revenues available for distribution to our shareholders, to be reduced.

A majority of our financing also requires us to make a lump-sum or “balloon” payment at maturity. Our ability to make balloon payments on debt will depend upon our ability either to refinance the obligation when due, invest additional equity in the property or to sell the related property. When the balloon payment is due, we may be unable to refinance the balloon payment on terms as favorable as the original loan or sell the property at a price sufficient to make the balloon payment. Our ability to accomplish these goals will be affected by various factors existing at the relevant time, such as the state of the national and regional economies, local real estate conditions, available mortgage rates, our equity in the mortgaged properties, our financial condition, the operating history of the mortgaged properties and tax laws. A refinancing or sale could affect the rate of return to shareholders and the projected time of disposition of our assets.

Failure to qualify as a REIT would adversely affect our operations and ability to make distributions.

If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our net taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, we would generally be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year we lose our REIT qualification. Losing our REIT qualification would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to shareholders because of the additional tax liability, and we would no longer be required to make distributions. We might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax.

Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex Internal Revenue Code provisions for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations. The determination of various factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control may affect our ability to qualify as a REIT. In order to qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy a number of requirements regarding the composition of our assets and the sources of our gross income. Also, we must make distributions to our shareholders aggregating annually at least 90% of our net taxable income, excluding net capital gains. Because we have investments in foreign real property, we are subject to foreign currency gains and losses. Foreign currency gains are qualifying income for purposes of the REIT income requirements, provided that underlying income satisfies the REIT income requirements. To reduce the risk of foreign currency gains adversely affecting our REIT qualification, we may be required to defer the repatriation of cash from foreign jurisdictions or to employ other structures that could affect the timing, character or amount of income we receive from our foreign investments. No assurance can be given that we will be able to manage our foreign currency gains in a manner that enables us to qualify as a REIT or to avoid U.S. federal and other taxes on our income. In addition, legislation, new regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions may adversely affect our investors, our ability to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes or the desirability of an investment in a REIT relative to other investments.

The Internal Revenue Service may take the position that specific sale-leaseback transactions we treat as true leases are not true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes but are, instead, financing arrangements or loans. If a sale-leaseback transaction were so recharacterized, we might fail to satisfy the qualification requirements applicable to REITs.

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Dividends payable by REITs generally do not qualify for reduced U.S. federal income tax rates because qualifying REITs do not pay U.S. federal income tax on their net income.

The maximum U.S. federal income tax rate for dividends payable by domestic corporations to taxable U.S. shareholders is 15%. Dividends payable by REITs, however, are generally not eligible for the reduced rates, except to the extent that they are attributable to dividends paid by a taxable REIT subsidiary or a C corporation or relate to certain other activities. This is because qualifying REITs receive an entity-level tax benefit from not having to pay U.S. federal income tax on their net income. As a result, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate dividends could cause shareholders who are individuals to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the stock of REITs, including our common stock. In addition, the relative attractiveness of real estate in general may be adversely affected by the reduced U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to corporate dividends, which could negatively affect the value of our properties.

The ability of our board of directors to change our investment policies or revoke our REIT election without shareholder approval may cause adverse consequences to our shareholders.

Our bylaws require that our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interest of our shareholders. These policies may change over time. The methods of implementing our investment policies may also vary, as new investment techniques are developed. Except as otherwise provided in our bylaws, our investment policies, the methods for their implementation, and our other objectives, policies and procedures may be altered by a majority of the directors (which must include a majority of the independent directors), without the approval of our shareholders. As a result, the nature of your investment could change without your consent. A change in our investment strategy may, among other things, increase our exposure to interest rate risk, default risk and commercial real property market fluctuations, all of which could materially adversely affect our ability to achieve our investment objectives.

In addition, our organizational documents permit our board of directors to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without the approval of our shareholders, if the board determines that it is not in our best interest to qualify as a REIT. In such a case, we would become subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income and we would no longer be required to distribute most of our net income to our shareholders, which may have adverse consequences on the total return to our shareholders.

Potential liability for environmental matters could adversely affect our financial condition.

We have invested and in the future may invest in properties historically used for industrial, manufacturing and other commercial purposes. We therefore own and may in the future acquire properties that have known or potential environmental contamination as a result of historical operations. Buildings and structures on the properties we own and purchase also may have known or suspected asbestos-containing building materials. Our properties currently are used for industrial, manufacturing, and other commercial purposes, and some of our tenants may handle hazardous or toxic substances, generate hazardous wastes, or discharge regulated pollutants to the environment. We may invest in properties located in countries that have adopted laws or observe environmental management standards that are less stringent than those generally followed in the U.S., which may pose a greater risk that releases of hazardous or toxic substances have occurred to the environment. Leasing properties to tenants that engage in these activities, and owning properties historically and currently used for industrial, manufacturing, and other commercial purposes, will cause us to be subject to the risk of liabilities under environmental laws. Some of these laws could impose the following on us:

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responsibility and liability for the cost of investigation, removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances released on or from our property, generally without regard to our knowledge of, or responsibility for, the presence of these contaminants;

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liability for claims by third parties based on damages to natural resources or property, personal injuries, or costs of removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances in, on, or migrating from our property; and

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responsibility for managing asbestos-containing building materials, and third-party claims for exposure to those materials.

Our costs of investigation, remediation or removal of hazardous or toxic substances, or for third-party claims for damages, may be substantial. The presence of hazardous or toxic substances at any of our properties, or the failure to properly remediate a contaminated property, could give rise to a lien in favor of the government for costs it may incur to address the contamination or otherwise adversely affect our ability to sell or lease the property or to borrow using the property as collateral. While we attempt to mitigate identified environmental risks by requiring tenants contractually to acknowledge their responsibility for complying with environmental laws and to assume liability for environmental matters, circumstances may arise in which a tenant fails, or is unable, to fulfill its contractual obligations. In addition, environmental liabilities, or costs or operating limitations imposed on a tenant to comply with environmental laws, could affect its ability to make rental payments to us.

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The returns on our investments in net leased properties may not be as great as returns on equity investments in real properties during strong real estate markets.

As an investor in single tenant, long-term net leased properties, the returns on our investments are based primarily on the terms of the lease. Payments to us under our leases do not rise and fall based upon the market value of the underlying properties. In addition, we generally lease each property to one tenant on a long-term basis, which means that we cannot seek to improve current returns at a particular property through an active, multi-tenant leasing strategy. While we will sell assets from time to time and may recognize gains or losses on the sales based on then-current market values, we generally intend to hold our properties on a long-term basis. We view our leases as fixed income investments through which we seek to achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns that will support a steady dividend. The value of our assets will likely not appreciate to the same extent as equity investments in real estate during periods when real estate markets are very strong. Conversely, in weak markets, the existence of a long-term lease may positively affect the value of the property, although it is nonetheless possible that, as a result of property declines generally, we may recognize impairment charges on some properties.

A potential change in U.S. accounting standards regarding operating leases may make the leasing of facilities less attractive to our potential domestic tenants, which could reduce overall demand for our leasing services.

Under current authoritative accounting guidance for leases, a lease is classified by a tenant as a capital lease if the significant risks and rewards of ownership are considered to reside with the tenant. This situation is considered to be met if, among other things, the non-cancellable lease term is more than 75% of the useful life of the asset or if the present value of the minimum lease payments equals 90% or more of the leased property’s fair value. Under capital lease accounting for a tenant, both the leased asset and liability are reflected on their balance sheet. If the lease does not meet any of the criteria for a capital lease, the lease is considered an operating lease by the tenant and the obligation does not appear on the tenant’s balance sheet; rather, the contractual future minimum payment obligations are only disclosed in the footnotes thereto. Thus, entering into an operating lease can appear to enhance a tenant’s balance sheet in comparison to direct ownership. In response to concerns caused by a 2005 SEC study that the current model does not have sufficient transparency, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and the International Accounting Standards Board conducted a joint project to re-evaluate lease accounting. In August 2010, the FASB issued a Proposed Accounting Standards Update titled “Leases,” providing its views on accounting for leases by both lessees and lessors. The FASB’s proposed guidance may require significant changes in how leases are accounted for by both lessees and lessors. As of the date of this Report, the FASB has not finalized its views on accounting for leases. Changes to the accounting guidance could affect both our accounting for leases as well as that of our tenants. These changes may affect how the real estate leasing business is conducted both domestically and internationally. For example, if the accounting standards regarding the financial statement classification of operating leases are revised, then companies may be less willing to enter into leases in general or desire to enter into leases with shorter terms because the apparent benefits to their balance sheets could be reduced or eliminated. This in turn could make it more difficult for us to enter leases on terms we find favorable.

Our net tangible book value may be adversely affected if we are required to adopt certain fair value accounting provisions.

In June 2007, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) issued accounting guidance that addresses when the accounting principles of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide “Investment Companies” must be applied by an entity and whether investment company accounting must be retained by a parent company in consolidation or by an investor in the application of the equity method of accounting. In addition, this guidance includes certain disclosure requirements for parent companies and equity method investors in investment companies that retain investment company accounting in the parent company’s consolidated financial statements or the financial statements of an equity method investor. In February 2008, the effective date of this guidance was indefinitely delayed, and adoption of the guidance was prohibited for any entity that had not previously adopted it. Additionally, in its investment properties project, the FASB is currently considering whether certain entities should measure investment property at fair value. As currently proposed, an entity would need to meet certain criteria related to its business purpose, activities, and capital structure to be within the scope of the guidance. Entities within the scope of the guidance would report all their investment properties at fair value on a recurring basis. We will assess the potential impact the adoption of these standards would have on our financial position and results of operations if we are required to adopt them.

While we maintain an exemption from the Investment Company Act and are therefore not regulated as an investment company, we may be required to adopt fair value accounting provisions. Under these provisions, our investments would be recorded at fair value with changes in value reflected in our earnings, which may result in significant fluctuations in our results of operations and net tangible book value. Net tangible book value per share may be reduced by any declines in the fair value of our investments.

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Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

We do not intend to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If we were obligated to register as an investment company, we would have to comply with a variety of substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act that impose, among other things:

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limitations on capital structure;

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restrictions on specified investments;

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prohibitions on certain transactions with affiliates; and

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compliance with reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy disclosure and other rules and regulations that would significantly increase our operating expenses.

In general, we expect to be able to rely on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. In order to qualify for this exemption, at least 55% of our portfolio must be comprised of real property and mortgages and other liens on an interest in real estate (collectively, “qualifying assets”) and at least 80% of our portfolio must be comprised of real estate-related assets. Qualifying assets include mortgage loans, mortgage-backed securities that represent the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage loans, and other interests in real estate. In order to maintain our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act, we must continue to engage primarily in the business of buying real estate.

To maintain compliance with the Investment Company Act exemption, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional income or loss generating assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forego opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy. If we were required to register as an investment company, we would be prohibited from engaging in our business as currently contemplated because the Investment Company Act imposes significant limitations on leverage. In addition, we would have to seek to restructure the advisory agreement because the compensation that it contemplates would not comply with the Investment Company Act. Criminal and civil actions could also be brought against us if we failed to comply with the Investment Company Act. In addition, our contracts would be unenforceable unless a court were to require enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of us and liquidate our business.

There is not, and may never be, an active public trading market for our shares, so it will be difficult for shareholders to sell shares quickly.

There is no active public trading market for our shares. Our articles of incorporation also prohibit the ownership of more than 9.8% of our stock by one person or affiliated group, unless exempted by our board of directors, which may inhibit large investors from desiring to purchase your shares and may also discourage a takeover. Moreover, our redemption plan has been suspended. Even if our redemption plan is reactivated, it will continue to include numerous restrictions that limit your ability to sell your shares to us, and our board of directors will continue to have the authority to further amend, suspend or terminate the plan. Therefore, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares promptly or at all. In addition, the price received for any shares sold prior to a liquidity event is likely to be less than the proportionate value of the real estate we own. Investor suitability standards imposed by certain states may also make it more difficult to sell your shares to someone in those states.

Maryland law could restrict change in control.

Provisions of Maryland law applicable to us prohibit business combinations with:

	•		any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of outstanding shares, referred to as an interested shareholder;
	•		an affiliate who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of our outstanding shares, also referred to as an interested shareholder; or

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an affiliate of an interested shareholder.

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These prohibitions last for five years after the most recent date on which the interested shareholder became an interested shareholder. Thereafter, any business combination must be recommended by our board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of our outstanding shares and two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of our shares other than shares held by the interested shareholder or by an affiliate or associate of the interested shareholder. These requirements could have the effect of inhibiting a change in control even if a change in control was in our shareholders’ interest. These provisions of Maryland law do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by our board of directors prior to the time that someone becomes an interested shareholder. In addition, a person is not an interested shareholder if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he or she otherwise would have become an interested shareholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.

Our articles of incorporation restrict beneficial ownership of more than 9.8% of the outstanding shares by one person or affiliated group in order to assist us in meeting the REIT qualification rules. These requirements could have the effect of inhibiting a change in control even if a change in control were in our shareholders’ interest.

Shareholders’ equity may be diluted.

Our shareholders do not have preemptive rights to any shares of common stock issued by us in the future. Therefore, if we (i) sell shares of common stock in the future, including those issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, (ii) sell securities that are convertible into our common stock, (iii) issue common stock in a private placement to institutional investors, or (iv) issue shares of common stock to our directors or to the advisor for payment of fees in lieu of cash, then shareholders will experience dilution of their percentage ownership in us. Depending on the terms of such transactions, most notably the offer price per share and the value of our properties and our other investments, existing shareholders might also experience a dilution in the book value per share of their investment in us.

Item 1B.		Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2.		Properties.

Our principal corporate offices are located at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020. The advisor also has its primary international investment offices located in London and Amsterdam. The advisor also has office space domestically in Dallas, Texas and internationally in Shanghai. The advisor leases all of these offices and believes these leases are suitable for our operations for the foreseeable future.

See Item 1, Business — Our Portfolio for a discussion of the properties we hold for rental operations and Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplemental Data — Schedule III — Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation for a detailed listing of such properties.

Item 3.		Legal Proceedings.

Various claims and lawsuits arising in the normal course of business are pending against us. The results of these proceedings are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Item 4.		Removed and Reserved.

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PART II

Item 5.		Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Unlisted Shares and Distributions

There is no active public trading market for our shares. At March 18, 2011, there were 38,166 holders of record of our shares.

We are required to distribute annually at least 90% of our distributable REIT net taxable income to maintain our status as a REIT. Quarterly distributions declared by us for the past two years are as follows:

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009
First quarter		$	0.1807			$	0.1748
Second quarter			0.1810				0.1798
Third quarter			0.1813				0.1801
Fourth quarter			0.1816				0.1804
		$	0.7246			$	0.7151

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

For the three months ended December 31, 2010, we issued 258,361 restricted shares of common stock to the advisor as consideration for performance fees. These shares were issued at $10.70 per share, which was our most recently published NAV per share as approved by our board of directors at the date of issuance. Since none of these transactions were considered to have involved a “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, the shares issued were deemed to be exempt from registration. In acquiring our shares, the advisor represented that such interests were being acquired by it for the purposes of investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Maximum number (or

Total number of shares

approximate dollar value)

purchased as part of

of shares that may yet be

Total number of

Average price

publicly announced

purchased under the

2010 Period

shares purchased (a)

paid per share

plans or programs (a)

plans or programs (a)

October

N/A

N/A

November

N/A

N/A

December

78,926

$

9.95

N/A

N/A

Total

78,926

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Item 6.		Selected Financial Data.

The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes in Item 8 (in thousands, except per share data):

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009				2008				2007				2006
Operating Data (a)
Total revenues		$	266,585			$	281,136			$	288,607			$	277,000			$	266,028
Income from continuing operations			82,322				23,571				85,914				93,264				53,664
Net income (b)			100,256				29,900				51,194				124,124				97,446
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			(40,479	)			(30,148	)			(22,500	)			(36,934	)			(30,811	)
Net income (loss) attributable to CPA®:15 shareholders			59,777				(248	)			28,694				87,190				66,635
Earnings (loss) per share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to CPA®:15 shareholders			0.43				(0.01	)			0.41				0.52				0.42
Net income (loss) attributable to CPA®:15 shareholders			0.47				—				0.22				0.68				0.52
Cash distributions declared per share (c)			0.7246				0.7151				0.6902				0.6691				0.6516
Balance Sheet Data
Total assets		$	2,694,055			$	2,959,088			$	3,189,205			$	3,464,637			$	3,336,296
Net investments in real estate (d)			2,297,754				2,540,012				2,715,417				2,882,357				2,737,939
Long-term obligations (e)			1,498,296				1,686,154				1,819,443				1,943,724				1,873,841
Other Information
Cash flow from operating activities		$	166,940			$	160,033			$	180,789			$	162,985			$	144,818
Distributions paid			91,743				88,939				98,153				85,327				82,850
Payment of mortgage principal (f)			79,905				92,765				42,662				54,903				30,339

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Item 7.		Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) is intended to provide the reader with information that will assist in understanding our financial statements and the reasons for changes in certain key components of our financial statements from period to period. MD&A also provides the reader with our perspective on our financial position and liquidity, as well as certain other factors that may affect our future results.

Business Overview

As described in more detail in Item 1 of this Report, we are a publicly owned, non-listed REIT that invests in commercial properties leased to companies domestically and internationally. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S. federal income taxation as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income, the level of our distributions and other factors. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to single corporate tenants, primarily on a triple-net lease basis, which requires the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. Revenue is subject to fluctuation because of the timing of new lease transactions, lease terminations, lease expirations, contractual rent adjustments, tenant defaults and sales of properties. We were formed in 2001 and are managed by the advisor.

Financial Highlights

(In thousands)

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009				2008
Total revenues		$	266,585			$	281,136			$	288,607
Net income (loss) attributable to CPA®:15 shareholders			59,777				(248	)			28,694
Cash flow from operating activities			166,940				160,033				180,789
Distributions paid			91,743				88,939				98,153
Supplemental financial measures:
Funds from operations — as adjusted (AFFO)		$	108,029			$	109,144			$	130,292
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities			136,110				136,189				127,228

We consider the performance metrics listed above, including certain supplemental metrics that are not defined by GAAP (“non-GAAP”) metrics such as Funds from operations — as adjusted, or AFFO, and Adjusted cash flow from operating activities, to be important measures in the evaluation of our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources. We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on the ability to generate cash flow necessary to meet our objectives of funding distributions to shareholders. Please see Supplemental Financial Measures below for our definition of these measures and reconciliations to their most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Total revenues decreased in 2010 as compared to 2009, primarily due to the effects of property sales, lease restructuring transactions, lease rejections, and lease expirations, as well as fluctuations in currency exchange rates, partially offset by scheduled rent increases at certain properties.

We recognized net income attributable to CPA^®:15 shareholders for 2010, compared to net loss for 2009 primarily due to lower impairment charges recognized during the current year and higher gains recognized on sale of properties and deconsolidation of a subsidiary in 2010. Results of operations during 2010 reflected impairment charges of $25.3 million, as compared to $66.6 million in 2009.

Cash flow from operating activities increased in 2010 as compared to 2009, primarily due to an increase in net income and the timing of payments of our working capital.

Our quarterly cash distribution increased to $0.1816 per share for the fourth quarter of 2010, or $0.73 per share on an annualized basis.

For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, our AFFO supplemental measure decreased slightly, primarily due to adjustments related to gains recognized on sales of properties and the deconsolidation of a subsidiary, substantially offset by an increase in net income. For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, our adjusted cash flow from operating activities supplemental measure decreased, primarily reflecting the decreases in changes in working capital.

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Current Trends

General Economic Environment

We are impacted by macro-economic environmental factors, the capital markets and general conditions in the commercial real estate market, both in the U.S. and globally. As of the date of this Report, we have seen signs of modest improvement in the global economy following the significant distress experienced in 2008 and 2009. While these factors reflect favorably on our business, the economic recovery remains weak, and our business remains dependent on the speed and strength of the recovery, which cannot be predicted at this time. Nevertheless, as of the date of this Report, the impact of current financial and economic trends on our business, and our response to those trends, is presented below.

Foreign Exchange Rates

We have foreign investments and, as a result, are subject to risk from the effects of exchange rate movements. Our results of foreign operations benefit from a weaker U.S. dollar and are adversely affected by a stronger U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies. During 2010, the Euro weakened primarily as a result of sovereign debt issues in several European countries. Investments denominated in the Euro accounted for approximately 35% of our annualized contractual minimum base rent for 2010. During 2010, the U.S. dollar strengthened against the Euro, as the average conversion rate for the U.S. dollar in relation to the Euro decreased by 5% in comparison to 2009. Additionally, the end-of-period conversion rate of the Euro at December 31, 2010 decreased by 8% to $1.3253 from $1.4333 at December 31, 2009. This strengthening had a negative impact on our balance sheet at December 31, 2010 as compared to our balance sheet at December 31, 2009. While we actively manage our foreign exchange risk, a significant unhedged decline in the value of the Euro could have a material negative impact on our net asset values, future results, financial position and cash flows.

Capital Markets

We have recently seen evidence of a gradual improvement in capital market conditions, including new issuances of commercial mortgage-backed securities debt. Capital inflows to both commercial real estate debt and equity markets have helped increase the availability of mortgage financing and asset prices have begun to recover from their credit crisis lows. Over the past few quarters, there has been continued improvement in the availability of financing; however, lenders remain cautious and continue to employ more conservative underwriting standards. We have seen commercial real estate capitalization rates begin to narrow from credit crisis highs, especially for higher-quality assets or assets leased to tenants with strong credit.

Financing Conditions

We have recently seen a gradual improvement in both the credit and real estate financing markets. During 2010, we saw an increase in the number of lenders for both domestic and international investments as market conditions improved compared to prior years. However, during the fourth quarter of 2010, the cost of debt rose, but we anticipate that this may be recoverable either through deal pricing or if lenders adjust their spreads, which had been unusually high during the crisis. The increase was primarily a result of a rise in the 10-year treasury rates for domestic deals and due to the impact of the sovereign debt issues in Europe.

Real Estate Sector

As noted above, the commercial real estate market is impacted by a variety of macro-economic factors, including but not limited to growth in gross domestic product, unemployment, interest rates, inflation, and demographics. Since the beginning of the credit crisis, these macro-economic factors have persisted, negatively impacting commercial real estate market fundamentals, which has resulted in higher vacancies, lower rental rates, and lower demand for vacant space. While more recently there have been some indications of stabilization in asset values and slight improvements in occupancy rates, general uncertainty surrounding commercial real estate fundamentals and property valuations continues. We are chiefly affected by changes in the appraised values of our properties, tenant defaults, inflation, lease expirations and occupancy rates.

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Net Asset Value

The advisor generally calculates our NAV per share on an annual basis. To make this calculation, the advisor relies in part on an estimate of the fair market value of our real estate provided by a third party, adjusted to give effect to the estimated fair value of mortgages encumbering our assets (also provided by a third party) as well as other adjustments. There are a number of variables that comprise this calculation, including individual tenant credits, lease terms, lending credit spreads, foreign currency exchange rates, and tenant defaults, among others. We do not control these variables and, as such, cannot predict how they will change in the future.

As a result of continued weakness in the economy and a strengthening of the dollar versus the Euro during 2010 and 2009, our NAV per share at December 31, 2010 decreased to $10.40, a 3% decline from our December 31, 2009 NAV per share of $10.70.

Tenant Defaults

As a net lease investor, we are exposed to credit risk within our tenant portfolio, which can reduce our results of operations and cash flow from operations if our tenants are unable to pay their rent. Tenants experiencing financial difficulties may become delinquent on their rent and/or default on their leases and, if they file for bankruptcy protection, may reject our lease in bankruptcy court, resulting in reduced cash flow, which may negatively impact net asset values and require us to incur impairment charges. Even where a default has not occurred and a tenant is continuing to make the required lease payments, we may restructure or renew leases on less favorable terms, or the tenant’s credit profile may deteriorate, which could affect the value of the leased asset and could in turn require us to incur impairment charges.

As of the date of this Report, we have no significant exposure to tenants operating under bankruptcy protection. Our experience for 2010 reflects an improvement from the unusually high level of tenant defaults during 2008 and 2009, when companies across many industries experienced financial distress due to the economic downturn and the seizure in the credit markets. We have observed that many of our tenants have benefited from continued improvements in general business conditions, which we anticipate will result in reduced tenant defaults going forward; however, it is possible that additional tenants may file for bankruptcy or default on their leases during 2011 and that economic conditions may again deteriorate.

To mitigate these risks, we have historically looked to invest in assets that we believe are critically important to a tenant’s operations and have attempted to diversify our portfolio by tenant, tenant industry and geography. We also monitor tenant performance through review of rent delinquencies as a precursor to a potential default, meetings with tenant management and review of tenants’ financial statements and compliance with any financial covenants. When necessary, our asset management process includes restructuring transactions to meet the evolving needs of tenants, re-leasing properties, refinancing debt and selling properties, as well as protecting our rights when tenants default or enter into bankruptcy.

Inflation

Our leases generally have rent adjustments that are either fixed or based on formulas indexed to changes in the CPI or other similar index for the jurisdiction in which the property is located. Because these rent adjustments may be calculated based on changes in the CPI over a multi-year period, changes in inflation rates can have a delayed impact on our results of operations. Rent adjustments during 2009 and, to a lesser extent, 2010 generally benefited from increases in inflation rates during the years prior to the scheduled rent adjustment date. However, despite recent signs of inflationary pressure, we continue to expect that rent increases will be significantly lower in coming years as a result of the current historically low inflation rates in the U.S. and the Euro zone.

Lease Expirations and Occupancy

At December 31, 2010, we had no significant leases scheduled to expire or renew in the next twelve months. The advisor actively manages our real estate portfolio and begins discussing options with tenants in advance of the scheduled lease expiration. In certain cases, we obtain lease renewals from our tenants; however, tenants may elect to move out at the end of their term, or may elect to exercise purchase options, if any, in their leases. In cases where tenants elect not to renew, we may seek replacement tenants or try to sell the property. Our occupancy declined slightly from 98% at December 31, 2009 to 97% at December 31, 2010.

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Proposed Accounting Changes

The International Accounting Standards Board and FASB have issued an Exposure Draft on a joint proposal that would dramatically 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 completely new model for accounting by lessees, whereby their rights and obligations under all leases, existing and new, would be capitalized and recorded on the balance sheet. 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. At this time, the proposed guidance has not been finalized and as such we are unable to determine whether this proposal will have a material impact on our business.

The Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) of the FASB discussed the accounting treatment for deconsolidating subsidiaries in situations other than a sale or transfer at its September 2010 meeting. While the EITF did not reach a consensus for exposure, the EITF determined that further research was necessary to more fully understand the scope and implications of the matter, prior to issuing a consensus for exposure. If the EITF reaches a consensus for exposure, we will evaluate the impact of such conclusion on our financial statements. During 2010, we deconsolidated a subsidiary that leased property to Advanced Micro Devices which had total assets and liabilities of $83.0 million and $42.8 million, respectively, and recognized a gain in the amount of $11.5 million.

How We Evaluate Results of Operations

We evaluate our results of operations with a primary focus on our ability to generate cash flow necessary to meet our objectives of funding distributions to shareholders and increasing our equity in our real estate. As a result, our assessment of operating results gives less emphasis to the effect of unrealized gains and losses, which may cause fluctuations in net income for comparable periods but have no impact on cash flows, and to other non-cash charges, such as depreciation and impairment charges.

We consider cash flows from operating activities, cash flows from investing activities, cash flows from financing activities and certain non-GAAP performance metrics to be important measures in the evaluation of our results of operations, liquidity and capital resources. Cash flows from operating activities are sourced primarily from long-term lease contracts. These leases are generally triple net and mitigate, to an extent, our exposure to certain property operating expenses. Our evaluation of the amount and expected fluctuation of cash flows from operating activities is essential in evaluating our ability to fund operating expenses, service debt and fund distributions to shareholders.

We consider cash flows from operating activities plus cash distributions from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income, less cash distributions paid to consolidated joint venture partners, as a supplemental measure of liquidity in evaluating our ability to sustain distributions to shareholders. We consider this measure useful as a supplemental measure to the extent the source of distributions in excess of equity income in real estate is the result of non-cash charges, such as depreciation and amortization, because it allows us to evaluate the cash flows from consolidated and unconsolidated investments in a comparable manner. In deriving this measure, we exclude cash distributions from equity investments in real estate that are sourced from the sales of the equity investee’s assets or refinancing of debt because we deem them to be returns of investment and not returns on investment.

We focus on measures of cash flows from investing activities and cash flows from financing activities in our evaluation of our capital resources. Investing activities typically consist of the acquisition or disposition of investments in real property and the funding of capital expenditures with respect to real properties. Financing activities primarily consist of the payment of distributions to shareholders, obtaining non-recourse mortgage financing, generally in connection with the acquisition or refinancing of properties, and making mortgage principal payments. Our financing strategy has been to purchase substantially all of our properties with a combination of equity and non-recourse mortgage debt. A lender on a non-recourse mortgage loan generally has recourse only to the property collateralizing such debt and not to any of our other assets. This strategy has allowed us to diversify our portfolio of properties and, thereby, limit our risk. In the event that a balloon payment comes due, we may seek to refinance the loan, restructure the debt with existing lenders, or evaluate our ability to pay the balloon payment from our cash reserves or sell the property and use the proceeds to satisfy the mortgage debt.

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Results of Operations

The following table presents the components of our lease revenues (in thousands):

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009				2008
Rental income		$	227,573			$	235,365			$	235,236
Interest income from direct financing leases			32,162				38,822				45,610
		$	259,735			$	274,187			$	280,846

The following table sets forth the net lease revenues (i.e., rental income and interest income from direct financing leases) that we earned from lease obligations through our direct ownership of real estate (in thousands):

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009				2008
U-Haul Moving Partners, Inc. and Mercury Partners, LP (a) (b)		$	32,486			$	30,589			$	28,541
Carrefour France, S.A. (a) (c)			19,619				21,481				21,386
OBI A.G. (a) (c)			16,006				16,637				17,317
Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG (Hellweg 1) (a) (c)			14,272				14,881				15,155
True Value Company (a)			14,213				14,492				14,698
Life Time Fitness, Inc. (a)			14,208				14,208				14,208
Pohjola Non-Life Insurance Company (a) (c)			8,797				9,240				9,343
TietoEnator plc. (a) (c)			8,223				8,636				8,790
Police Prefecture, French Government (a) (c)			8,030				8,272				8,109
Universal Technical Institute (d)			7,101				8,688				8,727
Advanced Micro Devices (a) (e)			6,621				9,932				9,933
Medica — France, S.A. (a) (c)			6,447				6,916				7,168
Foster Wheeler, Inc.			6,269				6,269				5,900
Thales S.A. (a) (c)			4,165				4,375				4,240
SymphonyIRI Group, Inc. (a) (f)			4,164				4,972				4,972
Oriental Trading Company			3,954				3,909				3,826
Other (a) (c)			85,160				90,690				98,533
		$	259,735			$	274,187			$	280,846

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We recognize income from equity investments in real estate, of which lease revenues are a significant component. The following table sets forth the net lease revenues earned by these ventures. Amounts provided are the total amounts attributable to the ventures and do not represent our proportionate share (dollars in thousands):

		Ownership
		Interest at				Years ended December 31,
Lessee		December 31, 2010				2010				2009				2008
Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG (Hellweg 2) (a) (b)			38	%		$	34,408			$	35,889			$	37,218
Marriott International, Inc. (c)			47	%			18,296				16,818				17,791
PETsMART, Inc.			30	%			8,164				8,303				8,215
Schuler A.G. (b) (d)			34	%			6,208				6,568				6,802
The Talaria Company (Hinckley) (e)			30	%			5,506				4,133				4,984
Hologic, Inc.			64	%			3,528				3,387				3,317
Del Monte Corporation			50	%			3,527				3,529				3,241
Advanced Micro Devices (f)			33	%			3,311				—				—
The Upper Deck Company (g)			50	%			3,194				3,194				3,194
Waldaschaff Automotive GmbH and Wagon Automotive Nagold GmbH (b) (h)			33	%			2,703				3,662				1,695
Builders FirstSource, Inc.			40	%			1,611				1,558				1,544
SaarOTEC (formerly Görtz & Schiele GmbH & Co.) and Goertz & Schiele Corp. (b) (i)			50	%			727				3,761				3,653
						$	91,183			$	90,802			$	91,654

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Lease Revenues

Our net leases generally have rent adjustments based on formulas indexed to changes in the CPI or other similar index for the jurisdiction in which the property is located, sales overrides or other periodic increases, which are intended to increase lease revenues in the future. We own international investments and, therefore, lease revenues from these investments are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, lease revenues decreased by $14.5 million, primarily due to the effects of property sales, lease restructuring transactions, lease rejections, and lease expirations, which reduced lease revenues by $9.0 million. Lease revenues were also negatively impacted by fluctuations of foreign currency exchange rates, which resulted in a decrease of $4.6 million. Additionally, lease revenues decreased by $3.7 million as a result of the deconsolidation of a subsidiary and $3.1 million as a result of changes in estimates of the unguaranteed residual value of certain properties carried as net investment in direct financing leases. These decreases were partially offset by the impact of scheduled rent increases at several properties totaling $5.2 million.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, lease revenues decreased by $6.7 million. The decline in lease revenues was primarily due to the effects of property sales and lease restructuring transactions, which reduced lease revenues by $7.2 million, as well as the negative impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which reduced lease revenues by $6.1 million. Additionally, lease revenues decreased by $0.5 million as a result of changes in estimates of the unguaranteed residual value of certain properties carried as net investment in direct financing leases. These decreases were partially offset by scheduled rent increases at several properties totaling $8.1 million.

Depreciation and Amortization

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $2.0 million, primarily due to the negative impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which resulted in a decrease in depreciation and amortization of $2.5 million. In addition, depreciation and amortization decreased by $0.4 million as a result of the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in amortization of $1.0 million as a result of the restructuring of several leases, which shortened the terms of the leases and the lives of the related intangible assets.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, depreciation and amortization expense decreased by $1.5 million. As a result of lease terminations related to properties where the tenants filed for bankruptcy, we incurred a charge to write off several intangible assets in 2008, resulting in lower amortization in 2009. The net impact of this activity was a reduction in amortization of $2.3 million in 2009. Depreciation and amortization expense also decreased in 2009 by $1.2 million as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. These decreases were partially offset by our recognition of an out-of-period adjustment in 2009 related to intangible amortization of $1.3 million as described in Note 2, and an increase in depreciation of $0.4 million as a result of reclassifying certain properties from financing leases to real estate due to lease terminations.

Property Expenses

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, property expenses decreased by $1.7 million, primarily as a result of a $1.5 million decrease in uncollected rent expense due to fewer tenants experiencing financial difficulties in the current year. In addition, asset management and performance fees payable to the advisor decreased by $1.1 million as a result of a decline in the appraised value of our real estate assets in 2009 as compared to 2008, and property sales. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in real estate taxes and utilities of $0.7 million as a result of two tenants vacating the properties in 2010.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, property expenses decreased by $2.9 million, primarily due to a decrease of $3.1 million in asset management and performance fees resulting from a decline in the appraised value of our real estate assets in 2008 as compared to 2007. This decrease was partially offset by an increase of $0.9 million in costs related to current and former tenants who have filed for bankruptcy.

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Impairment Charges

For the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, we recorded impairment charges included in operating expenses for our continuing real estate operations totaling $17.9 million, $48.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively. The table below summarizes these impairment charges recorded in operating expenses for the past three fiscal years for both continuing and discontinued operations (in thousands):

Lessee		2010				2009				2008				Triggering Events
Shires Limited		$	—			$	19,610			$	710			Tenant filed for bankruptcy and vacated
Lindenmaier A.G.			—				12,340				30			Tenant filed for bankruptcy
Advanced Accessory Systems, LLC			—				8,426				—			Tenant vacated
Thales S.A.			4,144				779				—			Decline in property’s estimated fair value
The Kroger Co.			—				1,473				—			Property sold
Various leases			13,708				5,918				590			Decline in properties’ unguaranteed residual values
Impairment charges included in operating expenses from continuing operations		$	17,852			$	48,546			$	1,330
Thales S.A.		$	—			$	—			$	35,392			Properties sold
Innovate Holdings Limited			—				7,299				—			Tenant filed for bankruptcy and property foreclosed
Warehouse Associates, L. P.			—				—				4,019			Property sold
Garden Ridge Corporation			—				500				—			Property sold
Childtime Childcare, Inc.			324				—				—			Property contracted for sale
Impairment charges from discontinued operations		$	324			$	7,799			$	39,411

See Income from Equity Investments in Real Estate below for additional impairment charges incurred during 2010, 2009 and 2008.

Income from Equity Investments in Real Estate

Income from equity investments in real estate represents our proportionate share of net income (revenue less expenses) from investments entered into with affiliates or third parties in which we have a noncontrolling interest but over which we exercise significant influence. Under current accounting guidance for investments in unconsolidated ventures, we are required to periodically compare an investment’s carrying value to its estimated fair value and recognize an impairment charge to the extent that carrying value exceeds fair value.

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, income from equity investments in real estate increased by $3.8 million, primarily due to a $3.1 million decrease in other-than-temporary impairment charges recognized on several ventures, as well as distributions received from a joint venture totaling $1.6 million during 2010. In addition, income recognized from the Marriott venture increased by $0.7 million primarily due to an out-of-period adjustment the venture recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010 (Note 2). These increases were partially offset by a $1.6 million reduction in income recognized from the Talaria (Hinckley) venture primarily due to our portion of the impairment charge recognized on the venture property.

During 2010, we recognized other-than-temporary impairment charges totaling $7.2 million as compared to $10.3 million recognized in 2009. Impairment charges recognized in 2010 were comprised of $4.9 million on the Upper Deck venture, $1.5 million on the Schuler venture, $0.6 million on the Talaria (Hinckley) venture and $0.2 million on the SaarOTEC (formerly Görtz & Schiele GmbH & Co.) venture to reflect the decline in the estimated fair value of these ventures’ underlying net assets in comparison with the carrying value of our interests in these ventures. Included in the 2009 impairment changes were $5.8 million recognized on two ventures that lease properties to Görtz & Schiele GmbH & Co. and Goertz & Schiele Corp., $3.8 million related to a German venture that leases properties to Waldaschaff Automotive GmbH (the successor entity to Wagon Automotive GmbH) and Wagon Automotive Nagold GmbH and $0.7 million recognized on the Upper Deck venture.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, income from equity investments in real estate decreased by $8.5 million, primarily due to the recognition of other-than-temporary impairment charges totaling $10.3 million to reduce the carrying value of several investments to the estimated fair value of our share of the ventures’ net assets as described above.

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Other Interest Income

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, other interest income decreased by $0.5 million, primarily due to a decrease in interest earned on security deposits.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, other interest income decreased by $3.1 million, primarily due to lower average cash balances and lower rates of return earned on our cash balances reflecting market conditions.

Other Income and (Expenses)

Other income and (expenses) generally consists of gains and losses on foreign currency transactions and derivative instruments. We and certain of our foreign consolidated subsidiaries have intercompany debt and/or advances that are not denominated in the entity’s functional currency. When the intercompany debt or accrued interest thereon is remeasured against the functional currency of the entity, a gain or loss may result. For intercompany transactions that are of a long-term investment nature, the gain or loss is recognized as a cumulative translation adjustment in other comprehensive income (loss). We also recognize gains or losses on foreign currency transactions when we repatriate cash from our foreign investments. In addition, we have certain derivative instruments, including common stock warrants, for which realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in earnings. The timing and amount of such gains and losses cannot always be estimated and are subject to fluctuation.

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recognized net other expenses of $0.2 million compared to net other income of $1.3 million in 2009, primarily due to the net realized and unrealized losses and gains on foreign currency transactions as a result of changes in the exchange rate of the Euro.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, net other income decreased by $2.1 million. Net other income was higher in 2008 as a result of our recognition of a realized gain of $1.1 million related to the termination of a derivative instrument. In addition, net gains on foreign currency transactions declined by $0.8 million during 2009 due to lower levels of repatriation of cash from foreign investments.

Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Direct Financing Leases

2010 — In December 2010, we sold our net investment in three direct financing leases for a total price of $35.2 million, net of selling costs, and recognized a net gain on the sales of $15.6 million. In July 2010, we repaid the non-recourse mortgage loans encumbering two of these properties, which had an outstanding balance of $9.4 million. The remaining property was encumbered by non-recourse mortgage debt of $4.0 million, which was paid off at closing. All amounts are inclusive of affiliates’ noncontrolling interests in the properties.

2009 — During 2009, we recognized a loss of $2.1 million in connection with the sale of one of the properties formerly leased to Shires Limited in September 2009, which was partially offset by a gain on disposition of real estate of $1.1 million that we recognized upon returning the remaining properties over to the lender in October 2009 in exchange for the lenders’ agreement to relieve of us of all obligations under the related non-recourse mortgage loan. The resulting net loss of $1.0 million on disposition of real estate was offset by a gain of $1.0 million on extinguishment of debt recognized in connection with our release from the mortgage obligations.

Gain on Deconsolidation of a Subsidiary

In August 2010, a venture that leased a property to Advanced Micro Devices modified its structure in connection with a refinancing and is subsequently being accounted for as a tenancy-in-common. Therefore, during the third quarter of 2010, we recorded an adjustment to deconsolidate this venture and record it under the equity method of accounting. We recognized a gain of $11.5 million in connection with this deconsolidation.

Advisor Settlement

During 2008, we recognized income of $9.1 million in connection with the advisor’s SEC Settlement (Note 13). We received payment of this amount from the advisor in April 2008.

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Interest Expense

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, interest expense decreased by $8.5 million, primarily due to a decrease of $5.6 million as a result of making scheduled mortgage principal payments, refinancing or paying off non-recourse mortgages during 2010 and 2009, which reduced the balances on which interest was incurred. Interest expense also decreased by $1.8 million as a result of the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, interest expense decreased in 2010 as a result of our recognition of a $1.1 million charge during the second quarter of 2009 to write off a portion of an interest rate swap derivative which had become ineffective.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, interest expense decreased by $7.9 million, primarily comprised of a decrease of $7.2 million due to making scheduled mortgage principal payments, refinancing or paying off non-recourse mortgages during 2009 and 2008 and a decrease of $2.6 million as a result of the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. These decreases were partially offset by our recognition of a $1.1 million charge during 2009 to write off a portion of an interest rate swap derivative as described above.

Provision for Income Taxes

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, provision for income taxes decreased by $0.7 million, primarily due to lower rent recognized on a French investment as a result of a lease restructuring in July 2009.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, provision for income taxes decreased by $1.9 million. Rent reductions at certain French investments and the sale of four properties in France contributed to this decline.

Discontinued Operations

2010 — For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recognized income from discontinued operations of $17.9 million, primarily due to a net gain of $17.4 million recognized in connection with selling two domestic properties in 2010.

2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2009, we recognized income from discontinued operations of $6.3 million, primarily due to a net gain on sale of properties of $12.4 million. In addition, we recognized income from the operations of discontinued properties of $3.2 million. These gains were partially offset by impairment charges of $7.8 million recognized during 2009 in order to reduce the carrying value of the properties to their estimated fair value.

2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2008, we recognized a loss from the operations of discontinued properties of $34.7 million, primarily due to the recognition of impairment charges totaling $39.4 million, partially offset by income recognized from the operations of discontinued properties of $39.4 million.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to CPA^®:15 Shareholders

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, the resulting net income attributable to CPA^®:15 shareholders was $59.8 million as compared with net loss attributable to CPA^®:15 shareholders of $0.2 million in 2009.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, the resulting net loss attributable to CPA^®:15 shareholders was $0.2 million as compared with net income attributable to CPA^®:15 shareholders of $28.7 million in 2008.

Funds from Operations — as Adjusted (AFFO)

AFFO is a non-GAAP measure we use to evaluate our business. For a definition of AFFO and a reconciliation to net income attributable to CPA^®:15 shareholders, See Supplemental Financial Measures below.

2010 vs. 2009 — For the year ended December 31, 2010 as compared to 2009, AFFO decreased by $1.1 million, primarily due to the aforementioned changes in our results of operations.

2009 vs. 2008 — For the year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to 2008, AFFO decreased by $21.1 million, primarily due to decreases in our results of operations.

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Financial Condition

Sources and Uses of Cash During the Year

We use the cash flow generated from net leases to meet our operating expenses, service debt and fund distributions to shareholders. Our cash flows fluctuate period to period due to a number of factors, which may include, among other things, the timing of purchases and sales of real estate, the timing of proceeds from non-recourse mortgage loans and receipt of lease revenues, the advisor’s annual election to receive fees in restricted shares of our common stock or cash, the timing and characterization of distributions from equity investments in real estate, payment to the advisor of the annual installment of deferred acquisition fees and interest thereon in the first quarter and changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Despite this fluctuation, we believe that we will generate sufficient cash from operations and from equity distributions in excess of equity income in real estate to meet our short-term and long-term liquidity needs. We may also use existing cash resources, the proceeds of non-recourse mortgage loans and the issuance of additional equity securities to meet these needs. We assess our ability to access capital on an ongoing basis. Our sources and uses of cash during the year are described below.

Operating Activities

During the year ended December 31, 2010, we used cash flows from operating activities of $166.9 million to fund cash distributions to shareholders of $72.2 million, excluding $19.5 million in dividends that were reinvested by shareholders in our common stock through our DRIP. We also made scheduled mortgage principal installments of $79.9 million, which included scheduled balloon payments totaling $34.6 million (see Financing Activities below).

Investing Activities

Our investing activities are generally comprised of real estate-related transactions (purchases and sales), payment of our annual installment of deferred acquisition fees to the advisor and capitalized property-related costs. During 2010, we received proceeds of $88.9 million from the sale of several properties as well as distributions from our equity investments in real estate in excess of cumulative equity income of $14.8 million. We used $5.2 million to fund an expansion and several capital improvement projects, which we funded partially with $4.7 million released from escrow. In January 2010, we paid our annual installment of deferred acquisition fees to the advisor, which totaled $3.5 million.

Financing Activities

As noted above, during the year ended December 31, 2010, we made scheduled mortgage principal payments and paid distributions to shareholders. We also paid distributions of $65.8 million to affiliates that hold noncontrolling interests in various entities with us. We received contributions from holders of noncontrolling interests of $7.7 million, including $4.2 million used to fund scheduled balloon payments. In connection with the sale of two domestic properties, we used $24.4 million to prepay the existing non-recourse mortgage obligation. In addition, we used $2.7 million to repurchase shares through our redemption plan, as described below. We also received $9.3 million in proceeds from mortgage financing as a result of refinancing a maturing mortgage loan.

We maintain a quarterly redemption plan pursuant to which we may, at the discretion of our board of directors, redeem shares of our common stock from shareholders seeking liquidity. The terms of the plan limit the number of shares we may redeem so that the shares we redeem in any quarter, together with the aggregate number of shares redeemed in the preceding three fiscal quarters, does not exceed a maximum of 5% of our total shares outstanding as of the last day of the immediately preceding quarter. In addition, our ability to effect redemptions is subject to our having available cash to do so. Due to higher levels of redemption requests as compared to prior years, as of the second quarter of 2009 redemptions totaled approximately 5% of total shares outstanding. In light of reaching the 5% limitation and our desire to preserve capital and liquidity, in June 2009 our board of directors approved the suspension of our redemption plan, effective for all redemption requests received subsequent to June 1, 2009, which was the deadline for all redemptions taking place in the second quarter of 2009. We may make limited exceptions to the suspension of the plan in cases of death or qualifying disability. The suspension continues as of the date of this Report and will remain in effect until our board of directors, in its discretion, determines to reinstate the redemption plan. We cannot give any assurances as to the timing of any further actions by the board with regard to the plan.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we redeemed 268,626 shares of our common stock pursuant to our redemption plan at a price per share of $9.95, all of which were redeemed under the limited exceptions to the suspension of our redemption plan as described above. Of the total 2010 redemptions, we redeemed 78,926 shares in the fourth quarter. We funded the share redemptions during 2010 from the proceeds of the sale of shares of our common stock pursuant to our DRIP.

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Adjusted Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Adjusted cash flow from operating activities is a non-GAAP measure we use to evaluate our business. For a definition of adjusted cash flow from operating activities and a reconciliation to cash flow from operating activities, see Supplemental Financial Measures below.

Our adjusted cash flow from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2010 was $136.1 million, a decrease of $0.1 million from 2009.

Summary of Financing

The table below summarizes our non-recourse long-term debt (dollars in thousands):

		December 31,
		2010				2009
Balance
Fixed rate		$	1,229,357			$	1,293,631
Variable rate (a)			265,243				385,298
Total		$	1,494,600			$	1,678,929
Percent of total debt
Fixed rate			82	%			77	%
Variable rate (a)			18	%			23	%
			100	%			100	%
Weighted average interest rate at end of year
Fixed rate			5.8	%			5.9	%
Variable rate (a)			5.3	%			5.2	%

Cash Resources

At December 31, 2010, our cash resources consisted of cash and cash equivalents of $104.7 million. Of this amount, $23.0 million, at then current exchange rates, was held in foreign bank accounts, and we could be subject to restrictions or significant costs should we decide to repatriate these amounts. We also had unleveraged properties that had an aggregate carrying value of $56.2 million at December 31, 2010, although there can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain financing for these properties. Our cash resources can be used to fund future investments as well as for working capital needs and other commitments.

Cash Requirements

During 2011, we expect that cash payments will include paying distributions to our shareholders and to our affiliates who hold noncontrolling interests in entities we control and making scheduled mortgage loan principal payments of $101.3 million, as well as other normal recurring operating expenses. Balloon payments on our mortgage loan obligations totaling $57.8 million will be due during 2011, inclusive of amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests of $17.2 million, of which $21.2 million was refinanced and $6.3 million was paid in January 2011, inclusive of amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests of $7.1 million and $2.1 million, respectively. In addition, our share of balloon payments due during 2011 on our unconsolidated ventures totals $20.8 million, of which $4.9 million was paid in February 2011. We are actively seeking to refinance certain of these loans and believe we have sufficient financing alternatives and/or cash resources that can be used to make these payments.

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

The table below summarizes our debt, off-balance sheet arrangements and other contractual obligations at December 31, 2010 and the effect that these arrangements and obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in the specified future periods (in thousands):

						Less than												More than
		Total				1 Year				1-3 Years				3-5 Years				5 years
Non-recourse debt — Principal (a)		$	1,493,281			$	101,296			$	292,927			$	558,178			$	540,880
Deferred acquisition fees — Principal			3,696				2,212				1,463				21				—
Interest on borrowings and deferred acquisition fees (b)			402,251				84,299				141,345				86,548				90,059
Subordinated disposition fees (c)			7,249				—				7,249				—				—
Operating and other lease commitments (d)			23,467				2,418				3,907				3,890				13,252
		$	1,929,944			$	190,225			$	446,891			$	648,637			$	644,191

Amounts in the table above related to our foreign operations are based on the exchange rate of the local currencies at December 31, 2010. At December 31, 2010, we had no material capital lease obligations for which we are the lessee, either individually or in the aggregate.

Equity Investments in Real Estate

We acquired interests in two related investments in 2007 (the “Hellweg 2” transaction) that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as we do not have a controlling interest but over which we exercise significant influence. The remaining ownership of these entities is held by the advisor and certain of our affiliates. The primary purpose of these investments was to ultimately acquire an interest in the underlying properties and such was structured to effectively transfer the economics of ownership to us and our affiliates while still monetizing the sales value by transferring the legal ownership in the underlying properties over time. We acquired an interest in a venture, the “property venture,” that in turn acquired a 24.7% (direct and indirect) ownership interest in a limited partnership owning 37 properties throughout Germany. Concurrently, we also acquired an interest in a second venture, the “lending venture,” that made a loan, the “note receivable,” to the holder of the remaining 75.3% (direct and indirect) interests in the limited partnership, which is referred to in this Report as our partner. In connection with the acquisition, the property venture agreed to three option agreements that give the property venture the right to purchase, from our partner, the remaining 75.3% (direct and indirect) interest in the limited partnership at a price equal to the principal amount of the note receivable at the time of purchase. In November 2010, the property venture exercised the first of its three options and acquired from our partner a 70% direct interest in the limited partnership, thus owning a (direct and indirect) 94.7% interest in the limited partnership. The property venture has assignable option agreements to acquire the remaining (direct and indirect) 5.3% interest in the limited partnership by October 2012. If the property venture does not exercise its option agreements, our partner has option agreements to put its remaining interests in the limited partnership to the property venture during 2014 at a price equal to the principal amount of the note receivable at the time of purchase. Currently, under the terms of the note receivable, the lending venture will receive interest income that approximates 5.3% of all income earned by the limited partnership less adjustments. Our total effective ownership interest in the ventures is approximately 38%.

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Upon exercise of the relevant option or the put, in order to avoid circular transfers of cash, the seller and the lending venture and the property venture agreed that the lending venture or the seller may elect, upon exercise of the respective purchase option or put option, to have the loan from the lending venture to the seller repaid by a deemed transfer of cash. The deemed transfer will be in amounts necessary to fully satisfy the seller’s obligations to the lending venture, and the lending venture will be deemed to have transferred such funds up to us and our affiliates as if they had been recontributed down into the property venture based on their pro rata ownership. Accordingly, at December 31, 2010 (based on the exchange rate of the Euro), the only additional cash required by us to fund the exercise of the purchase option or the put would be the pro rata amounts necessary to redeem the advisor’s interest, the aggregate of which would be $2.2 million, with our share approximating $0.9 million. In addition, our maximum exposure to loss on these ventures was $18.8 million (inclusive of both our existing investment and the amount to fund our future commitment).

We have investments in unconsolidated ventures that own single-tenant properties net leased to corporations. With the exception of the venture that leases properties to Marriott International, Inc., which is owned with an unaffiliated third party, the underlying investments are jointly owned with our affiliates. Summarized financial information for these ventures and our ownership interest in the ventures at December 31, 2010 are presented below. Summarized financial information provided represents the total amounts attributable to the ventures and does not represent our proportionate share (dollars in thousands):

		Ownership
		Interest at								Total Third
Lessee		December 31, 2010				Total Assets				Party Debt				Maturity Date
The Upper Deck Company (a)			50	%		$	26,845			$	9,817			2/2011
Del Monte Corporation			50	%			14,739				10,092			8/2011
PETsMART, Inc.			30	%			65,743				37,404			12/2011
Waldaschaff Automotive GmbH and Wagon Automotive Nagold GmbH (b) (c)			33	%			43,297				21,388			8/2015
SaarOTEC (formerly Görtz & Schiele GmbH & Co.) and Goertz & Schiele Corp. (b) (d)			50	%			6,686				9,050			12/2016 & 1/2017
Builders FirstSource, Inc.			40	%			10,703				6,408			3/2017
Hellweg Die Profi-Baumarkte GmbH & Co. KG (Hellweg 2) (b) (e)			38	%			429,917				369,323			4/2017
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (f)			33	%			82,675				57,166			1/2019
Hologic, Inc.			64	%			26,627				14,143			5/2023
The Talaria Company (Hinckley) (g)			30	%			49,038				29,427			6/2025
Marriott International, Inc.			47	%			132,777				—			N/A
Schuler A.G. (b) (h)			34	%			68,198				—			N/A
						$	957,245			$	564,218

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Environmental Obligations

In connection with the purchase of many of our properties, we required the sellers to perform environmental reviews. We believe, based on the results of these reviews, that our properties were in substantial compliance with Federal and state environmental statutes at the time the properties were acquired. However, portions of certain properties have been subject to some degree of contamination, principally in connection with leakage from underground storage tanks, surface spills or other on-site activities. In most instances where contamination has been identified, tenants are actively engaged in the remediation process and addressing identified conditions. Tenants are generally subject to environmental statutes and regulations regarding the discharge of hazardous materials and any related remediation obligations. In addition, our leases generally require tenants to indemnify us from all liabilities and losses related to the leased properties with provisions of such indemnification specifically addressing environmental matters. The leases generally include provisions that allow for periodic environmental assessments, paid for by the tenant, and allow us to extend leases until such time as a tenant has satisfied its environmental obligations. Certain of our leases allow us to require financial assurances from tenants, such as performance bonds or letters of credit, if the costs of remediating environmental conditions are, in our estimation, in excess of specified amounts. Accordingly, we believe that the ultimate resolution of any environmental matters should not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. Many of these accounting policies require judgment and the use of estimates and assumptions when applying these policies in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. On a quarterly basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experience as well as other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. These estimates are subject to change in the future if underlying assumptions or factors change. Certain accounting policies, while significant, may not require the use of estimates. Those accounting policies that require significant estimation and/or judgment are listed below.

Classification of Real Estate Leases

We classify our leases for financial reporting purposes at the inception of a lease, or when significant lease terms are amended, as either real estate leased under operating leases or net investment in direct financing leases. This classification is based on several criteria, including, but not limited to, estimates of the remaining economic life of the leased assets and the calculation of the present value of future minimum rents. We estimate remaining economic life relying in part upon third-party appraisals of the leased assets. We calculate the present value of future minimum rents using the lease’s implicit interest rate, which requires an estimate of the residual value of the leased assets as of the end of the non-cancelable lease term. Estimates of residual values are generally determined by us relying in part upon third-party appraisals. Different estimates of residual value result in different implicit interest rates and could possibly affect the financial reporting classification of leased assets. The contractual terms of our leases are not necessarily different for operating and direct financing leases; however, the classification is based on accounting pronouncements that are intended to indicate whether the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor or substantially transferred to the lessee. We believe that we retain certain risks of ownership regardless of accounting classification. Assets related to leases classified as net investment in direct financing leases are not depreciated but are written down to expected residual value over the lease term. Therefore, the classification of leases may have a significant impact on net income even though it has no effect on cash flows.

Identification of Tangible and Intangible Assets in Connection with Real Estate Acquisitions

In connection with our acquisition of properties accounted for as operating leases, we allocate purchase costs to tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired based on their estimated fair values. We determine the value of tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, as if vacant, and record intangible assets, including the above-and below-market value of leases, the value of in-place leases and the value of tenant relationships, at their relative estimated fair values.

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We determine the value attributed to tangible assets in part using a discounted cash flow model that is intended to approximate both what a third party would pay to purchase the vacant property and rent at current estimated market rates. In applying the model, we assume that the disinterested party would sell the property at the end of an estimated market lease term. Assumptions used in the model are property-specific where this information is available; however, when certain necessary information is not available, we use available regional and property-type information. Assumptions and estimates include a discount rate or internal rate of return, marketing period necessary to put a lease in place, carrying costs during the marketing period, leasing commissions and tenant improvements allowances, market rents and growth factors of these rents, market lease term and a cap rate to be applied to an estimate of market rent at the end of the market lease term.

We acquire properties subject to net leases and determine the value of above-market and below-market lease intangibles based on the difference between (i) the contractual rents to be paid pursuant to the leases negotiated and in place at the time of acquisition of the properties and (ii) our estimate of fair market lease rates for the property or a similar property, both of which are measured over a period equal to the estimated market lease term. We discount the difference between the estimated market rent and contractual rent to a present value using an interest rate reflecting our current assessment of the risk associated with the lease acquired, which includes a consideration of the credit of the lessee. Estimates of market rent are generally determined by us relying in part upon a third-party appraisal obtained in connection with the property acquisition and can include estimates of market rent increase factors, which are generally provided in the appraisal or by local brokers.

We evaluate the specific characteristics of each tenant’s lease and any pre-existing relationship with each tenant in determining the value of in-place lease and tenant relationship intangibles. To determine the value of in-place lease intangibles, we consider estimated market rent, estimated carrying costs of the property during a hypothetical expected lease-up period, current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. Estimated carrying costs include real estate taxes, insurance, other property operating costs and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the hypothetical expected lease-up periods, based on assessments of specific market conditions. In determining the value of tenant relationship intangibles, we consider the expectation of lease renewals, the nature and extent of our existing relationship with the tenant, prospects for developing new business with the tenant and the tenant’s credit profile. We also consider estimated costs to execute a new lease, including estimated leasing commissions and legal costs, as well as estimated carrying costs of the property during a hypothetical expected lease-up period. We determine these values using our estimates or by relying in part upon third-party appraisals.

Basis of Consolidation

When we obtain an economic interest in an entity, we evaluate the entity to determine if it is deemed a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and, if so, whether we are deemed to be the primary beneficiary and are therefore required to consolidate the entity. Significant judgment is required to determine whether a VIE should be consolidated. We review the contractual arrangements provided for in the partnership agreement or other related contracts to determine whether the entity is considered a VIE under current authoritative accounting guidance, and to establish whether we have any variable interests in the VIE. We then compare our variable interests, if any, to those of the other variable interest holders to determine which party is the primary beneficiary of a VIE based on whether the entity (i) has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE, and (ii) has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

For an entity that is not considered to be a VIE, the general partners in a limited partnership (or similar entity) are presumed to control the entity regardless of the level of their ownership and, accordingly, may be required to consolidate the entity. We evaluate the partnership agreements or other relevant contracts to determine whether there are provisions in the agreements that would overcome this presumption. If the agreements provide the limited partners with either (a) the substantive ability to dissolve or liquidate the limited partnership or otherwise remove the general partners without cause or (b) substantive participating rights, the limited partners’ rights overcome the presumption of control by a general partner of the limited partnership, and, therefore, the general partner must account for its investment in the limited partnership using the equity method of accounting.

When we obtain an economic interest in an entity that is structured at the date of acquisition as a tenant-in-common interest, we evaluate the tenancy-in-common agreements or other relevant documents to ensure that the entity does not qualify as a VIE and does not meet the control requirement required for consolidation. We also use judgment in determining whether the shared decision-making involved in a tenant-in-common interest investment creates an opportunity for us to have significant influence on the operating and financial decisions of these investments and thereby creates some responsibility by us for a return on our investment. We account for tenancy-in-common interests under the equity method of accounting.

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Impairments

On a quarterly basis, we assess whether there are any indicators that the value of our long-lived assets may be impaired or that their carrying value may not be recoverable. These impairment indicators include, but are not limited to, the vacancy of a property that is not subject to a lease; a lease default by a tenant that is experiencing financial difficulty; the termination of a lease by a tenant or the rejection of a lease in a bankruptcy proceeding. Impairment charges do not necessarily reflect the true economic loss caused by the default of the tenant, which may be greater or less than the impairment amount. In addition, we use non-recourse debt to finance our acquisitions, and to the extent that the value of an asset is written down to below the value of its debt, there is an unrealized gain that will be triggered when we turn the asset back to the lender in satisfaction of the debt. We may incur impairment charges on long-lived assets, including real estate, direct financing leases, assets held for sale and equity investments in real estate. We may also incur impairment charges on marketable securities. Estimates and judgments used when evaluating whether these assets are impaired are presented below.

Real Estate

For real estate assets in which an impairment indicator is identified, we follow a two-step process to determine whether an asset is impaired and to determine the amount of the charge. First, we compare the carrying value of the property to the future net undiscounted cash flow that we expect the property will generate, including any estimated proceeds from the eventual sale of the property. The undiscounted cash flow analysis requires us to make our best estimate of market rents, residual values and holding periods. We estimate market rents and residual values using market information from outside sources such as broker quotes or recent comparable sales. In cases where the available market information is not deemed appropriate, we perform a future net cash flow analysis discounted for inherent risk associated with each asset to determine an estimated fair value. As our investment objective is to hold properties on a long-term basis, holding periods used in the undiscounted cash flow analysis generally range from five to ten years. Depending on the assumptions made and estimates used, the future cash flow projected in the evaluation of long-lived assets can vary within a range of outcomes. We consider the likelihood of possible outcomes in determining the best possible estimate of future cash flows. If the future net undiscounted cash flow of the property is less than the carrying value, the property is considered to be impaired. We then measure the loss as the excess of the carrying value of the property over its estimated fair value. The property’s estimated fair value is primarily determined using market information from outside sources such as broker quotes or recent comparable sales.

Direct Financing Leases

We review our direct financing leases at least annually to determine whether there has been an other-than-temporary decline in the current estimate of residual value of the property. The residual value is our estimate of what we could realize upon the sale of the property at the end of the lease term, based on market information from outside sources such as broker quotes or recent comparable sales. If this review indicates that a decline in residual value has occurred that is other-than-temporary, we recognize an impairment charge and revise the accounting for the direct financing lease to reflect a portion of the future cash flow from the lessee as a return of principal rather than as revenue. While we evaluate direct financing leases if there are any indicators that the residual value may be impaired, the evaluation of a direct financing lease can be affected by changes in long-term market conditions even though the obligations of the lessee are being met.

Assets Held for Sale

We classify real estate assets that are accounted for as operating leases as held for sale when we have entered into a contract to sell the property, all material due diligence requirements have been satisfied and we believe it is probable that the disposition will occur within one year. When we classify an asset as held for sale, we calculate its estimated fair value as the expected sale price, less expected selling costs. We base the expected sale price on the contract and the expected selling costs on information provided by brokers and legal counsel. We then compare the asset’s estimated fair value to its carrying value, and if the estimated fair value is less than the property’s carrying value, we reduce the carrying value to the estimated fair value. We will continue to review the property for subsequent changes in the estimated fair value, and may recognize an additional impairment charge if warranted.

If circumstances arise that we previously considered unlikely and, as a result, we decide not to sell a property previously classified as held for sale, we reclassify the property as held and used. We measure and record a property that is reclassified as held and used at the lower of (a) its carrying amount before the property was classified as held for sale, adjusted for any depreciation expense that would have been recognized had the property been continuously classified as held and used, or (b) the estimated fair value at the date of the subsequent decision not to sell.

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Equity Investments in Real Estate

We evaluate our equity investments in real estate on a periodic basis to determine if there are any indicators that the value of our equity investment may be impaired and to establish whether or not that impairment is other-than-temporary. To the extent impairment has occurred, we measure the charge as the excess of the carrying value of our investment over its estimated fair value, which is determined by multiplying the estimated fair value of the underlying venture’s net assets by our ownership interest percentage. For our unconsolidated ventures in real estate, we calculate the estimated fair value of the underlying venture’s real estate or net investment in direct financing lease as described in Real Estate and Direct Financing Leases above. The fair value of the underlying venture’s debt, if any, is calculated based on market interest rates and other market information. The fair value of the underlying venture’s other financial assets and liabilities (excluding net investment in direct financing leases) have fair values that approximate their carrying values.

Marketable Securities

We evaluate our marketable securities for impairment if a decline in estimated fair value below cost basis is considered other-than-temporary. In determining whether the decline is other-than-temporary, we consider the underlying cause of the decline in value, the estimated recovery period, the severity and duration of the decline, as well as whether we plan to sell the security or will more likely than not be required to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis. If we determine that the decline is other-than-temporary, we record an impairment charge to reduce our cost basis to the estimated fair value of the security. Beginning in 2009, the credit component of an other-than-temporary impairment is recognized in earnings while the non-credit component is recognized in Other comprehensive income (“OCI”). Prior to 2009, all portions of other-than-temporary impairments were recorded in earnings.

Provision for Uncollected Amounts from Lessees

On an ongoing basis, we assess our ability to collect rent and other tenant-based receivables and determine an appropriate allowance for uncollected amounts. Because we have a limited number of lessees (16 lessees represented 67% of lease revenues during 2010), we believe that it is necessary to evaluate the collectability of these receivables based on the facts and circumstances of each situation rather than solely using statistical methods. Therefore, in recognizing our provision for uncollected rents and other tenant receivables, we evaluate actual past due amounts and make subjective judgments as to the collectability of those amounts based on factors including, but not limited to, our knowledge of a lessee’s circumstances, the age of the receivables, the tenant’s credit profile and prior experience with the tenant. Even if a lessee has been making payments, we may reserve for the entire receivable amount from the lessee if we believe there has been significant or continuing deterioration in the lessee’s ability to meet its lease obligations.

Income Taxes

We have elected to be treated as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required to, among other things, distribute at least 90% of our REIT net taxable income to our shareholders (excluding net capital gains) and meet certain tests regarding the nature of our income and assets. As a REIT, we are not subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to the portion of our income that meets certain criteria and is distributed annually to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is included in the consolidated financial statements with respect to these operations. We believe we have operated, and we intend to continue to operate, in a manner that allows us to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a REIT. Many of these requirements, however, are highly technical and complex. If we were to fail to meet these requirements, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax.

We conduct business in various states and municipalities within the U.S. and the European Union and, as a result, we or one or more of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state and certain foreign jurisdictions. As a result, we are subject to certain state, local and foreign taxes and a provision for such taxes is included in the consolidated financial statements.

Significant judgment is required in determining our tax provision and in evaluating our tax positions. We establish tax reserves in accordance using a benefit recognition model, which we believe could result in a greater amount of benefit (and a lower amount of reserve) being initially recognized in certain circumstances. Provided that the tax position is deemed more likely than not of being sustained, we recognize the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being ultimately realized upon settlement. The tax position must be derecognized when it is no longer more likely than not of being sustained.

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Subsequent Events

In January 2011, a venture in which we and an affiliate hold 15% and 85% interests, respectively, entered into an investment in the Netherlands for a total cost of approximately $207.5 million, of which our share is approximately $31.1 million. In March 2011, the venture obtained non-recourse mortgage financing of approximately $98.4 million for this investment. Our share of the financing is approximately $14.8 million.

In February 2011, we returned a property previously leased to Advanced Accessory Systems LLC to the lender in exchange for the lender’s agreement to release us from all related non-recourse mortgage loan obligations. On the date of disposition, the property had a carrying value of approximately $2.7 million, reflecting the impact of impairment charges totaling $8.4 million incurred in 2009, and the related non-recourse mortgage loan had an outstanding balance of approximately $6.1 million.

Supplemental Financial Measures

In the real estate industry, analysts and investors employ certain non-GAAP measures in order to facilitate meaningful comparisons between periods and among peer companies. Additionally, in the formulation of our goals and in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our strategies, we employ the use of supplemental non-GAAP measures, which are uniquely defined by our management. We believe these measures are useful to investors to consider because they may assist them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time and against similar companies. A description of these non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided below.

Funds from Operations — as Adjusted

Funds from Operations, (“FFO”) is a non-GAAP measure defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT defines FFO as net income or loss (as computed in accordance with GAAP) excluding: depreciation and amortization expense from real estate assets, gains or losses from sales of depreciated real estate assets and extraordinary items; however, FFO related to assets held for sale, sold or otherwise transferred and included in the results of discontinued operations are to be included. These adjustments also incorporate the pro rata share of unconsolidated subsidiaries. FFO is used by management, investors and analysts to facilitate meaningful comparisons of operating performance between periods and among our peers. Although NAREIT has published this definition of FFO, real estate companies often modify this definition as they seek to provide financial measures that meaningfully reflect their distinctive operations.

We modify the NAREIT computation of FFO to include other adjustments to GAAP net income for certain non-cash charges, where applicable, such as gains or losses on extinguishment of debt and deconsolidation of subsidiaries, amortization of intangibles, straight-line rents, impairment charges on real estate and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains and losses. We refer to our modified definition of FFO as “Funds from Operations — as Adjusted,” or “AFFO,” and we employ it as one measure of our operating performance when we formulate corporate goals and evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies. We exclude these items from GAAP net income as they are not the primary drivers in our decision-making process. Our assessment of our operations is focused on long-term sustainability and not on such non-cash items, which may cause short-term fluctuations in net income but have no impact on cash flows. As a result, we believe that AFFO is a useful supplemental measure for investors to consider because it will help them to better understand and measure the performance of our business over time without the potentially distorting impact of these short-term fluctuations.

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FFO and AFFO for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are presented below (in thousands):

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009				2008
Net income (loss) attributable to CPA®:15 shareholders		$	59,777			$	(248	)		$	28,694
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization of real property			59,179				63,285				64,724
Gain on sale of real estate			(33,001	)			(11,332	)			(718	)
Proportionate share of adjustments to equity in net income of partially owned entities to arrive at FFO:
Depreciation and amortization of real property			8,360				8,109				8,393
Gain on sale of real estate			(196	)			(3	)			—
Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests			2,208				(12,983	)			(18,603	)
Total adjustments			36,550				47,076				53,796
FFO — as defined by NAREIT			96,327				46,828				82,490
Adjustments:
Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary			(11,493	)			—				—
Loss on extinguishment of debt			—				500				—
Other depreciation, amortization and non-cash charges			(708	)			(1,451	)			5,436
Straight-line and other rent adjustments			1,133				(604	)			5,817
Impairment charges			18,176				56,345				40,741
Proportionate share of adjustments to equity in net income of partially owned entities to arrive at AFFO:
Other depreciation, amortization and non-cash charges			329				441				1,331
Straight-line and other rent adjustments			18				771				563
Impairment charges			9,621				10,284				1,310
Proportionate share of adjustments for noncontrolling interests to arrive at AFFO			(5,374	)			(3,970	)			(7,396	)
Total adjustments			11,702				62,316				47,802
AFFO		$	108,029			$	109,144			$	130,292

Adjusted Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Adjusted cash flow from operating activities refers to our cash flow from operating activities (as computed in accordance with GAAP) adjusted, where applicable, primarily to: add cash distributions that we receive from our investments in unconsolidated real estate joint ventures in excess of our equity income; subtract cash distributions that we make to our non-controlling partners in real estate joint ventures that we consolidate; and eliminate changes in working capital. We hold a number of interests in real estate joint ventures, and we believe that adjusting our GAAP cash flow provided by operating activities to reflect these actual cash receipts and cash payments as well as eliminating the effect of timing differences between the payment of certain liabilities and the receipt of certain receivables in a period other than that in which the item is recognized, may give investors additional information about our actual cash flow that is not incorporated in cash flow from operating activities as defined by GAAP.

We believe that adjusted cash flow from operating activities is a useful supplemental measure for assessing the cash flow generated from our core operations as it gives investors important information about our liquidity that is not provided within cash flow from operating activities as defined by GAAP, and we use this measure when evaluating distributions to shareholders.

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Adjusted cash flow from operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 is presented below (in thousands):

		Years ended December 31,
		2010				2009				2008
Cash flow provided by operating activities		$	166,940			$	160,033			$	180,789
Adjustments:
Distributions received from equity investments in real estate in excess of equity income, net			5,318				7,414				4,320
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests, net			(32,424	)			(35,911	)			(50,033	)
Changes in working capital			(3,724	)			4,653				1,703
Advisor settlement			—				—				(9,111	)
Adjusted cash flow from operating activities		$	136,110			$	136,189			$	127,668
Distributions declared (weighted average share basis)		$	92,250			$	89,984			$	88,751