OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Retail Properties of America, Inc. (NYSE:  RPAI or the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors declared the fourth quarter dividend for the Company's 7.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The dividend of $0.4375 per preferred share will be paid on December 31, 2014, to preferred stockholders of record on December 19, 2014.

The Company also announced that its Board declared the fourth quarter dividend of $0.165625 per share on its outstanding Class A common stock. The common dividend will be paid on January 9, 2015, to Class A common stockholders of record on December 26, 2014.

ABOUT RPAI
Retail Properties of America, Inc. is a REIT and is one of the largest owners and operators of high quality, strategically located shopping centers in the United States. As of June 30, 2014, the Company owned 224 retail operating properties representing 31.8 million square feet. The Company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RPAI. Additional information about the Company is available at www.rpai.com.  

CONTACT INFORMATION
Michael Fitzmaurice, VP - Finance
Retail Properties of America, Inc.
(630) 634-4233

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SOURCE Retail Properties of America, Inc.