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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001025378-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WPC"
cik: "0001025378"
company_name: "W. P. Carey Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T06:10:39.894569+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# W. P. Carey reports 2024 investment volume of $1.6B including record Q4 of $845M

## Summary
- Full-year 2024 investment volume ~$1.6B at 7.5% initial cap rate, average yield ~9%.
- Record Q4 volume of $845M; nearly 60% warehouse/industrial, 30% retail; 75% North America.
- Key Q4 deals: $200M acquisition of 106 Dollar General stores; $100M Canadian Solar battery facility; $100M Mexican industrial campus; $100M data center.
- CEO says 2024 sets new baseline for AFFO and dividend growth; investments funded without equity issuance.
- Company to acquire nine additional Dollar General stores for ~$20M in Q1 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001025378-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WPC
- cik: 0001025378
- company_name: W. P. Carey Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537825000008/0001025378-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1025378/000102537825000008/wpc-20250108.htm

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