Retail Opportunity Investments

Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation (NASDAQ:ROIC) is a fully integrated real estate company that is qualified as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California and currently employs 71 full-time employees. The firm is engaged in the acquisition, ownership and management of necessity-based community and neighborhood shopping centers on the west coast of the United States, anchored by supermarkets and drugstores. ROIC operates its business through, its operating partnership subsidiary, Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership, LP. The firm is organized in an umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UpREIT) format pursuant to which Retail Opportunity Investments GP, LLC, which serves as the general partner. The operating partnership holds all the assets of the Company and directly or indirectly holds the ownership interests in the Company’s real estate ventures. The firm's portfolio consists of approximately 94 properties totaling approximately 10.6 million square feet of gross leasable area (GLA).