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 923 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2013-08-13. The firm acquires, owns, operates, improves, and manages multifamily apartment communities across non-gateway United States markets. The firm owns and operates approximately 120 multifamily apartment properties that contains over 35,526 units across non-gateway United States markets, including Atlanta, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Raleigh-Durham, and Tampa. The firm's portfolio of properties also consists primarily of apartment communities geographically concentrated in the Southeastern United States. North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky. The firm owns all of its assets and conducts all its operations through Independence Realty Operating Partnership, LP (IROP).