EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

                            LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
       For Filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                    (Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc.)

         The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas P. McGuinness,
President of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), Jack
Potts, Executive Vice President and Principal Financial Officer of the Company,
and Scott W. Wilton, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of
the Company, each in their respective capacities as such, and each of their
respective successors in such offices, and each of them, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution in the
premises, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to:

         (1)      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
                  undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
                  Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
                  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
                  Act"), and the rules thereunder;

         (2)      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
                  undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and
                  execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with
                  the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
                  stock exchange or similar authority; and

         (3)      take any other action solely in connection with the foregoing
                  which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
                  benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or
                  on behalf of, the undersigned, it being understood that the
                  documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
                  undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall
                  be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
                  such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
                  discretion.

          The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

          This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued
by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power
of Attorney this 25 of June, 2014.

                                        /s/ Travis Roberts
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                                        Travis Roberts