TIAA REAL ESTATE ACCOUNT
POS AM, 1996-05-02
REAL ESTATE DEALERS (FOR THEIR OWN ACCOUNT)
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              As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission

                                 on May 2, 1996

                                                       Registration No. 33-92990

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4

                                       TO
                                    FORM S-1

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            TIAA REAL ESTATE ACCOUNT
             (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    New York
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                (Not applicable)
            (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

                                (Not applicable)
                      I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

           c/o Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
                                730 Third Avenue
                         New York, New York 10017-3206
                                 (212) 490-9000
               (Address including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                           Peter C. Clapman, Esquire
              Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America
                                730 Third Avenue
                         New York, New York 10017-3206
                                 (212) 490-9000
           (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    Copy to:
                             Paul J. Mason, Esquire
                          Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
                         1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                           Washington, D.C. 2004-2404

Approximate  date of  commencement  of proposed  sale to the public:  As soon as
practicable after the effective date of the registration statement.

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, check the following box: [X] If this form is filed to register  additional
securities  for an offering  pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the  Securities  Act,
please  check  the  following  box and  list  the  Securities  Act  registration
statement number of the earlier  effective  registration  statement for the same
offering: [ ] _______

If this form is a  post-effective  amendment filed pursuant to Rule 461(c) under
the Securities  Act,  please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering: [ ] ______

            If delivery  of the  prospectus  is expected to be made  pursuant to
Rule 434, please check the following box: [ ]


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                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                   Pursuant to Item 501(b) of Regulation S-K
              Showing Location of Information Required by Form S-1
              in Part I (Prospectus) of the Registration Statement

Item of Form S-1                     Caption or Location in Prospectus
- ----------------                     ---------------------------------

1.  Forepart of the Registration     Outside Front Cover Page
    Statement of Outside Front
    Cover Page of Prospectus

2.  Inside Front Cover and           Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Page
    Outside Back Cover Page
    of Prospectus

3.  Summary Information, Risk        Summary; The Real Estate Account and
    Factors and Ratio of Earnings    TIAA; Risk Factors
    to Fixed Charges

4.  Use of Proceeds                  (Not Applicable)

5.  Determination of Offering Price  (Not Applicable)

6.  Dilution                         (Not Applicable)

7.  Selling Security Holders         (Not Applicable)

8.  Plan of Distribution             Distribution of the Contracts

9.  Description of Securities        Summary; The Annuity Contracts;
    to Be Registered                 Annuity Payments

10. Interests of Named Experts       (Not Applicable)
    and Counsel

11. Information with Respect to      Summary; The Real Estate Account and TIAA;
    the Registrant                   Investment Practices of the Account; 
                                     General Investment and Operating Policies;
                                     Description of Properties; Risk Factors;
                                     Role of TIAA; Conflicts of Interest;
                                     Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                                     Financial Condition and Results of
                                     Operations; Valuation of Assets; Management
                                     and Investment Advisory Arrangements;
                                     Federal Income Taxes; State Regulation;
                                     Legal Matters; Experts; Legal Proceedings;
                                     Financial Statements

12. Disclosure of Commission         (Not Applicable)
    Position on Indemnification 
    for Securities Act Liabilities



                                      -i-
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     The sole purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration
Statement for the Individual,  Group and Tax-Deferred  Annuity  Contracts issued
through the TIAA Real Estate  Account is to include an undertaking in Part II of
this  registration  statement to provide the full  financial  statements of TIAA
promptly   upon  written  or  oral   request.   All   information   included  in
Post-Effective  Amendments  No.  2 and  No.  3 to this  Registration  Statement,
including the exhibits filed therewith, is incorporated herein by reference.


                                      -ii-
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            (i)  To  include  any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
            Securities Act of 1933;

            (ii) To  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
            the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
            post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in the
            aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental  change in the information set
            forth in the Registration Statement;

            (iii) To  include  any material information with respect to the plan
            of   distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in  the  Registration
            Statement  or  any   material  change  to  such  information  in the
            Registration Statement.

            (2) That,  for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

            (3)  To  remove  from  registration  by  means  of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

            (4)  To provide the full  financial statements of TIAA promptly upon
written or oral request.


             Following are the full audited financial  statements of TIAA.


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                                   SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the
registrant,  TIAA  Real  Estate  Account,  has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in New York, New York, on the 2nd day of May 1996.


                            TIAA REAL ESTATE ACCOUNT

                              By: TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
                                       ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA


                              By:    /s/ Peter C. Clapman
                                 -----------------------------------------------
                                         Peter C. Clapman
                                         Senior Vice President and
                                         Chief Counsel, Investments




            Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933,  this
Registration  Statement has been signed by the following  persons,  trustees and
officers  of  Teachers  Insurance  and Annuity  Association  of America,  in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature                Title                                           Date
- ---------                -----                                           ----

  /s/ John H. Biggs
- ----------------------   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive       5-2-96
John H. Biggs            Officer   (Principal   Executive  Officer)

  /s/ Thomas W. Jones
- ----------------------
Thomas W. Jones          Vice   Chairman,   President   and   Chief      5-2-96
                         Operating Officer (Principal Financial
                         Officer)  and  Trustee

  /s/ Richard L. Gibbs
- ----------------------
Richard L. Gibbs         Executive   Vice   President                    5-2-96
                         (Principal Accounting Officer)



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Signature of Trustee               Date      Signature of Trustee         Date
- --------------------               ----      --------------------         ----


  /s/ Martin L. Leibowitz        5-2-96       /s/ Frederick R. Ford     5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Martin L. Leibowitz                          Frederick R. Ford

  /s/ David Alexander            5-2-96                                        
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
David Alexander                              Ruth Simms Hamilton

  /s/ Marcus Alexis              5-2-96       /s/ Dorothy Ann Kelly     5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Marcus Alexis                                Dorothy Ann Kelly, O.S.U.

  /s/ A. Howard Amon, Jr.        5-2-96       /s/ Ronald L. Thompson    5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
A. Howard Amon, Jr.                          Ronald L. Thompson

  /s/ Jenne K. Britell           5-2-96       /s/ Robert M. O'Neil      5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Jenne K. Britell                             Robert M. O'Neil

  /s/ Willard T. Carleton        5-2-96       /s/ Leonard S. Simon      5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Willard T. Carleton                          Leonard S. Simon

  /s/ Robert C. Clark            5-2-96       /s/ Paul R. Tregurtha     5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Robert C. Clark                              Paul R. Tregurtha

 /s/ Flora Mancuso Edwards       5-2-96       /s/ Charles J. Urstadt    5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Flora Mancuso Edwards                        Charles J. Urstadt

                                               /s/ William H. Waltrip   5-2-96
- -----------------------------                --------------------------
Estelle A. Fishbein                          William H. Waltrip


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