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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12-31-2005
Check here if Amendment X Amendment Number: 1
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
X adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Address: 730 THIRD AVE
NEW YORK, NY  10017
Form 13F File Number: 028-00331

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Melissa Blevins
Title: VP, Investment Acctg & Fin Ops
Phone: 704-988-5838
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Melissa Blevins CharlotteNC 08-13-2013
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
The registrant is making this amended filing due to the fact that the initial filing for the period specified above inadvertently omitted certain securities managed by the registrant. Immaterial differences between this 13F Amendment as filed and the corresponding quarters TIAA Real Estate Account 10Q are due to rounding.
Report Type (Check only one.):
X 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
   13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 3
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 70
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 426,787
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 028-4800 Teachers Advisors, Inc
2 028-3194 TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC
3 028-5057 TIAA-CREF Trust Company