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City Office REIT Inc

A real estate investment trust that owns and operates office buildings in fast-growing Sun Belt cities across the American South and West—from Dallas and Denver to Orlando, Tampa, and San Diego—leasing space to corporate tenants on long-term agreements. Founded in 2013 and listed on the New York Stock Exchange the following year, the company was based in Vancouver, Canada, yet never owned a single property north of the border, running its portfolio from a U.S. office in Dallas. The name is simply a literal description of what it does: office properties in cities—so literal that observers have joked it would win a "most creative office company name" contest.

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