United States $26 Billion Apartment REIT AvalonBay Communities Announced Merger with United States $26 Billion Apartment REIT Equity Residential in All-Share Merger (AvalonBay Communities 51.2% & Equity Residential 48.8%) to Create $52 Billion Combined Apartment REIT, AvalonBay Communities Formed in 1998 from Merger of Bay Communities & Avalon Properties, Equity Residential Founded in 1967 by Sam Zell & Robert Lurie, AvalonBay Communities Current Market Value at $25.9 Billion, Share Price +2.8% YTD, -7.8% Last 12 Months & -10.2% Last 5 Years, Equity Residential Current Market Value at $25.5 Billion, Share Price +6.7% YTD, -3.5% Last 12 Months & -14.5% Last 5 Years
25th May 2026 | Hong Kong
United States apartment REIT AvalonBay Communities ($25.9 billion market value) has announced merger with United States apartment REIT Equity Residential ($25.5 billion market value) in all-share merger (AvalonBay Communities 51.2% & Equity Residential 48.8%) to create a $52 billion combined apartment REIT. AvalonBay Communities was formed in 1998 from the merger of Bay Communities & Avalon Properties. AvalonBay Communities current market value at $25.9 billion, share price +2.8% YTD, -7.8% last 12 months & -10.2% last 5 years. Equity Residential was founded in 1967 by Sam Zell & Robert Lurie. Equity Residential current market value at $25.5 billion, share price +6.7% YTD, -3.5% last 12 months & -14.5% last 5 years. AvalonBay Communities – AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is committed to creating a better way to live. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is an equity REIT that develops, redevelops, acquires and manages apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in Boston, Massachusetts, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, Seattle, Washington, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company’s expansion regions of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina, Southeast Florida, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and Denver, Colorado. As of March 31, 2026, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 319 apartment communities containing 98,271 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 25 communities were under development and one community was under redevelopment. Equity Residential – Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, owns and manages 312 properties consisting of 85,211 apartment units in dynamic metro areas across the U.S. with a primary concentration in major coastal markets, diversified by a targeted presence in the high-growth metro areas of Atlanta, Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Denver.
“ United States $26 Billion Apartment REIT AvalonBay Communities Announced Merger with United States $26 Billion Apartment REIT Equity Residential in All-Share Merger (AvalonBay Communities 51.2% & Equity Residential 48.8%) to Create $52 Billion Combined Apartment REIT, AvalonBay Communities Formed in 1998 from Merger of Bay Communities & Avalon Properties, Equity Residential Founded in 1967 by Sam Zell & Robert Lurie, AvalonBay Communities Current Market Value at $25.9 Billion, Share Price +2.8% YTD, -7.8% Last 12 Months & -10.2% Last 5 Years, Equity Residential Current Market Value at $25.5 Billion, Share Price +6.7% YTD, -3.5% Last 12 Months & -14.5% Last 5 Years “
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United States $26 Billion Apartment REIT AvalonBay Communities Announced Merger with United States $26 Billion Apartment REIT Equity Residential in All-Share Merger (AvalonBay Communities 51.2% & Equity Residential 48.8%) to Create $52 Billion Combined Apartment REIT, AvalonBay Communities Formed in 1998 from Merger of Bay Communities & Avalon Properties, Equity Residential Founded in 1967 by Sam Zell & Robert Lurie, AvalonBay Communities Current Market Value at $25.9 Billion, Share Price +2.8% YTD, -7.8% Last 12 Months & -10.2% Last 5 Years, Equity Residential Current Market Value at $25.5 Billion, Share Price +6.7% YTD, -3.5% Last 12 Months & -14.5% Last 5 Years
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