As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2011

Registration No. 333-140842

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
NO. 14 TO

FORM S-11

FOR REGISTRATION
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 17 — GLOBAL INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Governing Instruments)

50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020
(212) 492-1100
(Address Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Trevor P. Bond
Corporate Property Associates 17 — Global Incorporated
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10020
(212) 492-1100
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:

Kathleen L. Werner, Esq.
Clifford Chance US LLP
31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019 Sharon A. Kroupa, Esq.
Brian J. O’Connor, Esq.
Venable LLP
750 E. Pratt Street, Suite 900
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

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     We hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until we shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

DEREGISTRATION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES

     In accordance with the undertakings given by the Registrant in the Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed on February 22, 2007 (Registration No. 333-140842), which became effective on November 2, 2007, the Registrant files this amendment to deregister (1) 46,042,300 shares of its Common Stock that remain unsold pursuant to the Registrant’s primary offering under the Registration Statement and (2) 44,002,908 shares of its Common Stock that remain unsold pursuant to the Registrant’s Distribution Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Post-effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New York, state of New York, on May 18, 2011.

CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 17 — GLOBAL INCORPORATED
By:	/s/ TREVOR P. BOND
	Trevor P. Bond
	Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

	Signature	Capacity	Date
By:	*	Chairman of the Board	May 18, 2011
	Wm. Polk Carey
By:	/s/ Trevor P. Bond Trevor P. Bond	Chief Executive Officer  (Principal Executive Officer)	May 18, 2011
By:	* Marshall E. Blume	Independent Director	May 18, 2011
By:	* Elizabeth P. Munson	Independent Director	May 18, 2011
By:	* Richard J. Pinola	Independent Director	May 18, 2011
By:	* James D. Price	Independent Director	May 18, 2011
By:	/s/ Mark J. DeCesaris Mark J. DeCesaris	Chief Financial Officer  (Principal Financial Officer)	May 18, 2011
By:	/s/ Thomas J. Ridings Jr. Thomas J. Ridings Jr.	Chief Accounting Officer  (Principal Accounting Officer)	May 18, 2011

     By his or her signature set forth below, the undersigned, pursuant to duly authorized powers of attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has signed this Post-effective Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement on behalf of the persons indicated.

/s/ SUSAN C. HYDE  

* Attorney-in-fact 

May 18, 2011