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 focused on acquiring, owning leasing, repositioning and managing a diverse portfolio of necessity-based retail properties, including, primarily, well-located community and neighborhood shopping centers, anchored by national or regional supermarkets and drugstores.
ROIC targets properties strategically situated in densely populated, middle and upper-income markets in western regions of the United States. The Company presently owns and operates ninety shopping centers encompassing approximately 10,400,000 square feet.