RPAI Retail Properties of America Inc

FORM 4 [X] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).         
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES                                                                                   
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * GORSKI GERALD M	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC. [ RPAI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 200	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/22/2021
(Street) OAK BROOK, IL 60523 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	10/22/2021		D		78608	D	(1)(2)(3)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	This Form 4 reports securities disposed of pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 18, 2021, by and among Retail Properties of America, Inc. (the "Company"), Kite Realty Group Trust ("Kite"), and KRG Oak, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kite ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which the Company merged with and into Merger Sub (the "Merger") on October 22, 2021. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each issued and outstanding share of Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company ("Company Common Stock"), held by the reporting person was automatically converted into the right to receive 0.623 common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share, of Kite ("Kite Common Shares"), subject to any adjustment, without interest, plus the right, if any, to receive cash in lieu of any fractional Kite Common Shares into which such shares of Company Common Stock would have been converted.
(2)	(Continued from Footnote 1) On October 21, 2021, the closing price of Company Common Stock was $13.18 per share and the closing price of Kite Common Shares was $21.10 per share.
(3)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding share of restricted stock held by the reporting person automatically became fully vested and all restrictions with respect thereto lapsed.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GORSKI GERALD M 2021 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 200 OAK BROOK, IL 60523	X

Signatures
/s/ Ann M. Hult, Attorney-in-Fact		10/22/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date