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  <xs:element id="tiaareal_RealEstatePropertiesPortfolioTurnoverRate" abstract="false" name="RealEstatePropertiesPortfolioTurnoverRate" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:percentItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_MarketableSecuritiesPortfolioTurnoverRate" abstract="false" name="MarketableSecuritiesPortfolioTurnoverRate" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:percentItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_AccumulationUnitsRollForward" abstract="true" name="AccumulationUnitsRollForward" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_CreditedForPremiums" abstract="false" name="CreditedForPremiums" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:sharesItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_AnnuityOtherPeriodicPaymentsWithdrawalsAndDeathBenefits" abstract="false" name="AnnuityOtherPeriodicPaymentsWithdrawalsAndDeathBenefits" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:sharesItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="tiaareal_OneBiscayneTowerMezzanineMember" abstract="true" name="OneBiscayneTowerMezzanineMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="tiaareal_ShakopeeMember" abstract="true" name="ShakopeeMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
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  <xs:element id="tiaareal_RogersMember" abstract="true" name="RogersMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_LoweEnterprisesMember" abstract="true" name="LoweEnterprisesMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_RealEstateJointVentureOwnershipPercentage" abstract="false" name="RealEstateJointVentureOwnershipPercentage" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="instant" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:percentItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_FortPointCreativeExchangePortfolioMember" abstract="true" name="FortPointCreativeExchangePortfolioMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
  <xs:element id="tiaareal_TheForumSamHoustonMember" abstract="true" name="TheForumSamHoustonMember" nillable="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="dtr-types:domainItemType"/>
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