PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE MKT: IRT) (“IRT”) today announced that, on September 4, 2015, IRT’s Board of Directors (“Board”) approved the division of the previously announced September 2015 monthly dividend of $0.06 per share into two prorated dividends in preparation of the expected closing of the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated May 11, 2015, by and among IRT, IRT OP, IRT Limited Partner, LLC, Adve