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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1



                   CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 15 INCORPORATED
                              50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
                               NEW YORK, NY 10020


                             SALES AGENCY AGREEMENT


                                          October ______, 2001

Carey Financial Corporation
50 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY  10020

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      Corporate Property Associates 15 Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"), hereby confirms its agreement with you as follows:


      1. Introduction. This Sales Agency Agreement (the "Agreement") sets forth
the understandings and agreements between the Company and you whereby you will
offer and sell on a best efforts basis for the account and risk of the Company,
along with a group of selected dealers (the "Selected Dealers") and registered
investment advisors (the "Selected Investment Advisors") to be formed with your
assistance, 50,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the "Shares") at
$10 per share (subject to certain volume discounts), 10,000,000 of which will be
offered and sold pursuant to the Company's 2001 Dividend Reinvestment and Share
Purchase Plan (the "DRIP").

      2.  Representations and Warranties of the Company

      The Company represents, warrants and agrees that:

      (a) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement
and amendments on Form S-11 (No. 333-_______), each containing a related
preliminary prospectus, for the registration of the Shares under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the regulations thereunder
(the "Regulations"), and will prepare and file with the Commission any
amendments to the registration statement necessary for it to become effective,
including an amended preliminary prospectus. The registration statement, as
amended, and the amended prospectus on file with the Commission at the time the
registration statement becomes effective (including financial statements,
exhibits and all other documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated
therein), are herein called the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus,"
respectively, except that if the Registration Statement is amended by a
post-effective amendment, the term "Registration Statement" shall, from and
after the declaration of effectiveness of such post-effective amendment, refer
to the Registration Statement as so amended and the term "Prospectus" shall
refer to the prospectus as so amended, and if the
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Prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) or 424(c) of the
Regulations shall differ from the Prospectus on file at the time the
Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment shall become effective,
the term "Prospectus" shall refer to the Prospectus filed pursuant to either of
such Rules from and after the date on which it shall have been mailed for filing
with the Commission. Further, if a separate prospectus is filed and becomes
effective with respect solely to the DRIP (a "DRIP Prospectus"), the term
"Prospectus" shall refer to such DRIP Prospectus from and after the declaration
of effectiveness of such DRIP Prospectus.

      (b) Compliance with the Act. The Registration Statement has been prepared
and filed by the Company in conformity with the Act and the applicable
instructions and Regulations. The Commission has not issued any order preventing
or suspending the use of any prospectus or preliminary prospectus filed with the
Registration Statement or any amendments thereto. At the time the Registration
Statement becomes effective (the "Effective Date") and at the time that any
post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective and at all times subsequent
thereto up to the Termination Date (as defined in Section 3(d) hereof), the
Registration Statement and Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented) will
contain all statements which are required to be stated therein in accordance
with the Act and the Regulations and will in all respects conform to the
requirements of the Act and the Regulations, and will not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and each preliminary
prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as
part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Act and Regulations and
did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.

      (c) The Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Maryland with full power and authority to conduct the business in which it is
engaged in as described in the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property of a nature, or transacts
business of a type, that would make such qualification necessary.

      (d) The Shares. The Shares, when issued, will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus; no holder thereof will be subject to personal
liability for the obligations of the Company solely by reason of being such a
holder; such Shares are not subject to the preemptive rights of any shareholder
of the Company; and all corporate action required to be taken for the
authorization, issue and sale of such Shares has been validly and sufficiently
taken.

      (e) Violations. The Company is not in violation of its Articles of
Incorporation ("Articles") or Bylaws or in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is bound.

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      (f) Taxes. The Company has filed all Federal, state and foreign income tax
returns which have been required to be filed on or before the due date (taking
into account all extensions of time to file) and has paid or provided for the
payment of all taxes indicated by said returns and all assessments received by
the Company to the extent that such taxes or assessment have become due.

      (g) Pending Action. There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to
the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Company, threatened to
which the Company is a party, before or by any court or governmental agency or
body.

      (h) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company filed as
part of the Registration Statement and those included in the Prospectus present
fairly the financial position of the Company as of the date indicated and the
results of its operations for the periods specified; said financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis; and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, whose report is
filed with the Commission as a part of the Registration Statement, are
independent accountants as required by the Act and the Regulations.

      (i) No Subsequent Material Events. Since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as
may otherwise be stated in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, (a) there has not been any material adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Company or in the earnings, affairs or business
prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business, and (b) there have not been any material transactions entered into by
the Company except in the ordinary course of business.

      (j) Investment Company Act. The Company does not intend to conduct its
business so as to be an "investment company" as that term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and it will exercise reasonable diligence to ensure that it does not
become an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act
of 1940.

      (k) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement and the Amended Advisory
Agreement (the "Advisory Agreement") between the Company and Carey Asset
Management Corp. (the "Advisor") have been duly and validly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and constitute the valid agreements of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Advisory Agreement, the consummation of the transactions
herein and therein contemplated and the compliance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Advisory Agreement by the Company will not conflict with or
constitute a default under the Articles or bylaws or any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party, or any law, order, rule or regulation, writ, injunction or decree of any
government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its property, except to the extent that
the enforceability of the indemnity and/or contribution provisions contained in
Section 8 of this Agreement may be limited under applicable securities law; and
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authorization or order of any court or other governmental agency or body has
been or is required for the performance of this Agreement or the Advisory
Agreement by the Company, or for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (except such as have been obtained under the Act
or as may be required under state securities or "blue sky" laws in connection
with the distribution of the Shares).

      (l) Description of Agreements. The Company is not a party to or bound by
any contract or other instrument of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement that is not described and filed as required.

      (m) Qualification as a Real Estate Investment Trust. The Company intends
to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (the
"Code") for qualification of the Company as a real estate investment trust. The
Company has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust under the
Code and will direct the investment of the proceeds of the offering of the
Shares in such a manner, and will otherwise operate the business of the Company,
so as to comply with such requirements.

      (n) Description of Properties. On the Effective Date and at all times
subsequent thereto up to the Termination Date, the section of the Prospectus
entitled "Description of Properties" will include, among other things, the
location and general character of all materially important real properties held
or intended to be acquired by the Company, the nature of the Company's title to
or other interest in such properties and the nature and amount of all material
mortgages or other liens or encumbrances against such properties and the
principal terms of any lease of any such properties and the lessee thereof and
such descriptions will be correct in all material respects.

      3. Sales of Shares. On the basis of the representations, warranties and
covenants herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company hereby appoints you as its sales agent ("Sales Agent") to
solicit purchasers, along with the Selected Dealers and Selected Investment
Advisors (as defined in Section 3(c)), for up to 40,000,000 Shares during the
period (the "Effective Term") from the Effective Date to the Termination Date,
and up to an additional 10,000,000 Shares pursuant to the DRIP, each in the
manner described in the Registration Statement. Subject to the performance by
the Company of all obligations to be performed by it hereunder and the
completeness and accuracy of all of its representations and warranties, you
agree to use your best efforts as Sales Agent, promptly following written or
telegraphic receipt of notice of the Effective Date from the Company, to offer
and sell such number of Shares as contemplated by this Agreement at the price
stated in the Prospectus.

      (a) Purchase of Shares. The purchase of Shares must be made during the
offering period described in the Prospectus, or after such offering period in
the case of purchases made pursuant to the DRIP (each such purchase hereinafter
defined as an "Order"). Persons desiring to purchase Shares are required to (i)
deliver to you, the appropriate Selected Dealer or Selected Investment Advisor a
check in the amount of $10 per Share purchased (subject to certain volume
discounts or other discounts as described in the prospectus, or such other per
share price as may be applicable pursuant to the DRIP) payable to The Bank of
New York, as escrow agent (the "Escrow Agent"), or (ii) authorize a debit of
such amount to the account such purchaser


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maintains with you, the appropriate Selected Dealer or Selected Investment
Advisor. For investors residing in certain states, an order form in the form
attached to the Prospectus (each an "Order Form") must be completed and
submitted to the Company. On a daily basis, you will submit all checks received
from investors and transfer, via Federal Reserve bank wire, the total amount
debited from investor accounts for the purchase of Shares along with a list
including the name, address and telephone number of, the social security number
or taxpayer identification number of, the brokerage account number of (if
applicable), the number of Shares purchased by, any election to participate in
the DRIP by, and the total dollar amount of investment by, each investor on
whose behalf checks are submitted or the wire transfer is made. You also will
forward all Order Forms to the Company. You shall use your best efforts to wire
such funds or transmit checks to the Escrow Agent not later than noon of the
next business day after receipt by you from your customer of each Order. You
will advise the Escrow Agent whether the funds you are submitting are
attributable to individual retirement accounts, Keogh plans, or any other
employee benefit plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 or from some other type of investor.

      All Orders solicited by you will be strictly subject to review and
acceptance by the Company and the Company reserves the right in its absolute
discretion to reject any Order or to accept or reject Orders in the order of
their receipt by the Company or otherwise. Within 30 days of receipt of an
Order, the Company must accept or reject such Order. If the Company elects to
reject such Order, within 10 business days after such rejection, it will notify
the purchaser of such fact and cause the return of such purchaser's funds
submitted with such application and any interest earned thereon. If no notice of
rejection is received by you within the foregoing time limits or if funds
submitted by the purchaser are released from escrow to the Company within the
foregoing time limits, the Order shall be deemed accepted. You agree to make
every reasonable effort to determine that the purchase of Shares is a suitable
and appropriate investment for each potential purchaser of Shares based on
information provided by such purchaser regarding such purchaser's financial
situation and investment objectives. You agree to maintain, for at least six
years, records of the information used by you to determine whether an investment
in Shares is suitable and appropriate for a potential purchaser of Shares.

      (b) Closing Dates and Delivery of Shares. In no event shall a sale of
shares to an investor be completed until at least five business days after the
date the investor receives a copy of the Prospectus. On the date Shares are
first issued to Shareholders (such date being herein referred to as the "Initial
Closing Date"), the Escrow Agent will at such time and place as instructed by
you and the Company (which instruction shall be subject to the satisfaction on
such date of the conditions contained herein), deliver to the Company or its
designee immediately available funds in an amount equal to the Escrow Funds on
deposit in the Escrow Account prior to the date designated by the Company. If,
after the Initial Closing Date, additional sales of Shares are made, on each
such date (each such date being referred to as an "Additional Closing Date") and
at each such time and place as instructed by you and the Company (which
instruction shall be subject to the satisfaction on each such date of the
conditions contained herein), the Escrow Agent shall be required to deliver to
the Company or its designee immediately available funds in an amount equal to
the Escrow Funds on deposit in the Escrow Account prior to the date specified by
the Company. The Initial Closing Date and each Additional Closing Date are each


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herein referred to as a "Closing Date." Closing dates for purchases made
pursuant to the DRIP will be as set forth in the DRIP.

      (c) Selected Dealers and Selected Investment Advisors. The Shares offered
and sold under this Agreement shall be offered and sold only by you as Sales
Agent and by a selling group of brokers or dealers (the "Selected Dealers"), all
of whom must be members in good standing of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"), who execute Selected Dealer Agreements
with you substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and Selected
Investment Advisors, all of whom are acceptable to the Company and you (which
acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld by you). You will assist the
Company in forming the selling group of Selected Dealers and Selected Investment
Advisors. No firm shall be invited to join the selling group of Selected Dealers
or Selected Investment Advisors if it is (i) currently subject to any suspension
or expulsion pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission, the state
securities commissions of any of the fifty states, the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. or the American Stock Exchange, Inc. as those rules and regulations relate
to broker-dealers and registered investment advisors, or the rules and
regulations of the NASD or (ii) a "discount broker" as that term is commonly
understood in the brokerage industry. The Company and the Advisor or an
affiliate thereof agree to participate in your marketing efforts to the extent
that you may reasonably request and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, agree to visit the offices of Selected Dealers and Selected
Investment Advisors as you may reasonably designate.

      (d) Compensation. In consideration for your execution of this Agreement,
and for the performance of your obligations hereunder, the Company agrees to pay
or cause to be paid to you a selling commission (the "Selling Commission") of
six and one-half percent ($0.65) of the price of each Share (except for Shares
sold pursuant to the DRIP) sold by you or by a Selected Dealer only, no
commissions shall be paid for shares sold by Selected Investment Advisors;
provided, however, that your Selling Commission shall be reduced with respect to
volume sales of Shares to "Single Purchasers" (as defined in the Prospectus). In
the case of such volume sales to Single Purchasers, on orders of $250,000 or
more your Selling Commission shall be reduced by the amount of the Share
purchase price discount. In the case of such volume sales to Single Purchasers,
your selling commission will be reduced for each incremental share purchase in
the total volume ranges set forth in the table below. Such reduced share price
will not effect the amount received by the Company for investment. The following
table sets forth the reduced Share purchase price and Selling Commission payable
to you:

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                                    PURCHASE PRICE PER        SELLING COMMISSION PER
      VOLUME DISCOUNT               SHARE FOR INCREMENTAL     SHARE ON TOTAL SALE FOR
      RANGE FOR A                   SHARE IN VOLUME           INCREMENTAL SHARE IN
      SINGLE PURCHASER              DISCOUNT RANGE            VOLUME DISCOUNT RANGE
<S>                                 <C>                       <C>
      $     2,000 - $  250,000            $10.00                       $0.65
      $   250,001 - $  500,000            $9.85                        $0.50
      $   500,001 - $  750,000            $9.70                        $0.35
      $   750,001 - $1,000,000            $9.60                        $0.25
      $ 1,000,001 - $5,000,000            $9.50                        $0.15
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      As an example, a single purchaser would receive 50,380 Shares rather than
50,000 Shares for his/her or its investment of $500,000 and the Selling
Commission would be $28,940. A refund will be made to the purchaser for any
fractional Shares based on the public offering price if such refund is in excess
of $1.00. In the foregoing example, $7.00 would be refunded for the fractional
Share.

      Selling Commissions for purchases of $5,000,000 or more are negotiable but
in no event will the proceeds to the Company be less than $9.30 per Share.
Selling Commissions paid will in all cases be the same for the same level of
sales.

      Notwithstanding the foregoing, Selling Commissions for all purchases made
by an investor pursuant to the DRIP shall be five percent of the purchase price
of each Share purchased pursuant to the DRIP.

      The Company will pay to you for reallowance to Selected Dealers only, the
amount of any due diligence fee to the Selected Dealers (the "Selected Dealer
Fee") which you have agreed to pay in amount of up to one-half percent of the
price of each Share sold by each Selected Dealer to which you have agreed to pay
such a fee.

      From your total commissions, you agree to reallow to each Selected Dealer
with whom you have entered into a Selected Dealer Agreement (no such reallowance
will be made for Selected Investment Advisors) an amount of up to $0.65
commission per Share (except in the case of Shares purchased under the DRIP in
which case the commission reallowance will be an amount up to $0.50 per Share)
for Shares sold by the Company pursuant to Orders solicited by such Selected
Dealer and the full amount of any Selected Dealer Fee paid to you by the Company
on behalf of any Selected Dealer. The Company will also reimburse you for the
amount of any Selected Dealer Fee paid to Selected Dealers, which fee may not
exceed one percent of the price of each Share sold by the Selected Dealer. You
will pay the Selected Dealer Fee of one percent to all Selected Dealers for
Shares sold by such Selected Dealer. Additionally, the Company will pay to you
the Selected Dealer Fee of one percent for Shares sold directly by you. The
Company will also pay you $0.05 per Share for management of the offering. No
payment of commissions will be made by the Company with respect to Orders placed
by the Selected Investment Advisors and Orders (or portions thereof) which are
rejected by the Company. Finally, the Company will pay you a one-half percent
marketing fee, which you may reallow, in your sole discretion, to the Selected
Dealers based on such factors as volume of Shares sold, marketing support and
bona fide conference fees incurred. Purchases of Shares by the Advisor, its
Affiliates (as defined in the Prospectus), any Selected Dealer, any Selected
Investment Advisor or any employee of any Selected Dealer or Investment Advisor
shall be net of Selling Commissions and the Company will pay no Selling
Commissions on such Orders. Selling Commissions will be paid on any Closing Date
with respect to the Shares sold to purchasers whose Shares are issued on such
Closing Date.

      The Company represents that neither it nor any of its Affiliates have
offered or sold any Shares pursuant to this Offering and agrees that, through
the date on which the Offering is terminated (the "Termination Date"), the
Company will not offer or sell any Shares otherwise than through you as herein
provided.


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      (e) Finders Fee. Neither the Company, any Selected Dealer nor any Selected
Investment Advisor participating in the Offering shall, directly or indirectly,
pay or award any finder's fees, commissions or other compensation to any person
engaged by a potential investor for investment advice as an inducement to such
advisor to advise the purchase of Shares; provided, however, that normal Selling
Commissions payable to a registered broker-dealer or other properly licensed
person for selling Shares shall not be prohibited hereby.

      4. Covenants. The Company covenants to you and each Selected Dealer that
it will:

      (a) Commission Orders. Use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement and any subsequent amendments thereto to become effective as promptly
as possible, and will notify you immediately, and confirm the notice in writing,
(i) when the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto
becomes effective, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or
of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceedings for that purpose or of
the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction or of the institution or threatening of any proceedings for any of
such purposes, (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with
respect to the Registration Statement, and (iv) of any request by the Commission
for any amendment to the Registration Statement as filed or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto. The
Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance by the
Commission of a stop order or a suspension order and if the Commission shall
enter a stop order or suspension order at any time, the Company will make every
reasonable effort to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible
moment.

      (b) Registration Statement. Deliver to you, Selected Dealers and Selected
Investment Advisors without charge such number of copies of each preliminary
prospectus filed with the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, and
as soon as the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto
becomes effective, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented), the Registration Statement and supplements and amendments
thereto, if any (without exhibits), as you may reasonably request. The Company
hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto by you, the Selected Dealers and Selected Investment Advisors both in
connection with the Offering and for such period of time thereafter as the
Prospectus is required to be delivered in connection therewith.

      (c) "Blue Sky" Qualifications. Endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with
you, the Selected Dealers and counsel to the Selected Dealers, at or prior to
the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, to seek the approval of
the Offering by the NASD, and to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under
the securities laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, except in
those jurisdictions you may reasonably designate (the "Designated
Jurisdictions"), provided, however, the Company shall not be obligated to
subject itself to taxation as a party doing business in any such jurisdiction.
In each jurisdiction where such qualification shall be effected, the Company
will, unless you agree that such action is not at the time necessary or
advisable, file and make such statements or reports as are or may reasonably be
required by the laws of such jurisdiction.


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      (d) Amendments and Supplements. If during the time when a Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event relating to the Company shall
occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of the Company's
counsel, to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus
not misleading in light of the circumstances existing at the time it is
delivered to an investor, the Company will forthwith prepare and furnish to you,
the Selected Dealers and Selected Investment Advisors, without expense to you,
the Selected Dealers or the Selected Investment Advisors, a reasonable number of
copies of an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the
Prospectus which will amend or supplement the Prospectus so that as amended or
supplemented it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the
time the Prospectus is delivered to an investor, not misleading. During the time
when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act, the Company shall
comply so far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Act, as
from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of
sales of the Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Prospectus.

      (e)  Copies of Reports. During the period the Shares remain outstanding,
furnish you the following:

            (i) as soon as practicable after they have been sent by the Company
            to the Shareholders or to any class of security holders of the
            Company or filed with the Commission, two copies of each annual and
            interim financial and each other report, application or document;

            (ii) as soon as practicable, two copies of every press release
            issued by the Company and every material news item and article in
            respect of the Company or its affairs released by the Company; and

            (iii) such additional documents and information with respect to the
            Company and its affairs as you may from time to time reasonably
            request.

      (f) Sales Material. Will deliver to you from time to time, all advertising
and supplemental sales material (whether designated solely for broker-dealer use
or otherwise) proposed to be used or delivered in connection with the Offering,
prior to the use or delivery to third parties of such material, and will not so
use or deliver, in connection with the Offering, any such material to which you
or your counsel shall reasonably object or disapprove within seven days of
delivery of such material to you or which shall be reasonably disapproved by
your counsel within such seven-day period.

      (g) Use of Proceeds. Apply the proceeds from the sale of Shares as set
forth in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Estimated Use of Proceeds" and
operate the business of the Company in accordance with the descriptions of its
business set forth in the Prospectus.

      (h) Prospectus Delivery. In case you, any Selected Dealer or Selected
Investment Advisor is required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales
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time nine months or more after the Effective Date, upon your or such Selected
Dealer or Selected Investment Advisor's request, the Company will, at its
expense, prepare and deliver to you, such Selected Dealer or Selected Investment
Advisor as many copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented
Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act.

      (i) Financial Statements. Make generally available to its security holders
as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period
covered thereby, an earnings statement of the Company (in form complying with
the provisions of Rule 158 under the Act) covering a period of 12 months
beginning after the Effective Date but not later than the first day of the
Company's fiscal quarter next following the Effective Date.

      (j) Compliance with Exchange Act. Comply with the requirements of the
Exchange Act relating to the Company's obligation to file periodic reports
including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and
current reports on Form 8-K.

      5. Covenants of the Sales Agent. You covenant and agree with the Company
as follows;

      (a) Compliance with Laws. In connection with the offer and sale of Shares,
you shall comply with any applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act
and the applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.

      (b) Accuracy of Information. No information supplied by you for use in the
Registration Statement will contain any untrue statements of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information not
misleading.

      (c)  No Additional Information.  You will not give any information or make
any representation in connection with the offering of the Shares other than that
contained in the Prospectus.

      (d) Sale of Shares. You shall act as Sales Agent and solicit, directly or
through Selected Dealers and Selected Investment Advisors, purchasers of the
Shares only in the jurisdictions in which you have been advised by the Company
that such solicitations can be made, and in which you, the soliciting Selected
Dealer or Selected Investment Advisor, as the case may be, are qualified to so
act.

      6.  Payment of Expenses.

      (a) Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or if this Agreement is terminated, the Company will
pay, in addition to the underwriting compensation described in Section 3(d)
(which you may retain up to the point of termination unless this agreement is
terminated without any shares being sold, in which case no such underwriting
compensation shall be paid), all fees and expenses incurred in connection with
the formation, qualification and registration of the Company and in marketing,
distributing and processing the Shares under applicable Federal and state law,
and any other fees and expenses actually incurred and directly related to the
offering and sale of the Shares, including such fees and expenses as: (i) the
preparing, printing, filing and delivering of the Registration Statement


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(as originally filed and all amendments thereto) and of any preliminary
prospectus and of the Prospectus and any amendments thereof or supplements
thereto and the preparing and printing of the Selected Dealer Agreements, this
Agreement and Order Forms, including the cost of all copies thereof and any
financial statements or exhibits relating to the foregoing supplied to you,
Selected Dealers and Selected Investment Advisors in quantities reasonably
requested by you; (ii) the preparing and printing of the solicitation material
and related documents and the filing and/or recording of such certified
certificates or other documents necessary to comply with the laws of the State
of Maryland for the formation of a corporation and thereafter for the continued
good standing of a Company; (iii) the issuance and delivery of the Shares,
including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon; (iv) any escrow
arrangements in connection with the transactions described herein, including any
compensation or reimbursement to an escrow agent for its services as such; (v)
the qualification or registration of the Shares under state securities or "blue
sky" laws; (vi) the filing fees payable to the Commission and to the NASD; (vii)
the preparation and printing of advertising material in connection with and
relating to the Offering, including the cost of all sales literature and
investor and broker-dealer sales and information meetings; (viii) the cost and
expenses of counsel and accountants of the Company; and (ix) any other expenses
of issuance and distribution of the Shares.

      (b) Annual Monitoring Fee. The Company will pay you an annual monitoring
fee of 0.15%. The Annual Monitoring Fee will be paid to compensate you for your
continuing due diligence, for expenses incurred in maintaining and providing
information about the Company to your representatives and clients, and for the
cost incurred in maintaining the Company's investor accounts. No portion of the
annual Monitoring Fee for any year shall accrue in or be payable for such years
in which we are liquidated or in which the shares become publicly traded. You
may, in your sole discretion, reallow all or any part of the Monitoring Fee to
the Selected Dealers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not pay
the portion of the annual Monitoring Fee for any year which if paid would cause
the total underwriting compensation paid to you and the Sponsor in connection
with this Offering, including selling commissions, expense reimbursements of an
annual Monitoring Fee, to be equal to or greater than 10% of the Gross Offering
Proceeds.

      (c) Sales Incentive Programs. Subject to the satisfactory completion of
any regulatory reviews and examinations which may be required, the prior review
and approval and the rules of the NASD (including Rule 2710 (c)(6)(B)(xii)) and
approval by the Company or the Advisor, the Company, the Advisor and Affiliates
of the Advisor may establish sales incentive programs for your associated
persons or the associated persons of Selected Dealers only. Sales incentives
will be deemed to be additional underwriting compensation. The aggregate value
of incentives paid directly to an individual associated person during the
Offering will not exceed $100 in any given year.

      (d) Limitation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total underwriting
compensation paid to the Sales Agent and Selected Dealers from any source in
connection with the Offering pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof and this Section 6
shall not exceed 10% of the gross proceeds of the sale of the Shares, plus
one-half of one percent of such gross proceeds for bona fide due diligence
expenses. The Company and you agree to monitor the payment of all fees and
expense reimbursements to assure that this limit is not exceeded.


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      7. Conditions of Your Obligations. Your obligations hereunder shall be
subject to the continued accuracy throughout the Effective Term of the
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, to the performance by
the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following terms and
conditions:

      (a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement
shall have initially become effective not later than 5:30 P.M., Eastern time, on
the date of this Agreement or such later date and time as shall be consented to
in writing by you and, at any time during the term of this Agreement, no stop
order shall have been issued or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by
the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the
Commission and state securities administrators shall have been complied with to
the reasonable satisfaction of your counsel and no stop order or similar order
shall be in effect in any jurisdiction in which the Company intends to offer
Shares (except in the Designated Jurisdictions).

      (b) Opinion of Counsel. At the Effective Date, you shall receive the
favorable opinion of Reed Smith LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the
Effective Date, addressed to you substantially to the effect that:

            (i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
            as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
            Maryland and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
            corporation and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in
            which it owns or leases property of a nature, or transacts business
            of a type, that would make such qualification necessary;

            (ii) the Shares have been duly authorized and, after being duly
            issued and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in the
            Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
            non-assessable Shares; and no holder thereof is or will be subject
            to personal liability for the obligations of the Company solely by
            reason of being such a holder; such Shares are not subject to the
            preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company, and all
            corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issue
            and sale of such Shares has been validly and sufficiently taken;

            (iii) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed
            and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and constitutes the
            valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Company except: (A)
            as may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
            moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors' rights
            generally; (B) that the remedy of specific performance and
            injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
            equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which
            any proceedings may be brought; and (C) that rights to indemnity may
            be limited by federal or state securities laws or the public policy
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            (iv) the Registration Statement is effective under the Act and, to
            the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order has been issued
            nor are proceedings for a stop order pending or threatened under the
            Act;

            (v) the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
            executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and the
            Advisor and constitutes the valid, binding and enforceable agreement
            of the Company and the Advisor except: (A) as may be subject to
            bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
            laws relating to creditors' rights generally; and (B) that the
            remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of
            equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the
            discretion of the court before which any proceedings may be brought;

            (vi) to the best of such counsel's knowledge and information, there
            is no litigation or governmental proceeding pending or threatened
            against the Company which might materially and adversely affect the
            business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or earnings
            of the Company, except as referred to in the Prospectus, and no
            consent, approval, authorization, registration, qualification,
            license or order of any court, regulatory or other governmental
            agency or body is required in connection with the consummation of
            the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Registration
            Statement and the Prospectus, except such as may be necessary under
            the Act or state "blue sky" or securities laws in connection with
            the Offering or such as may have been previously obtained;

            (vii) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
            Advisory Agreement nor compliance with the terms and provisions
            hereof or thereof will, and consummation of the transactions
            contemplated herein and in the Prospectus do not and will not,
            result in any violation of the Articles or bylaws, conflict with or
            result in a breach of or default (or an event which with the giving
            of notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default)
            under, any of the terms, provisions or conditions of any statute,
            order, judgment, writ, injunction, decree, agreement, rule,
            regulation, instrument or organizational document known to such
            counsel, to which the Company is a party or, to the best of such
            counsel's knowledge and information, by which the Company is bound;

            (viii) the Advisor has been duly formed and is validly existing as a
            limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the
            Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a limited partnership with full
            power and authority to conduct the business in which it proposes to
            engage as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to do
            business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which
            it transacts business of a type that would make such qualification
            necessary;

            (ix) Carey Financial Corporation has been duly incorporated and is
            validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
            the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with full power and authority to
            conduct the business in which it engages as described in the
            Prospectus. Carey Financial Corporation is duly


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            qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
            standing in each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
            property of the nature or transacts business of a type, that would
            make such qualification necessary;

            (x) the statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Risk
            Factors -- Failure to qualify as a REIT could adversely affect our
            operations and ability to make distributions," "Description of
            Shares" and "United States Federal Income Tax Considerations"
            insofar as they are, or refer to, statements of law or legal
            conclusions, are correct and fairly present the information required
            to be shown therein; and

            (xi) at the time the Registration Statement was filed and at the
            time it initially became effective, such Registration Statement and
            the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and the prior
            performance tables included therein, as to which no opinion is
            rendered) complied as to form in all material respects with the
            requirements of the Act and the Regulations and nothing came to such
            counsel's attention which would lead such counsel to believe that
            either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, at the time
            they initially became effective, contained any untrue statement of a
            material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
            stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light
            of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

In rendering the opinions set forth above, counsel may rely, as to matters of
law of states other than Pennsylvania, upon the opinions of other counsel, in
each case satisfactory in form and substance to you, and counsel shall state
such opinions are satisfactory in form and scope to them and that they believe
you may rely on them, and as to matters of fact, upon communications, statements
and certificates from public officials, and certifications and statements from
officers of the Company.

      (c) Accountant's Letter. On the Effective Date you shall have received
from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to
you in all respects (including the nonmaterial nature of the changes and
decreases, if any, referred to in clause (iii) herein), advising that:

            (i) they are independent certified public accountants as required by
            the Act and the Regulations and the answer to Item 27 of the
            Registration Statement does not require any statement relating to
            them;

            (ii) it is their opinion that the financial statements and
            supporting schedules filed as part of the Registration Statement and
            those included in the Prospectus, and covered by their opinions
            therein, comply as to form in all material respects with the
            applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Regulations
            relating to financial statements in registration statements on Form
            S-11;

            (iii) based on the limited review set forth in detail in such
            letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe
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            the balance sheet of the Company contained in the Prospectus to a
            specified date not more than five (5) days prior to the date on
            which the Registration Statement initially becomes effective, there
            was any change in the stockholder's equity, liabilities or net
            assets of the Company as compared with the amounts shown in such
            balance sheet other than as such change may have been contemplated
            by or set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus;

            (iv) based on procedures consisting of a reading of the percentages
            and dollar amounts and related text set forth in the Prospectus and
            the Registration Statement under the captions "Prior Offerings by
            Affiliates" and "Prior Performance Tables" (including Table VI
            included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement), and all
            dollar amounts in the related notes referenced therein, inquiry of
            officers and other employees of the corporate general partner of
            Corporate Property Associates, Corporate Property Associates 2,
            Corporate Property Associates 3, Corporate Property Associates 4, a
            California limited partnership, Corporate Property Associates 5,
            Corporate Property Associates 6 - a California limited partnership,
            Corporate Property Associates 7 - a California limited partnership,
            Corporate Property Associates 8, L.P., and Corporate Property
            Associates 9, L.P., (collectively the "CPA(R) Partnerships") and the
            officers and other employees of Corporate Property Associates 10
            Incorporated, Carey Institutional Properties Incorporated, Corporate
            Property Associates 12 Incorporated, and Corporate Property
            Associates 14, Incorporated (collectively the "CPA(R) REITs"), and
            counsel for the CPA(R) Partnerships and the CPA(R) REITs, they have
            found such percentages and dollar amounts to be in agreement with
            the respective relevant accounting and financial records of the
            CPA(R) Partnerships and CPA(R) REITs; and

            (v) they have conducted such other procedures as may be mutually
            agreed by the Company, Selected Dealers and Selected Investment
            Advisors.

      (d) Stop Orders. On the Effective Date and during the Effective Term no
order suspending the sale of the Shares in any jurisdiction (except the
Designated Jurisdictions) nor any stop order issued by the Commission shall have
been issued, and on the Effective Date and during the Effective Term no
proceedings relating to any such suspension or stop orders shall have been
instituted, or to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated.

      (e) Information Concerning the Advisor. On the Effective Date, you shall
receive a letter dated the Effective Date from the Advisor, confirming that: (1)
the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Advisor and constitutes a valid agreement of the Advisor
enforceable in accordance with its terms; (2) the execution and delivery of the
Advisory Agreement, the consummation of the transactions therein contemplated
and compliance with the terms of the Advisory Agreement by the Advisor will not
conflict with or constitute a default under its partnership agreement or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which the Advisor is a party, or any law, order, rule or regulation, writ,
injunction or decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court,
domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Advisor, or any of its
property; (3) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or other
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is required for the performance of the Advisory Agreement by the Advisor, or for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby; and (4) the Advisor
is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in each other jurisdiction in which the nature of its business would
make such qualification necessary.

      If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, this Agreement and all your
obligations hereunder may be canceled by you by notifying the Company of such
cancellation in writing or by telecopy at any time, and any such cancellation or
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as
otherwise provided in Sections 3(d), 6, 8, 9 and 10 hereof.

      All certificates, letters and other documents referred to in this Section
7 will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to you and your counsel. The Company will
furnish you with conformed copies of such certificates, letters and other
documents as you shall reasonably request.

      8.  Indemnification.

      (a) Indemnification by the Company. Subject to the conditions set forth
below and those included in the Articles and bylaws, the Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless you, each Selected Dealer, each Selected Investment
Advisor and each person, if any, who controls you, any such Selected Dealer or
Selected Investment Advisor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, from
and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever
(including but not limited to any and all expenses whatsoever reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing for, defending against or settling any
litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever) arising out of or
based upon: (1) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained (i) in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as from time to
time amended or supplemented) or any related preliminary prospectus; or (ii) in
any application or other document (in this Section 8 collectively called
"application") executed by the Company or based upon information furnished by
the Company and filed in any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Shares under
the securities laws thereof; or (2) the omission or alleged omission therefrom
of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not
misleading, unless any such statement or omission was made in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by you expressly
for use in the Registration Statement or related preliminary prospectus or
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereof or in any of such applications
or in any such sales as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not indemnify the Sales Agent for any losses, liabilities or
expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state
securities laws unless: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the
merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the
particular indemnitee, (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on
the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee
or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims
against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement
and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for
indemnification has been advised of the position of the Commission and of the


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published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which
securities of the Company were offered or sold as to indemnification for
violations of Securities laws.

      (b) Indemnification by You. Subject to the conditions set forth below, you
agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, those
of its officers who have signed the Registration Statement and each other
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company but only with
respect to an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in the Registration
Statement (as from time to time amended or supplemented) or Prospectus, or any
related preliminary prospectus, any application made in reliance upon or, in
conformity with, written information furnished by you expressly for use in such
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, in
any related preliminary prospectus or in any of such applications.

      (c) Procedure for Making Claims. Each indemnified party shall give prompt
notice to each indemnifying party of any claim or action (including any
governmental investigation) commenced against it in respect of which indemnity
may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify any indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability that it may have otherwise than on account of
this indemnity agreement. The indemnifying party, jointly with any other
indemnifying parties receiving such notice, shall assume the defense of such
action with counsel chosen by it and approved by the indemnified parties
defendant in such action, unless such indemnified parties reasonably object to
such assumption on the ground that there may be legal defenses available to them
which are different from or in addition to those available to such indemnifying
party. Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ a separate counsel
in any such action and to participate in the defense thereof but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be borne by such party unless such party has
objected in accordance with the preceding sentence, in which event such fees and
expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, if an indemnifying party assumes the defense of such action,
the indemnifying party shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of separate
counsel for the indemnified parties incurred thereafter in connection with such
action. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with
any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. The
indemnity agreements contained in this Section 8 and the warranties and
representations contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified
party and shall survive any termination of this Agreement. An indemnifying party
shall not be liable to an indemnified party on account of any settlement of any
claim or action effected without the consent of such indemnifying party. The
Company agrees promptly to notify you of the commencement of any litigation or
proceedings against the Company in connection with the issue and sale of the
Shares or in connection with the Registration Statement or Prospectus.

      (d) Contribution. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8(a)
hereof and in order to provide for just and equitable contribution where the
indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection


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(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, except by reason
of the terms thereof, the Company on the one hand and you on the other shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect
thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and you on the other from the Offering
based on the public offering price of the Shares sold and the Selling
Commissions received by you with respect to such Shares sold. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying
such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and you on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and you on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as
the total proceeds from the Offering (net of underwriting commissions but before
deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
commissions received by you. The relative fault shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or you on the other. The Company agrees
with you that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation, or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses (or action in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d)
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), you
shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total price of the Shares sold by you to the public exceeds the amount of
any damages which you have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Act or Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section, any person that
controls you within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act shall have the same
right to contribution as you, and each person who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Act shall have the same right to contribution
as the Company.

      9. Representations and Agreements to Survive. All representations,
warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by any party, and shall survive the Termination Date.


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      10.  Effective Date, Term and Termination of this Agreement.

      (a) This Agreement shall become effective as of the date it is executed by
all parties hereto. You or the Company may elect to terminate this Agreement
prior to the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Commission without liability of any party to any other party, except as provided
in Section 10(e) hereof.

      (b) You shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time
during the Effective Term without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 10(e) hereof if: (i) any representations or
warranties hereunder shall be found to have been incorrect or misleading; or
(ii) the Company shall fail, refuse or be unable to perform any condition of its
obligations hereunder, or (iii) the Prospectus shall have been amended or
supplemented despite your objection to such amendment or supplement as provided
in subsection (a) of Section 2 hereof, or (iv) all trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, or minimum or
maximum prices for trading generally shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges
for prices for all securities shall have been required, on the New York Stock
Exchange or the American Stock Exchange by such exchanges or by order of the
Commission or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (v) the
United States shall have become involved in a war or major hostilities; or (vi)
a banking moratorium shall have been declared by a state or federal authority or
person; or (vii) the Company shall have sustained a material or substantial loss
by fire, flood, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage or other
calamity or malicious act which, whether or not said loss shall have been
insured, will in your opinion make it inadvisable to proceed with the offering
and sale of the Shares; or (viii) there shall have been, subsequent to the dates
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, such
change in the business, properties, affairs, condition (financial or otherwise)
or prospects of the Company whether or not in the ordinary course of business or
in the condition of securities markets generally as in your sole judgment would
make it inadvisable to proceed with the offering and sale of the Shares, or
which would materially adversely affect the operations of the Company.

      (c) If this Agreement shall be terminated for reason of any failure on the
part of the Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this
Agreement to be performed or satisfied by them pursuant to Section 7 hereof, you
may elect to terminate this Agreement without liability of any party to any
other party except as provided in Section 10(e) hereof.

      (d) The Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement without
cause on 60 days' notice in writing to you without penalty, subject to liability
as provided in Section 10(e) hereof.

      (e) In the event this Agreement is terminated by any party pursuant to
Sections 10(a), 10(b), 10(c) or 10(d) hereof, the Company shall pay all expenses
of the Offering as required by Section 6 hereof and no party will have any
additional liability to any other party except for any liability which may exist
under Section 8 hereof; and provided further, that if you terminate your
participation in the Offering in other than good faith, the Company shall not be
responsible for the expenses described in clause (vii) of subsection (a) of
Section 6 hereof other than expenses of


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counsel to the Selected Dealers or Selected Investment Advisors. In no event
will the Company be liable to reimburse you for expenses other than your actual
out-of-pocket expenses.

      (f) If you elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section
10, the Company shall be notified promptly by you by telephone or telegram with
confirmation by letter. If the Company elects to terminate this Agreement as
provided in this Section 10, you shall be notified promptly by the Company by
telephone or telegram with confirmation by letter.

      11.  Notices.

      (a) All communications hereunder, except as herein otherwise specifically
provided, shall be in writing and if sent to you shall be mailed, or personally
delivered, to you at 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 and if sent to the
Company shall be mailed, or personally delivered, to the Company at 50
Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Mr. Wm. Polk Carey.

      (b) Notice shall be deemed to be given by you to the Company or by the
Company to you when it is mailed or personally delivered as provided in
subsection (a) of this Section 11.

      12. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and
shall be binding upon you, the Company, and the controlling persons, directors
and officers referred to in Section 8 hereof, and their respective successors,
legal representatives and assigns, and no other person shall have or be
construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained,
except that the Selected Dealers and Selected Investment Advisors shall have the
rights granted to them pursuant to Section 8 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Agreement may not be assigned without the consent of the parties
hereto.

      13. Construction. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements to be made and performed
entirely within such state.

      14. Finders' Fees. You shall have no liability for any finders' fees owed
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

      15. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity or unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable
the remaining provisions hereof, and any such invalidity or unenforceability in
any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provisions in
any other jurisdiction.

      If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between you and
the Company, please so indicate in the space provided on the attached page for
that purpose, whereupon this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between
us.


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                  CPA(R):15 SALES AGENCY AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE


                          CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES
                          15 INCORPORATED



                            By:
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                            Its:
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Accepted as of the date first above written:

CAREY FINANCIAL CORPORATION


By:
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Its:
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Exhibit Index

Exhibit A - Selected Dealer Agreement


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