Company: CIO
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-052437
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Company: City Office REIT, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
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 of Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC), a leading healthcare real estate company that grew from approximately $125 million in real estate assets to almost $3 billion during his tenure. Prior to that endeavor, he was a Managing Director for the specialty investment firm BC Ziegler, where he sourced and managed a medical office building investment fund that became the initial portfolio for Physicians Realty Trust. Mr. Sweet also co-foundedand played an integral role in the growth of Windrose Medical Properties Trust, a publicly traded medical office real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that completed its initial public offering in 2002. Additionally, Mr. Sweet brings experience at the board level for public company, philanthropic and charitable organizations, including sitting on the board of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (“Wheeler REIT”) (NASDAQ: WHLR) until May 2019. In 2018, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Wheeler REIT. From January 2020 to December 2020, Mr. Sweet served as a board member and Audit Committee Chair of Live Oak Acquisition Corp (NYSE: LOAK), a special purpose acquisition company, which was merged into Danimer Scientific Inc. (NYSE: DNMR) at the end of 2020. Mr. Sweet has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from St. John Fisher College and an M.B.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology. 9

James Farrar

Mr. Farrar, age 49, is our Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO” or “PEO”) and has been a member of our Board of Directors since our initial public offering (“IPO”) in April 2014. He joined Second City Real Estate in October 2009 as a Managing Director where he was responsible for launching its real estate private equity platform. Prior to Second City Real Estate, Mr. Farrar served as the Vice President of a family office with a diversified portfolio concentrated primarily in the real estate and hospitality sectors and as an investment professional with TD Capital, the private equity unit of TD Bank. Mr. Farrar has extensive experience in acquisitions and divestitures and has been involved in the acquisition of over $3.0 billion of commercial real estate. Mr. Farrar received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a chartered accountant, a chartered business valuator and a CFA charterholder. Mr. Farrar brings to our Board of Directors extensive executive management experience gained over 20 years of involvement in the