UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 21, 2014

Industrial Property Trust Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

518 Seventeenth Street, 17^th Floor

Denver, CO 80202

(Address of principal executive offices)

(303) 228-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Ameriprise Financial Selected Dealer Agreement

On January 21, 2014, Industrial Property Trust Inc. (the “Company”), Industrial Property Advisors LLC (the “Advisor”), Dividend Capital Securities LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) and Industrial Property Advisors Group LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered into a selected dealer agreement (the “Selected Dealer Agreement”) with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (“Ameriprise Financial”). Pursuant to the Selected Dealer Agreement, Ameriprise Financial will act as a selected dealer whereby Ameriprise Financial will offer and sell, on a best efforts basis, a maximum of $2,000,000,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) pursuant to the Company’s initial public offering (the “Offering”). With respect to the Offering, the Company has initially allocated $1,500,000,000 in shares to be offered in the primary offering (the “Primary Offering”) and $500,000,000 in shares to be offered pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Selected Dealer Agreement, Ameriprise Financial generally will: (i) be paid a selling commission of up to 7.0% of the price of each Share (excluding Shares sold pursuant to the DRIP) sold by Ameriprise Financial; provided, however, that such selling commission shall be reduced with respect to sales to certain categories of purchasers; (ii) be reallowed by the Dealer Manager from the dealer manager fee a marketing support fee of up to 1.5% of the full price of each Share (excluding Shares sold pursuant to the DRIP) sold by Ameriprise Financial; (iii) be reimbursed for its out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred and directly related to the Primary Offering consistent with the language in the prospectus for the Offering and the regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”); and (iv) subject to applicable FINRA limitations, be paid for mutually agreed upon technology costs associated with the Primary Offering, related costs and expenses and other costs and expenses related to the facilitation of the marketing of the Shares and the ownership of Shares by Ameriprise Financial’s customers, including fees to attend conferences.

Pursuant to the terms of the Selected Dealer Agreement, the Company is required to adopt and disclose a valuation policy no later than March 31, 2014, and to disclose an estimated net asset value per share based upon a valuation determined by an independent valuation firm no later than November 14, 2015.

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Selected Dealer Agreement, the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Advisor and the Sponsor, jointly and severally, agreed to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Ameriprise Financial and each person, if any, who controls Ameriprise Financial within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, against losses, liability, claims, damages and expenses caused by certain untrue or alleged untrue statements, or omissions or alleged omissions of material fact made in connection with the Offering or in certain filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and certain other public statements, or the breach by the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Advisor or the Sponsor or any employee or agent acting on their behalf, of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of the Selected Dealer Agreement. In addition, we have agreed to reimburse certain principals of the Sponsor for any amounts they are required to pay with respect to certain limited funding obligations to Ameriprise Financial that they may incur concerning these matters.

The information set forth above with respect to the Selected Dealer Agreement does not purport to be complete in scope and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Selected Dealer Agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.

(d) Exhibits.

Forward Looking Statement

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements (such as those concerning the sale of shares by Ameriprise Financial) that are based on the Company’s current expectations, plans, estimates, assumptions, and beliefs that involve numerous risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks associated with Ameriprise Financial’s ability to sell the shares, and those risks set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although these forward-looking statements reflect management’s belief as to future events, actual events or the Company’s investments and results of operations could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. To the extent that the Company’s assumptions differ from actual results, the Company’s ability to meet such forward-looking statements may be significantly hindered. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The Company cannot assure you that it will attain its investment objectives.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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