Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Organization

Organization

Note 1. Organization

        Government Properties Income Trust, or the Company, we or us, was organized as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, under Maryland law on February 17, 2009 as a wholly owned subsidiary of CommonWealth REIT, or CWH. On April 24, 2009, we acquired 100% ownership of our 22 initial properties (29 buildings), or the Initial Properties, by means of a contribution from CWH to one of our subsidiaries. On June 8, 2009, completed our initial public offering, or IPO, and we became a separate publicly owned company.

        As of December 31, 2013, excluding three properties (three buildings) classified as discontinued operations, we owned 68 properties (87 buildings), or the Properties, located in 31 states and the District of Columbia containing approximately 10.3 million rentable square feet.