City Office REIT, Inc. (the Company) was organized in the state of Maryland on November 26, 2013. On April 21, 2014, the Company completed its initial public offering (IPO) of shares of the Company's common stock. The Company contributed the net proceeds of the IPO to City Office REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), in exchange for common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (common units).