Equity Residential and AvalonBay: Inside the $71B Mega Multifamily Merger
On May 21, shortly before Memorial Day weekend, participants in public real estate markets awoke to a truly remarkable headline. AvalonBay Communities, the owner of 98,000 apartments and with a market capitalization of $25 billion, would be merging with Equity Residential, one of the oldest real estate investment…
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- Aug 10, 2026
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- Aug 10, 2026 (2 days ago)
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