UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
September 18, 2013
TIAA REAL ESTATE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| New York | Not Applicable | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
333-92990, 333-187309
(Commission File Number)
c/o Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3206
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): (212) 490-9000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 12, 2013, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”) designated Robert Leary, Executive Vice President and President, Asset Management of TIAA-CREF, as the ‘principal executive officer’ for the TIAA Real Estate Account (“REA” or the “Registrant”). REA has no officers or directors. Roger W. Ferguson, TIAA’s President and Chief Executive Officer, previously held such designation.
As previously disclosed in REA’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, effective June 24, 2013, TIAA appointed Robert Leary as Executive Vice President and President of TIAA-CREF Asset Management. Mr. Leary, age 52, most recently served as president and chief operating officer of ING U.S. starting in April 2011, where he led all aspects of ING’s investment management, retirement, insurance and annuity businesses, as well as operations, information technology and marketing strategy. He also served as chief executive officer of ING Insurance U.S. from January 2010 to April 2011. Mr. Leary joined ING in 2007 as chairman and chief executive officer of ING Investment Management, Americas. Previously, Mr. Leary was an executive vice president at AIG, helping to build investment solutions for the institutional investor community. Prior thereto, he was vice president at J.P. Morgan & Co., where he specialized in fixed income applications.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TIAA REAL ESTATE ACCOUNT | ||
| By: | TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY | |
| ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | ||
| DATE: September 18, 2013 | By: | /s/ William J. Forgione |
| William J. Forgione | ||
| Senior Managing Director and General Counsel, | ||
| Asset Management |