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 24, 2020 
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.)
 
33-92990, 333-237134
 
(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 22, 2020, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, on behalf of the TIAA Real Estate Account (the “Registrant”), entered into a side letter agreement extending for one-year the Amended and Restated Letter Agreement (the “Fiduciary Services Agreement”) with RERC, LLC (the “Independent Fiduciary”) dated February 21, 2018. The Fiduciary Services Agreement governs the terms of the Independent Fiduciary’s provision of certain fiduciary services to the Registrant. Pursuant to the side letter agreement, the Independent Fiduciary will continue to serve as the independent fiduciary for the Registrant and perform the duties set forth in the Fiduciary Services Agreement and in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE 96-76) for a term continuing through February 28, 2022.







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 24, 2020
 
By:
/s/ Ian Matthew
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ian Matthew
 
 
 
Senior Director, Annuity Product Management