CAREY INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES INC /MD/
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[GRAPHIC-LOGO CIP(TM)
{LETTERHEAD FOR Carey Institutional Properties Incorporated   
                Carey Property Advisors


                                                    

                                                                     May 4, 1998



                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                       TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1998

     The Annual Meeting of the  Shareholders of Carey  Institutional  Properties
Incorporated  will  be  held  at  the  executive  offices  of  the  Company,  50
Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10020 on Wednesday, June 10, 1998 at 10:00
a.m. for the following purposes:

         1. To elect six Directors for the following year.

         2. To allow theCompany to use stock to pay fees to the Advisor.

         3. To  transact  such other  business as may  properly  come before the
meeting.

         The Directors have fixed the close of business on April 13, 1998 as the
record date for the Shares  entitled to vote at the meeting.  If you are present
at the meeting, you may vote in person even though you have previously delivered
your proxy.


                                              By Order of the Board of Directors




                                              /s/H. Augustus Carey
                                              --------------------
                                              H. Augustus Carey
                                              Secretary









     SHAREHOLDERS  ARE URGED TO COMPLETE,  DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED  PROXY AND
RETURN IT PROMPTLY IN THE BUSINESS REPLY ENVELOPE PROVIDED. SHAREHOLDERS WHO ARE
PRESENT AT THE MEETING MAY WITHDRAW THEIR PROXY AND VOTE IN PERSON.




An affiliate of W. P. Carey & Co.,  Inc.,  50  Rockefeller  Plaza,  New York, NY
10020 212-492-1100 Fax 212-977-3022
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                  CAREY INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES INCORPORATED

                                 PROXY STATEMENT
                                   MAY 4, 1998

     The enclosed  proxy is solicited  by the  Directors of Carey  Institutional
Properties  Incorporated  (the  "Company")  for  use at the  Annual  Meeting  of
Shareholders to be held at the offices of the Company, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New
York, New York at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 1997 (the "Annual Meeting").
The proxy may be revoked at any time prior to voting  thereof by  notifying  the
persons named in the proxy of intention to revoke,  by execution and delivery of
a later dated proxy or by appearing  at the Annual  Meeting and voting in person
the Shares to which the proxy relates.  Shares  represented by executed  proxies
will be voted,  unless a  different  specification  is  indicated  therein,  for
election as Directors of the persons named therein.

     The Proxy  Statement and the enclosed  proxy were mailed on or about May 4,
1998 to  Shareholders  of record at the close of business on April 13, 1998 (the
"Record  Date").  The Company has mailed  each  Shareholder  of record as of the
Record Date an Annual Report that includes audited financial  statements for the
year ended December 31, 1997.

     The  holders of a majority of the Shares  entitled  to vote  present at the
Annual Meeting in person or represented by proxies will  constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.  The affirmative  vote of a plurality of the Shares
whose holders  constitute a quorum is required to elect Directors.  At the close
of business on the Record Date,  the Company had 17,254,966  Shares  outstanding
and entitled to vote. Each Share has one vote on all matters  including those to
be acted upon at the Annual Meeting.

     The mailing address of the Company is 50 Rockefeller  Plaza,  New York, New
York 10020. Notices of revocation of proxies should be mailed to that address.

     The  Company  will  provide  Shareholders,  without  charge,  a copy of the
company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  for the year  ended  December  31,  1997,  including  the  financial
statements and schedules attached thereto,  upon written request to Ms. Susan C.
Hyde,  Director of Investor  Relations  of the Company,  at Carey  Institutional
Properties Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10020.

Election of Directors

     At the Annual Meeting, six Directors are to be elected, each to hold office
until the next Annual  Meeting of  Shareholders  and until his successor is duly
elected and  qualified,  except in the event of death,  resignation  or removal.
Unless  otherwise  specified,  proxies  solicited  hereby  will be voted for the
election of the  nominees  listed  below,  except that in the event any of those
named should not continue to be available for election,  discretionary authority
may be exercised to vote for a substitute.  No circumstances are presently known
that would render any nominee named herein unavailable.  All of the nominees are
now members of the Board of Directors.

     The  nominees,  their  ages,  the year of  election of each of the Board of
Directors,  their principal  occupations during the past five years or more, and
directorships  of each in public  companies in addition to the  Company,  are as
follows:
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     William P. Carey,  age 67, Chairman and Chief Executive  Officer,  has been
active  in  lease  financing  since  1959 and a  specialist  in net  leasing  of
corporate real estate  property since 1964.  Before  founding W. P. Carey & Co.,
Inc. ("W. P. Carey") in 1973,  he served as Chairman of the Executive  Committee
of Hubbard,  Westervelt & Mottelay  (now Merrill  Lynch  Hubbard),  head of Real
Estate and Equipment Financing at Loeb Rhoades & Co. (now Lehman Brothers),  and
head of Real Estate and Private  Placements,  Director of Corporate  Finance and
Vice  Chairman of the  Investment  Banking  Board of duPont  Glore Forgan Inc. A
graduate of the  University of  Pennsylvania's  Wharton  School,  Mr. Carey is a
Governor of the National  Association of Real Estate  Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
and a  Trustee  of The  Johns  Hopkins  University  and  other  educational  and
philanthropic  institutions.  He has  served  for  many  years  on the  Visiting
Committee to the Economics  Department of the  University  of  Pennsylvania  and
co-founded  with Dr. Lawrence R. Klein the Economics  Research  Institute at the
University.  Mr. Carey also serves as Chairman of the Boards and Chief Executive
Officer of CPA(R):10 and CPA(R):12. Mr. Carey is the brother of Francis J. Carey
and an uncle of H.  Augustus  Carey.  Mr.  Carey  was  elected  to the  Board of
Directors of the Company in 1993.


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     George E. Stoddard, age 82, elected to the Board of Directors in June 1997,
was until 1979  officer-in-charge  of the  Direct  Placement  Department  of The
Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society of the  United  States  ("Equitable"),  with
responsibility for all activities related to Equitable's  portfolio of corporate
investments  acquired  through direct  negotiation.  Mr. Stoddard was associated
with  Equitable  for over 30 years.  He holds an A.B.  degree from Brigham Young
University,  an M.B.A.  from Harvard  Business  School and an LL.B. from Fordham
University Law School.  Mr. Stoddard also serves as a Managing Director of W. P.
Carey & Co.

     Charles C.  Townsend,  Jr., age 70,  currently  is an Advisory  Director of
Morgan Stanley & Co.,  having held such position since 1979. Mr.  Townsend was a
Partner and a Managing  Director  of Morgan  Stanley & Co. from 1963 to 1978 and
served as Chairman of Morgan Stanley Realty  Corporation  from 1977 to 1982. Mr.
Townsend holds a B.S.E.E.  from Princeton  University and an M.B.A. from Harvard
University.

     Ralph G. Coburn,  Rear Admiral USNR (Ret.), age 88, is former President and
Chief Executive Officer of Hubbard Real Estate  Investments (now HRE Properties)
("Hubbard"), a $100,000,000 equity REIT sponsored by Merrill Lynch and listed on
the New York  Stock  Exchange.  While  with  Hubbard,  he was also  Senior  Vice
President and a director of Merrill Lynch Hubbard,  Inc., advisor to Hubbard and
a specialist in real estate and corporate finance.  With Merrill Lynch Hubbard's
predecessor corporation,  Admiral Coburn had been engaged in a diversity of real
estate activity for more than 20 years. A graduate of Harvard  College,  Harvard
Law  School  and the Naval War  College,  Admiral  Coburn  previously  served as
managing director of the National  Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts,
Washington,  DC, representing the multi-billion  dollar REIT industry,  and also
serves as a Director of  CPA(R):10.  Admiral  Coburn was elected to the Board of
Directors of the Company in 1993.

     Warren G. Wintrub,  age 62, elected Director in June 1997,  retired in 1992
from  Coopers & Lybrand  after 35 years.  Mr.  Wintrub  was elected a partner in
Coopers  and Lybrand in 1963 and  specialized  in tax matters and served on that
firm's  Executive  Committee from 1976 to 1988 and as Chairman of its Retirement
Committee  form 1979 to 1992.  Mr.  Wintrub holds a B.S.  degree from Ohio State
University  and an LL.B.  from  Harvard Law  School.  He  currently  serves as a
director of Chromcraft  Revington,  Inc. and Getty  Petroleum Co. Mr. Wintrub is
also a director of CPA(R):10.

     Thomas E.  Zacharias,  age 44, elected  Director in June 1997, is currently
Vice President of Corporate  Property Investors and has held this position since
1986. Corporate Property Investors is one of the largest  equity-oriented  REITS
in the U.S. with  approximately  $5 billion under  management.  Mr. Zacharias is
also Vice President of Corporate Realty Consultants,  the paired-share affiliate
of Corporate Property  Investors.  Prior to joining Corporate Property Investors
in 1981,  Mr.  Zacharias  was  Project  Director  for the New York  State  Urban
Development Corporation from 1980-1981, and served as the Assistant to the Chief
Operating  Officer from  1979-1980.  Mr.  Zacharias  received his  undergraduate
degree,  magna cum  laude,  from  Princeton  University  in 1976 and a Master of
Public and Private  Management  from the Yale School of Management in 1979.  Mr.
Zacharias is also a director of CPA(R):12.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS

     Barclay G. Jones III, age 37, is a Vice  Chairman and Managing  director of
W. P.  Carey & Co.  Mr.  Jones  joined  W. P.  Carey & Co. as  Assistant  to the
President  in July 1982  after his  graduation  from the  Wharton  School of the
University of Pennsylvania where he majored in Finance and Economics.  Mr. Jones
has served as a director of W. P. Carey & Co. since April 1992 and is a director
of the Wharton School Club of New York. Mr. Jones is a director of CPA(R):14.

     Steven M.  Berzin,  age 48, was elected  Executive  Vice  President,  Chief
Financial Officer,  Chief Legal Officer and a Managing Director of W. P. Carey &
Co. in July 1997.  From 1993 to 1997,  Mr. Berzin was Vice  President - Business
Development  of  General  Electric  Capital  Corporation  in the  office  of the
Executive Vice  President  and, more  recently,  in the office of the President,
where he was responsible for business  development  activities and acquisitions.
From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Berzin held various  positions  with  Financial  Guaranty
Insurance Company, the last two being Managing Director,  Corporate  Development
and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Berzin was associated
with the law firm of Cravath,  Swaine & Moore from 1977 to 1985 and from 1976 to
1977, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy,  then a United
States Circuit Judge. Mr. Berzin received a B.A. and M.A. in Applied Mathematics
from  Harvard  University,  a B.A.  in  Jurisprudence  and an M.A.  from  Oxford
University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School

     Claude Fernandez, age 45, is a Managing Director,  Executive Vice President
and Chief Administrative Officer of W. P. Carey & Co. Mr. Fernandez joined W. P.
Carey & Co. as Assistant  Controller  in March 1983,  was elected  Controller in
July 1983, a Vice President in April 1986, a First Vice President in April 1987,
a Senior Vice  President  in April 1989 and  Executive  Vice  President in April
1991.  Prior to joining W. P. Carey & Co., Mr.  Fernandez  was  associated  with
Coldwell  Banker,  Inc. in New York for two years and with Arthur Andersen & Co.
in New York for over three years. Mr. Fernandez,  a Certified Public Accountant,
received a B.S. in Accounting  from New York University in 1975 and an M.B.A. in
Finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 1981.

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     H.  Augustus  Carey,  age 41, is a Senior  Vice  President  and a  Managing
Director  at W. P.  Carey & Co.  He  returned  to W.  P.  Carey & Co.  as a Vice
President  in 1988 and was elected a First Vice  President  in April  1992.  Mr.
Carey previously  worked for W. P. Carey & Co. from 1979 to 1981 as Assistant to
the  President.  From 1984 to 1987,  Mr.  Carey  served as a loan officer in the
North American  Department of Kleinwort  Benson Limited in London,  England.  He
received his A.B. in Asian Studies from Amherst College in 1979 and a M.Phil. in
Management  Studies from Oxford  University in 1984. He is the son of Francis J.
Carey and the nephew of William P. Carey.

     Michael D. Roberts,  age 46,  elected  Senior Vice President in April 1998,
joined W. P. Carey & Co. in April 1989 as a Second Vice  President and Assistant
Controller  and was named Vice  President and  Controller  in October 1989,  and
First Vice  President in July 1990.  From August 1980 to February  1983 and from
September  1983 to April 1989, he was employed by Coopers & Lybrand and held the
position  of Audit  Manager at the time of his  departure.  A  Certified  Public
Accountant,   Mr.  Roberts  received  his  undergraduate  degree  from  Brandeis
University and his M.B.A. from Northeastern University.

     John J. Park, age 33, is a Managing Director and Treasurer of W. P. Carey &
Co. Mr.  Park became a First Vice  President  of W. P. Carey & Co. in April 1993
and a Senior Vice  President in October 1995.  Mr. Park joined W. P. Carey as an
Investment  Analyst in December  1987 and became a Vice  President in July 1991.
Mr. Park received a B.S. in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1986 and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Stern School of New York University in
1991.

Committees of the Board of Directors

     The Board of Directors of the Company has a standing  Audit  Committee (the
"Audit Committee") which is chaired by Mr. Wintrub.  The Audit Committee,  which
held one meeting in 1997 attended by all members, reviews on behalf of the Board
of Directors  the financial  information  provided to  Shareholders,  regulatory
authorities   and   governmental   agencies  for   accuracy,   reliability   and
completeness.  In addition, it reviews the Company's systems of internal control
and accounting  policies for  effectiveness  in  safeguarding  the assets of the
Company. Members of this Audit Committee include Warren G.
Wintrub, William Ruder, and William P. Carey.

     The Board of Directors  of the Company does not have a standing  nominating
or compensation committee.

Board Meetings and Directors' Attendance

     There were five Board meetings held in 1997. No incumbent Director attended
less than 75% of the total number of Board and Audit Committee  meetings held in
1997.

Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers

     The Company has no employees. Day-to-day management functions are performed
by Carey Property Advisors, L.P. (the "Advisor").  Please see the section titled
"Certain Transactions" for a description of the contractual  arrangement between
the Company and the Advisor.

     During 1997, the Company paid no cash  compensation to any of its executive
officers.
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     During 1997, the Directors as a group received fees of $102,166.67. William
P.  Carey and  George  Stoddard  did not  receive  compensation  for  serving as
Directors.

Securities Ownership by Management

     "Beneficial  Ownership"  as used herein has been  determined  in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange  Commission and is
not to be  construed  as a  representation  that any of such  shares are in fact
beneficially  owned  by  any  person.  As of  the  Record  Date,  there  are  no
Shareholders  known  to the  Company  who  own  beneficially  5% or  more of the
outstanding Shares.

     The following table sets forth the number of shares of the Company's common
stock  beneficially  owned by each of the  Directors,  by each of the  executive
officers and by all Directors  and executive  officers of the Company as a group
as of the Record Date:

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<CAPTION>
                                                           Amount and Nature
                                                             of Beneficial
 Title of                           Name of                  Ownership of            Percent
  Class                        Beneficial Owner              Common Stock           of Class
  -----                        ----------------              ------------           --------
<S>                         <C>                                <C>                     <C>   
  Common                    William P. Carey                   2,121,770 (1)           12.3%  
  Common                    Charles C. Townsend                    1,000 (2)             *    
  Common                    Ralph G. Coburn                        1,000                 *    
  Common                    George E. Stoddard                        --                 *    
  Common                    Warren C. Wintrub                      1,071                 *    
  Common                    Thomas E. Zacharias                    1,000                 *    
  Common                    Barclay G. Jones III                   2,000 (3)             *    
  Common                    Steven M. Berzin                          --                 *    
  Common                    H. Augustus Carey                      5,500 (4)             *    
  Common                    Claude Fernandez                       2,802 (5)             *    
  Common                    John J. Park                           1,000                 *    
  Common                    Michael D. Roberts                     1,760                 *    
  Directors & Executive
    Officers as a Group
    (11 persons)                                               2,138,903               12.4%

</TABLE>
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(*) Less than 1% of class of shares.

(1)  20,000 of these shares are owned by the Advisor  which is controlled by Mr.
     Carey,  17,676  are  owned  by W. P.  Carey  Foundation  and the  remainder
     represents warrants to purchase 2,084,094 shares at various prices that are
     held by W. P. Carey & Co., Inc., a company controlled by Mr. Carey.

(2)  Mr.  Townsend  owns  these  shares  jointly  with his  wife.  Mr.  Townsend
     disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

(3)  500 of these shares are held by Mrs. Jones and 1,500 shares are held by Mr.
     Jones in custodial accounts for his children.

(4)  Mr.  Carey  holds  3,500 of these  shares  in  custodial  accounts  for his
     children.

(5)  500 of these shares are held solely by Mrs. Fernandez, 530 are held jointly
     with her and 530 are held by Mr.  Fernandez in  custodial  accounts for his
     children.

Board Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation

     Securities and Exchange  Commission  Regulations  require the disclosure of
the  compensation  policies  applicable  to executive  officers in the form of a
report by the  compensation  committee of the Board of Directors (or a report of
the full Board of  Directors  in the absence of a  compensation  committee).  As
noted above, the Company has no employees and pays no compensation. As a result,
the Board of Directors has not considered  compensation policy for employees and
has not included a report with this proxy statement.
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Performance Graph

     The graph below provides an indicator of cumulative shareholder returns for
the Company as compared with the S&P 500 Stock Index and a Peer Group(1).


                 [GRAPHIC-GRAPH PLOTTED TO POINTS LISTED BELOW]




                             Four Year Return Among
                    CIP, S&P 500 Index and Peer Group Index




                                      1993     1994     1995     1996     1997
                            ---------------------------------------------------
S&P 500                     100.00   110.06   111.51   153.44   196.10   261.52
CIP                         100.00   107.41   116.02   125.41   135.66   146.81
Peer                        100.00   108.18   115.12   123.20   132.44   141.87
Peer w/o CPA:10 & CPA:12    100.00   110.91   119.03   128.64   140.01   151.27


























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(1) The Peer Group Index included in the Performance  Graph has been constructed
    and calculated by the Company.  The Peer Group is comprised of issuers whose
    securities  are publicly held but for which no active trading market exists.
    The index has been  constructed  assuming  a  constant  share  price and the
    annual reinvestment of dividends. The issuers included in the peer group and
    the  relative   weighting  of  the  issuers'  returns  in  the  total  index
    (calculated using total initial market capitalization) are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                           WEIGHTING IN
                                                         PEER GROUP INDEX
  ISSUER                                            1995       1996        1997
  ------                                            ----       ----        ----
<S>                                                <C>         <C>        <C>     
  PW Independent Living Mortgage Fund, Inc.        15.04%      15.04%     15.04%
  PW Independent Living Mortgage Fund, Inc. II     10.36%      10.36%     10.36%
  T.Rowe Price Renaissance Fund, Ltd.               4.20%       4.20%      4.20%
  CPA(R):10                                        14.40%      14.40%     14.40%
  CPA(R):12                                        56.00%      56.00%     56.00%
</TABLE>

Certain Transactions

     William P. Carey, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, is a member of the
Company's Board of Directors.  During 1997, the Advisor, a Pennsylvania  limited
partnership whose general partner is Carey Fiduciary Advisors,  Inc. ("CFA") and
whose limited  partners are William P. Carey and Francis J. Carey,  was retained
by the Company to provide  advisory  services in connection with identifying and
analyzing  prospective  property  investments  as well as  providing  day-to-day
management services to the Company. All of the outstanding stock of CFA is owned
by William P. Carey.  For the services it provides to the  Company,  the Advisor
earns an Asset  Management Fee and a Performance  Fee, each equal to one-twelfth
of .5% of the Average  Invested  Assets of the Company for the preceding  month,
payable monthly. In addition, the payment of the Performance Fee is subordinated
to specified  returns to  Shareholders.  During 1997,  the Asset  Management and
Performance   Fees  earned  by  the  Advisor  were   $2,075,000  and  $2,075,000
respectively.  The  Performance  Fee  will be paid at a future  time if  certain
performance criteria are satisfied.

     The  total  purchase  price  of the  properties  acquired  by the  Company,
including all fees relating to such  acquisitions,  did not exceed the appraised
value of the properties.

PROPOSAL TO PAY FEES WITH STOCK

     The  Company  has  engaged  the  Advisor to provide  advisory  services  in
connection  with  identifying and analyzing  prospective  investments as well as
providing day-to-day management services to the Company. If shareholders receive
a cumulative  return of 8%, the Advisor  receives an incentive fee of .5% of the
average  invested  assets of the Company as a partial payment for such services.
To date, the Advisor has earned  $2,075,000 in  performance  fees which has been
reflected on the  Company's  balance  sheet as a payable to an affiliate but has
not yet been paid. The Advisor also earns an annual management fee of .5% of the
average invested assets of the Company.
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     The  Independent  Directors  have  determined  that it would be in the best
interest of the Company  and the  shareholders  to permit the Company to pay the
fees to the Advisor  (including  fees earned and not yet paid) in either cash or
common  stock of the  Company.  The use of common  stock to pay such fees  would
reduce the cash required by the Company to pay expenses,  thereby  strengthening
the  Company's  balance  sheet.  The use of common stock would also increase the
equity  ownership of the Advisor and align  further the interests of the Advisor
and the shareholders of the Company.

     The  Independent  Directors  have  approved an  amendment  to the  Advisory
Agreement  which would  permit the Company to pay all or any portion of the fees
payable to the Advisor in the form of cash or common stock. This amendment would
permit  the  common  stock used to pay such fees to be subject to such terms and
restrictions as may be agreed upon by the Advisor and the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors.

     The Advisory  Agreement may be amended upon the approval of the Independent
Directors and the Advisor. The Independent Directors have elected to submit this
proposal to the Shareholders for their approval even though such approval is not
required.

     The affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the Company's Common Stock
present at the meeting in person or by proxy is required for the adoption of the
proposal.  If the proposal is not approved by the Shareholders,  the Independent
Directors will not implement this amendment.  Unless otherwise directed, proxies
will be voted "FOR" approval of this proposal.

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     THE DIRECTORS RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR THE ABOVE PROPOSAL.

Shareholder Proposals

     Any proposal  which a Shareholder  intends to present at the Company's 1999
Annual  Meeting of  Shareholders  must be  received by the Company no later than
December 15, 1998 in order to be included in the Company's  Proxy  Statement and
form of proxy relating to that meeting.

Independent Public Accountants

     The Company from its inception has engaged the firm of Coopers & Lybrand as
its  independent  public  accountants,  and the Board of Directors  has selected
Coopers & Lybrand as auditors of 1998.

     A  representative  of  Coopers & Lybrand  will be  available  at the Annual
Meeting,  will be given the opportunity to make any statement he desires to make
and will be available to respond to questions.

Other Matters

     Management  does not know of other  matters  which are likely to be brought
before the meeting.  However,  in the event that any other matters properly come
before the Annual Meeting,  the persons named in the enclosed proxy are expected
to vote the Shares  represented by such proxy on such matters in accordance with
their best judgment.

     The cost of preparing,  assembling  and mailing this Proxy  Statement,  the
Notice of Meeting and the enclosed proxy is to be borne by the Company.

     In addition  to the  solicitation  of proxies by the use of the mails,  the
Company may utilize some of the officers and  employees of the Advisor (who will
receive no  compensation  in  addition  to their  regular  salaries)  to solicit
proxies  personally and by telephone.  The Company does not currently  intend to
retain a solicitation firm to assist in the distribution of proxy statements and
the solicitation of proxies,  but if sufficient  proxies are not returned to the
Company it may retain an outside firm to assist in proxy  solicitation for a fee
estimated  not to exceed  $7,500  plus out of pocket  expenses.  The Company may
request banks, brokers and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward
copies of the Proxy Statement to their  principals and to request  authority for
the execution of proxies,  and will reimburse such persons for their expenses in
so doing.

                                              By order of the Board of Directors






                                              /s/William P. Carey
                                              -------------------
                                              William P. Carey
                                              Chairman of the Board and
                                              Chief Executive Officer



May 4, 1998
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                                REVOCABLE PROXY
                   CAREY INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES INCORPORATED

    [X]    PLEASE MARK VOTES
           AS IN THIS EXAMPLE

                    Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
                                  June 10, 1998

                      THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF
                             THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  The undersigned  shareholder of Carey  Institutional  Properties  Incorporated
appoints H. Augustus Carey, John J. Park and Claude Fernandez, and each of them,
with full power of substitution,  as proxy to vote all shares of the undersigned
in  Carey  Institutional  Properties,  Incorporated  at the  Annual  Meeting  of
Shareholders  to be held on June 10, 1998 and at any adjournment  thereof,  with
like effect and as if the undersigned were personally  present and voting,  upon
the following matters:

1. Election of Directors for the One-Year Term Expiring in 1999


        William P. Carey             Warren G. Wintrub
        Ralph G. Coburn              Charles C. Townsend, Jr.
        George E. Stoddard           Thomas E. Zacharias

                                                        FOR ALL
               [   ] FOR      [   ] WITHHOLD      [   ] EXCEPT

INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, mark "For
All Except" and write that nominee's name in the space provided below.


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------




2. Proposal to allow the Company to use stock to pay fees to the Advisor.

3. Such other matters as may properly come before the meeting at the  discretion
   of the proxy holders.

PROXIES WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED OR SPECIFIED. IF NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED,  THIS
PROXY WILL BE VOTED (1) FOR THE NOMINATED DIRECTORS,  (2) FOR PROPOSAL 2 AND (3)
FOR OR AGAINST ANY OTHER  MATTERS THAT  PROPERLY  COME BEFORE THE MEETING AT THE
DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDER.

SIGNATURE(S)  MUST  CORRESPOND  EXACTLY WITH NAME(S) AS IMPRINTED  HEREON.  When
signing in a representative  capacity,  please give title.  When shares are held
jointly, only one holder need sign.
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                         Please be sure to sign and date
                          this Proxy in the box below.


                  _________________________________________
                                      Date
 
                   _________________________________________
                             Stockholder sign above
 
                   _________________________________________
                         Co-holder (if any) sign above



    Detach above card, sign, date and mail in postage paid envelope provided.

                   CAREY INSTITUTIONAL PROPERTIES INCORPORATED

                               PLEASE ACT PROMPTLY
                     SIGN, DATE & MAIL YOUR PROXY CARD TODAY

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                                -- PLEASE VOTE --
                             YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

                         Carey Institutional Properties
                                  Incorporated


                                   Needs Your
                                   Proxy Vote
                                     Before
                                  June 5, 1998

Your vote is  important  and vital.  If a quorum is not  present in person or by
proxy at the Annual Meeting,  the Company will have to continue to solicit votes
until a quorum is obtained.  Your vote,  then, could be critical in allowing the
Company to conduct the  business at hand,  so please  return your proxy cards as
soon as possible. All shareholders will benefit from your cooperation.

                                   Thank you.




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