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)  March 17, 2005


                             W. P. Carey & Co. LLC
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                001-13779                                 13-3912578
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      (Commission File Number)                 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

        50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY                  10020
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

                                  212-492-1100
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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                 SECTION 5 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

ITEM 5.02.  DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
            APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.

On April 6, 2005, W. P. Carey & Co. LLC announced that, effective March 17,
2005, Mr. Thomas E. Zacharias was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the
Company.

Thomas E. Zacharias, age 51, joined the Company in April 2002, and has served as
Managing Director, Asset Management. Prior to joining W. P. Carey & Co., Mr.
Zacharias was a Senior Vice President of MetroNexus North America; a Morgan
Stanley Real Estate Funds Enterprise capitalized for the development of internet
data centers. Prior to joining MetroNexus in October 2000, Mr. Zacharias was a
Principal at Lend Lease Development U.S., a subsidiary of Lend Lease
Corporation, a global real estate investment management company. Between 1981
and 1998, Mr. Zacharias was a senior officer at Corporate Property Investors
which at the time of its merger into Simon Property Group in 1998 was the
largest private equity REIT. He has over 25 years experience in acquisitions,
financing, development, leasing and asset management in real estate. Mr.
Zacharias received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Princeton
University in 1976, and a Masters in Business Administration from Yale School of
Management in 1979. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, International
Council of Shopping Centers and NAREIT, and currently serves as a Trustee of
Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts. Mr. Zacharias also serves as Chief
Operating Officer of Corporate Property Associates 12 Incorporated, Corporate
Property Associates 14 Incorporated and Corporate Property Associates 15
Incorporated, and as President of Corporate Property Associates 16 - Global
Incorporated. Mr. Zacharias previously served as an independent director of
Carey Institutional Properties Incorporated from 1997 to 2001, Corporate
Property Associates 12 Incorporated from 1997 to 2000, Corporate Property
Associates 14 Incorporated from 1997 to 2001 and Corporate Property Associates
15 Incorporated in 2001.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release relating to the
Company's announcement, which is incorporated herein by reference.

                  SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits

The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit Index



Exhibit No.                  Exhibit
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  99.1                    Press Release




                                   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.

                                       W. P. CAREY & CO. LLC

                                       By: /s/ Gordon F. DuGan
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                                           Gordon F. DuGan,
                                           chief Executive Officer

Date:  April 6, 2005