Retail Properties of America Announces $190 million of Strategic Dispositions in the Third Quarter 2012

Retail Properties of America, Inc.

today announced that, as part of its strategic initiative to enhance its balance sheet through the disposition of non-core and non-strategic assets, it has completed the sale of 18 non-core and non-strategic assets with a gross sales price of $190 million during the third quarter of 2012. Proceeds from the transactions were used to repay $133 million in related mortgage debt with additional net proceeds further reducing leverage. As of October 1, all 2012 debt maturities have been addressed.