Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

AvalonBay Communities / AVB

Fred Harris, Senior Vice President of Development for New York City , Mayor Joseph Delfino, Councilman Benjamin Boykin, Council President Rita Malmud break ground at Avalon White Plains.

Fred Harris, Senior Vice President of Development for New York City , Mayor Joseph Delfino, Councilman Benjamin Boykin, Council President Rita Malmud break ground at Avalon White Plains. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)

About AvalonBay Communities

2900 Eisenhower Ave., Suite 300, Alexandria, Va. 22314
www.avalonbay.com | 703-329-6300 | Founded: 1993

Industry: Real Estate | Category: Public Companies

AvalonBay Communities is a real estate investment trust that develops and manages high-quality apartments in the District and 10 states on the East and West coasts, plus Illinois. The trust owns or holds an interest in 184 apartment communities, 21 of which are under construction. It also owns future rights for 48 communities and has a goal of selling up to about $1 billion in property this year, about three times more than it has in any recent year.

Chairman and CEO: Bryce Blair

2007 Financial Data

Revenues: $812,741,000 | Net Income: $358,160,000
Asssets: $6,736,480,000 | Earnings Per Share: $4.38
Stockholder Equity: $3,026,654,000 | Annual Dividend: $3.40
Total employees: 1,898 | Local employees: 400

Company Leadership

Bryce Blair Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Bruce A. Choate Director
John J. Healy Director
Gilbert M. Meyer Director
Timothy J. Naughton Director
Lance R. Primis Lead Independent Director
Peter S. Rummell Director
H. Jay Sarles Director
Allan D. Schuster Director
Amy P. Williams Director

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Did You Know

GETTING PROPS: The National Association of Home Builders named AvalonBay the property management company of the year for 2007.

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