Business and Organization	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Business and Organization	Business and Organization W. P. Carey Inc. (“W. P. Carey”) is a REIT that, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, invests primarily in operationally-critical, single-tenant commercial real estate properties located in the United States and Northern and Western Europe that are leased on a long-term basis. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to companies on a triple-net lease basis, which generally requires each tenant to pay the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property. Founded in 1973, our shares of common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPC.” We elected to be taxed as a REIT under Section 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code effective as of February 15, 2012. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal income taxes on income and gains that we distribute to our stockholders as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, as well as other factors. We also own real property in jurisdictions outside the United States through foreign subsidiaries and are subject to income taxes on our pre-tax income earned from properties in such countries. In September 2023, we announced a plan to exit the office assets within our portfolio by (i) spinning off 59 office properties into Net Lease Office Properties (“NLOP”), so that it became a separate publicly-traded real estate investment trust (the “Spin-Off”), and (ii) implementing an asset sale program to dispose of certain office properties retained by us (the “Office Sale Program”), which is substantially completed. On November 1, 2023, we completed the Spin-Off, contributing 59 office properties to NLOP. Following the closing of the Spin-Off, NLOP operates as a separate publicly-traded REIT, which we externally manage pursuant to certain advisory agreements (the “NLOP Advisory Agreements”). Through the date of this Report, we have disposed of 85 of the office properties subject to the Office Sale Program (Note 14, Note 15). The final property is under a binding contract for sale scheduled to close in December 2024, which will complete the Office Sale Program. Effective January 1, 2024, we no longer separately analyze our business between real estate operations and investment management operations, and instead view the business as one reportable segment, since our investment management operations have been determined to be both quantitatively and qualitatively insignificant to the Company’s business. Our business is characterized as investing in operationally-critical, single-tenant commercial real estate properties that are leased on a long-term basis. These economic characteristics are similar across various property types, geographic locations, and industries in which our tenants operate and therefore considered one operating segment. The operating results of both the real estate and investment management activities are regularly reviewed, in the aggregate, by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate performance and allocate resources. Accordingly, all operations have been considered to represent one reportable segment, which are reported on our consolidated statements of income and our consolidated balance sheets. As a result of this change, we have conformed prior period segment information to reflect how we currently view our business. Lease revenues from our real estate investments generate the vast majority of our earnings. We invest primarily in commercial properties located in the United States and Northern and Western Europe, which are leased to companies on a triple-net lease basis. At June 30, 2024, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 1,291 properties, totaling approximately 170 million square feet, substantially all of which were net leased to 346 tenants, with a weighted-average lease term of 12.0 years and an occupancy rate of 98.8%. In addition, at June 30, 2024, our portfolio was comprised of full or partial ownership interests in 95 operating properties, including 89 self-storage properties, four hotels, and two student housing properties, totaling approximately 7.3 million square feet.

W. P. Carey Inc. (“W. P. Carey”) is a REIT that, together with our consolidated subsidiaries, invests primarily in operationally-critical, single-tenant commercial real estate properties located in the United States and Northern and Western Europe that are leased on a long-term basis. We earn revenue principally by leasing the properties we own to companies on a triple-net lease basis, which generally requires each tenant to pay the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property.

We elected to be taxed as a REIT under Section 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code effective as of February 15, 2012. As a REIT, we are not subject to federal income taxes on income and gains that we distribute to our stockholders as long as we satisfy certain requirements, principally relating to the nature of our income and the level of our distributions, as well as other factors. We also own real property in jurisdictions outside the United States through foreign subsidiaries and are subject to income taxes on our pre-tax income earned from properties in such countries.

In September 2023, we announced a plan to exit the office assets within our portfolio by (i) spinning off 59 office properties into Net Lease Office Properties (“NLOP”), so that it became a separate publicly-traded real estate investment trust (the “Spin-Off”), and (ii) implementing an asset sale program to dispose of certain office properties retained by us (the “Office Sale Program”), which is substantially completed.

On November 1, 2023, we completed the Spin-Off, contributing 59 office properties to NLOP. Following the closing of the Spin-Off, NLOP operates as a separate publicly-traded REIT, which we externally manage pursuant to certain advisory agreements (the “NLOP Advisory Agreements”). Through the date of this Report, we have disposed of 85 of the office properties subject to the Office Sale Program (Note 14, Note 15). The final property is under a binding contract for sale scheduled to close in December 2024, which will complete the Office Sale Program.

Effective January 1, 2024, we no longer separately analyze our business between real estate operations and investment management operations, and instead view the business as one reportable segment, since our investment management operations have been determined to be both quantitatively and qualitatively insignificant to the Company’s business. Our business is characterized as investing in operationally-critical, single-tenant commercial real estate properties that are leased on a long-term basis. These economic characteristics are similar across various property types, geographic locations, and industries in which our tenants operate and therefore considered one operating segment. The operating results of both the real estate and investment management activities are regularly reviewed, in the aggregate, by our chief operating decision maker to evaluate performance and allocate resources. Accordingly, all operations have been considered to represent one reportable segment, which are reported on our consolidated statements of income and our consolidated balance sheets. As a result of this change, we have conformed prior period segment information to reflect how we currently view our business.

Lease revenues from our real estate investments generate the vast majority of our earnings. We invest primarily in commercial properties located in the United States and Northern and Western Europe, which are leased to companies on a triple-net lease basis. At June 30, 2024, our portfolio was comprised of our full or partial ownership interests in 1,291 properties, totaling approximately 170 million square feet, substantially all of which were net leased to 346 tenants, with a weighted-average lease term of 12.0 years and an occupancy rate of 98.8%. In addition, at June 30, 2024, our portfolio was comprised of full or partial ownership interests in 95 operating properties, including 89 self-storage properties, four hotels, and two student housing properties, totaling approximately 7.3 million square feet.