Article: The W. P. Carey Group Completes $87 Million Sale-Leaseback with Berry Plastics.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Investment firm W. P. Carey & Co. LLC announced today that its publicly held, non-traded REIT affiliate, CPA(R):16 - Global, and its newest fund, CPA(R):17 - Global, have jointly acquired three facilities from Berry Plastics Corporation for approximately $87 million.

This transaction follows a $33 million sale-leaseback CPA(R):15 completed with Berry Plastics in 2003 and includes its headquarters and largest production facility in Evansville, Indiana, a manufacturing facility in Baltimore, Maryland, and a facility in Lawrence, Kansas. All facilities are being leased back to Berry Plastics on a long-term basis.

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