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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2

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                                OVERVIEW OF THE
               CAREY DIVERSIFIED LLC AND W. P. CAREY & CO., INC.
                                     MERGER

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OVERVIEW

Creation of the dominant net lease company that serves public and private
         investors

BENEFITS:

- -        Immediate Accretion

- -        Unique Access to Capital

- -        Enhanced Growth

- -        Strengthened Credit Profile

- -        Future Growth Potential

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TRANSACTION SUMMARY

- -        W. P. CAREY & CO., INC. WILL CONTRIBUTE ALL OF ITS OPERATING ASSETS TO
         CAREY DIVERSIFIED LLC ("CDC") IN EXCHANGE FOR 8 MILLION SHARES OF CDC

- -        STOCKHOLDERS OF W. P. CAREY MAY EARN UP TO 2 MILLION ADDITIONAL SHARES
         OF WPC OVER A PERIOD OF UP TO FIVE YEARS, BASED UPON CERTAIN
         PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

- -        W. P. CAREY PERSONNEL WILL BECOME EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY

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TRANSACTION SUMMARY (CONT'D)

- -        THE MERGED ENTITY WILL BECOME THE ADVISOR TO CORPORATE PROPERTY
         ASSOCIATES 10, 12 AND 14 AND CAREY INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES

- -        THE COMPANY WILL TRADE ON THE NYSE AND PSE UNDER THE SYMBOL "WPC"

- -        EXPECTED TIMELINE



Board Approval           Consent Solicitation Expected              Expected Closing
  of Merger                      to Commence                              Date

                                                              
NOVEMBER 30                      JANUARY 2000                          APRIL 2000


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PROPOSED COMPANY STRUCTURE



PRE MERGER                                             POST MERGER
                                            
W. P. CAREY & CO. (PRIVATE)                    W. P. & CAREY & CO. LLC (PUBLIC)
 manages net lease assets                       owns & manages net lease assets
                                [ARROW GRAPHIC]
CPA REITS     CDC (PUBLIC)                         OWNS               MANAGES

                                                $850 MILLION        $1.6 BILLION
                                               NET LEASE ASSETS    NET LEASE ASSETS

                                                  CDC ASSETS           CPA/CIP
                                                                       ASSETS


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W.P. CAREY & CO. OVERVIEW

- -        20 YEARS OF DEMONSTRATED CAPITAL RAISING ABILITY IN ITS PRIVATE
         INVESTMENT VEHICLES

- -        CONSISTENTLY SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OVER THE LAST 26 YEARS SERVING 65,000
         INVESTORS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

- -        STRONG CORPORATE IDENTITY BASED UPON LONG-TERM PRESENCE IN NET LEASE
         FINANCING MARKET WITH OVER 400 CORPORATIONS

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W.P. CAREY & CO. OVERVIEW (CONT'D)

- -        MANAGEMENT CONTINUITY AND EXPERIENCE, COMPLEMENTED BY A DISTINGUISHED
         AND RENOWNED BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

         MANAGEMENT TEAM:

         -        WM. POLK CAREY - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
                  Officer

         -        FRANCIS J. CAREY - Vice Chairman

         -        GEORGE E. STODDARD - Chief Investment Officer

         -        GORDON F. DUGAN - President

         -        JOHN J. PARK - Chief Financial Officer

         INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

         -        EBERHARD FABER, IV - Former Director of the Federal Reserve
                  Bank of Philadelphia and Chairman of Eberhard Faber, Inc.

         -        DR. LAWRENCE R. KLEIN - Nobel Laureate in Economics, Benjamin
                  Franklin Professor of Economics and Finance (Emeritus),
                  University of Pennsylvania

         -        DONALD E. NICKELSON - Chairman of the Audit Committee, Former
                  President of PaineWebber, Inc.

         -        CHARLES C. TOWNSEND, JR. - Former Head of Corporate Finance,
                  Morgan Stanley & Co.

         -        REGINALD WINSSINGER - Chairman of Horizon New America National
                  Portfolio Inc.

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W.P. CAREY & CO. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW (CONT'D)

- -        UNSURPASSED INVESTMENT EXPERTISE WITH INDEPENDENT INVESTMENT COMMITTEE:

         -        GEORGE E. STODDARD: Chairman of Investment Committee and Chief
                  Investment Officer, former head of corporate investments -
                  Equitable

         -        NATHANIEL S. COOLIDGE: former head of bond and corporate
                  finance department - John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
                  Company

         -        FRANK J. HOENEMEYER: Vice Chairman of Investment Committee,
                  former Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer - Prudential
                  Insurance Company of America

         -        LAWRENCE R. KLEIN: Chairman of Economic Policy Committee,
                  Nobel Laureate in Economic Science and Benjamin Franklin
                  Professor of Economics, Emeritus - University of Pennsylvania
                  and Wharton School

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WPC/CDC MERGER BENEFITS

- -        IMMEDIATE ACCRETION - The transaction is expected to be accretive to
         the company's per share FFO during the first year of combined
         operations and more accretive thereafter

- -        UNIQUE ACCESS TO CAPITAL - Capitalize on W. P. Carey's access to
         private capital. Raised $300 million over the past two years.

- -        ENHANCED GROWTH - Combine the greater growth potential of asset
         management business with the stability of net lease investment
         revenues. Assets under management have grown from $1 billion in 1994 to
         $2.5 billion.


- -        STRENGTHENED CREDIT PROFILE - Market capitalization will increase by
         over 30% without any increase in indebtedness.

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WPC/CDC MERGER BENEFITS

- -        FUTURE GROWTH POTENTIAL - Leverage the Company's solid brand image to
         provide new means of growth in the future

- -        ELIMINATION OF PERCEIVED CONFLICT OF INTEREST - All operating
         businesses will be merged and all personnel will become employees of
         W.P. Carey & Co. LLC


- -        POTENTIAL IMPROVED VALUATION - Preference by investment community for
         fully integrated companies

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SUMMARY

- -        CREATION OF THE DOMINANT NET LEASE COMPANY

- -        IMMEDIATE ACCRETION TO FFO

- -        POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT VALUATION IMPROVEMENT

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