Realty Income Corporation is a

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that invests in free-standing, single-tenant commercial properties in the

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and the

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that are subject to NNN Leases. The company is organized in

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with its headquarters in

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. The company is one of a few real estate investment trusts that pays

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s monthly, rather than quarterly, and has registered a

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for the phrase "The Monthly Dividend Company".

Investments

As of March 31, 2022, the company owned 11,288 properties totaling approximately 213.9 million leasable square feet, with an average property size of approximately 12,660 square feet per retail property and approximately 244,460 square feet per industrial property. The company's largest tenants are as follows:

History

Realty Income Corporation was founded in 1969 by William E. Clark and Evelyn J. Clark. Its first acquisition was a

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restaurant in early 1970. The company used cash to purchase land needed for stores that required real estate to run, and then leased the property to the stores long term. In 1994, the company became a

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via an

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. In 1997, William E. Clark, Jr., retired as CEO and was succeeded by Thomas A. Lewis. In 2013, John P. Case succeeded Mr. Lewis as CEO of the company. In 2009, Clark retired as chairman. In 2013, the company acquired American Realty Capital Trust, founded by Nicholas Schorsch, in a $2.95 billion transaction. In 2015, the company was added to the

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and the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats index. In 2018, Sumit Roy became the company's CEO. In 2019, the company completed a sale-leaseback transaction for 12 properties of the

supermarket chain

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. This was the company's first purchase of property outside the United States. On November 1, 2021, the company acquired

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