Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John B. Roche, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2.  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.

Date: December 16, 2009	By:	/s/ JOHN B. ROCHE
		John B. Roche
		Chief Financial Officer