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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3


                      SELECTED INVESTMENT ADVISOR AGREEMENT
             CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 16 - GLOBAL INCORPORATED

      THIS SELECTED INVESTMENT ADVISOR AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of the day indicated on Exhibit A attached hereto and by this
reference incorporated herein, between , CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 16 -
GLOBAL INCORPORATED, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and the selected
investment advisor (the "SIA") identified in Exhibit A hereto.

      WHEREAS, the Company is offering shares of the Company (the "Shares") to
the general public, pursuant to a public offering (the "Offering") of the Shares
pursuant to a Prospectus (as defined below) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"); and

      WHEREAS, the SIA is an entity, as designated in Exhibit A hereto,
organized and presently in good standing in the state or states designated in
Exhibit A hereto, presently registered as an investment advisor under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and presently registered or
licensed as an investment advisor by the appropriate regulatory agency of each
state in which the SIA has clients, or exempt from such registration
requirements; and

      WHEREAS, the Company has a currently effective registration statement on
Form S-11 (File No. 333-xxxxx), including a final prospectus, for the
registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (such
registration statement, as it may be amended, and the prospectus and exhibits on
file with the SEC, as well as any post-effective amendments or supplements to
such registration statement and any related registration statement filed under
Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and any prospectus relating to such
registration statements, being herein respectively referred to as the
"Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus"); and

      WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the Shares shall be made pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and,
further, pursuant to the terms and conditions of all applicable federal
securities laws and the applicable securities laws of all states in which the
Shares are offered and sold; and

      WHEREAS, the Company desires to give the clients of the SIA the
opportunity to purchase the Shares, and the SIA is willing and desires to
provide its clients with information concerning the Shares and the procedures
for subscribing for the Shares upon the following terms and conditions;

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and terms and conditions
thereof, it is agreed between the Company and the SIA as follows.

1.    Purchase of Shares.

      (a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company
hereby makes available for purchase by the clients of the SIA a portion of the
Shares described in the Registration Statement. The SIA hereby covenants,
warrants and agrees that, in regard to any purchase of the Shares by its
clients, it will comply with all of the terms and conditions of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, all applicable state and federal laws, including
the
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      Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
as amended, and any and all regulations and rules pertaining thereto, heretofore
or hereafter issued by the SEC. Neither the SIA nor any other person shall have
any authority to give any information or make any representations in connection
with the Shares other than as contained in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, and as is otherwise expressly
authorized in writing by the Company.

      (b) Clients of the SIA may, following receipt of written notice by the SIA
from the Company of the effective date of the Registration Statement, purchase
the Shares according to all such terms as are contained in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus. The SIA shall comply with all requirements set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The SIA shall use and
distribute, in connection with the Shares, only the Prospectus and, if
necessary, any separate prospectus relating solely to the Company's Distribution
Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan ("DRIP"), and such sales literature and
advertising materials which shall conform in all respects to any restrictions of
local law and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and which has been approved in writing by the Company. The Company
reserves the right to establish such additional procedures as it may deem
necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Registration
Statement, and the SIA shall comply with all such additional procedures to the
extent that it has received written notice thereof.


      (c) All monies received for purchase of any of the Shares shall be
forwarded by the SIA to the Company for delivery to Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas (the "Escrow Agent"), where such monies will be deposited in an escrow
account established by the Company solely for such subscriptions, except that,
until such time (if any) that such monies are deliverable to the Company
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement between the Company and the Escrow Agent, the
SIA shall return any check not made payable "Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, Escrow Agent" directly to the subscriber who submitted the check.
Subscriptions will be executed as described in the Registration Statement or as
directed by the Company. Each SIA receiving a subscriber's check will deliver
such check to the Escrow Agent no later than the close of business of the first
business day after receipt of the subscription documents by the SIA.


      (d) During the full term of this Agreement the Company shall have full
authority to take such action as it may deem advisable in respect to all matters
pertaining to the performance of the SIA under this Agreement.

      (e) The Shares may be purchased by clients of the SIA only where the
Shares may be legally offered and sold, only by such persons in such states who
shall be legally qualified to purchase the Shares, and only by such persons in
such states in which the SIA is registered as an investment advisor or exempt
from any applicable registration requirements.

      (f) The SIA shall have no obligation under this Agreement to advise its
clients to purchase any of the Shares.

      (g) The SIA will use every reasonable effort to assure that Shares are
purchased only by investors who:


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            (1) meet the investor suitability standards, including the minimum
      income and net worth standards established by the Company and set forth in
      the Prospectus, and minimum purchase requirements set forth in the
      Registration Statement;

            (2) can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Company based
      on each prospective investor's overall investment objectives and portfolio
      structure;

            (3) are able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on
      each prospective investor's overall financial situation; and

            (4) have apparent understanding of: (a) the fundamental risks of the
      investment; (b) the risk that the prospective investor may lose the entire
      investment; (c) the lack of liquidity of the Shares; (d) the restrictions
      on transferability of the Shares; (e) the background and qualifications of
      the employees and agents of Carey Asset Management Corp., the advisor to
      the Company; and (f) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares.

            (5) The SIA will make the determinations required to be made by it
      pursuant to subparagraph (g) based on information it has obtained from
      each prospective investor, including, at a minimum, but not limited to,
      the prospective investor's age, investment objectives, investment
      experience, income, net worth, financial situation, other investments of
      the prospective investor, as well as any other pertinent factors deemed by
      the SIA to be relevant.

      (h) In addition to complying with the provisions of subparagraph (g)
above, and not in limitation of any other obligations of the SIA to determine
suitability imposed by state or federal law, the SIA agrees that it will comply
fully with the following provisions:

            (1) The SIA shall have reasonable grounds to believe, based upon
      information provided by the investor concerning his investment objectives,
      other investments, financial situation and needs, and upon any other
      information known by the SIA, that (A) each client of the SIA that
      purchases Shares is or will be in a financial position appropriate to
      enable him to realize to a significant extent the benefits (including tax
      benefits) of an investment in the Shares, (B) each client of the SIA that
      purchases Shares has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the
      risks inherent in an investment in the Shares (including potential loss
      and lack of liquidity), and (C) the Shares otherwise are or will be a
      suitable investment for each client of the SIA that purchases Shares, and
      the SIA shall maintain files disclosing, the basis upon which the
      determination of suitability was made;

            (2) The SIA shall not execute any transaction involving the purchase
      of Shares in a discretionary account without prior written approval of the
      transactions by the investor;

            (3) The SIA shall have reasonable grounds to believe, based upon the
      information made available to it, that all material facts are adequately
      and accurately disclosed in the Registration Statement and provide a basis
      for evaluating the Shares;


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            (4) In making the determination set forth in subparagraph (3) above,
      the SIA shall evaluate items of compensation, physical properties, tax
      aspects, financial stability and experience of the sponsor, conflicts of
      interest and risk factors, appraisals, as well as any other information
      deemed pertinent by it;

            (5) The SIA shall inform each prospective investor of all pertinent
      facts relating to the liquidity and marketability of the Shares.

      (i) The SIA agrees to retain in its files, for a period of at least six
years, information which will establish that each purchaser of Shares falls
within the permitted class of investors.

      (j) The SIA either (i) shall not purchase shares for its own account or
(ii) shall hold for investment any Shares purchased for its own account.

      (k) The SIA hereby confirms that it is familiar with Securities Act
Release No. 4968 and Rule 15c2-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, relating to the distribution of preliminary and final prospectuses, and
confirms that it has complied and will comply therewith.

      (1) The SIA shall deliver a copy of Section 260.141.11 of the California
Corporate Securities Law of 1968 to each client of the SIA that purchases Shares
and resides in California.

      (m) A sale of Shares shall be deemed to be completed only after the
Company receives a properly completed subscription agreement for Shares from the
SIA evidencing the fact that the investor had received a final Prospectus for a
period of not less than five full business days, together with payment of the
full purchase price of each purchased Share from a buyer who satisfies each of
the terms and conditions of the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and only
after such subscription agreement has been accepted in writing by the Company.

      (n) Clients of an SIA who have been advised by such SIA on an ongoing
basis regarding investments other than in the Company, and who are not being
charged by such SIA, through the payment of commissions or otherwise, direct
transaction based fees in connection with the purchase of the Shares, shall
purchase the Shares net of 6.5% commissions, at a per Share purchase price of
$9.35.

2.    Compensation to SIA.

      The Company shall pay no fees, commissions, or other compensation to the
SIA.


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3.    Association of the Company with Other Advisors and Dealers.

      It is expressly understood between the Company and the SIA that the
Company may cooperate with broker-dealers who are registered as broker-dealers
with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or with
other investment advisors registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
as amended. Such broker-dealers and investment advisors may enter into
agreements with the Company on terms and conditions identical or similar to this
Agreement and shall receive such rates of commission or other fees as are agreed
to between the Company and the respective broker-dealers and investment advisors
and as are in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement.

4.    Conditions of the SIA's Obligations.

      The SIA's obligations hereunder are subject, during the full term of this
Agreement and the Offering, to (a) the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and compliance by the Company with the covenants set forth
in Section 7 hereof; and (b) the conditions that: (i) the Registration Statement
shall become and remain effective; and (ii) no stop order shall have been issued
suspending the effectiveness of the Offering.

5.    Conditions to the Company's Obligations.

      The obligations of the Company hereunder are subject, during the full term
of this Agreement and the Offering, to the conditions that: (a) at the effective
date of the Registration Statement and thereafter during the term of this
Agreement while any Shares remain unsold, the Registration Statement shall
remain in full force and effect authorizing the offer and sale of the Shares;
(b) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Offering or other order
restraining the offer or sale of the Shares shall have been issued nor
proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by any state regulatory agency or
the SEC; and (c) the SIA shall have satisfactorily performed all of its
obligations hereunder and complied with the covenants set forth in Section 6
hereof.

6.    Covenants of the SIA.

      The SIA covenants, warrants and represents, during the full term of this
Agreement, that:

      (a) The SIA is registered as an investment advisor under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and registered or licensed as an investment
advisor by the appropriate regulatory agency of each state in which the advisor
has clients, or exempt from such registration requirements.

      (b) Neither the SIA nor any person associated with the SIA is registered
as a broker-dealer or registered representative with the NASD.

      (c) The SIA shall comply with all applicable federal and state securities
laws, including, without limitation, the disclosure requirements of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the provisions thereof
requiring disclosure of the existence of this Agreement and the compensation to
be paid to the SIA hereunder.


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      (d) The SIA shall maintain the records required by Section 204 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and Rule 204-2 thereunder in the
form and for the periods required thereby.

7.    Covenants of the Company.

      The Company covenants, warrants and represents, during the full term of
this Agreement, that:

      (a) It shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and to file such applications or amendments to the
Registration Statement as may be reasonably necessary for that purpose.

      (b) It shall inform the SIA whenever and as soon as it receives or learns
of any order issued by the SEC, any state regulatory agency or any other
regulatory agency which suspends the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or prevents the use of the Prospectus or which otherwise prevents or suspends
the offering or sale of the Shares, or receives notice of any proceedings
regarding any such order.

      (c) It shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order
described herein at subparagraph (b) hereof and to obtain the lifting of any
such order if issued.

      (d) It shall give the SIA written notice when the Registration Statement
becomes effective and shall deliver to the SIA such number of copies of the
Prospectus, and any supplements and amendments thereto, which are finally
approved by the SEC, as the SIA may reasonably request for sale of the Shares.

      (e) It shall promptly notify the SIA of any post-effective amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, and shall furnish the
SIA with copies of any revised Prospectus and/or supplements and amendments to
the Prospectus and/or any prospectus relating solely to the DRIP.

      (f) It shall keep the SIA fully informed of any material development to
which the Company is a party or which concerns the business and condition of the
Company.

      (g) It shall use its best efforts to cause, at or prior to the time the
Registration Statement becomes effective, the qualification of the Shares for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such states as the Company shall
elect.

      (h) The SIA and any person associated with the SIA has complied, in all
material respects, with the identification, verification, and documentation
sections of the Patriot Act.

8.    Payment of Costs and Expenses.

      The SIA shall pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement.


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9.    Indemnification.

      (a) The SIA agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its
affiliates and their or its officers, directors, trustees, employees and agents,
against all losses, claims, demands, liabilities and expenses, joint or several,
including reasonable legal and other expenses incurred in defending such claims
or liabilities, whether or not resulting in any liability to the Company, its
affiliates and their or its officers, directors, trustees, employees or agents,
which they or any of them may incur arising out of (i) the offer or sale (as
such term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) by the SIA, or
any person acting on its behalf, of any Shares pursuant to this Agreement, if
such loss, claim, demand, liability, or expense arises out of or is based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact, or any
omission or alleged omission of a material fact, other than a statement,
omission, or alleged omission by the SIA which is also, as the case may be,
contained in or omitted from the Prospectus or the Registration Statement and
which statement or omission was not based on information supplied to the Company
by such SIA; (ii) the breach by the SIA, or any person acting on its behalf, of
any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement; or (iii) the negligence,
malpractice or malfeasance of the SIA. This indemnity provision shall survive
the termination of this Agreement.

      (b) The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the SIA, its
officers, directors, employees and agents, against all losses, claims, demands,
liabilities and expenses, including reasonable legal and other expenses incurred
in defending such claims or liabilities, which they or any of them may incur,
including, but not limited to, alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, but only to the extent that such losses, claims, demands,
liabilities and expenses shall arise out of or be based upon (i) any untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement, as filed and in effect with the SEC, or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, or in any application prepared or approved in writing by
counsel to the Company and filed with any state regulatory agency in order to
register or qualify the Shares under the securities laws thereof (the "Blue Sky
applications"), or (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement or the Blue Sky applications, or necessary to make such statements,
and any part thereof, not misleading; provided, further, that any such untrue
statement, omission or alleged omission is not based on information included in
any such document which was supplied to the Company, or any officer of the
Company by such SIA; provided in each case that such claims or liabilities did
not arise from SIA's own negligence, malpractice or malfeasance. This indemnity
provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

      (c) No indemnifying party shall be liable under the indemnity agreements
contained in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above unless the party to be indemnified
shall have notified such indemnifying party in writing promptly after the
summons or other first legal process giving information of the nature of the
claim served upon the party to be indemnified, but failure to notify an
indemnifying party of any such claim shall not relieve it from any liabilities
which it may have to the indemnified party against whom action is brought other
than on account of its indemnity agreement contained in subparagraphs (a) and
(b) above. In the case of any such claim, if the party to be indemnified
notified the indemnifying party of the commencement


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thereof as aforesaid, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate at
its own expense in the defense of such claim. If it so elects, in accordance
with arrangements satisfactory to any other indemnifying party or parties
similarly notified, the indemnifying party has the option to assume the entire
defense of the claim, with counsel who shall be satisfactory to such indemnified
party and all other indemnified parties who are defendants in such action; and
after notice from the indemnifying party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof and the retaining of such counsel by the indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under
subparagraphs (a) and (b) above for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, other
than for the reasonable costs of investigation.

10.   Term of Agreement.

      This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which this Agreement
is executed by the Company and the SIA. The SIA and the Company may each prevent
this Agreement from becoming effective, without liability to the other, by
written notice before the time this Agreement otherwise would become effective.
After this Agreement becomes effective, either party may terminate it at any
time for any reason by giving thirty (30) days' written notice to the other
party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall in any event automatically
terminate at the first occurrence of any of the following events: (a) the
Registration Statement for offer and sale of the Shares shall cease to be
effective; (b) the Offering shall be terminated; or (c) the SIA's license or
registration to act as an investment advisor shall be revoked or suspended by
any federal, self-regulatory or state agency and such revocation or suspension
is not cured within ten (10) days from the date of such occurrence. In any
event, this Agreement shall be deemed suspended during any period for which such
license is revoked or suspended.

11.   Notices.

      All notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been given and delivered when deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified mail, to the applicable address
set forth below.

      If sent to the Company:

            CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 16 - GLOBAL INCORPORATED
            50 Rockefeller Plaza
            New York, NY  10020
            Attention: Louisa H. Quarto

      If sent to the SIA: to the person whose name and address are identified in
Exhibit A hereto.

12.   Successors.

     This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto, and shall not be assigned or transferred by the SIA by operation
of law or otherwise.


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13.   Miscellaneous.

      (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the applicable
laws of the State of New York.

      (b) Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute the SIA as in association
with or in partnership with the Company.

      (c) The terms of this Agreement may be extended to cover additional
offerings of shares of the Company by the execution by the parties hereto of an
addendum identifying the shares and registration statement relating to such
additional offering. Upon execution of such addendum, the terms "Shares",
"Offering", "Registration Statement" and "Prospectus" set forth herein shall be
deemed to be amended as set forth in such addendum.

      (d) This Agreement, including Exhibit A hereto, embodies the entire
understanding, between the parties to the Agreement, and no variation,
modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be deemed valid or effective
unless it is in writing and signed by both parties hereto.

      (e) If any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed void, invalid or
ineffective for any reason, the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

      (f) This Agreement may be executed in counterpart copies, each of which
shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument comprising this Agreement.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date
and year indicated on Exhibit A hereto.



SELECTED INVESTMENT ADVISOR              COMPANY

                                         CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 16 -
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(Name of SIA)                            GLOBAL INCORPORATED



By:                                      By:
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   Print Name:                              Print Name:
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   Title:                                   Title:
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Witness:                                 Witness:
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                                    EXHIBIT A
                                       TO
                      SELECTED INVESTMENT ADVISOR AGREEMENT
                                       OF
             CORPORATE PROPERTY ASSOCIATES 16 - GLOBAL INCORPORATED

      This Exhibit A is attached to and made a part of that certain Selected
Investment Advisor Agreement, dated as of the ______ day of _______,_____, by
and between Corporate Property Associates 16 - Global Incorporated, as Company,
and ____________________________, as Advisor.

1.    Date of Agreement:________________________________________________________

2.    Identity of Advisor:______________________________________________________

      Name:_____________________________________________________________________

      Type of Entity:___________________________________________________________

            (To be completed by the advisor, e.g., corporation, partnership or
sole proprietorship.)

      State Organized in:_______________________________________________________
                                    (To be completed by Advisor.)

Qualified To Do Business and in Good Standing in the Following Jurisdictions
(including your state of organization). (Note: Qualification to do business in
any jurisdiction is generally a requirement imposed by the secretary of state or
other authority of jurisdictions in which you do business, and is not related to
your holding a license as an investment advisor in such jurisdictions. Questions
concerning this matter should be directed to you your legal counsel)


________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
(To be completed by the advisor)

Registered as an Investment Advisor in The Following States:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
(To be completed by the advisor)


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3.    Name and Address for Notice Purposes (see Paragraph 11 of Agreement):

      Name:_____________________________________________________________________

      Title:____________________________________________________________________

      Company:__________________________________________________________________

      Address:__________________________________________________________________

      City, State and Zip Code:_________________________________________________

      Telephone Number (including area code):___________________________________

4.    Please complete the following for our records:____________________________

      (a)   How many registered investment advisors are with your firm? ________

            PLEASE ENCLOSE A CURRENT LIST. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE HELD IN
            CONFIDENCE.

      (b)   Does your firm publish a newsletter?  Yes _____     No ____

            What is/are the frequency of the publication(s)?
            _____ Weekly      _____ Monthly         _____ Quarterly

            _____ Bi-weekly   _____ Bi-monthly      _____ Other (please specify)

            PLEASE PLACE CPA(R):16 - GLOBAL ON YOUR MAILING LIST AND PROVIDE A
            SAMPLE OF THE PUBLICATION IF AVAILABLE.

      (c)   Does your firm have regular internal mailings, or bulk package
            mailings to its registered investment advisors?

            Yes _____     No _____

            PLEASE PLACE CPA(R):16 - GLOBAL ON YOUR MAILING LIST AND PROVIDE A
            SAMPLE OF THE PUBLICATION IF AVAILABLE.

      (d)   Does your firm have a computerized electronic mail (E-Mail) system
            for your registered investment advisors?

            Yes _____     No _____

            If so, please provide e-mail address: ______________________________

      (e)   Website address:____________________________________________________

            Person responsible: ________________________________________________


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