Independence Realty Trust, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which acquires, owns, operates, improves, and manages multifamily apartment communities across non-gateway U.S. markets. The company is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently employs 917 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2013-08-13. Its primary business objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to stockholders through diligent portfolio management, operational performance, and consistent returns on capital through distributions and capital appreciation. Its segments include same-store and non-same-store. The company owns and operates approximately 113 multifamily apartment properties (including one owned through a consolidated joint venture) that contain an aggregate of 33,615 units in the Southeastern and Midwestern states: Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The firm owns all of its assets and conducts all its operations through Independence Realty Operating Partnership, LP.
