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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) 
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 20132016

Commission file number 1-12672

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
77-0404318
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) 77-0404318
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Ballston Tower
671 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 800
Arlington, Virginia 22203
(Address of principal executive office)
(703) 329-6300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Ballston Tower
671 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 800
Arlington, Virginia  22203
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(703) 329-6300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

(Title of each class)(Name of each exchange on which registered)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    
Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    
Yes  o    No  ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    
Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    
Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    ý

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large“large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer"” “accelerated filer” and "smaller“smaller reporting company"company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ý
 
Accelerated filer o
 
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do
 (Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller repobrtingreporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    
Yes  o    No  ý

The aggregate market value of the registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, held by nonaffiliates of the registrant, as of June 28, 201330, 2016 was $17,455,382,529.

$24,703,191,114.

The number of shares of the registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, outstanding as of January 31, 20142017 was 129,417,333.

137,330,988.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s Proxy Statement for the 20142017 annual meeting of stockholders, a definitive copy of which will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the year end of the year covered by this Form 10-K, are incorporated by reference herein as portions of Part III of this Form 10-K.



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PART I

PART I


ITEM 1.



BUSINESS




1


ITEM 1a.

1.

 
BUSINESS


RISK FACTORS


 


ITEM 1b.

1A.

 

 


ITEM 2.


 


COMMUNITIES


 


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ITEM 3.

2.

 
COMMUNITIES


LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


 

 


MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES


 


PART II


 


MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


 


ITEM 6.


 


SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA


 


ITEM 7.


 


MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


 


ITEM 7a.

7A.

 


QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK


 


ITEM 8.


 


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


 


ITEM 9.


 


CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE


 


ITEM 9a.

9A.

 


CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


 


ITEM 9b.


 


OTHER INFORMATION


 


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ITEM 9B.


PART III


 


DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


 


ITEM 11.


 


EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION


 


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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS


 


ITEM 13.


 


CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE


 


ITEM 14.


 


PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES


 


PART IV


 


EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE


 


SIGNATURES


 

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This Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in each forward-looking statement. Certain factors that might cause such a difference are discussed in this report, including in the section entitled "Forward-Looking Statements"“Forward-Looking Statements” included in this Form 10-K. You should also review Item 1a., "Risk Factors,"1A. “Risk Factors” for a discussion of various risks that could adversely affect us.


ITEM 1.    BUSINESS

General


AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (the "Company,"“Company,” which term, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to AvalonBay Communities, Inc. together with its subsidiaries), is a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"(“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. We engage in the development, redevelopment, acquisition, ownershipdevelop, redevelop, acquire, own and operation ofoperate multifamily communities located primarily in high barrier to entry markets of the United States. These barriers to entry generally include a difficult and lengthy entitlement process with local jurisdictions and dense urban or suburban areas where zoned and entitled land is in limited supply. Our primary markets are located in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metrometro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northern and Southern California regions of the United States.California. We focus on leading metropolitan areas in these markets becauseregions that we believe that, overare characterized by growing employment in high wage sectors of the long-term, a limited new supply of apartment homes andeconomy, lower housing affordability inand a diverse and vibrant quality of life. We believe these markets will result in higher growth in cash flowsmarket characteristics offer the opportunity for superior risk-adjusted returns on apartment community investments relative to other markets.

markets that do not have these characteristics.


At January 31, 2014,2017, we owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in:

    244

259 operating apartment communities containing 72,81175,038 apartment homes in twelve10 states and the District of Columbia, of which 214244 communities containing 63,51470,864 apartment homes were consolidated for financial reporting purposes, threefive communities containing 9791,539 apartment homes were held by joint ventures in which we hold an ownership interest, and 2710 communities containing 8,3182,635 apartment homes were owned by the Funds (as defined below). ThreeFour of the consolidated communities containing 1,1261,671 apartment homes were under redevelopment, as discussed below;


29 wholly-owned
27 communities under constructiondevelopment, one of which is being developed through a joint venture, that are expected to contain an aggregate of 8,7088,629 apartment homes when completed, including one community in which we had an indirect interest expected to contain 103 apartment homes;completed; and


rights to develop an additional 4625 communities that, if developed in the manner expected, will contain an estimated 12,9868,487 apartment homes; andhomes.


an indirect interest in a joint venture formed with Equity Residential (as defined in this Form 10-K) which owns direct and indirect interests in assets acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition, including a direct interest in apartment communities in Germany, an indirect interest in a joint venture which owns six apartment communities with 1,902 apartment homes in the United States, and two land parcels.

We generally obtain ownership in an apartment community by developing a new community on either vacant land or land with improvements that we raze, or by acquiring an existing community. In selecting sites for development or acquisition, we favor locations that are near expanding employment centers and convenient to transportation, recreation areas, entertainment, shopping and dining.


Our consolidated real estate investments consist of the following reportable segments: Established Communities, Other Stabilized Communities and Development/Redevelopment Communities.


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Established Communities are generally operating communities that were owned and had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of the beginning of the prior year such that year-over-year comparisons are meaningful. Other Stabilized Communities are generally all other operating communities that have stabilized occupancy and operating expenses during the current year, but that were not owned or had not achieved stabilization as of the beginning of the prior year such that year-over-year comparisons are not meaningful, as well as communities that are planned for disposition during the current year. Development/Redevelopment Communities consist of communities that are under construction, communities where substantial redevelopment is in progress or is planned to begin during the current year and communities under lease-up. A more detailed description of these segments and other related information can be found in Note 9, "Segment8, “Segment Reporting," of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report.



Our principal financial goal is to increase long-term stockholdershareholder value through the development, redevelopment, acquisition, operation and, when appropriate, disposition of apartment communities in our markets. To help meet this goal, we regularly (i) monitor our investment allocation by geographic market and product type, (ii) develop, redevelop and acquire an interestinterests in apartment communities in high barrier to entryour selected markets, with growing or high potential for demand and high for-sale housing costs, (iii) selectively sell apartment communities that no longer meet our long-term strategy or when opportunities are presented to realize a portion of the value created through our investment and redeploy the proceeds from those sales and (iv) endeavor to maintain a capital structure that is aligned with our business risks with a view to maintaining continuous access to cost-effective capital. We pursue our development, investment and operating activities with the purpose of Creating a Better Way to Live. Our strategystrategic vision is to be leadersthe leading apartment company in multifamilyselect US markets, providing a range of distinctive living experiences that customers value. We pursue this vision by targeting what we believe are among the best markets and submarkets, leveraging our strategic capabilities in market research and consumer insight and being disciplined in our capital allocation delivering a range of multifamily offerings tailoredand balance sheet management. In addition to serve the needs of the most attractive customer segmentsour in-house development and construction capabilities, we supplement our growth through our in-house redevelopment and acquisition platforms. We believe that our organizational structure, which includes dedicated development and operational teams in the best-performing U.S. submarkets. A substantial majorityeach of our current communitiesregions, and strong culture are upscale, which generally command among the highest rents in their markets. However, we also pursue the ownershipkey differentiators and operation of apartment communities that target a variety of customer segmentsprovide us with access to highly talented, dedicated and price points, consistent with our goal of offering a broad range of products and services.

capable associates.


We operate our apartment communities under three core brandsAvalon, AVA andEaves by Avalon. We believe that this branding differentiation allows us to target our product offerings to multiple customer groups and submarkets within our existing geographic footprint. The"Avalon"Avalon brand is our core offering, focusing on upscale apartment living and high end amenities and services in urban and suburban markets. Our"AVA"AVA brand is designed for people who want to live in or near urban neighborhoods and in close proximity to public transportation, services, shopping and night-life.AVA apartments are generally smaller, many engineered for roommate living and feature modern design and a technology focus. OurEaves by Avalon brand is designed for renters who seek good quality apartment living, often in a suburban setting, with practical amenities and services at a more modest price point.


During the three years ended December 31, 2013,2016, we acquired six apartment communities and disposed of 16 apartment communities, excluding activity for the Funds (as defined below), we acquired 59 apartment communities, of which 54 were acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition (as defined in this Form 10-K). In addition, in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, excluding investments in joint ventures formed with Equity Residential, we acquired interests in three unconsolidated joint ventures, as discussed below, which own an aggregate of 12 apartment communities. During the three years ended December 31, 2013,2016, we disposed of 15 apartment communities, four of which were acquired in the Archstone Acquisition, and completed the development of 2638 apartment communities and the redevelopment of 2419 apartment communities. During

On February 27, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated November 26, 2012, we also purchased ourthe Company, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of the assets owned by Archstone Enterprise LP (“Archstone,” which has since changed its name to Jupiter Enterprise LP), including all of the ownership interests in joint venture partner's interest in one operating community, obtaining a 100% ownership interest in that apartment community. In addition, in 2011 we exchanged a portfolioventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone’s liabilities, both known and unknown, with certain limited exceptions. Under the terms of three communitiesthe purchase agreement, the Company acquired approximately 40.0% of Archstone's assets and a parcelliabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60.0% of land we owned for a portfolio of six communitiesArchstone’s assets and $26,000,000 in cash. In addition, we sold one community in 2014 through the date this Form 10-K was filed.

liabilities (the “Archstone Acquisition”).

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In March 2005, we formed AvalonBay Value Added Fund, L.P. ("(“Fund I"I”), a private, discretionary real estate investment vehicle, which we managemanaged and in which we ownowned a 15.2% interest. Fund I acquired communities with the objective of either redeveloping or repositioning them, or taking advantage of market cycle timing and improved operating performance. From its inception in March 2005 through the close of its investment period in March 2008, Fund I acquired 20 communities. During the three years ended December 31, 2013,2016, we realized our pro rata share of the gain from the sale of 16the last of the four communities owned by Fund I.

Fund I disposed of the last of its communities in 2014, and was dissolved in April 2015.


In September 2008, we formed AvalonBay Value Added Fund II, L.P. ("(“Fund II"II”), a second institutional discretionary real estate investment fund which we manage and in which we own a 31.3% interest. In 2012, Fund II acquired its final operating community, which was an active acquisition candidate as of August 2011, the end of the investment period for Fund II.community. From the commencement of Fund II through the close of theits investment period, Fund II acquired 13 operating communities. As of December 31, 2016, Fund II owns three communities containing 1,366 apartment homes. During the three years ended December 31, 2013,2016, we realized our pro rata share of the gain from the sale of one communitynine communities owned by Fund II.

        In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, excluding joint ventures formed with Equity Residential, we acquired interests in three additional joint ventures, Brandywine Apartments of Maryland, LLC ("Brandywine"),


Archstone Multifamily Partners AC LP (the "U.S. Fund"“U.S. Fund”) and Multifamily Partners AC JV LP (the "AC JV").

        Brandywine owns a 305 apartment home community located in Washington, DC, which is managed by a third party. Brandywine is comprised of five members who hold various interests in the joint venture. In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, we acquired a 26.1% equity interest in the venture, and subsequently purchased an additional 2.6% interest, and as of December 31, 2013, hold a 28.7% equity interest in the venture.

        The U.S. Fund was formed in July 2011 and is fully invested. TheAs of December 31, 2016, the U.S. Fund owns nineseven communities containing 1,7261,269 apartment homes, one of which includes a marina containing 229 boat slips. ThroughIn conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, through subsidiaries, we acquired and own the general partner of the fundU.S. Fund and hold a 28.6% interest in the fund.

        TheU.S. Fund. During the three years ended December 31, 2016, we realized our pro rata share of the gain from the sale of two communities owned by the U.S. Fund.



Archstone Multifamily Partners AC JV LP (the “AC JV”) is a joint venture in which we acquired Archstone's 20%20.0% ownership interest. The AC JV was formed in 2011 and as of December 31, 2016, owns twothree operating apartment communities containing 818921 apartment homes, one of which completed development in Cambridge, MA and Herndon, VA, and one development community which, if completed as expected, will contain 103 apartment homes in Cambridge, MA.2014. The AC JV partnership agreement contains provisions that require us to provide a right of first offer ("ROFO"(“ROFO”) to the AC JV in connection with additional opportunities to acquire or develop additional interests in multifamily real estate assets within a specified geographic radius of the existing assets, generally one mile or less. We own one land parcel for the development of 301 apartment homes, classified as a Development Right in Cambridge, MA, acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition that is subject to the ROFO restrictions. The ROFO restriction expires in 2019.


A more detailed description of Fund I, Fund II, and the U.S. Fund and(collectively, the “Funds”), the AC JV (collectively, the "Funds"), Brandywineand other joint ventures and the related investment activity can be found in the discussion in Note 6, "Investments5, “Investments in Real Estate Entities," of the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this report and in Item 7, "Management's7. “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

        Including


Through subsidiaries, the Company and Equity Residential entered into three limited liability company agreements (collectively, the “Residual JV”) through which the Company and Equity Residential acquired (i) certain assets of Archstone that the Company and Equity Residential have substantially divested (the “Residual Assets”), and (ii) various liabilities of Archstone that the Company and Equity Residential agreed to assume in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition (the “Residual Liabilities”). The Residual Assets included a 20.0% interest in Lake Mendota Investments, LLC and Subsidiaries (“SWIB”), a joint venture which disposed of the last of its communities in 2015, various licenses, insurance policies, contracts, office leases and other miscellaneous assets. The Residual Liabilities include most existing or future litigation and claims related to Archstone’s operations for periods before the close of the Archstone Acquisition, except for (i) claims that principally relate to the physical condition of the assets acquired directly by the Company or Equity Residential, which generally remain the sole responsibility of the Company or Equity Residential, as applicable, and (ii) certain tax and other litigation between Archstone and various equity holders in Archstone related to periods before the close of the Archstone Acquisition, and claims which may arise due to changes in the capital structure of Archstone that occurred prior to closing, for which the seller has agreed to indemnify the Company and Equity Residential. The Company and Equity Residential jointly control the Residual JV and the Company holds a 40.0% economic interest in the Residual JV.

During 2016, we sold 12 operating communities including sales by unconsolidated entities and entities in which we held a residual profits interest, during 2013 we sold 16 operating communities and recognized a gain in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"(“GAAP”) of $292,684,000.

$428,370,000. In addition, we sold other real estate primarily composed of ancillary real estate and recognized a gain in accordance with GAAP of $10,224,000.


A further discussion of our development, redevelopment, disposition, acquisition, property management and related strategies follows.


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Development Strategy.    We select land for development and follow established procedures that we believe minimize both the cost and the risks of development. As one of the largest developers of multifamily rental apartment communities in high barrier to entryour selected markets, of the United States, we identify development opportunities through local market presence and access to local market information achieved through our regional offices. In addition to our principal executive office in Arlington, Virginia, we also maintain regional offices, administrative offices or specialty offices, including offices that are in or near the following cities:


Bellevue, Washington;
Boston, Massachusetts;

Fairfield, Connecticut;
Irvine, California;
Iselin, New Jersey;
Long Island, New York;

Los Angeles, California;

New York, New York;

Newport Beach,
San Diego, California;

San Francisco, California;

San Jose, California;

Seattle, Washington;

Fairfield, Connecticut;

and
Virginia Beach, Virginia; andVirginia.


Woodbridge, New Jersey.

After selecting a target site, we usually negotiate for the right to acquire the site either through an option or a long-term conditional contract. Options and long-term conditional contracts generally allow us to acquire the target site shortly before the start of construction, which reduces development-related risks and preserves capital. However, as a result of competitive market conditions for land suitable for development, we have sometimes acquired and held land prior to construction for extended periods while entitlements are obtained, or acquired land zoned for uses other than residential with the potential for rezoning. For further discussion of our Development Rights, refer to Item 2. "Communities"“Communities” in this report.


We generally act as our own general contractor and construction manager, except for certain mid-rise and high-rise apartment communities, and certain development communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition, where we may elect to use third-party general contractors as construction managers. We generally perform these functions directly (although we may use a wholly-owned subsidiary) both for ourselves and for the joint ventures and partnerships of which we are a member or a partner. We believe direct involvement in construction enables us to achieve higher construction quality, greater control over construction schedules and cost savings. Our development, property management and construction teams monitor construction progress to ensure quality workmanship and a smooth and timely transition into the leasing and operating phase.


During periods where competition for development land is more intense, we may acquire improved land with existing commercial uses and rezone the site for multifamily residential use. During the period that we hold these buildings for future development, any rent received in excess of expenses from these operations, which we consider to be incidental, is accounted for as a reduction in our investment in the development pursuit and not as net income. Any expenses relating to these operations, in excess of any rents received, are accounted for as a reduction in net income. We have also participated, and may in the future participate, in master planned or other large multi-use developments where we commit to build infrastructure (such as roads) to be used by other participants or commit to act as construction manager or general contractor in building structures or spaces for


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third parties (such as unimproved ground floor retail space, municipal garages or parks). Costs we incur in connection with these activities may be accounted for as additional invested capital in the community or we may earn fee income for providing these services. Particularly with large scale, urban in-fill developments, we may engage in significant environmental remediation efforts to prepare a site for construction.


Throughout this report, the term "development"“development” is used to refer to the entire property development cycle, including pursuit of zoning approvals, procurement of architectural and engineering designs and the construction process. References to "construction"“construction” refer to the actual construction of the property, which is only one element of the development cycle.


Redevelopment Strategy.    When we undertake the redevelopment of a community, our goal is to renovate and/or rebuild an existing community so that our total investment is generally below replacement cost and the community is well positioned in the market to achieve attractive returns on our capital. We have a dedicated group of associatesredevelopment teams and procedures that are intended to control both the cost and risks of redevelopment. Our redevelopment teams, which include redevelopment, construction and property management personnel, monitor redevelopment progress. We believe we achieve significant cost savings by actingundertaking the redevelopment primarily through an occupied turn strategy, in which we continue to operate the community as we install improvements, working to minimize any impact on our own general contractor. More importantly, this helps to ensure quality design and workmanship and a smooth and timely transition into the lease-up and restabilization phases.current residents.


Throughout this report, the term "redevelopment"“redevelopment” is used to refer to the entire redevelopment cycle, including planning and procurement of architectural and engineering designs, budgeting and actual renovation work. The actual renovation work is referred to as "reconstruction,"“reconstruction,” which is only one element of the redevelopment cycle.


Disposition Strategy.    We sell assets that no longer meet our long-term strategy or when market conditions are favorable, and we redeploy the proceeds from those sales to develop, redevelop and acquire communities and to rebalance our portfolio across or within geographic regions. This also allows us to realize a portion of the value created through our investments and provides additional liquidity. We are then able to redeploy the net proceeds from our dispositions in lieu of raising that amount of capital externally. When we decide to sell a community, we generally solicit competing bids from unrelated parties for these individual assets and consider the sales price of each proposal.

        We acquired 16 assets in



As part of the Archstone Acquisition, for which outstandingwe acquired, and still own, 14 assets that had previously been contributed by third parties retainedon a tax-deferred basis to an indirect interest with associatedArchstone partnership in which the third parties received ownership interests. To protect the tax-deferred nature of the contribution, the third parties are entitled to cash payments if we trigger tax obligations to the third parties by selling, or failing to maintain sufficient levels of secured financing on, the contributed assets. Our tax protection rights which may be triggered ifpayment obligations with respect to these assets expire at different times and in some cases don’t expire until the death of a third party who contributed ownership interests to the Archstone partnership. After review and investigation of Archstone’s tax and accounting records, we sell the assetsestimate that, had we sold or repay secured financing thereon; if triggered upon a sale oftaken other triggering actions in 2016 with respect to all 1614 assets, the associatedaggregate amount of the tax protection payments are estimatedthat would have been triggered would have been approximately $54,600,000. At the present time, we do not intend to take actions that would cause us to be approximately $44 million at December 31, 2013.

required to make tax protection payments with respect to any of these assets.


Acquisition Strategy.    Our core competencies in development and redevelopment discussed above allow us to be selective in the acquisitions we target. Acquisitions allow us to achieve rapid penetration into markets in which we desire an increased presence. Acquisitions (and dispositions) also help us achieve our desired product mix or rebalance our portfolio. Portfolio growth also allows for fixed general and administrative costs to be a smaller percentage of overall community Net Operating Income ("NOI"(“NOI”). We
While we have achieved growth in the past through the establishment of discretionary real estate investments funds, which placed certain limitations on our ability to acquire new communities during their investments periods, we are not presently pursuing the formation of a new discretionary real estate investment fund, preferring at this time to maintain flexibility in shaping our portfolio of wholly-owned assets through acquisitions and dispositions.


Property Management Strategy.    We seek to increase operating income through innovative, proactive property management that will result in higher revenue from communities while constraining operating expenses. Our principal strategies to maximize revenue include:


focusing on resident satisfaction;

staggering lease terms such that lease expirations are better matched to traffic patterns;

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employing revenue management software to optimize the pricing and term of leases.


Constraining growth in operating expenses is another way in which we seek to increase earnings growth. Growth in our portfolio and the resulting increase in revenue allows for fixed operating costs to be spread over a larger volume of revenue, thereby increasing operating margins. We constrain growth in operating expenses in a variety of ways, which include, but are not limited to, the following:


we use purchase order controls, acquiring goods and services from pre-approved vendors;

we use national negotiated contracts and also purchase supplies in bulk where possible;

we bid third-party contracts on a volume basis;

we strive to retain residents through high levels of service in order to eliminate the cost of preparing an apartment home for a new resident and to reduce marketing and vacant apartment utility costs;

we perform turnover work in-house or hire third parties, generally depending uponconsidering the least costly alternative;

most cost effective approach as well as expertise needed to perform the work;
we undertake preventive maintenance regularly to maximize resident safety and satisfaction, andas well as to maximize property and equipment life;
we have established a customer care center, centralizing and

improving the efficiency and consistency in the application of Company policies for many of the administrative tasks associated with owning and operating apartment communities; and
we aggressively pursue real estate tax appeals.


On-site property management teams receive bonuses based largely upon the revenue, expense, NOI and customer service metrics produced at their respective communities. We use and continuously seek ways to improve technology applications to help manage our communities, believing that the accurate collection of financial and resident data will enable us to maximize revenue and control costs through careful leasing decisions, maintenance decisions and financial management.


We generally manage the operation and leasing activity of our communities directly (although we may use a wholly-owned subsidiary) both for ourselves and the joint ventures and partnerships of which we are a member or a partner.

From time to time we may engage a third party to manage leasing and/or maintenance activity at one or more of our communities.



From time to time we also pursue or arrange ancillary services for our residents to provide additional revenue sources or increase resident satisfaction. As a REIT, we generally cannot provide direct services to our residents that are not customarily provided by a landlord, nor can we directly share in the income of a third party that provides such services. However, we can provide such non-customary services to residents or share in the revenue or income from such services if we do so through a "taxable“taxable REIT subsidiary," which is a subsidiary that is treated as a "C corporation"“C corporation” subject to federal income taxes.

See “Tax Matters” below.


Financing Strategy.    We maintain a capital structure that provides financial flexibility to ensure we can select cost effective capital market options that are well matched to our business risks. We estimate that our short-term liquidity needs will be met from cash on hand, borrowings under our $1,300,000,000$1,500,000,000 revolving variable rate unsecured credit facility (the "Credit Facility"“Credit Facility”), sales of current operating communities and/or issuance of additional debt or equity securities. A determination to engage in an equity or debt offering depends on a variety of factors such as general market and economic conditions, our short and long-term liquidity needs, the relative costs of debt and equity capital and growth opportunities. A summary of debt and equity activity for the last three years is reflected on our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report.


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We have entered into, and may continue in the future to enter into, joint ventures (including limited liability companies or partnerships) through which we would own an indirect economic interest of less than 100% of the community or communities owned directly by such joint ventures. Our decision to either hold an apartment community in fee simple or to have an indirect interest in the community through a joint venture is based on a variety of factors and considerations, including: (i) the economic and tax terms required by a seller of land or of a community; (ii) our desire to diversify our portfolio of communities by market, submarket and product type; (iii) our desire at times to preserve our capital resources to maintain liquidity or balance sheet strength; and (iv) our projection, in some circumstances, that we will achieve higher returns on our invested capital or reduce our risk if a joint venture vehicle is used. Investments in joint ventures are not limited to a specified percentage of our assets. Each joint venture agreement is individually negotiated, and our ability to operate and/or dispose of a community in our sole discretion may be limited to varying degrees depending on the terms of the joint venture agreement.


In addition, from time to time, we may offer shares of our equity securities, debt securities or options to purchase stock in exchange for property. We may also acquire properties in exchange for properties we currently own.


Other Strategies and Activities.    While we emphasize equity real estate investments in rental apartment communities, we have the ability to invest in other types of real estate, mortgages (including participating or convertible mortgages), securities of other REITs or real estate operating companies, or securities of technology companies that relate to our real estate operations or of companies that provide services to us or our residents, in each case consistent with our qualification as a REIT. In addition, we own and lease retail space at our communities when either (i) the highest and best use of the space is for retail (e.g., street level in an urban area); (ii) we believe the retail space will enhance the attractiveness of the community to residents or; (iii) some component of retail space is required to obtain entitlements to build apartment homes. As of December 31, 2013,2016, we had a total of 659,847693,410 square feet of rentable retail space, excluding retail space within communities currently under construction.development. Gross rental revenue provided by leased retail space in 20132016 was $15,946,000 (1.1%$21,390,000 (1.0% of total revenue). We may also develop a property in conjunction with another real estate company that will own and operate the retail componentor for-sale residential components of a mixed-use building or project that we help develop. If we secure a development right and believe that its best use, in whole or in part, is to develop the real estate with the intent to sell rather than hold the asset, we may, through a taxable REIT subsidiary, develop real estate for sale. Any investment in securities of other entities, and any development of real estate for sale, is subject to the percentage of ownership limitations, gross income tests, and other limitations that must be observed for REIT qualification.


We have not engaged in trading, underwriting or agency distribution or sale of securities of other issuers and do not intend to do so. At all times we intend to make investments in a manner so as to qualify as a REIT unless, because of circumstances or changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (or the Treasury Regulations)Regulations thereunder), our Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in our best interest to qualify as a REIT.

Archstone Acquisition

        On February 27, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") dated November 26, 2012, by and among the Company, Equity Residential and its operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership (together, "Equity Residential"), Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. ("Lehman," which term is sometimes used in this report to refer to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., and/or its relevant subsidiary or subsidiaries), and Archstone Enterprise LP ("Archstone," which has since changed its name to Jupiter Enterprise LP), we, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of Archstone's assets, including all of the ownership interests in joint ventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone's liabilities,


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both known and unknown, with certain limited exceptions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we acquired approximately 40% of Archstone's assets and liabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60% of Archstone's assets and liabilities (the "Archstone Acquisition").

        We acquired the following as part of the Archstone Acquisition:

        The Company provided the following consideration for the Archstone Acquisition:

Tax Matters


We filed an election with our 1994 federal income tax return to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, ("the Code") and intend to maintain our qualification as a REIT in the future. As a qualified REIT, with limited exceptions, such as those described under “Property Management Strategy” above, we will not be taxed under federal


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and certain state income tax laws at the corporate level on our taxable net income to the extent taxable net income is distributed to our stockholders. We expect to make sufficient distributions to avoid income tax at the corporate level. While we believe that we are organized and qualified as a REIT and we intend to operate in a manner that will allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in this regard. Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Code for which there are limited


judicial and administrative interpretations and involves the determination of a variety of factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control.


Competition


We face competition from other real estate investors, including insurance companies, pension and investment funds, partnerships and investment companies and other REITs, to acquire and develop apartment communities and acquire land for future development. As an owner and operator of apartment communities, we also face competition for prospective residents from other operators whose communities may be perceived to offer a better location or better amenities or whose rent may be perceived as a better value given the quality, location and amenities that the resident seeks. We also compete against condominiums and single-family homes that are for sale or rent. Although we often compete against large, sophisticated developers and operators for development opportunities and for prospective residents, real estate developers and operators of any size can provide effective competition for both real estate assets and potential residents.


Environmental and Related Matters


As a current or prior owner, operator and developer of real estate, we are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws, regulations and ordinances and also could be liable to third parties resulting from environmental contamination or noncompliance at our communities. For some development communities we undertake extensive environmental remediation to prepare the site for construction, which could be a significant portion of our total construction cost. Environmental remediation efforts could expose us to possible liabilities for accidents or improper handling of contaminated materials during construction. These and other risks related to environmental matters are described in more detail in Item 1a., "Risk1A. “Risk Factors."


We believe that more government regulation of energy use, along with a greater focus on environmental protection, may, over time, have a significant impact on urban growth patterns. If changes in zoning to encourage greater density and proximity to mass transit do occur, such changes could benefit multifamily housing and those companies with a competency in high-density development. However, there can be no assurance as to whether or when such changes in regulations or zoning will occur or, if they do occur, whether the multifamily industry or the Company will benefit from such changes.


Other Information


We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC at 1-202-551-8090 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. Our SEC filings are also available to the public from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.


We maintain a website at www.avalonbay.com. Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, filed or furnished pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available free of charge in the "Investors"“Investor Relations” section of our website as soon as reasonably practicable after the reports are filed with or furnished to the


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SEC. In addition, the charters of our Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee, as well as our Director Independence Standards, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Policy Regarding Shareholder Rights Agreement,Agreements, Policy Regarding Shareholder Approval of Future Severance Agreements, Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines, Policy on Political Contributions and Government Relations, and Policy foron Recoupment, of Incentive Compensation, are available free of charge in that section of our website or by writing to AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Ballston Tower, Suite 800, 671 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington, Virginia 22203, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. To the extent required by the rules of the SEC and the NYSE, we will disclose amendments and waivers relating to these documents in the same place on our website.


We were incorporated under the laws of the State of California in 1978. In 1995, we reincorporated in the State of Maryland and have been focused on the ownership and operation of apartment communities since that time. As of January 31, 2014,2017, we had 2,9003,071 employees.


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ITEM 1a.1A.    RISK FACTORS

Our operations involve various risks that could have adverse consequences, including those described below. This Item 1a.1A. includes forward-looking statements. You should refer to our discussion of the qualifications and limitations on forward-looking statements in this Form 10-K.


Development, redevelopment, construction and constructionoperating risks could affect our profitability.


We intend to continue to develop and redevelop apartment home communities. These activities can include long planning and entitlement timelines and can involve complex and costly activities, including significant environmental remediation or construction work in high-density urban areas. These activities may be exposed to the following risks:


we may abandon opportunities that we have already begun to explore for a number of reasons, including changes in local market conditions or increases in construction or financing costs, and, as a result, we may fail to recover expenses already incurred in exploring those opportunities;

occupancy rates and rents at a community may fail to meet our original expectations for a number of reasons, including changes in market and economic conditions beyond our control and the development by competitors of competing communities;

we may be unable to obtain, or experience delays in obtaining, necessary zoning, occupancy, or other required governmental or third party permits and authorizations, which could result in increased costs or the delay or abandonment of opportunities;

we may incur costs that exceed our original estimates due to increased material, labor or other costs;

we may be unable to complete construction and lease-up of a community on schedule, resulting in increased construction and financing costs and a decrease in expected rental revenues;

we may be unable to obtain financing with favorable terms, or at all, for the proposed development of a community, which may cause us to delay or abandon an opportunity;

we may incur liabilities to third parties during the development process, for example, in connection with managing existing improvements on the site prior to tenant terminations and demolition (such as commercial space) or in connection with providing services to third parties (such as the construction of shared infrastructure or other improvements); and

we may incur liability if our communities are not constructed and operated in compliance with the accessibility provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Acts, the Fair Housing Act or other federal, state or local requirements. Noncompliance could result in imposition of fines, an award of damages to private litigants, and a requirement that we undertake structural modifications to remedy the noncompliance.


We estimate construction costs based on market conditions at the time we prepare our budgets, and our projections include changes that we anticipate but cannot predict with certainty. Construction costs may increase, particularly for labor and certain materials and, for some of our Development Communities and Development Rights (as defined below), the total construction costs may be higher than the original budget. Total capitalized cost includes all capitalized costs incurred and projected to be incurred to develop or redevelop a community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including:


land and/or property acquisition costs;

fees paid to secure air rights and/or tax abatements;

construction or reconstruction costs;

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real estate taxes;

capitalized interest and insurance;

loan fees;

permits;

professional fees;

allocated development or redevelopment overhead; and

other regulatory fees.


Costs to redevelop communities that have been acquired have, in some cases, exceeded our original estimates and similar increases in costs may be experienced in the future. We cannot assure you that market rents in effect at the time new development or redevelopment communities complete lease-up will be sufficient to fully offset the effects of any increased construction or reconstruction costs.



The construction and maintenance of our communities includes a risk of major casualty events that could materially damage our property and the property of others and pose the risk of personal injury. While we carry insurance for such risks in amounts we deem reasonable, we cannot assure that such insurance will be adequate, and when we have incurred and in the future may incur such casualties we are subject to losses on account of deductibles and self-insured amounts in any event. Such casualties may also expose us in the future to higher insurance premiums, greater construction or operating costs (either voluntarily assumed by us or as a result of new local regulations), and risks to our reputation among prospective residents or municipalities from which we may seek approvals in the future, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and our financial condition and results of operations.

Unfavorable changes in market and economic conditions could adversely affect occupancy, rental rates, operating expenses, and the overall market value of our assets, including joint ventures and investments in the Funds.


Local conditions in our markets significantly affect occupancy, rental rates and the operating performance of our communities. The risks that may adversely affect conditions in those markets include the following:


corporate restructurings and/or layoffs, industry slowdowns and other factors that adversely affect the local economy;

an oversupply of, or a reduced demand for, apartment homes;

a decline in household formation or employment or lack of employment growth;

the inability or unwillingness of residents to pay rent increases;

rent control or rent stabilization laws, or other laws regulating housing, that could prevent us from raising rents to offset increases in operating costs; and

economic conditions that could cause an increase in our operating expenses, such as increases in property taxes, utilities, compensation of on-site associates and routine maintenance.


Changes in applicable laws, or noncompliance with applicable laws, could adversely affect our operations or expose us to liability.


We must develop, construct and operate our communities in compliance with numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations, some of which may conflict with one another or be subject to limited judicial or regulatory interpretations. These laws and regulations may include zoning laws, building codes, landlord tenant laws and other laws generally applicable to business operations. Noncompliance with laws could expose us to liability.


Lower revenue growth or significant unanticipated expenditures may result from our need to comply with changes in (i) laws imposing remediation requirements and the potential liability for environmental conditions existing on properties or the restrictions on discharges or other conditions, (ii) rent control or rent stabilization laws or other residential landlord/tenant laws, or (iii) other governmental rules and regulations or enforcement policies affecting the development, use and operation of our communities, including changes to building codes and fire and life-safety codes.


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We have seen a recent increase in municipalities considering or being urged by advocacy groups to consider rent control or rent stabilization laws and regulations or take other actions which could limit our ability to raise rents based solely on market conditions. Depending on the nature of Contents

such laws or regulations and the number of our communities that become subject to any such restriction on rent increases, our revenues and net income could be adversely affected. For example, in 2016 in Mountain View, California, the voters passed a referendum that would limit rent increases on existing tenants (but not on new move-ins) in communities built before 1995. We have three communities with a total of 946 apartment homes that would be subject to the new law, although the implementation of the Mountain View ordinance is currently stayed in connection with a lawsuit challenging the ordinance filed by the California Apartment Association.


Short-term leases expose us to the effects of declining market rents.


Substantially all of our apartment leases are for a term of one year or less. Because these leases generally permit the residents to leave at the end of the lease term without penalty, our rental revenues are impacted by declines in market rents more quickly than if our leases were for longer terms.


Competition could limit our ability to lease apartment homes or increase or maintain rents.


Our apartment communities compete with other housing alternatives to attract residents, including other rental apartments, condominiums and single-family homes that are available for rent, as well as new and existing condominiums and single-family homes for sale. Competitive residential housing in a particular area could adversely affect our ability to lease apartment homes and to increase or maintain rental rates.


Attractive investment opportunities may not be available, which could adversely affect our profitability.


We expect that other real estate investors, including insurance companies, pension funds, other REITs and other well-capitalized investors, will compete with us to acquire existing properties and to develop new properties. This competition could increase prices for properties of the type we would likely pursue and adversely affect our profitability.

profitability for new investments.


Capital and credit market conditions may adversely affect our access to various sources of capital and/or the cost of capital, which could impact our business activities, dividends, earnings, and common stock price, among other things.


In periods when the capital and credit markets experience significant volatility, the amounts, sources and cost of capital available to us may be adversely affected. We primarily use external financing to fund construction and to refinance indebtedness as it matures. If sufficient sources of external financing are not available to us on cost effective terms, we could be forced to limit our development and redevelopment activity and/or take other actions to fund our business activities and repayment of debt, such as selling assets, reducing our cash dividend or paying out less than 100% of our taxable income. To the extent that we are able and/or choose to access capital at a higher cost than we have experienced in recent years (reflected in higher interest rates for debt financing or a lower stock price for equity financing) our earnings per share and cash flows could be adversely affected. In addition, the price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly and/or decline in a high interest rate or volatile economic environment. We believe that the lenders under our Credit Facility will fulfill their lending obligations thereunder, but if economic conditions deteriorate, there can be no assurance that the ability of those lenders to fulfill their obligations would not be adversely impacted.


Insufficient cash flow could affect our debt financing and create refinancing risk.


We are subject to the risks associated with debt financing, including the risk that our cash flow will be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest. In this regard, we note that in order for us to continue to qualify as a REIT, we are required to annually distribute dividends generally equal to at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction and ourexcluding any net capital gain. This requirement limits the amount of our cash flow available to meet required principal and interest payments. The principal outstanding balance on a portion of our debt will not be fully amortized prior to its maturity. Although we may be able to repay our debt by using our cash flows, we cannot assure you that we will have sufficient cash flows available to make all required principal payments. Therefore, we may need to refinance at least a portion of our outstanding debt as it matures. There is a risk that we may not be able to refinance existing debt or that a refinancing will not be done on as favorable terms; either of these outcomes could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.


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Rising interest rates could increase interest costs and could affect the market price of our common stock.


We currently have, and may in the future incur, contractual variable interest rate debt. In addition, we regularly seek access to both fixed and variable rate debt financing to repay maturing debt and to finance our development and redevelopment activity. Accordingly, if interest rates increase, our interest costs will also rise, unless we have made arrangements that hedge the risk of rising interest rates. In addition, an increase in market interest rates may lead purchasers of our common stock to demand a greater annual dividend yield, which could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.


Bond financing and zoning compliance requirements could limit our income, restrict the use of communities and cause favorable financing to become unavailable.


We have financed some of our apartment communities with obligations issued by local government agencies because the interest paid to the holders of this debt is generally exempt from federal income taxes and, therefore, the interest rate is generally more favorable to us. These obligations are commonly referred to as "tax-exempt bonds"“tax-exempt bonds” and generally must be secured by mortgages on our communities. As a condition to obtaining tax-exempt financing, or on occasion as a condition to obtaining favorable zoning in some jurisdictions, we will commit to make some of the apartments in a community available to households whose income does not exceed certain thresholds (e.g., 50% or 80% of area median income), or who meet other qualifying tests. As of December 31, 2013,2016, approximately 6%5.8% of our apartment homes at current operating communities were under income limitations such as these. These commitments, which may run without expiration or may expire after a period of time (such as 15 or 20 years), may limit our ability to raise rents and, in consequence, can also adversely affect the value of the communities subject to these restrictions.

In addition, some of our tax-exempt bond financing documents require us to obtain a guarantee from a financial institution of payment of the principal of, and interest on, the bonds. The guarantee may take the form of a letter of credit, surety bond, guarantee agreement or other additional collateral. If the financial institution defaults in its guarantee obligations, or if we are unable to renew the applicable guarantee or otherwise post satisfactory collateral, a default will occur under the applicable tax-exempt bonds and the community could be foreclosed upon if we do not redeem the bonds.


Risks related to indebtedness.


We have a Credit Facility with Banka syndicate of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing lender, issuing bank and a bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as a bank and as syndication agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Morgan Stanley Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., each as a bank and as documentation agent, Barclays Bank PLC as a bank and as co-documentation agent, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as a co-documentation agent, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, The Bank of New York Mellon, Compass Bank, PNC Bank, National Association, and Suntrust Bank, each as a bank and as a managing agent, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., and Capital One, N.A., each as a bank and as a co-agent, and the other bank parties signatory thereto.commercial banks. Our organizational documents do not limit the amount or percentage of indebtedness that may be incurred. Accordingly, subject to compliance with outstanding debt covenants, we could incur more debt, resulting in an increased risk of default on our obligations and an increase in debt service requirements that could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.


The mortgages on those of our properties that are subject to secured debt, our Credit Facility and the indenture under which a substantial portion of our debt was issued contain customary restrictions, requirements and other limitations, as well as certain financial and operating covenants including maintenance of certain financial ratios. Maintaining compliance with these restrictions could limit our flexibility. A default in these requirements, if uncured, could result in a requirement that we repay indebtedness, which could severely affect our liquidity and increase our financing costs. Refer to


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Item 7., "Management's “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,"Operations” for further discussion.


The mortgages on those of our properties subject to secured debt generally include provisions which stipulate a prepayment penalty or payment that we will be obligated to pay in the event that we elect to repay the mortgage note prior to the earlier of (i) the stated maturity of the note, or (ii) the date at which the mortgage note is prepayable without such penalty or payment. If we elect to repay some or all of the outstanding principal balance for our mortgage notes, we may incur prepayment penalties or payments under these provisions which could adversely affect our results of operations.


Failure to maintain our current credit ratings could adversely affect our cost of funds, related margins, liquidity and access to capital markets.


There are two major debt rating agencies that routinely evaluate and rate our debt. Their ratings are based on a number of factors, which include their assessment of our financial strength, liquidity, capital structure, asset quality, amount of real estate under development, and sustainability of cash flow and earnings, among other factors. If market conditions change, we may not be able to maintain our current credit ratings, which could adversely affect our cost of funds and related margins, liquidity and access to capital markets.


Debt financing may not be available and equity issuances could be dilutive to our stockholders.


Our ability to execute our business strategy depends on our access to an appropriate blend of debt and equity financing. Debt financing may not be available in sufficient amounts or on favorable terms. If we issue additional equity securities, the interests of existing stockholders could be diluted.


Failure to generate sufficient revenue or other liquidity needs could limit cash flow available for distributions to stockholders.


A decrease in rental revenue, or liquidity needs such as the repayment of indebtedness or funding of our development activities, could have an adverse effect on our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders. Significant expenditures associated with each community such as debt service payments, if any, real estate taxes, insurance and maintenance costs are generally not reduced when circumstances cause a reduction in income from a community.


The form, timing and/or amount of dividend distributions in future periods may vary and be impacted by economic and other considerations.


The form, timing and/or amount of dividend distributions will be declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on actual cash from operations, our financial condition, capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code and other factors as the Board of Directors may consider relevant. The Board of Directors may modify our dividend policy from time to time.



We may choose to pay dividends in our own stock, in which case stockholders may be required to pay tax in excess of the cash they receive.


We may distribute taxable dividends that are payable in part in our stock, as we did in the fourth quarter of 2008. Taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend as income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. stockholder may be required to pay tax with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash received. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the


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sale. Furthermore, with respect to non-U.S. stockholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock. In addition, the trading price of our stock would experience downward pressure if a significant number of our stockholders sell shares of our stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividends.


Difficulty of selling apartment communities could limit liquidity and financial flexibility.


Federal tax laws may limit our ability to earn a gain on the sale of a community (unless we own it through a subsidiary which will incur a taxable gain upon sale) if we are found to have held, acquired or developed the community primarily with the intent to resell the community, and this limitation may affect our ability to sell communities without adversely affecting returns to our stockholders. In addition, real estate in our markets can at times be difficult to sell quickly at prices we find acceptable. These potential difficulties in selling real estate in our markets may limit our ability to change or reduce the apartment communities in our portfolio promptly in response to changes in economic or other conditions.


Acquisitions may not yield anticipated results.


Our business strategy includes acquiring as well as developing communities. Our acquisition activities and their success may be exposed to the following risks:


an acquired property may fail to perform as we expected in analyzing our investment; and

our estimate of the costs of repositioning or redeveloping an acquired property may prove inaccurate.


Failure to succeed in new markets, or with new brands and community formats, or in activities other than the development, ownership and operation of residential rental communities may have adverse consequences.


We may from time to time commence development activity or make acquisitions outside of our existing market areas if appropriate opportunities arise. Our historical experience in our existing markets in developing, owning and operating rental communities does not ensure that we will be able to operate successfully in new markets, should we choose to enter them. We may be exposed to a variety of risks if we choose to enter new markets, including an inability to accurately evaluate local apartment market conditions; an inability to obtain land for development or to identify appropriate acquisition opportunities; an inability to hire and retain key personnel; and lack of familiarity with local governmental and permitting procedures.


Although we are primarily in the multifamily business, we also own and lease ancillary retail space when a retail component represents the best use of the space, as is often the case with large urban in-fill developments. We also may engage or have an interest in for-sale activity. We may be unsuccessful in owning and leasing retail space at our communities or in developing real estate with the intent to sell, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

        We are currently implementing two new brands of communities that target various customer preferences. We cannot assure that these brands will be successful or that our costs in developing and implementing these brands will result in incremental revenue and earnings.


Land we hold with no current intent to develop may be subject to future impairment charges.


We own parcels of land that we do not currently intend to develop. As discussed in Item 2., "Communities— “Communities—Other Land and Real Estate Assets," in the event that the fair market value of a parcel changes such that we determine that the carrying basis of the parcel reflected in our financial statements is greater than the parcel's then current fair value, less costs to dispose, we would be subject to an impairment charge, which would reduce our net income.


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Risks involved in


We are exposed to various risks from our real estate activity through joint ventures.


Instead of acquiring or developing apartment communities directly, at times we invest as a partner or a co-venturer. Joint venture investments (including investments through partnerships or limited liability companies) involve risks, including the possibility that our partner might become insolvent or otherwise refuse to make capital contributions when due; that we may be responsible to our partner for indemnifiable losses; that our partner might at any time have business goals that are inconsistent with ours; and that our partner may be in a position to take action or withhold consent contrary to our instructions or requests. Frequently, we and our partner may each have the right to trigger a buy-sell arrangement that could cause us to sell our interest, or acquire our partner's interest, at a time when we otherwise would not have initiated such a transaction.


RisksWe are exposed to risks associated with an investment in and management of discretionary real estate investment funds and joint ventures.


We formed Fund I and Fund II, in which we have an equity interest of 15.2% and 31.3%, and as part of the Archstone Acquisition we acquired equity interests in the U.S. Fund and the AC JV of 28.6% and 20.0%, respectively, which, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, we manage as the general partner and managing member and in which at December 31, 2013 we have an aggregate equity investment, excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of each respective fund, of approximately $270,178,000, net of distributions to us and excluding our purchase of a mortgage note secured by a Fund I community.member. The investment periods for Fund I, Fund II and the U.S. Fund are over. TheseThe Funds and joint ventures (collectively, the "ventures") present risks, including the following:


our subsidiaries that are the general partners of the Fundsventures are generally liable, under partnership law, for the debts and obligations of the respective Funds,ventures, subject to certain exculpation and indemnification rights pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement of the Funds;

ventures;
investors in the Fundsventures holding a majority of the partnership interests may remove us as the general partner without cause, in the case of Fund II, subject to our right to receive compensation for an additional period of management fees after such removal and our right to acquire one of the properties then held by the Funds;

such ventures;
while we have broad discretion to manage the Funds and make investment decisions on behalf of the Funds,ventures, the investors or an advisory committee comprised of representatives of the investors must approve certain matters, and as a result we may be unable to cause the Fundsventures to implement certain decisions that we consider beneficial; and

we may be liable and/or our status as a REIT may be jeopardized if either the Funds,ventures, or the REIT entities associated with the Funds and/or the U.S. Fund and/or AC JV,ventures, fail to comply with various tax or other regulatory matters.


The governance provisions of our joint ventures with Equity Residential could adversely affect our flexibility in dealing with such joint venture assets and liabilities.


In connection with the Archstone Acquisition, we created joint ventures with Equity Residential that manage or have an interest in certain of the acquired assets and liabilities. These structures involve participation in the ventures by Equity Residential whose interests and rights may not be the same as ours. Joint ownership of an investment in real estate involves risks not associated with direct ownership of real estate, including the risk that Equity Residential may at any time have economic or other business interests or goals which become inconsistent with our business interests or goals, including inconsistent goals relating to the sale of properties held in the joint ventures or the timing of the termination and liquidation of the joint ventures. Under the form for the joint venture arrangements, neither we nor Equity Residential expect to individually have the sole power to control the ventures, and an impasse


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could occur, which wouldcould adversely affect the applicable joint venture and decrease potential returns to us and our investors.


We rely on information technology in our operations, and any breach, interruption or security failure of that technology could have a negative impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and/or financial condition.

reputation.


Information security risks have generally increased in recent years due to the rise in new technologies and the increased sophistication and activities of perpetrators of cyber attacks.


We collect and hold personally identifiable information of our residents and prospective residents in connection with our leasing and property management activities, and we collect and hold personally identifiable information of our associates in connection with their employment. In addition, we engage third party service providers that may have access to such personally identifiable information in connection with providing necessary information technology and security and other business services to us.


We address potential breaches or disclosure of this confidential personally identifiable information by implementing a variety of security measures intended to protect the confidentiality and security of this information including (among others) engaging reputable, recognized firms to help us design and maintain our information technology and data security systems, including testing and verification of their proper and secure operations on a periodic basis. We also maintain cyber risk insurance to coverprovide some coverage for certain risks arising out of data and network breaches.



However, athere can be no assurance that we will be able to prevent unauthorized access to this information. Any failure in or breach of our operational or information security systems, or those of our third party service providers, as a result of cyber attacks or information security breaches could result in a wide range of potentially serious harm to our business operations and financial prospects, including (among others) disruption of our business and operations, disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information (including personal information of our residents and/or associates), damage to our reputation, and/or potentially significant legal and/or financial liabilities.

Riskliabilities and penalties.


We are exposed to risks that are either uninsurable, not economically insurable or in excess of earthquake damage.our insurance coverage, including risks discussed below.

Earthquake risk.

As further described in Item 2., "Communities— “Communities—Insurance and Risk of Uninsured Losses," many of our West Coast communities are located in the general vicinity of active earthquake faults. We cannot assure you that an earthquake would not cause damage or losses greater than insured levels. In the event of a loss in excess of insured limits, we could lose our capital invested in the affected community, as well as anticipated future revenue from that community. We would also continue to be obligated to repay any mortgage indebtedness or other obligations related to the community. Any such loss could materially and adversely affect our business and our financial condition and results of operations.


Insurance coverage for earthquakes can be costly due toand in limited industry capacity.supply. As a result, we may experience shortages in desired coverage levels if market conditions are such that insurance is not available or the cost of insurance makes it, in management's view, economically impractical.


Severe or inclement weather risk. Particularly in New England and the Metro New York/New Jersey area, we are exposed to risks associated with inclement or severe weather, including hurricanes, severe winter storms and coastal flooding. Severe or inclement weather may result in increased costs, such as losses and costs resulting from repair of water and wind damage, removal of snow and ice, and, in the case of our development communities, delays in construction that result in increased construction costs and delays in realizing rental revenues from a community. In addition, severe or inclement weather could increase the need for maintenance of our communities.

Where we have a geographic concentration of exposures, a single catastrophe that affects a region, such as an earthquake that affects the West Coast or a hurricane or severe winter storm that affects the Mid-Atlantic, Metro New York/New Jersey or New England regions, may have a significant negative effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Climate change risk. To the extent that significant changes in the climate occur in areas where our communities are located, we may experience extreme weather and changes in precipitation and temperature, all of which may result in physical damage to or a decrease in demand for properties located in these areas or affected by these conditions. Should the impact of climate change be material in nature, including significant property damage to or destruction of our communities, or occur for lengthy periods of time, our financial condition or results of operations may be adversely affected. In addition, changes in federal, state and local legislation and regulation based on concerns about climate change could result in increased capital expenditures on our existing properties and our new development properties (for example, to improve their energy efficiency and/or resistance to inclement weather) without a corresponding increase in revenue, resulting in adverse impacts to our net income.

Terrorism risk. We have significant investments in large metropolitan markets, such as the Metro New York/New Jersey and Washington, D.C. markets, that have in the past been or may in the future be the target of actual or threatened terrorist attacks. Future terrorist attacks in these markets could directly or indirectly damage our communities, both physically and financially, or cause losses that exceed our insurance coverage and that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

A significant uninsured property or liability loss could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.


In addition to the earthquake insurance discussed above, we carry commercial general liability insurance, property insurance and terrorism insurance with respect to our communities on terms and in amounts we consider commercially reasonable. There are, however, certain types of losses (such as losses arising from acts of war) that are not insured, in full or in part, because they are either uninsurable or the cost of insurance makes it, in management's view, economically impractical. If an uninsured property loss or a property loss in excess of insured limits were to occur, we could lose our capital invested in a community, as well as the anticipated future revenues from such community. We would also continue to


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be obligated to repay any mortgage indebtedness or other obligations related to the community. If an uninsured liability to a third party were to occur, we would incur the cost of defense and settlement with, or court ordered damages to, that third party. A significant uninsured property or liability loss could materially and adversely affect our business and our financial condition and results of operations.

We may incur costs and increased expenses to repair property damage resulting from inclement weather.

        Particularly in New England and the Metro New York/New Jersey area, we are exposed to risks associated with inclement weather, including increased costs related to winter weather, such as costs for the removal of snow and ice, repair of water and wind damage from storms, as well as from delays in construction. In addition, inclement weather could increase the need for maintenance and repair of our communities.


We may incur costs due to environmental contamination or non-compliance.


Under various federal, state and local environmental and public health laws, regulations and ordinances, we may be required, regardless of knowledge or responsibility, to investigate and remediate the effects of hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum product releases at our properties (including in some cases natural substances such as methane and radon gas) and may be held liable under these laws or common law to a governmental entity or to third parties for property, personal injury or natural resources damages and for investigation and remediation costs incurred as a result of the contamination. These damages and costs may be substantial and may exceed any insurance coverage we have for such events. The presence of suchthese substances, or the failure to properly remediate the contamination, may adversely affect our ability to borrow against, develop, sell or rent the affected property. In addition, some environmental laws create or allow a government agency to impose a lien on the contaminated site in favor of the government for damages and costs it incurs as a result of the contamination.


The development, construction and operation of our communities are subject to regulations and permitting under various federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances, which regulate matters including wetlands protection, storm water runoff and wastewater discharge. SuchThese laws and regulations may impose restrictions on the manner in which our communities may be developed, and noncompliance with suchthese laws and regulations may subject us to fines and penalties. We do not currently anticipate that we will incur any material liabilities as a result of noncompliance with these laws.


Certain federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances govern the removal, encapsulation or disturbance of asbestos containing materials ("ACMs"(“ACMs”) when such materials are in poor condition or in the event of renovation or demolition of a building. These laws and the common law may impose liability for release of ACMs and may allow third parties to seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for personal injury associated with exposure to ACMs. We are not aware that any ACMs were used in the construction of the communities we developed. ACMs were, however, used in the construction of a number of the communities that we have acquired. We implement an operations and maintenance program at each of the communities at which ACMs are detected. We do not currently anticipate that we will incur any material liabilities as a result of the presence of ACMs at our communities.


We are aware that some of our communities have lead paint and have implemented an operations and maintenance program at each of those communities. We do not currently anticipate that we will incur any material liabilities as a result of the presence of lead paint at our communities.

Environmental agencies and third parties may assert claims for remediation or personal injury based on the alleged actual or potential intrusion into buildings of chemical vapors from soils or groundwater underlying or in the vicinity of those buildings or on nearby properties. We currently do


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not anticipate that we will incur any material liabilities as a result of vapor intrusion at our communities.

All of our stabilized operating communities, and all of the communities that we are currently developing, have been subjected to at least a Phase I or similar environmental assessment, which generally does not involve invasive techniques such as soil or ground watergroundwater sampling. These assessments, together with subsurface assessments conducted on some properties, have not revealed, and we are not otherwise aware of, any environmental conditions that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business, assets, financial condition or results of operations. In connection with our ownership, operation and development of communities, from time to time we undertake substantial remedial action in response to the presence of subsurface or other contaminants, including contaminants in soil, groundwater and soil vapor beneath or affecting our buildings. In some cases, an indemnity exists upon which we may be able to rely if environmental liability arises from the contamination or remediation costs exceed estimates. There can be no assurance, however, that all necessary remediation actions have been or will be undertaken at our properties or that we will be indemnified, in full or at all, in the event that environmental liability arises.


Mold growth may occur when excessive moisture accumulates in buildings or on building materials, particularly if the moisture problem remains undiscovered or is not addressed over a period of time. Although the occurrence of mold at multifamily and other structures, and the need to remediate such mold, is not a new phenomenon, there has been increased awareness in recent years that certain molds may in some instances lead to adverse health effects, including allergic or other reactions. To help limit mold growth, we educate residents about the importance of adequate ventilation and request or require that they notify us when they see mold or excessive moisture. We have established procedures for promptly addressing and remediating mold or excessive moisture from apartment homes when we become aware of its presence regardless of whether we or the resident believe a health risk is presented. However, we cannot provide assurance that mold or excessive moisture will be detected and remediated in a timely manner. If a significant mold problem arises at one of our communities, we could be required to undertake a costly remediation program to contain or remove the mold from the affected community and could be exposed to other liabilities that may exceed any applicable insurance coverage.



Additionally, we have occasionally been involved in developing, managing, leasing and operating various properties for third parties. Consequently, we may be considered to have been an operator of such properties and, therefore, potentially liable for removal or remediation costs or other potential costs which relate to the release or presence of hazardous or toxic substances or petroleum products at such properties. We are not aware of any material environmental liabilities with respect to properties managed or developed by us or our predecessors for such third parties.


We cannot assure you that:


the environmental assessments described above have identified all potential environmental liabilities;

no prior owner created any material environmental condition not known to us or the consultants who prepared the assessments;

no environmental liabilities have developed since the environmental assessments were prepared;

the condition of land or operations in the vicinity of our communities, such as the presence of underground storage tanks, will not affect the environmental condition of our communities;

future uses or conditions, including, without limitation, changes in applicable environmental laws and regulations, will not result in the imposition of environmental liability; and

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Our success depends on key personnel whose continued service is not guaranteed.


Our success depends in part on our ability to attract and retain the services of executive officers and other personnel. Our executive officers make important capital allocation decisions or recommendations to our Board of Directors from among the opportunities identified by our regional offices. There is substantial competition for qualified personnel in the real estate industry, and the loss of several of our key personnel could adversely affect the Company.


Failure to qualify as a REIT would cause us to be taxed as a corporation, which would significantly reduce funds available for distribution to stockholders.


If we fail to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates (subject to any applicable alternative minimum tax). In addition, unless we are entitled to relief under applicable statutory provisions, we would be ineligible to make an election for treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year in which we lose our qualification. The additional tax liability resulting from the failure to qualify as a REIT would significantly reduce or eliminate the amount of funds available for distribution to our stockholders. Furthermore, we would no longer be required to make distributions to our stockholders. Thus, our failure to qualify as a REIT could also impair our ability to expand our business and raise capital, and would adversely affect the value of our common stock.


We believe that we are organized and qualified as a REIT, and we intend to operate in a manner that will allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT. However, we cannot assure you that we are qualified as a REIT, or that we will remain qualified in the future. This is because qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations and involves the determination of a variety of factual matters and circumstances not entirely within our control. Our qualification as a REIT will depend on our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, shareholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. In addition, future legislation, new regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions may significantly change the tax laws or the application of the tax laws with respect to qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes or the federal income tax consequences of this qualification.


Even if we qualify as a REIT, we will be subject to certain federal, state and local taxes on our income and property and on taxable income that we do not distribute to our shareholders. Our non-U.S. assets may be subject to foreign taxes. In addition, we may through our taxable REIT subsidiaries hold certain assets and engage in certain activities that a REIT could not engage in directly through our taxable REIT subsidiaries.directly. We also use taxable REIT subsidiaries to hold certain assets that we believe would be subject to the 100% prohibited transaction tax if sold at a gain outside of a taxable REIT subsidiary. Our domestic taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to U.S. tax as regular corporations. The Archstone Acquisition increased the amount of assets held through our taxable REIT subsidiaries.



Legislative or regulatory action related to federal income tax laws could adversely affect our stockholders and/or our business.

In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made to the federal income tax laws applicable to investments in REITs and similar entities. Additional changes to tax laws are likely to continue to occur in the future, and we cannot assure our stockholders that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of a stockholder. In addition, according to publicly released statements, a top legislative priority of the Trump administration and the current Congress may be significant reform of the Code, including significant changes to taxation of business entities and the deductibility of interest expense. There is a substantial lack of clarity around the likelihood, timing and details of any such tax reform and the impact of any potential tax reform on our business and on the price of our common stock. We cannot assure you that changes to tax laws and regulations will not have an adverse effect on an investment in our common stock.

The ability of our stockholders to control our policies and effect a change of control of our company is limited by certain provisions of our charter and bylaws and by Maryland law.


There are provisions in our charter and bylaws that may discourage a third party from making a proposal to acquire us, even if some of our stockholders might consider the proposal to be in their best interests. These provisions include the following:


Our charter authorizes our Board of Directors to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock without stockholder approval and to establish the preferences and rights, including voting rights, of any series of preferred stock issued. The Board of Directors may issue preferred stock without stockholder


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approval, which could allow the Board to issue one or more classes or series of preferred stock that could discourage or delay a tender offer or a change in control.


To maintain our qualification as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, not more than 50% in value of our outstanding stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by or for five or fewer individuals at any time during the last half of any taxable year. To maintain this qualification, and/or to address other concerns about concentrations of ownership of our stock, our charter generally prohibits ownership (directly, indirectly by virtue of the attribution provisions of the Code, or beneficially as defined in Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act) by any single stockholder of more than 9.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of any class or series of our stock. In general, under our charter, pension plans and mutual funds may directly and beneficially own up to 15% of the outstanding shares of any class or series of stock. Under our charter, our Board of Directors may in its sole discretion waive or modify the ownership limit for one or more persons, but is not required to do so even if such waiver would not affect our qualification as a REIT. Our Board of Directors waived this ownership limit with respect to the common stock issued to Lehman in connection with the Archstone Acquisition. These ownership limits may prevent or delay a change in control and, as a result, could adversely affect our stockholders' ability to realize a premium for their shares of common stock.


As a Maryland corporation, we are subject to the provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law. Maryland law imposes restrictions on some business combinations and requires compliance with statutory procedures before some mergers and acquisitions may occur, which may delay or prevent offers to acquire us or increase the difficulty of completing any offers, even if they are in our stockholders' best interests. In addition, other provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law permit the Board of Directors to make elections and to take actions without stockholder approval (such as classifying our Board such that the entire Board is not up for re-election annually) that, if made or taken, could have the effect of discouraging or delaying a change in control.


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ITEM 1b.1B.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.



ITEM 2.    COMMUNITIES

Our real estate investments consist primarily of current operating apartment communities, communities in various stages of development ("(“Development Communities"Communities”) and Development Rights (as defined below). Our current operating communities are further distinguished as Established Communities, Other Stabilized Communities, Lease-Up Communities, and Redevelopment Communities and exclude communities in which we obtained an indirect interest through joint ventures we formed with Equity Residential as part of the Archstone Acquisition.Unconsolidated Communities. While we generally establish the classification of communities on an annual basis, we mayintend to update the classification of communities during the calendar year to the extent that our plans with regard to the disposition or redevelopment of a community change during the year. The following is a description of each category:


Current Communities are categorized as Established, Other Stabilized, Lease-Up, Redevelopment or RedevelopmentUnconsolidated according to the following attributes:


Established Communities (also known as Same Store Communities) are consolidated communities where a comparison of operating results from the prior year to the current year is meaningful, as these communities were owned and had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of the beginning of the respective prior year. ForThe Established Communities for the year ended December 31, 2013, the Established Communities2016 are communities that are consolidated for financial reporting purposes, had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of January 1, 2012,2015, are not conducting or planning to conduct substantial redevelopment activities, and are not held for sale or planned for disposition within the current year. A community is considered to have stabilized occupancy at the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of development or redevelopment.



Other Stabilized Communities includesare all other completed consolidated communities that we own or have a direct or indirect ownership interest in, and that have stabilized occupancy, as defined above. Other Stabilized Communities do not include communities that are conducting or planning to conduct substantial redevelopment activities within the current year.



Lease-Up Communities are consolidated communities where construction has been complete for less than one year and where physical occupancy has not reached 95%.



Redevelopment Communities are consolidated communities where substantial redevelopment is in progress or is planned to begin during the current year. Redevelopment is considered substantial when capital invested during the reconstruction effort is expected to exceed the lesser of $5,000,000 or 10% of the community's pre-redevelopment basis and is expected to have a material impact on the operations of the community, including occupancy levels and future rental rates.


Unconsolidated Communities are communities that we have an indirect ownership interest in through our investment interest in an unconsolidated joint venture.

Development Communities are communities that are under construction and for which a final certificate or certificates of occupancy hasfor the entire community have not been received. These communities may be partially complete and operating.


Development Rights are development opportunities in the early phase of the development process for whichwhere we either have an option to acquire land or enter into a leasehold interest, for whichwhere we are the buyer under a long-term conditional contract to purchase land, or where we control the land through a ground lease or own land to develop a new community.community, or where we are the designated developer in a public-private partnership. We capitalize related pre-development costs incurred in pursuit of new developments for which we currently believe future development is probable.


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We currently lease our corporate headquarters located in Arlington, Virginia, under an operating lease. The lease term ends in 2020, subject to two five year renewal options. Allas well as our other regional and administrative offices are leased under operating leases.



As of December 31, 2013,2016, communities that we owned or held a direct or indirect interest in were classified as follows.

follows:

 
Number of
communities
 
Number of
apartment homes
Current Communities 
  
    
Established Communities: 
  
New England40
 9,009
Metro NY/NJ35
 11,084
Mid-Atlantic27
 9,575
Pacific Northwest13
 3,221
Northern California33
 9,987
Southern California43
 12,032
Total Established191
 54,908
    
Other Stabilized Communities: 
  
New England4
 1,032
Metro NY/NJ8
 2,024
Mid-Atlantic5
 1,607
Pacific Northwest1
 367
Northern California5
 1,455
Southern California10
 3,419
Non-Core3
 1,014
Total Other Stabilized36
 10,918
    
Lease-Up Communities12
 2,867
    
Redevelopment Communities4
 1,671
    
Unconsolidated Communities15
 4,174
    
Total Current Communities258
 74,538
    
Development Communities (1)27
 9,129
    
Total Communities285
 83,667
    
Development Rights25
 8,487

(1)Development Communities includes AVA North Point, expected to contain 265 apartment homes, which is being developed within a joint venture.

 
 Number of
communities
 Number of
apartment homes
 

Current Communities

       

Established Communities:

       

New England

  29  7,222 

Metro NY/NJ

  25  8,416 

Mid-Atlantic

  11  4,443 

Pacific Northwest

  10  2,387 

Northern California

  18  5,224 

Southern California

  22  5,827 
      

Total Established

  115  33,519 
      

Other Stabilized Communities:

       

New England

  17  3,749 

Metro NY/NJ

  19  5,876 

Mid-Atlantic

  25  8,206 

Pacific Northwest

  5  1,142 

Northern California

  17  5,502 

Southern California

  33  10,562 

Non-Core

  3  1,030 
      

Total Other Stabilized

  119  36,067 
      

Lease-Up Communities

  7  2,099 

Redevelopment Communities

  3  1,126 
      

Total Current Communities

  244  72,811 
      
      

Development Communities

  29  8,708 
      
      

Development Rights

  46  12,986 
      
      

Our holdings under each of the above categories are discussed on the following pages.



We generally establish the composition of our Established Communities portfolio annually. ForDetermined as of January 1 of each of the respective years, the Established Communities portfolios for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011, there2014 were 19, 11 and 14 communities added to the Established Communities portfolio, respectively, and 7, 17 and 7 communities removed, respectively. We anticipate updating the composition of our Established Communities portfolio as of both January 1, 2014 and April 1, 2014. The expected April 1, 2014 update is primarily to incorporate the stabilized apartment communities acquired in February 2013 as part of the Archstone acquisition, although we will also add previously existing assets that we owned that qualify for inclusion in our Established Communities portfolio as of April 1, 2014.follows:
Number of
communities
Established Communities as of December 31, 2013115
   Communities added67
   Communities removed (1):
        Redevelopment Communities(8)
        Disposed Communities(2)
Established Communities as of December 31, 2014172
   Communities added13
   Communities removed (1):
        Redevelopment Communities(4)
        Disposed Communities(3)
        Other Stabilized (2)(1)
Established Communities as of December 31, 2015177
   Communities added25
   Communities removed (1):
        Redevelopment Communities(3)
        Disposed Communities(6)
        Communities with multiple phases combined(2)
Established Communities as of December 31, 2016191

(1)We remove a community from our Established Communities portfolio for the upcoming year (and then generally maintain that designation) if we believe that planned activity for a community for the upcoming year will result in that community's expected operations not being comparable to the prior year period. We believe that a community's expected operations will not be comparable to the prior year period when we intend either (i) to undertake a significant capital renovation of the community, such that we would consider the community to be classified as a Redevelopment Community; or (ii) to dispose of a community through a sale or other disposition transaction.
(2)Avalon at Edgewater was moved from the Established Communities portfolio to the Other Stabilized portfolio as a result of the fire that occurred in January 2015.


Current Communities


Our Current Communities include garden-style apartment communities consisting of multi-story buildings in landscaped settings, as well as mid and high rise apartment communities in urban settings. As of January 31, 2014,2017, our current communitiesCurrent Communities consisted of 145 garden-style (of which 16 are mixed communities and/or include town homes), 22 high-rise and 77 mid-rise apartment communities.the following:
 
Number of
communities
 
Number of
apartment homes
   Garden-style (1)135
 41,147
   Mid-rise100
 26,968
   High-rise24
 6,923
Total Current Communities259
 75,038

(1)Includes 16 communities with 5,186 apartment homes that include town homes.

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Our communities generally offer a variety of quality amenities and features, which may include:


fully-equipped kitchens;

lofts and vaulted ceilings;

walk-in closets;

fireplaces;

patios/decks; and

modern appliances.



Other features at various communities may include:


swimming pools;

fitness centers;

tennis courts; and

wi-fi lounges.


As described in Item 1,1. “Business,” we operate under three core brandsAvalon, AVA andEaves by Avalon. Our core"Avalon"Avalon” brand focuses on upscale apartment living and high end amenities and services."AVA"AVA” targets customers in high energy, transit-served urban neighborhoods and generally feature smaller apartments, many of which are designed for roommate living with an emphasis on modern design and a technology focus."Eaves by Avalon"Avalon” is targeted to the cost conscious, "value"“value” segment in suburban areas. We believe that these brands allow us to further penetrate our existing markets by targeting our market by consumer preference and attitude as well as by location and price.


We also have an extensive and ongoing maintenance program to continually maintain and enhance our communities and apartment homes. The aesthetic appeal of our communities and a service-oriented property management team, focused on the specific needs of residents, enhances market appeal to discriminating residents. We believe our mission ofEnhancing the Lives of our ResidentsCreating a Better Way To Live helps us achieve higher rental rates and occupancy levels while minimizing resident turnover and operating expenses.


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Our Current Communities are located in the following geographic markets:



 Number of
communities at
 Number of
apartment homes at
 Percentage of total
apartment homes at
 
Number of
communities at
 
Number of
apartment homes at
 
Percentage of total
apartment homes at

 1-31-13 1-31-14 1-31-13 1-31-14 1-31-13 1-31-14 1/31/2016 1/31/2017 1/31/2016 1/31/2017 1/31/2016 1/31/2017

New England

 42 49 9,652 11,868 18.4% 16.3%53
 50
 12,528
 11,783
 16.6% 15.7%

Boston, MA

 29 34 6,792 8,518 12.9% 11.7%39
 37
 9,639
 9,234
 12.8% 12.3%

Fairfield County, CT

 13 15 2,860 3,350 5.5% 4.6%
Fairfield-New Haven, CT14
 13
 2,889
 2,549
 3.8% 3.4%
           

Metro NY/NJ

 38 45 12,698 14,676 24.2% 20.2%49
 49
 14,843
 14,604
 19.7% 19.4%

Long Island, NY

 8 10 2,281 2,881 4.4% 4.0%

Northern New Jersey

 7 9 2,048 2,414 3.9% 3.3%

Central New Jersey

 8 9 3,258 3,642 6.2% 5.0%

New York, NY

 6 10 2,196 3,581 4.2% 4.9%
New York City, NY12
 12
 4,292
 4,583
 5.7% 6.1%

New York Suburban

 9 7 2,915 2,158 5.6% 3.0%17
 17
 4,949
 4,513
 6.6% 6.0%
New Jersey20
 20
 5,602
 5,508
 7.4% 7.3%
           

Mid-Atlantic

 21 37 8,493 13,118 16.2% 18.0%36
 39
 13,308
 14,374
 17.6% 19.2%

Washington Metro

 21 37 8,493 13,118 16.2% 18.0%
Washington Metro/Baltimore, MD36
 39
 13,308
 14,374
 17.6% 19.2%
           

Pacific Northwest

 12 16 2,810 3,794 5.4% 5.2%17
 17
 4,225
 4,092
 5.6% 5.5%

Seattle, WA

 12 16 2,810 3,794 5.4% 5.2%17
 17
 4,225
 4,092
 5.6% 5.5%
           

Northern California

 28 37 8,338 11,104 15.9% 15.3%41
 42
 12,158
 12,410
 16.0% 16.5%
San Jose, CA14
 13
 5,158
 4,905
 6.8% 6.5%

Oakland-East Bay, CA

 8 10 2,573 3,244 4.9% 4.5%11
 13
 3,338
 3,843
 4.4% 5.1%

San Francisco, CA

 11 14 2,535 3,207 4.8% 4.4%16
 16
 3,662
 3,662
 4.8% 4.9%

San Jose, CA

 9 13 3,230 4,653 6.2% 6.4%
           

Southern California

 37 57 10,436 17,221 19.9% 23.7%58
 59
 17,473
 16,761
 23.2% 22.3%

Los Angeles, CA

 18 34 4,636 10,344 8.8% 14.2%36
 38
 10,855
 11,291
 14.5% 15.0%

Orange County, CA

 11 13 3,017 3,745 5.8% 5.1%12
 12
 3,715
 3,243
 4.9% 4.3%

San Diego, CA

 8 10 2,783 3,132 5.3% 4.3%10
 9
 2,903
 2,227
 3.8% 3.0%
           

Non-Core

  3  1,030 0.0% 1.4%3
 3
 1,014
 1,014
 1.3% 1.4%
                        

 178 244 52,427 72,811 100.0% 100.0%257
 259
 75,549
 75,038
 100.0% 100.0%
             
             



We manage and operate substantially all of our Current Communities. During the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, we completed construction of 4,9071,715 apartment homes in 12eight communities and sold 4,907twelve operating communities containing an aggregate of 4,026 apartment homes in 16 communities.homes. The average age of our Current Communities, on a weighted average basis according to number of apartment homes, is 19.619.3 years. When adjusted to reflect redevelopment activity, as if redevelopment were a new construction completion date, the weighted average age of our Current Communities is 13.512.5 years.


Of the Current Communities, as of January 31, 2014,2017, we owned (directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries):


242 operating communities, including 226 with a full fee simple, or absolute, ownership interest in 211 operating communities, 11 of whichand 16 that are on land subject to a land lease, four of which are dual-branded communities with each pair of dual-branded communities being governed by a single land lease. The leases expiringexpire in October 2026, November 2028, May 2041, July 2046, December 2061, September 2065, November 2067, December 2086, April 2095, May 2105, September 2105, April 2106, November 2106 and March 2142;


a general partnership interest and an indirect limited partnership interest in Fund I, Fund II, the U.S. Fund and the AC JV. Subsidiaries of Fund I own a fee simple interest in four operating communities, subsidiaries of Fund II own a fee simple interest in 12three operating communities, subsidiaries of the U.S. Fund own a fee simple interest in nineseven operating communities, of which one is subject to a land lease, and subsidiaries of the AC JV own a fee simple interest in twothree operating communities and one development community;communities;


a general partnership interest in one partnership structured as a "DownREIT,"“DownREIT,” as described more fully below, that owns one community; and

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For some communities, a land lease is used to support tax advantaged structures that ultimately allow us to purchase the land upon lease expiration. We have options to purchase the underlying land for certain of the land leases for which we have an absolute ownership interest that expire in October 2026, November 2028, May 2041, July 2046, December 2086 and April 2095.


We also hold, directly or through wholly-owned subsidiaries, the full fee simple ownership interest in 2625 of the 2927 Development CommunitiesCommunities. One Development Community is being developed within a joint venture and one Development Community is being developed with a leasehold interest in threeprivate development partner and we will own the multifamily rental portion of the Development Communities with the land leases expiring in July 2046, December 2086, and November 2106. Two of the three land leases (those expiring in 2046 and 2086) provide options for the Company to purchase the land at some point during the lease term.

development.


In our partnership structured as a DownREIT, one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries is the general partner, and there are limited partners whose interest in the partnership is represented by units of limited partnership interest. Limited partners are entitled to receive an initial distribution before any distribution is made to the general partner. Under the partnership agreement for the DownREIT, the distributions per unit paid to the holders of units of limited partnership interests are equal to our current common stock dividend amount. The holders of units of limited partnership interest have the right to present all or some of their units for redemption for a cash amount as determined by the partnership agreement and based on the fair value of our common stock. In lieu of a cash redemption by the partnership, we may elect to acquire any unit presented for redemption for one share of our common stock or for such cash amount. As of January 31, 2014,2017, there were 7,500 DownREIT partnership units outstanding. The DownREIT partnership is consolidated for financial reporting purposes.


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Profile of Current, Development and Unconsolidated Communities(1)(14)

 
  
  
 
Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
 
Average economic occupancy
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
 
City and state
 
Number
of homes
 
2013
 
2012
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 

CURRENT COMMUNITIES

                                 

NEW ENGLAND

                                 

Boston, MA

                                 

Avalon at Lexington

 Lexington, MA  198  230,926  1994  1,166  92.9% 95.1% 96.1%(2) 2,152  1.76  23,805 

Avalon Oaks

 Wilmington, MA  204  229,752  1999  1,126  81.4% 95.9% 96.5% 1,451  1.24  22,675 

Eaves Quincy

 Quincy, MA  245  224,538  1986/1996  916  90.6% 96.5% 96.8% 1,605  1.69  25,478 

Avalon Essex

 Peabody, MA  154  198,478  2000  1,289  90.3% 96.3% 97.0% 1,846  1.38  23,175 

Avalon Oaks West

 Wilmington, MA  120  133,376  2002  1,111  95.0% 96.1% 96.3% 1,588  1.37  17,360 

Avalon Orchards

 Marlborough, MA  156  175,399  2002  1,124  94.9% 96.6% 97.1% 1,679  1.44  22,772 

Avalon at Newton Highlands(11)

 Newton, MA  294  341,717  2003  1,162  92.2% 96.2% 94.7% 2,501  2.07  59,899 

Avalon at The Pinehills

 Plymouth, MA  192  151,712  2004/2011  790  95.0% 97.0% 96.0% 1,966  2.41  37,413 

Eaves Peabody

 Peabody, MA  286  250,624  2004  876  91.3% 96.0% 96.3% 1,490  1.63  35,433 

Avalon at Bedford Center

 Bedford, MA  139  159,912  2005  1,150  96.4% 96.4% 95.5% 2,035  1.70  25,040 

Avalon Chestnut Hill

 Chestnut Hill, MA  204  270,956  2007  1,328  93.1% 96.6% 94.9% 2,827  2.06  61,760 

Avalon Shrewsbury

 Shrewsbury, MA  251  272,880  2007  1,087  90.8% 96.1% 95.8% 1,576  1.39  36,304 

Avalon Danvers

 Danvers, MA  433  492,345  2006  1,137  93.3% 96.8% 95.5% 1,691  1.44  84,639 

Avalon at Lexington Hills

 Lexington, MA  387  484,560  2007  1,252  93.5% 95.8% 96.0% 2,336  1.79  88,237 

Avalon Acton

 Acton, MA  380  375,119  2007  987  88.9% 96.7% 96.7% 1,581  1.55  63,185 

Avalon Sharon

 Sharon, MA  156  175,389  2007  1,124  92.3% 97.3% 96.4% 1,826  1.58  30,457 

Avalon at Center Place(13)

 Providence, RI  225  222,835  1991/1997  990  88.9% 96.1% 96.1%(2) 2,523  2.45  37,046 

Avalon at Hingham Shipyard

 Hingham, MA  235  290,790  2009  1,237  89.4% 95.3% 94.4% 2,425  1.87  53,940 

Avalon Northborough

 Northborough, MA  382  182,757  2009/2010  478  91.4% 94.5% 96.3% 1,784  3.52  60,614 

Avalon Blue Hills

 Randolph, MA  276  269,675  2009  977  96.4% 94.7% 96.2% 1,534  1.49  45,908 

Avalon Cohasset

 Cohasset, MA  220  293,272  2012  1,333  89.5% 94.2% 70.8%(3) 1,999  1.41  54,980 

Avalon Andover

 Andover, MA  115  132,918  2012  1,156  90.4% 94.4% 63.1%(3) 1,868  1.52  26,059 

Eaves Burlington

 Burlington, MA  203  198,193  1988/2012  976  92.1% 96.1% 96.1%(3) 1,576  1.55  40,321 

Avalon at Prudential Center III

 Boston, MA  271  246,935  1968/1998  911  87.8% 96.1%(2) 95.2%(2) 3,311  3.49(2) 75,447 

Avalon at Prudential Center II

 Boston, MA  266  243,315  1968/1998  915  88.7% 96.1%(2) 95.2%(2) 3,357  3.53(2) 62,085 

Avalon at Prudential Center I

 Boston, MA  243  242,410  1968/1998  998  94.7% 96.1%(2) 94.9%(2) 3,452  3.33(2) 56,613 

Avalon Burlington

 Boston, MA  312  315,575  2013  1,011  86.9% 96.1%(3) N/A  1,812  1.72(3) 79,850 

Avalon Bear Hill

 Waltham, MA  324  391,394  1999/2013  1,208  93.5% 96.1%(3) N/A  2,570  2.04(3) 129,044 

Eaves North Quincy

 Quincy, MA  224  157,908  1977/2013  705  94.6% 96.1%(3) N/A  1,747  2.38(3) 53,572 

Avalon Natick

 Natick, MA  407  362,744  2011  891  95.1% 96.1%(3) N/A  2,992  3.23(3) 79,124 

Fairfield-New Haven, CT

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Eaves Trumbull

 Trumbull, CT  340  379,242  1997  1,115  91.2% 96.0% 96.0% 1,755  1.51  38,542 

Eaves Stamford

 Stamford, CT  238  222,165  1991  933  89.5% 96.1%(2) 96.2% 2,063  2.12(2) 41,315 

Avalon Wilton I

 Wilton, CT  102  158,259  1997  1,552  87.3% 95.5% 94.9%(2) 3,281  2.02  22,543 

Avalon Valley

 Danbury, CT  268  299,923  1999  1,119  92.2% 95.7% 96.1% 1,702  1.45  26,701 

Avalon on Stamford Harbor

 Stamford, CT  323  322,461  2003  998  90.7% 95.7% 95.5% 2,507  2.40  63,739 

Avalon New Canaan(12)

 New Canaan, CT  104  132,080  2002  1,270  94.2% 93.7% 94.5% 3,276  2.42  24,854 

Avalon at Greyrock Place

 Stamford, CT  306  315,380  2002  1,031  92.5% 95.5% 96.3% 2,300  2.13  72,267 

Avalon Danbury

 Danbury, CT  234  235,320  2005  1,006  92.7% 95.9% 96.1% 1,702  1.62  36,124 

Avalon Darien

 Darien, CT  189  242,675  2004  1,284  89.4% 95.8% 95.8% 2,855  2.13  42,995 

Avalon Milford I

 Milford, CT  246  217,077  2004  882  93.9% 96.0% 95.7% 1,595  1.74  32,022 

Avalon Huntington

 Shelton, CT  99  139,869  2008  1,413  91.9% 97.3% 96.0% 2,283  1.57  25,406 

Avalon Norwalk

 Norwalk, CT  311  310,629  2011  999  91.6% 96.7% 95.6% 2,079  2.01  74,254 

Avalon Wilton II

 Wilton, CT  100  128,716  2011  1,287  94.0% 95.6% 93.1% 2,408  1.79  30,376 

Avalon Shelton

 Shelton, CT  250  249,190  2013  997  88.8% 41.8%(3) N/A  3,789  1.59(3) 48,185 

Avalon East Norwalk

 Norwalk, CT  240  223,698  2013  932  87.9% 32.8%(3) N/A  3,423  1.20(3) 46,089 

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Profile of Current,

Development and Unconsolidated Communities(1)(14)

 
  
  
 
Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
 
Average economic occupancy
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
 
City and state
 
Number
of homes
 
2013
 
2012
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 

METRO NY/NJ

                                 

Long Island, NY

                                 

Avalon Commons

 Smithtown, NY  312  377,240  1997  1,209  96.2% 96.6% 97.3% 2,389  1.91  38,625 

Avalon Towers

 Long Beach, NY  109  124,611  1990/1995  1,143  90.8% 95.7% 96.4% 3,543  2.96  21,705 

Avalon Court

 Melville, NY  494  596,874  1997/2000  1,208  94.3% 96.2% 96.2% 2,725  2.17  61,981 

Avalon at Glen Cove(13)

 Glen Cove, NY  256  261,425  2004  1,021  95.3% 96.9% 96.6% 2,582  2.45  68,833 

Avalon Pines

 Coram, NY  450  545,989  2005/2006  1,213  94.2% 96.8% 96.0% 2,130  1.70  71,982 

Avalon at Glen Cove North(13)

 Glen Cove, NY  111  100,754  2007  908  91.0% 96.5% 97.0% 2,494  2.65  40,080 

Avalon Charles Pond

 Coram, NY  200  208,532  2009  1,043  94.5% 96.6% 95.8% 1,898  1.76  48,383 

Avalon Rockville Centre

 Rockville Centre, NY  349  349,048  2012  1,000  91.7% 96.7% 81.2%(3) 2,884  2.79  110,834 

Avalon Garden City

 Garden City, NY  204  288,443  2012  1,414  93.6% 95.4%(3) 28.8%(3) 3,541  2.39(3) 67,483 

Avalon Westbury

 Westbury, NY  396  401,496  2006/2013  1,014  94.4% 96.6%(3) N/A(3) 2,631  2.51(3) 119,210 

Northern New Jersey

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon Cove

 Jersey City, NJ  504  574,339  1997  1,140  92.9% 96.1% 96.0%(2) 3,246  2.74  111,502 

Avalon at Edgewater

 Edgewater, NJ  408  428,792  2002  1,051  91.7% 96.5% 96.7% 2,627  2.41  78,768 

Avalon at Florham Park

 Florham Park, NJ  270  330,410  2001  1,224  91.1% 96.7% 96.7% 2,853  2.25  43,460 

Avalon Lyndhurst

 Lyndhurst, NJ  328  330,408  2006  1,007  92.4% 96.2% 96.1% 2,224  2.12  79,022 

Avalon North Bergen

 North Bergen, NJ  164  146,170  2012  891  95.7% 97.0% 62.7%(3) 2,036  2.22  40,172 

Avalon at Wesmont Station

 Wood-Ridge, NJ  266  242,637  2012  912  93.2% 95.9% 48.4%(3) 1,997  2.10  57,459 

Avalon at Wesmont Station II

 Wood-Ridge, NJ  140  146,799  2013  1,049  97.9% 65.8%(3) N/A  2,998  1.88(3) 22,811 

Avalon Hackensack(13)

 Hackensack, NJ  226  228,184  2013  1,010  97.8% 49.3%(3) N/A  3,202  1.56(3) 44,270 

Central New Jersey

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon Run(10)

 Lawrenceville, NJ  632  707,592  1994/1996  1,120  91.9% 96.1% 96.1% 1,565  1.34  77,630 

Avalon Princeton Junction

 West Windsor, NJ  512  486,069  1988  949  92.6% 96.7% 96.6% 1,658  1.69  48,584 

Avalon at Freehold

 Freehold, NJ  296  317,356  2002  1,072  90.2% 96.7% 97.5% 1,918  1.73  35,295 

Avalon Run East

 Lawrenceville, NJ  312  341,320  2003  1,094  91.0% 96.5% 96.6% 1,914  1.69  52,734 

Avalon at Tinton Falls

 Tinton Falls, NJ  216  237,747  2007  1,101  94.9% 96.4% 96.8% 1,911  1.67  41,161 

Avalon West Long Branch

 West Long Branch, NJ  180  193,511  2011  1,075  92.2% 96.8% 98.0% 1,955  1.76  25,660 

Avalon Somerset

 Somerset, NJ  384  390,365  2013  1,017  90.1% 51.9%(3) 6.6%(3) 1,903  0.97(3) 75,894 

New York, NY

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon Riverview I(13)

 Long Island City, NY  372  332,991  2002  895  93.3% 96.8% 96.4% 3,460  3.74  97,654 

Avalon Bowery Place I

 New York, NY  206  152,725  2006  741  96.6% 96.7% 97.0% 5,094  6.64  95,323 

Avalon Riverview North(13)

 Long Island City, NY  602  477,665  2007  793  93.0% 96.6% 96.3% 3,276  3.99  169,007 

Avalon Bowery Place II

 New York, NY  90  73,596  2007  818  95.6% 96.5% 96.9% 4,682  5.53  57,689 

Avalon Morningside Park(13)

 New York, NY  295  245,320  2009  832  95.3% 96.2% 95.7% 3,467  4.01  115,114 

Avalon Fort Greene

 Brooklyn, NY  631  498,651  2010  790  94.8% 96.0% 96.0% 3,125  3.80  302,124 

Avalon Midtown West

 New York, NY  550  393,554  1998/2013  716  94.4% 93.4%(3) N/A  4,002  5.22(3) 346,771 

Avalon Clinton North

 New York, NY  339  181,672  2008/2013  536  91.4% 94.6%(3) N/A  3,200  5.65(3) 195,860 

Avalon Clinton South

 New York, NY  288  160,368  2007/2013  557  92.7% 93.7%(3) N/A  3,248  5.47(3) 166,439 

New York Suburban, NY

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Eaves Nanuet

 Nanuet, NY  504  608,842  1998  1,208  91.9% 96.9% 97.2% 2,224  1.78  57,368 

Avalon Green

 Elmsford, NY  105  113,538  1995  1,081  90.5% 95.5% 97.5% 2,447  2.16  13,748 

Avalon Willow

 Mamaroneck, NY  227  216,161  2000  952  91.6% 96.0% 96.4% 2,435  2.45  48,325 

The Avalon

 Bronxville, NY  110  118,952  1999  1,081  89.1% 93.2%(2) 96.0%(2) 4,135  3.56(2) 39,161 

Avalon White Plains

 White Plains, NY  407  372,406  2009  915  92.6% 96.2% 96.5% 2,984  3.14  152,755 

Avalon Green II

 Elmsford, NY  444  533,539  2012  1,202  90.5% 95.9% 55.0%(3) 2,519  2.01  104,549 
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Profile of Current, Development and Unconsolidated Communities(1)(14)

 
  
  
 
Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
 
Average economic occupancy
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
 
City and state
 
Number
of homes
 
2013
 
2012
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 

MID-ATLANTIC

                                 

Baltimore, MD

                                 

Avalon at Fairway Hills(10)

 Columbia, MD  720  724,027  1987/1996  1,006  94.2% 95.9%(2) 95.6%(2) 1,523  1.45(2) 58,877 

Eaves Columbia Town Center

 Columbia, MD  392  180,410  1986  460  90.9% 96.1% 95.8% 1,542  3.22  55,764 

Avalon Russett

 Laurel, MD  238  274,663  1999/2013  1,154  95.0% 95.1%(3) N/A  1,829  1.51(3) 60,215 

Washington Metro

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon at Foxhall

 Washington, DC  308  297,875  1982  967  93.5% 94.6% 93.7% 2,589  2.53  45,819 

Avalon at Gallery Place

 Washington, DC  203  184,157  2003  907  90.1% 96.1% 96.3% 2,913  3.08  49,118 

Eaves Washingtonian Center I

 Gaithersburg, MD  192  191,280  1996  996  94.3% 97.0% 96.4% 1,537  1.50  14,846 

Eaves Washingtonian Center II

 Gaithersburg, MD  96  99,386  1998  1,035  91.7% 96.7% 94.5% 1,739  1.62  8,424 

Avalon at Grosvenor Station

 North Bethesda, MD  497  476,585  2004  959  93.8% 95.2% 96.2% 1,975  1.96  83,925 

Avalon at Traville

 North Potomac, MD  520  573,717  2004  1,103  94.6% 96.8% 96.9% 1,929  1.69  70,383 

Eaves Fair Lakes

 Fairfax, VA  420  355,228  1989/1996  846  93.3% 96.4% 96.8% 1,552  1.77  38,532 

AVA Ballston

 Arlington, VA  344  294,271  1990  855  93.3% 95.3%(2) 92.8%(2) 2,207  2.46(2) 52,585 

Eaves Fairfax City

 Fairfax, VA  141  148,282  1988/1997  1,052  95.7% 96.1% 95.6%(2) 1,813  1.66  16,449 

Avalon Crescent

 McLean, VA  558  613,426  1996  1,099  94.1% 95.8% 96.2% 2,040  1.78  58,703 

Avalon at Arlington Square

 Arlington, VA  842  895,781  2001  1,064  94.3% 95.4% 95.7% 2,121  1.90  114,830 

Avalon Park Crest

 Tysons Corner, VA  354  288,231  2010  814  94.9% 83.7%(3) 29.4%(3) 2,480  2.55(3) 77,042 

Fairfax Towers

 Falls Church, VA  415  336,051  1978/2011  810  94.0% 96.4% 96.8% 1,747  2.08  93,255 

AVA H Street

 Washington, DC  138  95,594  2012  693  91.3% 72.2%(3) 4.7%(3) 2,775  2.89(3) 32,893 

Archstone First & M

 Washington, DC  469  410,812  2013  876  84.0% 80.6%(3) N/A  2,879  2.65(3) 200,037 

The Albemarle

 Washington, DC  228  256,610  1966/2013  1,123  95.2% 96.9%(3) N/A  2,637  2.27(3) 81,122 

Eaves Tunlaw Gardens

 Washington, DC  166  135,450  1944/2013  816  95.2% 96.3%(3) N/A  1,817  2.15(3) 41,079 

The Statesman

 Washington, DC  281  190,420  1961/2013  678  91.1% 96.1%(3) N/A  1,972  2.80(3) 76,888 

Eaves Glover Park

 Washington, DC  120  104,310  1953/2013  869  93.3% 96.6%(3) N/A  2,329  2.59(3) 37,710 

The Consulate

 Washington, DC  269  225,924  1978/2013  843  93.3% 94.2%(3) N/A  2,181  2.45(3) 84,714 

Oakwood Philadelphia(15)

 Philadelphia, PA  80  66,440  1945/2013  831  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  2.25(3) 36,235 

Avalon Ballston Place

 Arlington, VA  383  333,677  2001/2013  871  94.8% 95.3%(3) N/A  2,591  2.83(3) 165,782 

Eaves Tysons Corner

 Vienna, VA  217  209,940  1980/2013  967  91.7% 96.8%(3) N/A  1,798  1.80(3) 63,690 

Archstone Ballston Square

 Arlington, VA  714  626,170  1992/2013  877  93.1% 94.8%(3) N/A  2,374  2.57(3) 297,083 

Archstone Courthouse Place

 Arlington, VA  564  478,896  1999/2013  849  92.2% 94.9%(3) N/A  2,440  2.73(3) 242,381 

Avalon Reston Landing

 Reston, VA  400  398,192  2000/2013  995  93.5% 96.5%(3) N/A  1,831  1.77(3) 113,921 

Oakwood Arlington(15)

 Arlington, VA  184  154,376  1987/2013  839  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  2.24(3) 59,235 

PACIFIC NORTHWEST

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Seattle, WA

                                 

Avalon Redmond Place

 Redmond, WA  222  211,450  1991/1997  952  94.1% 95.4% 96.2% 1,577  1.58  32,519 

Avalon at Bear Creek

 Redmond, WA  264  288,250  1998  1,092  93.9% 95.6% 95.5% 1,582  1.38  37,722 

Avalon Bellevue

 Bellevue, WA  200  165,504  2001  828  92.5% 95.6% 96.5% 1,790  2.07  32,416 

Avalon RockMeadow

 Bothell, WA  206  243,958  2000  1,184  89.3% 95.5% 96.2% 1,430  1.15  26,193 

Avalon ParcSquare

 Redmond, WA  124  127,251  2000  1,026  90.3% 95.9% 96.3% 1,786  1.67  21,271 

Avalon Brandemoor

 Lynwood, WA  424  453,602  2001  1,070  93.4% 95.9% 96.1% 1,301  1.17  46,902 

AVA Belltown

 Seattle, WA  100  82,418  2001  824  91.0% 96.1% 97.2% 1,916  2.23  19,198 

Avalon Meydenbauer

 Bellevue, WA  368  331,945  2008  902  95.9% 96.5% 96.8% 1,856  1.98  91,339 

Avalon Towers Bellevue(13)

 Bellevue, WA  397  331,366  2011  835  91.7% 95.3% 95.4% 2,165  2.47  123,267 

AVA Queen Anne

 Seattle, WA  203  164,644  2012  811  92.1% 95.6% 69.0%(3) 2,011  2.37  53,785 

Avalon Brandemoor II

 Lynwood, WA  82  93,320  2011  1,138  91.5% 96.3% 94.0% 1,529  1.29  13,998 

AVA Ballard

 Seattle, WA  265  190,043  2012  717  92.1% 47.9%(3) N/A  2,814  1.88(3) 63,121 

Eaves Redmond Campus

 Redmond, WA  422  429,164  1991/2013  1,017  94.1% 94.4%(3) N/A  1,760  1.63(3) 114,623 

Archstone Redmond Lakeview

 Redmond, WA  166  141,000  1987/2013  849  97.6% 96.0%(3) N/A  1,478  1.67(3) 38,460 

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Profile of Current, Development and Unconsolidated Communities(1)(14)

 
  
  
 
Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
  
  
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
  
 
Number
of homes
 
Average economic occupancy
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 
 
 
City and state
 
2013
 
2012
 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

                                 

Oakland-East Bay, CA

                                 

Avalon Fremont

 Fremont, CA  308  316,052  1994  1,026  96.8% 96.3% 96.8% 2,031  1.91  59,134 

Eaves Dublin

 Dublin, CA  204  179,004  1989/1997  877  95.1% 96.4% 95.8% 1,836  2.02  29,575 

Eaves Pleasanton

 Pleasanton, CA  456  366,062  1988/1994  803  93.4% 96.5% 95.3% 1,794  2.16  79,416 

Eaves Union City

 Union City, CA  208  150,225  1973/1996  722  93.3% 96.4% 97.1% 1,516  2.02  23,866 

Eaves Fremont

 Fremont, CA  235  191,935  1985/1994  817  94.9% 96.4% 96.1% 1,835  2.17  42,895 

Avalon Union City

 Union City, CA  439  429,768  2009  979  93.2% 96.7% 96.3% 1,840  1.82  118,989 

Avalon Walnut Creek(13)

 Walnut Creek, CA  418  409,890  2010  981  95.2% 95.8% 95.8% 2,305  2.25  146,994 

Eaves Walnut Creek

 Walnut Creek, CA  510  380,542  1987/2013  746  94.3% 95.7%(3) N/A  1,614  2.07(3) 116,914 

Avalon Walnut Ridge I

 Walnut Creek, CA  106  80,942  2000/2013  764  90.6% 95.0%(3) N/A  1,952  2.43(3) 30,530 

Avalon Walnut Ridge II

 Walnut Creek, CA  360  251,901  1989/2013  700  96.1% 94.7%(3) N/A  1,698  2.30(3) 87.425 

San Francisco, CA

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Eaves Daly City

 Daly City, CA  195  141,411  1972/1997  725  95.9% 96.0% 97.0% 1,939  2.57  32,508 

AVA Nob Hill

 San Francisco, CA  185  108,962  1990/1995  589  95.7% 97.0% 97.2% 2,520  4.15  33,857 

Eaves San Rafael

 San Rafael, CA  254  221,780  1973/1996  873  91.7% 97.4% 96.4% 1,911  2.13  46,888 

Eaves Foster City

 Foster City, CA  288  222,364  1973/1994  772  93.1% 95.2% 91.9%(2) 2,073  2.56  50,505 

Avalon Pacifica

 Pacifica, CA  220  186,800  1971/1995  849  94.5% 96.9% 96.3% 1,898  2.17  33,192 

Avalon Sunset Towers

 San Francisco, CA  243  171,836  1961/1996  707  95.5% 95.2% 96.1%(2) 2,391  3.22  39,716 

Eaves Diamond Heights

 San Francisco, CA  154  123,047  1972/1994  799  96.1% 96.7% 96.1% 2,341  2.83  29,646 

Avalon at Mission Bay North

 San Francisco, CA  250  241,788  2003  967  94.0% 96.1% 96.7% 3,975  3.95  94,405 

Avalon at Mission Bay III

 San Francisco, CA  260  261,169  2009  1,004  97.3% 96.2% 96.3% 3,977  3.81  147,918 

Avalon Ocean Avenue

 San Francisco, CA  173  161,083  2012  931  95.4% 96.5% 47.5%(3) 3,104  3.22  58,152 

Archstone San Bruno

 San Bruno, CA  300  267,171  2004/2013  891  96.0% 94.9%(3) N/A  2,400  2.56(3) 112,220 

Archstone San Bruno II

 San Bruno, CA  185  156,583  2007/2013  846  96.2% 95.8%(3) N/A  2,275  2.58(3) 70,397 

Archstone San Bruno III

 San Bruno, CA  187  231,306  2010/2013  1,237  95.7% 95.6%(3) N/A  3,222  2.49(3) 98,567 

San Jose, CA

 

 

  
 
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Avalon Campbell

 Campbell, CA  348  326,796  1995  939  95.4% 95.2%(2) 95.7%(2) 2,041  2.07(2) 72,773 

Eaves San Jose

 San Jose, CA  440  322,992  1985/1996  734  94.4% 96.5%(2) 93.8%(2) 1,908  2.51(2) 84,791 

Avalon on the Alameda

 San Jose, CA  305  299,762  1999  983  94.8% 96.5% 96.2% 2,317  2.27  57,964 

Avalon Silicon Valley

 Sunnyvale, CA  710  653,929  1997/1998  921  95.9% 96.2% 95.2% 2,352  2.46  124,896 

Avalon Mountain View(12)

 Mountain View, CA  248  211,552  1986  853  96.4% 96.0% 96.3% 2,520  2.84  58,659 

Eaves Creekside

 Mountain View, CA  294  215,680  1962/1997  734  92.9% 95.9%(2) 96.5% 1,973  2.58(2) 44,425 

Avalon at Cahill Park

 San Jose, CA  218  218,177  2002  1,001  95.0% 96.2% 95.8% 2,361  2.27  53,284 

Avalon Towers on the Peninsula

 Mountain View, CA  211  218,392  2002  1,035  97.2% 96.0% 95.2% 3,333  3.09  66,654 

Avalon Willow Glen

 San Jose, CA  412  382,147  2002/2013  928  94.4% 95.0%(3) N/A  2,107  2.16(3) 131,888 

Eaves West Valley

 San Jose, CA  789  504,171  1970/2013  639  95.1% 95.0%(3) N/A  1,592  2.37(3) 211,273 

Eaves Mountain View at Middlefield

 Mountain View, CA  402  261,702  1969/2013  651  95.0% 96.0%(3) N/A  2,079  3.07(3) 137,629 

Eaves West Valley II

 San Jose, CA  84  71,136  2013  847  76.2% 26.2%(3) N/A  816  0.25(3) 17,291 

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Profile of Current, Development and Unconsolidated Communities(1)(14)

 
  
  
 
Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
  
  
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
  
 
Number
of homes
 
Average economic occupancy
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 
 
 
City and state
 
2013
 
2012
 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

                                 

Orange County, CA

                                 

AVA Newport

 Costa Mesa, CA  145  122,415  1956/1996  844  86.2% 96.0% 94.9%(2) 1,940  2.21  15,590 

Avalon Mission Viejo

 Mission Viejo, CA  166  124,600  1984/1996  751  93.4% 95.9% 96.6% 1,337  1.71  14,260 

Eaves South Coast

 Costa Mesa, CA  258  207,672  1973/1996  805  94.6% 95.4% 95.7% 1,616  1.92  33,541 

Eaves Santa Margarita

 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  301  229,593  1990/1997  763  92.7% 96.2% 94.4%(2) 1,490  1.88  31,766 

Eaves Huntington Beach

 Huntington Beach, CA  304  268,000  1971/1997  882  95.1% 96.0% 96.3% 1,606  1.75  34,138 

Avalon Anaheim Stadium

 Anaheim, CA  251  302,480  2009  1,205  86.5% 96.1% 95.4% 2,279  1.82  97,626 

Avalon Irvine

 Irvine, CA  279  243,157  2010  872  91.4% 95.0% 95.1% 1,851  2.02  77,501 

The Springs(6)

 Corona, CA  320  241,440  1987/2006  755  93.4% 96.6% 96.9% 1,099  1.41  30,047 

Eaves Lake Forest

 Lake Forest, CA  225  215,319  1975/2011  957  91.1% 96.4% 95.5% 1,538  1.55  26,728 

Avalon Irvine II

 Irvine, CA  179  160,987  2012  899  87.2% 76.1%(3) 8.3%(2) 1,916  1.62(3) 45,229 

Eaves Seal Beach

 Seal Beach, CA  549  387,594  1971/2013  706  91.3% 94.7%(3) N/A  1,731  2.32(3) 151,083 

San Diego, CA

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon at Mission Bay

 San Diego, CA  564  402,285  1969/1997  713  94.5% 96.5% 96.2% 1,514  2.05  68,132 

Eaves Mission Ridge

 San Diego, CA  200  207,700  1960/1997  1,039  91.0% 96.3% 95.9% 1,753  1.63  24,825 

AVA Cortez Hill

 San Diego, CA  299  230,395  1973/1998  771  92.0% 95.8% 92.3%(2) 1,729  2.15  46,367 

Avalon Fashion Valley

 San Diego, CA  161  183,802  2008  1,142  92.5% 96.8% 94.2% 2,380  1.80  64,884 

Eaves San Marcos

 San Marcos, CA  184  161,352  1988/2011  877  93.5% 96.2% 96.6% 2,381  1.70  16,662 

Eaves Rancho Penasquitos

 San Diego, CA  250  191,256  1986/2011  765  92.8% 96.2% 94.4% 2,382  1.86  33,872 

Archstone La Jolla Colony

 San Diego, CA  180  137,036  1987/2013  761  91.1% 97.0%(3) N/A  2,383  2.14(3) 46,094 

Eaves La Mesa

 La Mesa, CA  168  139,428  1989/2013  830  93.5% 95.8%(3) N/A  2,384  1.80(3) 39,069 

Los Angeles, CA

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

AVA Burbank

 Burbank, CA  748  530,160  1961/1997  709  93.6% 95.1%(2) 97.2%(2) 1,548  2.08(2) 93,048 

Avalon Woodland Hills

 Woodland Hills, CA  663  594,396  1989/1997  897  93.8% 96.7% 96.7% 1,702  1.84  111,131 

Eaves Warner Center

 Woodland Hills, CA  227  191,443  1979/1998  843  93.8% 97.4% 97.4% 1,621  1.87  29,218 

Avalon at Glendale(13)

 Burbank, CA  223  241,714  2003  1,084  94.2% 95.6% 96.8% 2,378  2.10  43,217 

Avalon Burbank

 Burbank, CA  400  360,587  1988/2002  901  93.8% 96.3% 96.1% 2,281  2.44  94,643 

Avalon Camarillo

 Camarillo, CA  249  233,273  2006  937  95.6% 96.1% 96.3% 1,698  1.74  48,822 

Avalon Wilshire

 Los Angeles, CA  123  125,093  2007  1,017  95.9% 95.1% 96.2% 2,865  2.68  47,595 

Avalon Encino

 Los Angeles, CA  131  131,220  2008  1,002  89.3% 97.7% 97.4% 2,660  2.60  62,242 

Avalon Warner Place

 Canoga Park, CA  210  186,402  2007  888  95.2% 97.0% 96.6% 1,710  1.87  52,931 

Eaves Phillips Ranch

 Pomona, CA  501  498,036  1989/2011  994  94.8% 96.6% 96.4% 1,507  1.46  51,595 

Eaves San Dimas

 San Dimas, CA  102  94,200  1978/2011  924  97.1% 97.2% 96.6% 1,338  1.41  9,759 

Eaves San Dimas Canyon

 San Dimas, CA  156  144,669  1981/2011  927  92.9% 97.1% 96.6% 1,436  1.50  15,561 

AVA Pasadena

 Pasadena, CA  84  70,648  1973/2012  841  90.5% 87.8%(2) 97.9%(3) 1,837  1.92(2) 23,534 

Eaves Cerritos

 Artesia, CA  151  106,961  1973/2012  708  95.4% 95.2% 93.7%(3) 1,406  1.89  29,500 

Avalon Del Rey

 Del Rey, CA  309  283,183  2006/2012  916  93.5% 96.8% 97.2%(3) 2,154  2.27  103,205 

Avalon Simi Valley

 Simi Valley, CA  500  430,218  2007/2013  860  95.0% 96.4%(3) N/A  1,674  1.88(3) 119,684 

Archstone Studio City II

 Studio City, CA  101  84,207  1991/2013  834  92.1% 94.0%(3) N/A  1,937  2.18(3) 28,523 

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Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
  
  
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
  
 
Number
of homes
 
Average economic occupancy
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 
 
 
City and state
 
2013
 
2012
 

Archstone Studio City III

 Studio City, CA  276  263,512  2002/2013  955  91.7% 94.4%(3) N/A  2,330  2.30(3) 97,194 

Avalon Calabasas

 Calabasas, CA  600  506,394  1988/2013  844  92.7% 95.5%(3) N/A  1,749  1.98(3) 156,518 

Avalon Oak Creek

 Agoura Hills, CA  336  364,176  2004/2013  1,084  92.6% 94.8%(3) N/A  2,281  2.00(3) 127,587 

Avalon Santa Monica on Main

 Santa Monica, CA  133  122,502  2007/2013  921  90.2% 93.8%(3) N/A  4,040  4.11(3) 95,736 

Avalon Del Mar Station

 Pasadena, CA  347  338,466  2006/2013  975  93.7% 94.3%(3) N/A  2,220  2.15(3) 130,181 

Eaves Old Town Pasadena

 Pasadena, CA  96  66,420  1972/2013  692  94.8% 96.4%(3) N/A  1,726  2.41(3) 25,468 

Eaves Thousand Oaks

 Thousand Oaks, CA  154  134,388  1992/2013  873  93.5% 95.7%(3) N/A  1,861  2.04(3) 35,835 

Eaves Los Feliz

 Los Angeles, CA  263  201,830  1989/2013  767  92.8% 96.0%(3) N/A  1,749  2.19(3) 65,273 

Oakwood Toluca Hills(15)

 Los Angeles, CA  1,151  795,442  1973/2013  691  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  2.07(3) 256,316 

Eaves Woodland Hills

 Woodland Hills, CA  883  578,365  1971/2013  655  95.1% 95.8%(3) N/A  1,374  2.01(3) 166,429 

Avalon Thousand Oaks Plaza

 Thousand Oaks, CA  148  140,452  2002/2013  949  95.9% 96.5%(3) N/A  1,944  1.98(3) 37,031 

Avalon Pasadena

 Pasadena, CA  120  102,516  2004/2013  854  92.5% 95.1%(3) N/A  2,343  2.61(3) 43,325 

Archstone Studio City

 Studio City, CA  450  331,324  1987/2013  736  93.3% 94.9%(3) N/A  1,801  2.32(3) 112,222 

Non-Core

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Archstone Lexington

 Flower Mound, TX  222  218,309  2000/2013  983  91.4% 96.3%(3) N/A  1,300  1.27(3) 32,108 

Archstone Memorial Heights

 Houston, TX  556  434,236  1996/2013  781  91.0% 95.4%(3) N/A  1,397  1.71(3) 187,351 

DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITIES

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon Exeter(13)

 Boston, MA  187  200,641  N/A  1,073  17.6% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 95,579 

Avalon West Chelsea/AVA High Line(13)

 New York, NY  710  226,556  N/A  319  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 228,950 

Avalon Mosaic

 Tysons Corner, VA  531  458,198  N/A  863  27.7% 6.5%(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 110,310 

Avalon/AVA Assembly Row(13)

 Somerville, MA  445  181,910  N/A  409  19.5% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 99,880 

AVA University District

 Seattle, WA  283  201,389  N/A  712  42.4% 22.6%(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 68,640 

Avalon Dublin Station II

 Dublin, CA  253  247,301  N/A  977  24.5% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 74,099 

Avalon Morrison Park

 San Jose, CA  250  277,710  N/A  1,111  22.0% 4.0%(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 68,443 

AVA 55 Ninth

 San Francisco, CA  273  236,907  N/A  868  4.0% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 100,858 

Avalon Bloomingdale

 Bloomingdale, NJ  174  176,542  N/A  1,015  71.8% 27.2%(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 28,831 

Avalon Wharton

 Wharton, NJ  248  246,814  N/A  995  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 20,533 

Avalon Ossining

 Ossining, NY  168  184,137  N/A  1,096  12.5% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 24,768 

AVA Little Tokyo

 Los Angeles, CA  280  282,917  N/A  1,010  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 62,238 

AVA Stuart Street

 Boston, MA  398  324,768  N/A  816  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 52,037 

Avalon Canton

 Canton, MA  196  235,437  N/A  1,201  6.1% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 20,638 

Avalon at Stratford

 Stratford, CT  130  148,720  N/A  1,144  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 13,398 

Avalon Bloomfield Station

 Bloomfield, NJ  224  211,008  N/A  942  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 12,332 

Avalon Willoughby Square/AVA DoBro

 New York, NY  826  606,284  N/A  734  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 172,272 

Avalon Huntington Station

 Huntington Station, NY  303  364,602  N/A  1,203  1.3% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 48,921 

Avalon Alderwood I

 Lynnwood, WA  367  352,320  N/A  960  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 31,288 

Avalon Hayes Valley

 San Francisco, CA  182  135,044  N/A  742  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 39,052 

Avalon Baker Ranch

 Lake Forest, CA  430  424,840  N/A  988  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 34,803 

Avalon Vista

 Vista, CA  221  222,768  N/A  1,008  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 15,349 

Avalon San Dimas

 San Dimas, CA  156  152,724  N/A  979  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 18,729 

Avalon Glendora

 Los Angeles, CA  256  242,176  N/A  946  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 23,052 

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Profile of Current, Development and Unconsolidated Communities(1)(14)

 
  
  
 
Approx.
rentable area
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Year of
completion/
acquisition
 
Average
size
(Sq. Ft.)
 
Physical
occupancy
at
12/31/13
  
  
 
Average rental rate
 
Financial
reporting
cost(5)
 
 
  
 
Number
of homes
 
Average economic occupancy
 
$ per
Apt(4)
 
$ per
Sq. Ft.
 
 
 
City and state
 
2013
 
2012
 

Maple Leaf(9)

 Cambridge, MA  103  46,453  N/A  451  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) N/A 

Avalon Arlington North

 Arlington, VA  228  268,618  N/A  1,178  14.5% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 69,524 

Avalon Berkeley

 Berkeley, CA  94  79,524  N/A  846  N/A  N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 23,096 

Archstone Toscano

 Houston, TX  474  460,983  N/A  973  62.9% 37.9%(3) N/A  1,336  N/A(3) 86,419 

Archstone Memorial Heights Phase I

 Houston, TX  318  305,262  N/A  960  4.7% N/A(3) N/A  N/A  N/A(3) 35,920 

UNCONSOLIDATED COMMUNITIES(14)

 

 

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Avalon at Mission Bay North II(12)

 San Francisco, CA  313  291,556  2006  931  93.9% 96.5% 96.3% 3,843  3.98  N/A 

Avalon Chrystie Place I(12)

 New York, NY  361  266,940  2005  739  94.5% 94.2% 95.7% 4,651  5.93  N/A 

South Hills Apartments(6)

 West Covina, CA  85  104,600  1966/2007  1,231  92.9% 97.0% 96.4% 1,807  1.42  N/A 

Weymouth Place(6)

 Weymouth, MA  211  154,957  1971/2007  734  90.5% 95.8% 97.3% 1,331  1.74  N/A 

Avalon at Rutherford Station(6)

 East Rutherford, NJ  108  112,709  2005/2007  1,044  92.6% 96.2% 95.9% 2,383  2.20  N/A 

Avalon Fair Oaks(7)

 Fairfax, VA  491  373,843  1987/2009  761  93.7% 96.5% 97.0% 1,504  1.91  N/A 

Avalon Bellevue Park(7)

 Bellevue, WA  220  165,948  1994/2009  754  95.9% 95.8% 95.7% 1,516  1.92  N/A 

Eaves Tustin(7)

 Tustin, CA  628  511,992  1968/2010  815  92.4% 96.0% 95.1% 1,469  1.73  N/A 

Eaves Los Alisos(7)

 Lake Forest, CA  140  126,480  1978/2010  903  92.1% 97.4% 95.6% 1,448  1.56  N/A 

Eaves Carlsbad(7)

 San Diego, CA  450  340,371  1985/2011  756  92.4% 96.4% 96.3% 1,403  1.79  N/A 

Eaves Rancho San Diego(7)

 San Diego, CA  676  587,500  1985/2011  869  90.8% 95.7% 95.9% 1,463  1.61  N/A 

Briarwood Apartments(7)

 Owings Mills, MD  348  340,868  1999/2010  980  93.7% 96.2% 96.1% 1,283  1.26  N/A 

Eaves Gaithersburg(7)

 Gaithersburg, MD  684  658,846  1974/2010  963  94.6% 96.4% 95.4% 1,326  1.33  N/A 

Eaves Rockville(7)

 Rockville, MD  210  403,912  1970/2011  1,923  95.2% 96.9% 90.2% 2,162  1.09  N/A 

Eaves Plainsboro(7)

 Plainsboro, NJ  776  553,320  1973/2010  713  90.5% 96.4% 96.6% 1,215  1.64  N/A 

Captain Parker Arms(7)

 Lexington, MA  94  88,680  1965/2011  943  95.7% 95.8% 96.0% 2,116  2.15  N/A 

Avalon Watchung(7)

 Watchung, NJ  334  336,586  2003/2012  1,008  94.9% 96.3% 96.2% 1,945  1.86  N/A 

Archstone North Point(9)

 Cambridge, MA  426  383,537  2008/2013  900  89.2% 94.0%(3) N/A  3,354  3.50(3) N/A 

Avalon Station 250(8)

 Dedham, MA  285  306,375  2011/2013  1,075  90.2% 94.9%(3) N/A  2,094  1.85(3) N/A 

Avalon Kips Bay(8)

 New York, NY  209  152,865  1997/2013  731  94.3% 93.3%(3) N/A  4,581  5.84(3) N/A 

Brandywine(12)

 Washington, DC  305  390,456  1954/2013  1,280  N/A  92.0%(3) N/A  2,388  1.72(3) N/A 

Archstone Woodland Park(9)

 Herndon, VA  392  393,112  2000/2013  1,003  92.9% 95.0%(3) N/A  1,694  1.60(3) N/A 

Avalon Grosvenor Tower(8)

 Bethesda, MD  237  229,392  1987/2013  972  94.5% 94.1%(3) N/A  2,107  2.05(3) N/A 

Eaves Sunnyvale(8)

 Sunnyvale, CA  192  204,096  1991/2013  1,063  95.3% 95.7%(3) N/A  2,591  2.33(3) N/A 

Boca Town Center(8)

 Boca Raton, FL  252  268,128  1988/2013  1,064  90.1% 95.1%(3) N/A  1,520  1.36(3) N/A 

Avalon Kirkland at Carillon Point(8)

 Kirkland, WA  131  174,720  1990/2013  1,344  90.1% 95.6%(3) N/A  2,510  1.80(3) N/A 

Avalon Studio 4041(8)

 Studio City, CA  149  125,299  2009/2013  841  96.0% 94.9%(3) N/A  2,187  2.47(3) N/A 

Avalon Marina Bay(8) (13)

 Marina del Rey, CA  205  167,075  1967/2013  815  35.6% 65.4%(2)(3) N/A  1,259  1.01(3) N/A 

Avalon Venice on Rose(8)

 Venice, CA  70  84,490  2011/2013  1,207  91.4% 93.3%(3) N/A  4,655  3.60(3) N/A 

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1.


We own a fee simple interest in the communities listed, excepted as noted below.

2.


Represents a community that was under redevelopment during the year, which could result in lower average economic occupancy and average rental rate per square foot for the year.

3.


Represents a community that is under construction at the respective year end or that completed development or was purchased during the year, which could result in lower average economic occupancy and average rental rate per square foot for the year.

4.


Represents the average rental revenue per occupied apartment home.

5.


Dollars in thousands. Costs are presented in accordance with GAAP. For current Development Communities, cost represents total costs incurred through December 31, 2013. Financial reporting costs are excluded for unconsolidated communities, see Note 6, "Investments in Real Estate Entities."

6.


We own a 15.2% combined general partnership and indirect limited partner equity interest in this community.

7.


We own a 31.3% combined general partnership and indirect limited partner equity interest in this community.

8.


We own a 28.6% combined general partnership and indirect limited partner equity interest in this community.

9.


We own a 20.0% combined general partnership and indirect limited partner equity interest in this community.

10.


We own a general partnership interest in a partnership that owns a fee simple interest in this community.

11.


We own a general partnership interest in a partnership structured as a DownREIT that owns this community.

12.


We own a membership interest in a limited liability company that holds a fee simple interest in this community.

13.


Community is located on land subject to a land lease.

14.


Does not include our indirect interest in the joint venture formed with Equity Residential (as defined in this Form 10-K).

15.


Community is master leased to a third party manager.

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Development Communities

As of December 31, 2013,2016, we had 29owned or held a direct or indirect interest in 27 Development Communities under construction. We expect these Development Communities, when completed, to add a total of 8,7089,129 apartment homes to our portfolio for a total capitalized cost, including land acquisition costs, of approximately $2,802,900,000. In addition, the land for three Development Communities that we control under long-term land lease agreements is subject to future minimum rental amounts of approximately $8,552,000 in 2014 in the aggregate.$4,045,000,000. We cannot assure you that we will meet our schedule for construction completion or that we will meet our budgeted costs, either individually, or in the aggregate. You should carefully review Item 1a., "Risk Factors,"1A. “Risk Factors” for a discussion of the risks associated with development activity and our discussion under Item 7., "Management's “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,"Operations” (including the factors identified under “Forward-Looking Statements”) for further discussion of development activity.


The following table presents a summary of the Development Communities. We hold a direct or indirect fee simple ownership interest in these communities except where noted.

(directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary) unless otherwise noted in the table.


 
Number of
apartment
homes
 
Projected total
capitalized cost (1)
($ millions)
 
Construction
start
 Initial actual/ projected occupancy (2) 
Estimated
completion
 
Estimated
stabilization (3)
1. 
Avalon Willoughby Square/AVA DoBro Brooklyn, NY
826
 $456.3
 Q3 2013 Q4 2015 Q1 2017 Q3 2017
2. 
Avalon Huntington Beach (4)
Huntington Beach, CA
378
 120.3
 Q2 2014 Q1 2016 Q1 2017 Q3 2017
3. 
Avalon West Hollywood (4)
West Hollywood, CA
294
 153.6
 Q2 2014 Q1 2017 Q4 2017 Q2 2018
4. 
Avalon North Station
Boston, MA
503
 271.2
 Q3 2014 Q4 2016 Q1 2018 Q3 2018
5. 
Avalon Esterra Park (4)
Redmond, WA
482
 137.8
 Q3 2014 Q1 2016 Q2 2017 Q4 2017
6. 
Avalon Princeton
Princeton, NJ
280
 95.5
 Q4 2014 Q3 2016 Q3 2017 Q1 2018
7. 
Avalon Hunt Valley
Hunt Valley, MD
332
 74.0
 Q1 2015 Q3 2016 Q3 2017 Q1 2018
8. 
AVA NoMa
Washington, D.C.
438
 148.3
 Q2 2015 Q2 2017 Q1 2018 Q3 2018
9. 
Avalon Quincy
Quincy, MA
395
 95.3
 Q2 2015 Q2 2016 Q3 2017 Q1 2018
10. 
Avalon Great Neck
Great Neck, NY
191
 78.9
 Q2 2015 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q1 2018
11. 
Avalon Laurel
Laurel, MD
344
 72.4
 Q2 2015 Q2 2016 Q2 2017 Q4 2017
12. 
Avalon Sheepshead Bay (5)
Brooklyn, NY
180
 86.4
 Q3 2015 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q2 2018
13. 
Avalon Newcastle Commons I (4)
Newcastle, WA
378
 116.3
 Q3 2015 Q4 2016 Q4 2017 Q2 2018
14. 
Avalon Chino Hills
Chino Hills, CA
331
 96.6
 Q3 2015 Q4 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2018
15. 
Avalon Maplewood (6)
Maplewood, NJ
235
 65.4
 Q4 2015 Q2 2017 Q4 2017 Q2 2018
16. 
Avalon Rockville Centre II
Rockville Centre, NY
165
 57.8
 Q4 2015 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q2 2018
17 
AVA Wheaton
Wheaton, MD
319
 75.6
 Q4 2015 Q3 2017 Q2 2018 Q4 2018
18. 
Avalon Dogpatch
San Francisco, CA
326
 203.4
 Q4 2015 Q4 2017 Q3 2018 Q1 2019
19. 
Avalon Easton
Easton, MA
290
 64.0
 Q1 2016 Q2 2017 Q1 2018 Q3 2018
20. 
Avalon Somers
Somers, NY
152
 45.1
 Q2 2016 Q3 2017 Q1 2018 Q3 2018
21. 
AVA North Point (7)
Cambridge, MA
265
 113.9
 Q2 2016 Q1 2018 Q4 2018 Q2 2019
22. 
Avalon Boonton
Boonton, NJ
350
 91.2
 Q3 2016 Q2 2019 Q1 2020 Q3 2020
23. 
11 West 61st Street (4)
New York, NY
172
 603.7
 Q4 2016 Q2 2019 Q4 2019 Q2 2020
24. 
Avalon Belltown Towers (4)
Seattle, WA
275
 146.9
 Q4 2016 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q2 2020
25. 
Avalon Public Market
Emeryville, CA
285
 139.6
 Q4 2016 Q3 2018 Q1 2019 Q3 2019
26. 
Avalon Teaneck
Teaneck, NJ
248
 70.4
 Q4 2016 Q4 2018 Q2 2019 Q4 2019
27. 
AVA Hollywood (4)
Hollywood, CA
695
 365.1
 Q4 2016 Q2 2019 Q2 2020 Q4 2020
  Total9,129
 $4,045.0
        

(1)Projected total capitalized cost includes all capitalized costs projected to be or actually incurred to develop the respective Development Community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including land acquisition costs, construction costs, real estate taxes, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees.  Projected total capitalized cost for communities identified as having joint venture ownership, either during construction or upon construction completion, represents the total projected joint venture contribution amount.

(2)Initial projected occupancy dates are estimates.  There can be no assurance that we will pursue to completion any or all of these proposed developments.
(3)
Stabilized operations is defined as the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% or greater physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of development.
(4)Developments containing at least 10,000 square feet of retail space include Avalon Huntington Beach (10,000 square feet), Avalon West Hollywood (32,000 square feet), Avalon Esterra Park (17,000 square feet), Avalon Newcastle Commons I (15,000 square feet), 11 West 61st Street (67,000 square feet), Avalon Belltown Towers (11,000 square feet) and AVA Hollywood (19,000 square feet).
(5)We are developing this project with a private development partner. We will own the rental portion of the development on floors 3 through 19 and the partner will own the for-sale condominium portion on floors 20 through 30 of the development. The information above represents only our portion of the project. We are providing a construction loan to the development partner, expected to be $48,800,000 which together with the partner's contributed equity is expected to fund the condominium portion of the project. A more detailed description of Avalon Sheepshead Bay can be found in Note 5, “Investments in Real Estate Entities,” of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report.
(6)In February 2017, a fire occurred at at Avalon Maplewood. See "Insurance and Risk of Uninsured Losses" for further discussion.
(7)We are developing this project within a joint venture that was formed in July 2016, in which we own a 55.0% interest. The information above represents the total cost for the venture.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company completed the development of the following communities:

 
  
 Number of
apartment
homes
 Projected total
capitalized cost(1)
($ millions)
 Construction
start
 Initial projected
occupancy(2)
 Estimated
completion
 Estimated
stabilization(3)

1.

 Archstone Toscano  474 $90.2 Q2 2011 Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q3 2014

 Houston, TX              

2.

 Avalon Bloomingdale  174  32.2 Q3 2012 Q3 2013 Q1 2014 Q3 2014

 Bloomingdale, NJ              

3.

 AVA University District  283  75.7 Q2 2012 Q3 2013 Q2 2014 Q4 2014

 Seattle, WA              

4.

 Avalon Mosaic  531  116.4 Q1 2012 Q3 2013 Q4 2014 Q2 2015

 Tysons Corner, VA              

5.

 Avalon West Chelsea/AVA High Line(4)  710  276.1 Q4 2011 Q4 2013 Q1 2015 Q3 2015

 New York, NY              

6.

 Avalon Arlington North(5)  228  87.2 Q2 2012 Q4 2013 Q3 2014 Q1 2015

 Arlington, VA              

7.

 Avalon Morrison Park  250  79.7 Q3 2012 Q4 2013 Q3 2014 Q1 2015

 San Jose, CA              

8.

 Avalon Dublin Station II  253  77.7 Q2 2012 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q4 2014

 Dublin, CA              

9.

 Avalon/AVA Assembly Row(4)  445  113.5 Q2 2012 Q1 2014 Q3 2014 Q1 2015

 Somerville, MA              

10.

 AVA 55 Ninth  273  123.3 Q3 2012 Q1 2014 Q4 2014 Q2 2015

 San Francisco, CA              

11.

 Avalon Exeter(4)  187  120.0 Q2 2011 Q1 2014 Q3 2014 Q1 2015

 Boston, MA              

12.

 Avalon Ossining  168  37.4 Q4 2012 Q1 2014 Q3 2014 Q1 2015

 Ossining, NY              

13.

 Avalon Canton  196  40.9 Q2 2013 Q1 2014 Q4 2014 Q2 2015

 Canton, MA              

14.

 Avalon Huntington Station  303  83.3 Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2015 Q3 2015

 Huntington Station, NY              

15.

 Archstone Memorial Heights Phase I  318  54.9 Q3 2012 Q1 2014 Q3 2014 Q1 2015

 Houston, TX              

16.

 Avalon Berkeley(5)  94  30.2 Q3 2012 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014

 Berkeley, CA              

17.

 AVA Little Tokyo  280  109.8 Q4 2012 Q3 2014 Q2 2015 Q4 2015

 Los Angeles, CA              

18.

 Avalon Wharton  248  55.6 Q4 2012 Q1 2015 Q3 2015 Q1 2016

 Wharton, NJ              

19.

 AVA Stuart Street  398  175.7 Q1 2013 Q1 2015 Q3 2015 Q1 2016

 Boston, MA              

20.

 Avalon Alderwood I  367  69.2 Q2 2013 Q2 2014 Q2 2015 Q4 2015

 Lynnwood, WA              

21.

 Avalon San Dimas  156  41.4 Q2 2013 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q3 2015

 San Dimas, CA              

22.

 Maple Leaf(6)  103  28.0 Q3 2013 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015

 Cambridge, MA              
 Number of
apartment
homes
 
Total capitalized 
cost (1)
($ millions)
 
Approximate rentable area
(sq. ft.)
 Total capitalized cost per sq. ft. Quarter of completion
1. 
Avalon Falls Church
Falls Church, VA
384
 $106.3
 396,536
 $268
 Q1 2016
2. 
Avalon Glendora
Glendora, CA
280
 83.5
 266,226
 $314
 Q1 2016
3. 
Avalon Green III
Elmsford, NY
68
 22.3
 77,722
 $287
 Q1 2016
4. 
AVA Capitol Hill (2)
Seattle, WA
249
 81.5
 191,488
 $426
 Q2 2016
5. 
Avalon Irvine III
Irvine, CA
156
 55.7
 151,363
 $368
 Q2 2016
6. 
Avalon Union
Union, NJ
202
 50.3
 230,418
 $218
 Q2 2016
7. 
Avalon Dublin Station II
Dublin, CA
252
 84.6
 243,809
 $347
 Q3 2016
8. 
Avalon Alderwood II
Lynnwood, WA
124
 26.6
 119,926
 $222
 Q3 2016
  Total1,715
 $510.8
    
  

(1)Total capitalized cost is as of December 31, 2016. We generally anticipate incurring additional costs associated with these communities that are customary for new developments.
(2)Approximate rentable area includes 16,000 square feet of retail space.

Redevelopment Communities

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 Number of
apartment
homes
 Projected total
capitalized cost(1)
($ millions)
 Construction
start
 Initial projected
occupancy(2)
 Estimated
completion
 Estimated
stabilization(3)

23.

 Avalon at Stratford  130  29.7 Q3 2013 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q2 2015

 Stratford, CT              

24.

 Avalon Hayes Valley  182  90.2 Q3 2013 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q4 2015

 San Francisco, CA              

25.

 Avalon Willoughby Square/AVA DoBro  826  444.9 Q3 2013 Q3 2015 Q4 2016 Q2 2017

 Brooklyn, NY              

26.

 Avalon Baker Ranch  430  132.9 Q4 2013 Q1 2015 Q1 2016 Q3 2016

 Lake Forest, CA              

27.

 Avalon Vista  221  58.3 Q4 2013 Q2 2015 Q4 2015 Q2 2016

 Vista, CA              

28.

 Avalon Bloomfield Station  224  53.4 Q4 2013 Q3 2015 Q1 2016 Q3 2016

 Bloomfield, NJ              

29.

 Avalon Glendora  256  75.1 Q4 2013 Q3 2015 Q1 2016 Q3 2016

 Glendora, CA              
               

 Total  8,708 $2,802.9        
               
               

(1)
Projected total capitalized cost includes all capitalized costs projected to be or actually incurred to develop the respective Development Community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including land acquisition costs, construction costs, real estate taxes, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees. Total capitalized cost for communities identified as having joint venture ownership, either during construction or upon construction completion, represents the total projected joint venture contribution amount.

(2)
Future initial occupancy dates are estimates. There can be no assurance that we will pursue to completion any or all of these proposed developments.

(3)
Stabilized operations is defined as the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% or greater physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of development.

(4)
This Development Community is owned subject to a leasehold interest.

(5)
Avalon North Arlington and Avalon Berkeley were formerly Archstone branded developments.

(6)
The Company has a 20% ownership interest in this community through the AC JV.

Redevelopment Communities

As of December 31, 2013,2016, there were threefour communities under redevelopment. We expect the total capitalized cost to redevelop these communities to be $36,800,000,$80,700,000, excluding costs incurred prior to redevelopment. We have found that the cost to redevelop an existing apartment community is more difficult to budget and estimate than the cost to develop a new community. Accordingly, we expect that actual costs may vary from our budget by a wider range than for a new development community. We cannot assure you that we will meet our schedule for reconstruction completion or for attaining restabilized operations, or that we will meet our budgeted costs, either individually or in the aggregate. We anticipate maintaining or increasing our current level of redevelopment activity related to communities in our current operating portfolio. You should carefully review Item 1a., "Risk Factors,"1A. “Risk Factors” for a discussion of the risks associated with redevelopment activity.


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The following presents a summary of these Redevelopment Communities.

Communities:

    
Number of
apartment
homes
 
Projected total
capitalized cost (1)
($ millions)
 
Reconstruction
start
 
Estimated
reconstruction
completion
 
Estimated
restabilized
operations (2)
1. 
Avalon at Arlington Square
Arlington, VA
 842
 $32.8
 Q4 2014 Q3 2017 Q1 2018
2. 
AVA Studio City I
Studio City, CA
 450
 28.3
 Q1 2016 Q2 2017 Q4 2017
3. 
Avalon Towers on the Peninsula
Mountain View, CA
 211
 13.5
 Q2 2016 Q1 2017 Q3 2017
4. 
Avalon at Edgewater
Edgewater, NJ
 168
 6.1
 Q3 2016 Q1 2017 Q3 2017
  Total 1,671
 $80.7
      

(1)Projected total capitalized cost does not include capitalized costs incurred prior to redevelopment.
(2)Restabilized operations is defined as the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% or greater physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of redevelopment.
 
  
 Number of
apartment
homes
 Projected total
capitalized cost(1)
($ millions)
 Reconstruction
start
 Estimated
reconstruction
completion
 Estimated
restabilized
operations(2)
1. AVA Burbank  748 $19.3 Q4 2012 Q4 2014 Q1 2015
  Burbank, CA            
2. AVA Pasadena  84  5.6 Q2 2013 Q3 2014 Q1 2015
  Pasadena, CA            
3. Eaves Creekside  294  11.9 Q3 2013 Q4 2014 Q2 2015
  Mountain View, CA            
             
  Total(3)(4)  1,126 $36.8      
             
             


(1)
Projected total capitalized cost does not include capitalized costs incurred prior to redevelopment.

(2)
Restabilized operations is defined as the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% or greater physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of redevelopment.

(3)
We commenced the redevelopment of AVA Back Bay in Boston, MA during the first quarter of 2013 for an estimated total capitalized cost of $16.9 million. The redevelopment of this community is primarily focused on the exterior and/or common area and is not expected to have a material impact on community operations. This community is therefore included in the Established Community portfolio and not classified as a Redevelopment Community.

(4)
We assumed responsibility for the redevelopment of Marina Bay, comprised of 205 apartment homes and 229 boat slips, in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition. Marina Bay, located in Marina del Rey, CA is owned by the U.S. Fund, in which we hold a 28.6% interest, and is being redeveloped for an estimated total capitalized cost of $32.9 million. All capital necessary for the redevelopment of Marina Bay was contributed to the venture prior to us acquiring an interest in the venture.

Development Rights


At December 31, 2013,2016, we had $300,364,000$84,293,000 in acquisition and related capitalized costs for direct interests in land parcels we own, and $31,592,000$40,179,000 in capitalized costs (including legal fees, design fees and related overhead costs) related to Development Rights for which we control the land parcel, typically through ana conditional agreement or option to purchase or lease the land.land, as well as land associated with the building destroyed in the Edgewater (as defined below) casualty loss not considered a Development Right. Collectively, the land held for development and associated costs for deferred development rights relate to 4625 Development Rights for which we expect to develop new apartment communities in the future. The cumulative capitalized costs for land held for development as of December 31, 20132016 includes $244,619,000$63,082,000 in original land acquisition costs. The original land acquisition cost per home, after consideration of planned sales of associated outparcels and other real estate, ranged from $13,000$24,000 per home in MassachusettsWashington to $126,000$51,000 per home in California.Virginia. The Development Rights range from those beginning design and architectural planning to those that have completed site plans and drawings and can begin construction almost immediately. We estimate that the successful completion of all of these communities would ultimately add approximately 12,9868,487 apartment homes to our portfolio. Substantially all of these apartment homes will offer features like those offered by the communities we currently own.


For 3118 Development Rights, we control the land through ana conditional agreement or option to purchase or lease the parcel. While we generally prefer to hold Development Rights through conditional agreements or options to acquire land, for the 15five remaining Development Rights we either currently own the land, have an ownership interest in a joint venture that owns the land or have executed a long term land lease for the parcel of land on which a community would be built if we proceeded with development.

In addition, two Development Rights are additional development phases of existing stabilized operating communities we own, and will be constructed on land currently associated with those operating communities. During the next 12 months we expect to commence construction of apartment communities on three of the Development Rights for which we currently own the land, with a carrying basis of $49,584,000.


The properties comprising the Development Rights are in different stages of the due diligence and regulatory approval process. The decisions as to which of the Development Rights to invest in, if any,


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or to continue to pursue once an investment in a Development Right is made, are business judgments that we make after we perform financial, demographic and other analyses. In the event that we do not proceed with a Development Right, we generally would not recover any of the capitalized costs incurred in the pursuit of those communities, unless we were to recover amounts in connection with the sale of land; however, we cannot guarantee a recovery. Pre-development costs incurred in the pursuit of Development Rights, for which future development is not yet considered probable, are expensed as incurred. In addition, if the status of a Development Right changes, making future development no longer probable, any capitalized pre-development costs are charged to expense. During 2013,2016, we incurred a charge of approximately $998,000$4,183,000 for development pursuits that were not yet probable of future development at the time incurred, or for pursuits that we determined would not likely be developed.


You should carefully review Section 1a., "RiskItem 1A. “Risk Factors," for a discussion of the risks associated with Development Rights.



The following presents a summary of thesethe Development Rights:

Location
 Number
of rights
 Estimated
number
of homes
 Projected total
capitalized
cost
($ millions)(1)
 

Boston, MA

  6  2,033 $655 

Fairfield-New Haven, CT

  1  160  40 

New York Suburban

  6  1,097  343 

New Jersey

  14  3,872  939 

Baltimore, MD

  1  343  69 

Washington, DC Metro

  7  2,290  630 

Seattle, WA

  5  1,547  444 

Oakland-East Bay, CA

  2  486  173 

San Francisco, CA

  1  330  162 

Orange County, CA

  2  534  171 

Los Angeles, CA

  1  294  152 
        

Total

  46  12,986 $3,778 
        
        

(1)
Projected total capitalized cost includes all projected capitalized costs incurred to date (if any) and projected to be incurred to develop the respective community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including land acquisition costs, construction costs, real estate taxes, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees.

Market Number of rights 
Estimated
number of homes
 
Projected total
capitalized cost ($ millions) (1)
       
New England 6
 1,409
 $481
Metro NY/NJ 9
 4,065
 1,396
Mid-Atlantic 2
 723
 217
Pacific Northwest 3
 911
 238
Northern California 4
 904
 458
Southern California 1
 475
 238
Total 25
 8,487
 $3,028

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(1)Projected total capitalized cost includes all capitalized costs incurred to date (if any) and projected to be incurred to develop the respective community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including land acquisition costs, construction costs, real estate taxes, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees.

Land Acquisitions


We select land for development and follow established procedures that we believe minimize both the cost and the risks of development. During 2013,2016 we acquired land parcels for 17eight Development Rights, as shown in the table below, for an aggregate purchase priceinvestment of approximately $278,642,000.$101,372,000. For 15all of the 17 parcels, construction has either started or willis expected to start within the next 12 months.

 
  
 Estimated
number of
apartment
homes
 Projected total
capitalized
cost(1)
 ($ millions)
 Date
acquired
1 Avalon Baker Ranch  430 $132.9 March 2013
  Lake Forest, CA        
2 AVA 55 M  436  136.2 February 2013(2)
  Washington, DC        
3 Avalon Huntington Beach  378  117.1 February 2013(2)
  Huntington Beach, CA        
4 North Point II  341  147.0 February 2013(2)
  Cambridge, MA        
5 Maple Leaf  103  28.0 February 2013(2)
  Cambridge, MA        
6 Avalon Hillwood Square  384  111.2 June 2013
  Falls Church, VA        
7 Avalon Glendora  256  75.1 June/July/August 2013
  Glendora, CA        
8 Avalon Irvine III  156  54.1 April 2013
  Irvine, CA        
9 Avalon San Dimas  156  41.4 May 2013
  San Dimas, CA        
10 Avalon Wharton  248  55.6 April 2013
  Wharton, NJ        
11 Avalon Hayes Valley  182  90.2 August 2013
  San Francisco, CA        
12 Avalon Movietown  294  152.3 September 2013
  West Hollywood, CA        
13 Avalon Marlborough  350  76.6 October 2013
  Marlborough, MA        
14 Avalon Bloomfield  224  53.4 November 2013
  Bloomfield, NJ        
15 Avalon Roseland  136  46.2 December 2013
  Roseland, NJ        
16 AVA Capitol Hill  249  81.3 December 2013
  Seattle, WA        
17 Avalon Nashua Street  503  242.8 December 2013
  Boston, MA        
         
  Total  4,826 $1,641.4  
         
         

(1)
Projected total capitalized cost includes all capitalized costs incurred to date (if any) and projected to be incurred to develop the respective community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including land and related acquisition costs, construction costs, real estate taxes, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees.

(2)
We acquired these land parcels as part of the Archstone Acquisition. Maple Leaf is now owned by the AC JV and is being developed. North Point II is subject to a ROFO in favor of the AC JV.

   
Estimated
number of
apartment
homes
 
Projected total
capitalized
cost (1)
($ millions)
 
Date
acquired
1. 
Avalon Easton
Easton, MA
290
 $64.0
 March 2016
2. 
Avalon Boonton
Boonton, NJ
350
 91.2
 April 2016
3. 
Avalon Belltown Towers
Seattle, WA
275
 146.9
 April 2016
4. 
Avalon Somers
Somers, NY
152
 45.1
 June 2016
5. 
Avalon Public Market
Emeryville, CA
285
 139.6
 November 2016
6. 
Avalon Teaneck
Teaneck, NJ
248
 70.4
 December 2016
7. 
Avalon Esterra Park Phase II
Redmond, WA
323
 89.6
 December 2016
8. 
Avalon Piscataway
Piscataway, NJ
360
 89.9
 December 2016
  Total2,283
 $736.7
  

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(1)Projected total capitalized cost includes all capitalized costs incurred to date (if any) and projected to be incurred to develop the respective community, determined in accordance with GAAP, including land and related acquisition costs, construction costs, real estate taxes, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees, net of projected proceeds for any planned sales of associated outparcels and other real estate.

Other Land and Real Estate Assets


We own land parcels with a carrying value of approximately $29,839,000 that$46,958,000, which we do not currently plan to develop.develop, of which $20,846,000 was under contract to be sold as of December 31, 2016 and was disposed of in January 2017. These parcels consist of land that we (i) originally planned to develop and (ii)both ancillary parcels acquired in connection with Development Rights that we had not planned to develop.develop and land parcels we acquired for development and now intend to sell. During 2016, we recognized an aggregate impairment charge of $10,500,000 relating to three ancillary land parcels which we either sold during the year or intend to sell as of the date of this report. We believe that the current carrying value for all of theseother land parcels is such that there is no indication of impaired value, or further need to record a charge for impairment in the case of assets previously impaired. However, we may be subject to the recognition of further charges for impairment in the event that there are future indicators of such impairment and we determine that the carrying value of the assets is greater than the current fair value, less costs to dispose.


Disposition Activity


We (i) sell assets when they do not meet our long-term investment strategy or when capital and real estate markets allow us to realize a portion of the value created over the past business cycle and (ii)generally redeploy the proceeds from those sales to develop, redevelop and acquire communities. Pending such redeployment, we will generally use the proceeds from the sale of these communities to reduce amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility or retain the cash proceeds on our balance sheet until it is redeployed into acquisition, development or redevelopment activity. On occasion, we will set aside the proceeds from the sale of communities into a cash escrow account to facilitate a tax deferred, like-kind exchange transaction. From January 1, 20132016 to January 31, 2014,2017, we sold our interest in eightseven wholly-owned communities, four of which were acquired by the Company as part of the Archstone Acquisition, containing 3,2992,051 apartment homes. The aggregate gross sales price for these assets was $932,800,000.

$522,850,000.


Insurance and Risk of Uninsured Losses


We carrymaintain commercial general liability insurance and property insurance with respect to all of our communities. These policies, andalong with other insurance policies we carry,maintain, have policy specifications, insured and self-insured limits, exclusions and deductibles that we consider commercially reasonable. There are, however, certain types of losses (such as losses arising from nuclear liability or acts of war) that are not insured, in full or in part, because they are either uninsurable or the cost of insurance makes it, in management'smanagement’s view, economically impractical. You should carefully review the discussion under Item 1a., "Risk Factors,"1A. “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-K for a discussion of risks associated with an uninsured property or liability loss.


Many of our West Coast communities are located in the general vicinity of active earthquake faults. Many of our communities are near, and thus susceptible to, the major fault lines in California, including the San Andreas Fault, and the Hayward Fault.Fault or other geological faults that are known or unknown. We cannot assure you that an earthquake would not cause damage or losses greater than our current insured levels. We have in placeprocure property damage and resulting business interruption insurance coverage with respect to communities located in California and Washington,limits of $175,000,000 for any single occurrence and in the annual aggregate for losses resulting from earthquakes. However for communities located in California or Washington, the limit is $150,000,000 of coverage, an increase over the $75,000,000 of coverage under our prior insurance policy. Earthquake coverage outside of California and Washington is subject to a $175,000,000 limit for eachany single occurrence and in the aggregate. Inannual aggregate for losses resulting from earthquakes. The deductible applicable to losses resulting from earthquakes occurring in California the deductible for each occurrence is five percent of the insured value of each damaged building. building subject to a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $25,000,000 per loss.

Our earthquakecommunities are insured for property damage and business interruption losses through a combination of community specific insurance outsidepolicies and/or coverage provided under a master property insurance policy covering the majority of Californiaour communities. The master policy provides a $400,000,000 limit for any single occurrence, subject to certain sublimits and exclusions. Under the master policy we are subject to a $100,000 deductible per occurrence, except thatas well as additional self-insured retention for the next $350,000 of loss, per occurrence, outside California will be treated as an additional self-insured retention until the totalaggregate incurred self-insured retention exceeds $1,500,000.

        In May 2013, we renewed$1,500,000 for the policy year.

Our communities are insured for third-party liability losses through a combination of community specific insurance policies and/or coverage provided under a master commercial general liability and umbrella/excess insurance policies. The master commercial general liability and umbrella/excess insurance policies cover the majority of our communities and are subject to certain coverage limitations and exclusions, and require a self-insured retention of $250,000 per occurrence.

We utilize a wholly-owned captive insurance company to insure certain risks, which includes property damage and resulting business interruption losses and other construction related liability risks. The captive is directly responsible for 12% of the losses incurred by the master property insurance policy, with no material changeon a per occurrence basis, in coverage terms other thanexcess of any applicable deductibles up to the increase in our earthquake coverage discussed above. In August 2013, we renewed our general liability and workers compensation insurance policies with no material change in coverage.

first $50,000,000 of loss.



Just as with office buildings, transportation systems and government buildings, there have been reports that apartment communities could become targets of terrorism. In December 2007, Congress passedJanuary 2015, the President signed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act ("TRIPRA"(“TRIPRA”) which extended a program that is designed to


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make terrorism insurance available through a federal back-stop program until it expires in December 2014. Congress is currently considering extending the act, however there can be no assurance atprogram. Certain communities are insured for terrorism related losses through this time that Congress will extend the provisions of the act. In connection with this legislation, wefederal program. We have also purchased private-market insurance for property damage due to terrorism up to $250,000,000. Additionally, we have purchased insurance forwith limits of $600,000,000 per occurrence and in the annual aggregate that includes certain terrorist acts, notcoverages (not covered under TRIPRA,TRIPRA) such as domestic-based terrorism. This insurance, often referred to as "non-certified"“non-certified” terrorism insurance, is subject to deductibles, limits and exclusions. Our general liability policy provides terrorism coverage through TRIPRA coverage (subject to deductibles and insured limits) for liability to third parties that result from terrorist acts at our communities.


An additional consideration for insurance coverage and potential uninsured losses is mold growth.growth or other environmental contamination. Mold growth may occur when excessive moisture accumulates in buildings or on building materials, particularly if the moisture problem remains undiscovered or is not addressed over a period of time. If a significant mold problem arises at one of our communities, we could be required to undertake a costly remediation program to contain or remove the mold from the affected community and could be exposed to other liabilities. For further discussion of the risks and the Company'sour related prevention and remediation activities, please refer to the discussion under Item 1a., "Risk Factors—1A. “Risk Factors - We may incur costs due to environmental contamination or non-compliance,"non-compliance” elsewhere in this report. We cannot provide assurance that we will have coverage under our existing policies for property damage or liability to third parties arising as a result of exposure to mold or a claim of exposure to mold at one of our communities.


We also carry crime policies (also commonly referred to as a fidelity policy or employee dishonesty policy) thatand limited cyber liability insurance. The crime policies protect the Company,us, up to $5,000,000$30,000,000 per occurrence (subject to sublimits and exclusions), from employee theft of money, securities or property.

The limited cyber liability insurance is part of our professional liability coverage and has limits of $15,000,000 per occurrence and in the annual aggregate. The cyber liability coverage protects us from certain claims arising out of data breach, wrongful acts, data privacy issues and media liability.


The amount of insurance we maintain may not be sufficient to cover losses.

Maplewood Casualty Loss

In February 2017, a fire occurred at our Avalon Maplewood Development Community, located in Maplewood, NJ, which was under construction and not yet occupied. We are currently assessing our direct losses resulting from the fire, which could vary based on costs and time to rebuild the portion of the Development Community that was destroyed and/or damaged, as well as our potential liability to third parties who may have incurred damages on account of the fire. While we currently believe that our direct losses and any potential liability to third parties will be substantially covered by our insurance policies, including coverage for the replacement cost of the building, third party claims and business interruption loss, subject to deductibles as well as a self-insured portion of the property insurance for which we are obligated for 12% of the first $50,000,000 in losses, we can give no assurances in this regard and continue to evaluate this matter.

Edgewater Casualty Loss

In January 2015, a fire occurred at our Avalon at Edgewater apartment community located in Edgewater, NJ (“Edgewater”). Edgewater consisted of two residential buildings. One building, containing 240 apartment homes, was destroyed. The second building, containing 168 apartment homes, suffered minimal damage and has been repaired. In January 2016, we reached a final settlement with our property and casualty insurers regarding the property damage and lost income related to the Edgewater casualty loss, for which we received aggregate insurance proceeds of $73,150,000, after self-insurance and deductibles. We received $44,142,000 of these recoveries in 2015, and the remaining $29,008,000 in 2016, of which $8,702,000 was recognized as an additional net casualty gain and $20,306,000 as business interruption insurance proceeds.

To date, a number of lawsuits on behalf of former residents have been filed against us, including five purported class actions, 21 individual actions and other subrogation actions by insurers who provided renters insurance to our residents. Having incurred applicable deductibles, we currently believe that all of our remaining liability to third parties will not be material and will in any event be substantially covered by our insurance policies. However, we can give no assurances in this regard and continue to evaluate this matter.



ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

As discussed immediately above, in January 2015, a fire occurred at the Company's Avalon at Edgewater apartment community in Edgewater, NJ. The Company believes that the fire was caused by sparks from a torch used during repairs being performed by a Company employee who was not a licensed plumber. The Company has since revised its maintenance policies to require that non-flame tools be used for plumbing repairs where possible or, where not possible inside the building envelope, that a qualified third party vendor perform the work in accordance with AvalonBay policies.

The Company has established protocols for processing claims from third parties who suffered losses as a result of the fire, and many third parties have contacted the Company's insurance carrier and settled their claims. Through the date of this Form 10-K, of the 229 occupied apartments destroyed in the fire, the residents of approximately 97 units have settled claims with the Company's insurer, and claims from an additional approximate 34 units are being evaluated by the Company's insurer.

Three class action lawsuits have been filed against the Company on behalf of occupants of the destroyed building and consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Company has agreed with class counsel to the terms of a proposed settlement which would provide a claims process (with agreed upon protocols for instructing the adjuster as to how to evaluate claims) and, if needed, an arbitration process to determine damage amounts to be paid to individual claimants covered by the class settlement. On December 9, 2016, class counsel re-filed with the court a motion for preliminary approval of this class settlement, and the Company did not oppose such motion. The Company cannot predict when or if the court will approve the settlement. A fourth class action, being heard in the same federal court, was filed against the Company on behalf of residents of the second Edgewater building that suffered minimal damage. Recently, a fifth class action lawsuit was filed against the Company seeking to certify a class on behalf of both buildings and other third parties. The Company removed this action to the same federal court as the other four and is currently seeking to consolidate it with the fourth class action lawsuit (referenced above). In addition to the class action lawsuits described above, 21 lawsuits representing approximately 150 individual plaintiffs have been filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey Bergen County - Law Division and 20 of these lawsuits are currently pending. Most of the state court cases have been consolidated by the court and the Company expects all of them to be consolidated shortly. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to the extent of damages claimed in all of the suits. There are also five subrogation lawsuits that have been filed against the Company by insurers of Edgewater residents who obtained renters insurance; it is the Company’s position that in the majority of the applicable leases the residents waived subrogation rights. One of these lawsuits has been dismissed on that basis and the other four are currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The District Court recently denied the Company's motion to dismiss which was filed in one of these lawsuits and the Company is currently seeking reconsideration of that decision as well as certification to appeal.

Having settled many third party claims through the insurance claims process, the Company currently believes that any potential remaining liability to third parties (including any potential liability to third parties determined in accordance with the class settlement described above, if approved) will not be material to the Company and will in any event be substantially covered by the Company's insurance policies. However, the Company can give no assurances in this regard and continues to evaluate this matter.

The Company is involved in various other claims and/or administrative proceedings unrelated to the Edgewater casualty loss that arise in the ordinary course of ourits business. While no assurances can be given, the Company does not currently believe that any of these other outstanding litigation matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.


ITEM 4.    MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.


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PART II

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AVB. The following table sets forth the quarterly high and low sales prices per share of our common stock for the years 20132016 and 2012,2015, as reported by the NYSE. On January 31, 20142017 there were 563484 holders of record of an aggregate of 129,417,333137,330,988 shares of our outstanding common stock. The number of holders does not include individuals or entities who beneficially own shares but whose shares are held of record by a broker or clearing agency, but does include each such broker or clearing agency as one record holder.



 2013 2012 

 Sales Price  
 Sales Price  
  2016 2015

 Dividends
declared
 Dividends
declared
  Sales Price 
Dividends
declared
 Sales Price 
Dividends
declared

 High Low High Low  High Low High Low 

Quarter ended March 31

 $139.15 $124.02 $1.0700 $141.69 $123.71 $0.9700  $190.49
 $160.66
 $1.35
 $181.69
 $163.81
 $1.25

Quarter ended June 30

 $141.46 $127.97 $1.0700 $148.54 $134.51 $0.9700  $192.29
 $166.59
 $1.35
 $176.43
 $158.72
 $1.25

Quarter ended September 30

 $141.04 $122.36 $1.0700 $151.11 $134.03 $0.9700  $188.00
 $168.57
 $1.35
 $180.24
 $158.97
 $1.25

Quarter ended December 31

 $134.25 $116.86 $1.0700 $139.70 $126.12 $0.9700  $177.77
 $158.32
 $1.35
 $186.89
 $168.83
 $1.25


At present, we expect to continue our policy of paying regular quarterly cash dividends. However, the form, timing and/or amount of dividend distributions will be declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on actual cash from operations, our financial condition, capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and other factors as the Board of Directors may consider relevant. The Board of Directors may modify our dividend policy from time to time.


In January 2014,February 2017, we announced that our Board of Directors declared a dividend on our common stock for the first quarter of 20142017 of $1.16$1.42 per share, an 8.4%a 5.2% increase over the previous quarterly dividend per share of $1.07.$1.35. The dividend will be payable on April 15, 201417, 2017 to all common stockholders of record as of March 31, 2014.

2017.


Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period 
(a)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased(1)
 
(b)
Average
Price Paid
per Share
 
(c)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs
 
(d)
Maximum Dollar
Amount that May Yet
be Purchased Under
the Plans or Programs
(in thousands) (2)
October 1 - October 31, 2016 137
 $165.63
 
 $200,000
November 1 - November 30, 2016 
 $
 
 $200,000
December 1 - December 31, 2016 102
 $168.77
 
 $200,000

(1)Reflects shares surrendered to the Company in connection with exercise of stock options as payment of exercise price, as well as for taxes associated with the vesting of restricted share grants.
(2)As disclosed in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, represents amounts outstanding under the Company's $500,000,000 Stock Repurchase Program. There is no scheduled expiration date to this program.
Period
 (a)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased(1)
 (b)
Average
Price Paid
per Share
 (c)
Total Number of
Shares Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs
 (d)
Maximum Dollar
Amount that May Yet
be Purchased Under
the Plans or Programs
(in thousands)(2)
 

October 1 - October 31, 2013

       $200,000 

November 1 - November 30, 2013

       $200,000 

December 1 - December 31, 2013

  3,560 $118.23   $200,000 


(1)
Reflects shares surrendered to the Company in connection with exercise of stock options as payment of exercise price, as well as for taxes associated with the vesting of restricted share grants.

(2)
As disclosed in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, represents amounts outstanding under the Company's $500,000,000 Stock Repurchase Program. There is no scheduled expiration date to this program.

Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is included in the section entitled "SecurityItem 12. “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters"Matters” in this Form 10-K.


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ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table provides historical consolidated financial, operating and other data for the Company. You should read the table with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes included in this report (dollars in thousands, except per share information)data).

 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 12-31-10 12-31-09 

Revenue:

                

Rental and other income

 $1,451,419 $990,370 $890,431 $800,689 $755,479 

Management, development and other fees

  11,502  10,257  9,656  7,354  7,328 
            

Total revenue

  1,462,921  1,000,627  900,087  808,043  762,807 
            

Expenses:

                

Operating expenses, excluding property taxes

  352,245  259,350  246,872  235,168  224,068 

Property taxes

  158,774  97,555  88,964  84,319  74,759 

Interest expense, net

  172,402  136,920  167,814  169,997  145,090 

Loss on interest rate contract

  51,000         

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

  14,921  1,179  1,940    25,910 

Depreciation expense

  560,215  243,680  226,728  208,662  185,135 

General and administrative expense

  39,573  34,101  29,371  26,846  28,748 

Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs

  45,050  11,350  2,967  2,741  5,842 

Casualty and impairment loss

    1,449  14,052    21,152 
            

Total expenses

  1,394,180  785,584  778,708  727,733  710,704 
            

Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities

  (11,154) 20,914  5,120  762  1,441 

Gain on sale of land

  240  280  13,716    4,830 

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated entity

    14,194       
            

Income from continuing operations

  57,827  250,431  140,215  81,072  58,374 

Discontinued operations:

                

Income from discontinued operations

  16,713  26,820  20,065  18,933  32,013 

Gain on sale of communities

  278,231  146,311  281,090  74,074  63,887 
            

Total discontinued operations

  294,944  173,131  301,155  93,007  95,900 
            

Net income

  352,771  423,562  441,370  174,079  154,274 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

  370  307  252  1,252  1,373 
            

Net income attributable to the Company

  353,141  423,869  441,622  175,331  155,647 
            

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 $175,331 $155,647 
            
            

Per Common Share and Share Information:

                

Earnings per common share—basic:

                

Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)

 $0.46 $2.57 $1.55 $0.97 $0.73 

Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders

  2.32  1.77  3.34  1.11  1.21 
            

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $2.78 $4.34 $4.89 $2.08 $1.94 
            
            

Weighted average shares outstanding—basic(1)

  126,855,754 $97,416,401 $89,922,465 $83,859,936 $79,951,348 

Earnings per common share—diluted:

                

Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)

 $0.46 $2.55 $1.55 $0.97 $0.74 

Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders

  2.32  1.77  3.32  1.10  1.19 
            

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $2.78 $4.32 $4.87 $2.07 $1.93 
            
            

Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted

  127,265,903 $98,025,152 $90,777,462 $84,632,869 $80,599,657 

Cash dividends declared

 $4.28 $3.88 $3.57 $3.57 $3.57 

(1)
Amounts do not include unvested restricted shares included in the calculation of Earnings per Share. Please refer to Note 1, "Organization and Basis of Presentation—Earnings per Common Share" of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report for a discussion of the calculation of Earnings per Share.
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14 12/31/13 12/31/12
Operating data: 
  
  
  
  
Total revenue$2,045,255
 $1,856,028
 $1,685,061
 $1,462,921
 $1,000,627
Gain on sale of real estate$384,847
 $125,272
 $85,415
 $240
 $280
Income from continuing operations$1,033,708
 $741,733
 $659,148
 $57,827
 $250,431
Total discontinued operations$
 $
 $38,179
 $294,944
 $173,131
Net income$1,033,708
 $741,733
 $697,327
 $352,771
 $423,562
Net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
 $353,141
 $423,869
          
Per Common Share and Share Information:         
Earnings per common share—basic:         
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)$7.53
 $5.54
 $4.93
 $0.46
 $2.57
Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders
 
 0.29
 2.32
 1.77
Net income attributable to common stockholders$7.53
 $5.54
 $5.22
 $2.78
 $4.34
Weighted average shares outstanding—basic (1)136,928,251
 133,565,711
 130,586,718
 126,855,754
 97,416,401
          
Earnings per common share—diluted:         
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (net of dividends attributable to preferred stock)$7.52
 $5.51
 $4.92
 $0.46
 $2.55
Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders
 
 0.29
 2.32
 1.77
Net income attributable to common stockholders$7.52
 $5.51
 $5.21
 $2.78
 $4.32
Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted137,461,637
 134,593,177
 131,237,502
 127,265,903
 98,025,152
          
Cash dividends declared$5.40
 $5.00
 $4.64
 $4.28
 $3.88
          
Other Information: 
  
  
  
  
Net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
 $353,141
 $423,869
Depreciation—continuing operations531,434
 477,923
 442,682
 560,215
 243,680
Depreciation—discontinued operations
 
 
 13,500
 16,414
Interest expense, net—continuing operations (2)194,585
 148,879
 181,030
 238,323
 138,099
Interest expense, net—discontinued operations (2)
 
 
 
 735
Income tax expense305
 1,483
 9,368
 
 
EBITDA (3)$1,760,326
 $1,370,323

$1,316,647

$1,165,179

$822,797
          
Funds from Operations (4)$1,135,762
 $1,083,085
 $951,035
 $642,814
 $521,047
Core Funds from Operations (4)$1,125,341
 $1,016,035
 $890,081
 $792,888
 $532,490
Number of Current Communities (5)258
 259
 251
 244
 180
Number of apartment homes74,538
 75,584
 73,963
 72,811
 52,792
          
Balance Sheet Information: 
  
  
  
  
Real estate, before accumulated depreciation$20,776,626
 $19,268,099
 $17,849,316
 $16,800,321
 $10,071,342
Total assets$17,867,271
 $16,931,305
 $16,140,578
 $15,292,922
 $11,128,662
Notes payable and unsecured credit facilities, net$7,030,880
 $6,456,948
 $6,489,707
 $6,110,083
 $3,819,617
          
Cash Flow Information: 
  
  
  
  
Net cash flows provided by operating activities$1,143,484
 $1,056,754
 $886,641
 $724,315
 $540,819
Net cash flows used in investing activities$(1,037,352) $(1,199,517) $(816,760) $(1,181,174) $(623,386)
Net cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities$(291,645) $33,810
 $158,224
 $(1,995,404) $2,199,332

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 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 12-31-10 12-31-09 

Other Information:

                

Net income attributable to the Company

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 $175,331 $155,647 

Depreciation—continuing operations

  560,215  243,680  226,728  208,662  185,135 

Depreciation—discontinued operations

  13,500  16,414  23,541  24,280  33,151 

Interest expense, net—continuing operations(1)

  238,323  138,099  169,754  169,997  171,000 

Interest expense, net—discontinued operations(1)

    735  8,688  5,212  5,914 
            

EBITDA(2)

 $1,165,179 $822,797 $870,333 $583,482 $550,847 
            
            

Funds from Operations(3)

 $642,814 $521,047 $414,482 $338,353 $315,841 

Number of Current Communities(4)

  244  180  181  172  165 

Number of apartment homes

  72,811  52,792  53,294  51,245  47,926 

Balance Sheet Information:

                

Real estate, before accumulated depreciation

 $16,800,321 $10,049,484 $9,288,496 $8,661,211 $8,360,091 

Total assets

 $15,328,143 $11,160,078 $8,482,390 $7,821,488 $7,457,605 

Notes payable and unsecured credit facilities

 $6,145,391 $3,851,033 $3,632,296 $4,067,657 $3,974,872 

Cash Flow Information:

                

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

 $724,501 $540,819 $429,354 $332,106 $376,581 

Net cash flows used in investing activities

 $(1,181,174)$(623,386)$(443,141)$(298,936)$(333,559)

Net cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities

 $(1,995,404)$2,199,332 $326,233 $167,565 $(4,285)

Notes to Selected Financial Data

(1)
Interest expense, net includes any loss or gain incurred from the extinguishment of debt.

(2)
(1)Amounts do not include unvested restricted shares included in the calculation of Earnings per Share. Please refer to Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies—Earnings per Common Share,” of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report for a discussion of the calculation of Earnings per Share.
(2)Interest expense, net includes any gain or loss incurred from the extinguishment of debt.
(3)EBITDA is defined as net income before interest income and expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization from both continuing and discontinued operations. Under this definition, EBITDA includes gains on sale of assets and gain on sale of partnership interests. Management generally considers EBITDA to be an appropriate supplemental measure to net income of our operating performance because it helps investors to understand our ability to incur and service debt and to make capital expenditures. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as determined in accordance with GAAP), as an indicator of our operating performance, or to cash flows from operating activities (as determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of liquidity. Our calculation of EBITDA may not be comparable to EBITDA as calculated by other companies.

(3)
We generally consider Funds from Operations, or "FFO," as defined below, to be an appropriate supplemental measure to net income of our operating performance because it helps investors to understand our ability to incur and service debt and to make capital expenditures. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as determined in accordance with GAAP), as an indicator of our operating performance, or to cash flows from operating activities (as determined in accordance with GAAP) as a measure of liquidity. Our calculation of EBITDA may not be comparable to EBITDA as calculated by other companies.
(4)Refer to “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
(5)Current Communities consist of all communities other than those which are still under construction and for which a certificate or certificates of occupancy for the entire community have not been received.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Funds from Operations, or “FFO,” and FFO adjusted for non-core items, or “Core FFO,” as defined below, are generally considered by management to be appropriate supplemental measures of our operating and financial performance because, by excludingperformance. In calculating FFO, we exclude gains or losses related to dispositions of previously depreciated property and excludingexclude real estate depreciation, which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar condition based on historical cost accounting and useful life estimates,estimates. FFO can help one compare the operating performance of a real estate company between periods or as compared to different companies. By further adjusting for items that are not considered part of our core business operations, Core FFO allows one to compare the core operating performance of the Company year over year. We believe that in order to understand our operating results, FFO and Core FFO should be examined with net income as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income included elsewhere in this report.

Consistent with the definition adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts® ("NAREIT"(“NAREIT”), we calculate FFO as net income or loss attributable to common stockholders computed in accordance with GAAP, adjusted for:


gains or losses on sales of previously depreciated operating communities;

extraordinary gains or losses (as defined by GAAP);

cumulative effect of change in accounting principle;

impairment write-downs of depreciable real estate assets;

write-downs of investments in affiliates due to a decrease in the value of depreciable real estate assets held by those affiliates;

depreciation of real estate assets; and

adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.

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We calculate Core FFO as FFO, adjusted for:

joint venture gains, costs, and promoted interests;
casualty and impairment losses or gains, net;
gains or losses from early extinguishment of Contents

business interruption and property and casualty insurance proceeds and legal settlements;
gains or losses on sales of assets not subject to depreciation;
expensed acquisition costs related to business acquisitions that occurred prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-01 as discussed in Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report;
abandoned pursuits;
severance related costs; and
other non-core items.

FFO doesand Core FFO do not represent net income in accordance with GAAP, and therefore it should not be considered an alternative to net income, which remains the primary measure, as an indication of our performance. In addition, FFO and Core FFO as calculated by other REITs may not be comparable to our calculationcalculations of FFO and Core FFO.



FFO and Core FFO also doesdo not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP, and therefore should not be considered an alternative to net cash flows from operating activities, as determined by GAAP, as a measure of liquidity. Additionally, it is not necessarily indicative of cash available to fund cash needs. A presentation of GAAP based cash flow metrics is provided in "Cash“Cash Flow Information"Information” in the table on the previous page.

above.


The following is a reconciliation of net income attributable to common stockholders to FFO attributable to common stockholders and to Core FFO attributable to common stockholders (dollars in thousands, except per share data).


 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 12-31-10 12-31-09 

Net income attributable to the Company

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 $175,331 $155,647 

Depreciation—real estate assets, including discontinued operations and joint venture adjustments

  582,325  265,627  256,986  237,041  221,415 

Distributions to noncontrolling interests, including discontinued operations

  32  28  27  55  66 

Gain on sale of unconsolidated entities holding previously depreciated real estate assets

  (14,453) (7,972) (3,063)    

Write-down of investment in unconsolidated real estate entities

          2,600 

Gain on sale of previously depreciated real estate assets

  (278,231) (146,311) (281,090) (74,074) (63,887)

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated real estate entity

    (14,194)      
            

Funds from Operations attributable to common stockholders

 $642,814 $521,047 $414,482 $338,353 $315,841 
            
            

Weighted average shares outstanding—diluted

  127,265,903  98,025,152  90,777,462  84,632,869  80,599,657 

FFO per common share—diluted

 $5.05 $5.32 $4.57 $4.00 $3.92 
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14 12/31/13 12/31/12
Net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
 $353,141
 $423,869
Depreciation—real estate assets, including discontinued operations and joint venture adjustments538,606
 486,019
 449,769
 582,325
 265,627
Distributions to noncontrolling interests, including discontinued operations41
 38
 35
 32
 28
Gain on sale of unconsolidated entities holding previously depreciated real estate assets(58,069) (33,580) (73,674) (14,453) (7,972)
Gain on sale of previously depreciated real estate assets (1)(374,623) (115,625) (108,662) (278,231) (146,311)
Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated real estate entity
 
 
 
 (14,194)
Casualty and impairment (recovery) loss, net on real estate (2) (6)(4,195) 4,195
 
 
 
FFO attributable to common stockholders$1,135,762
 $1,083,085
 $951,035
 $642,814
 $521,047
          
Adjusting items:

 

 

 

 

Joint venture losses (gains) (3)6,031
 (9,059) (5,194) 35,554
 (940)
Impairment loss on real estate (4) (6)10,500
 800
 
 
 
Casualty (gain) loss, net on real estate (5) (6)(10,239) (15,538) 
 
 3,321
Business interruption insurance proceeds (7)(20,565) (1,509) (2,494) (299) 
Lost NOI from casualty losses covered by business interruption insurance (8)7,366
 7,862
 
 
 
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of consolidated debt7,075
 (26,736) 412
 14,921
 2,070
Acquisition costs (9)3,523
 3,806
 (7,682) 44,052
 9,965
Severance related costs852
 1,999
 815
 3,580
 587
Development pursuit and other write-offs3,662
 1,838
 2,564
 1,506
 
Joint venture promote (10)(7,985) (21,969) (58,128) 
 (4,055)
Gain on sale of other real estate(10,224) (9,647) (490) (240) (280)
Legal settlements(417) 
 
 
 775
Income taxes (11)
 1,103
 9,243
 
 
Loss on interest rate protection agreement
 
 
 51,000
 
Core FFO attributable to common stockholders$1,125,341
 $1,016,035
 $890,081
 $792,888
 $532,490
          
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted137,461,637
 134,593,177
 131,237,502
 127,265,903
 98,025,152
          
EPS per common share - diluted$7.52
 $5.51
 $5.21
 $2.78
 $4.32
FFO per common share - diluted$8.26
 $8.05
 $7.25
 $5.05
 $5.32
Core FFO per common share - diluted$8.19
 $7.55
 $6.78
 $6.23
 $5.43
(4)
Current Communities consist of all communities other than those which are still under construction and have not received a certificate of occupancy.

(1)Amount for 2014 excludes a gain of $14,132, representing our joint venture partners' portion of the gain on sale from a Fund I community which we consolidated for financial reporting purposes.
(2)During 2015, we recognized an impairment on depreciable real estate of $4,195 from the severe winter storms that occurred in our Northeast markets. During 2016, we received insurance proceeds, net of additional costs incurred, of $5,732 related to the winter storms, and recognized $4,195 of this recovery as an offset to the loss recognized in the prior year period. The balance of the net insurance proceeds received in 2016 of $1,537 is recognized as a casualty gain and is included in the reconciliation of FFO to Core FFO.
(3)Amount for 2016 is primarily composed of our proportionate share of yield maintenance charges incurred for the early repayment of debt associated with joint venture disposition activity and the write-off of asset management fee intangibles primarily associated with the disposition of communities in the U.S. Fund. Amounts for 2014 and 2015 are primarily composed of the Company's proportionate share

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gains and operating results for joint ventures formed with Equity Residential as part of the Archstone Acquisition. Amount for 2013 includes Archstone Acquisition related costs.

(4)Amounts include impairment charges relating to ancillary land parcels.
(5)Amount for 2016 includes $8,702 in property damage insurance proceeds for the Edgewater casualty loss, and $1,537 in insurance proceeds in excess of the total recognized loss related to severe winter storms in our Northeast markets that occurred in 2015. Amount for 2015 includes $44,142 of Edgewater insurance proceeds received partially offset by $28,604 for the write-off of real estate and related costs. Amount for 2012 includes losses incurred related to Superstorm Sandy, and the write-off of certain costs related to a commercial tenant.
(6)The aggregate impact of (i) casualty and impairment (recovery) loss, net on real estate, (ii) impairment loss on real estate and (iii) casualty (gain) loss, net on real estate for 2016 and 2015 are gains of $3,935 and $10,542, respectively.
(7)Amount for 2016 is primarily composed of business interruption insurance proceeds resulting from the final insurance settlement of the Edgewater casualty loss.
(8)Amounts relate to lost NOI resulting from the Edgewater casualty loss, for which we received $20,306 in business interruption insurance proceeds in the first quarter of 2016.
(9)Amount for 2014 is primarily composed of receipts related to communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition for periods prior to the Company’s ownership, which are primarily comprised of property tax and mortgage insurance refunds. Amounts for 2012 and 2013 primarily consist of costs related to the Archstone Acquisition.
(10)Amount for 2016 is for the recognition of our promoted interest in Fund II. Amount for 2015 is primarily composed of amounts received related to the modification of the joint venture agreement for the entity that owns Avalon at Mission Bay II to eliminate our promoted interest in future distributions. Amount for 2014 relates to our promoted interests from the sale of Avalon Chrystie Place, and the amount for 2012 relates to our promoted interests from the acquisition of our joint venture partner's interest in Avalon Del Rey.
(11)Amounts for 2015 and 2014 are composed of income taxes on income that was earned in taxable REIT subsidiaries and that is not considered to be a component of primary operations.


ITEM 7.    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("(“MD&A"&A”) is intended to help provide an understanding of our business, financial condition and results of operations. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report. This report, including the following MD&A, contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or trends that should be read in conjunction with the factors described under "Forward-Looking Statements"“Forward-Looking Statements” included in this report. Actual results or developments could differ materially from those projected in such statements as a result of the factors described under "Forward-Looking Statements"“Forward-Looking Statements” as well as the risk factors described in Item 1a, "Risk Factors,"1A. “Risk Factors” of this report.


Capitalized terms used without definition have the meanings provided elsewhere in this Form 10-K.


Executive Overview


Business Description


We are primarily engaged in developing, acquiring, owningdevelop, redevelop, acquire, own and operatingoperate multifamily apartment communities primarily in New England, the New York/New Jersey metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California. We focus on leading metropolitan areas that we believe are characterized by growing employment in high barrier to entry marketswage sectors of the United States.economy, lower housing affordability and a diverse and vibrant quality of life. We believe thatthese market characteristics offer the opportunity for superior risk-adjusted returns on apartment communities are an attractive long-term investment opportunity comparedcommunity investments relative to other real estate investments, because a broad potential resident base should help reduce demand volatility over a real estate cycle.markets that do not have these characteristics. We seek to create long-term shareholder value by accessing capital on cost effective terms; deploying that capital to develop, redevelop and acquire apartment communities in high barrier to entryour selected markets; operating apartment communities; and selling communities when they no longer meet our long-term investment strategy or when pricing is attractive. Barriers to entry in our markets generally include a difficult and lengthy entitlement process with local jurisdictions and dense urban or suburban areas where zoned and entitled land is in limited supply.


Our strategystrategic vision is to be leadersthe leading apartment company in select US markets, providing a range of distinctive living experiences that customers value. We pursue this vision by targeting what we believe are among the best markets and submarkets, leveraging our strategic capabilities in market research and consumer insight and being disciplined in our capital allocation delivering a range of multifamily offerings tailored to serve the needs of the most attractive customer segments in the best-performing submarkets of the United States.and balance sheet management. Our communities are predominately upscale and generally command among the highest rents in their markets. However, we also pursue the ownership and operation of apartment communities that target a variety of customer segments and price points, consistent with our goal of offering a broad range of products and services.

We regularly evaluate the allocation of our investments by the amount of invested capital and by product type within our individual markets, which are primarily located in New England, the New York/New Jersey metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northern and Southern California regions of the United States.

markets.


Financial Highlights


For the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, net income attributable to common stockholders was $353,141,000 compared to $423,869,000 for 2012, a decrease of 16.7%. The decrease is attributable primarily to$1,034,002,000, an increase in depreciation expense and expensed transaction costs associated withof $291,964,000, or 39.3%, over the Archstone Acquisition, coupled with the recognition of a loss associated with an interest rate protection agreement.prior year. The decrease was partially offset byincrease is primarily attributable to an increase in NOI from our communities.

newly developed, acquired and existing operating communities and an increase in real estate sales and related gains. These amounts were partially offset by increases in depreciation and interest expense and a loss on extinguishment of debt in the current year, coupled with a gain on extinguishment of debt in the prior year.


For the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, Established Communities NOI increased by $26,147,000,$49,606,000, or 4.7%4.8%, over the prior year. The increase was driven by an increase in rental revenue of 4.3%, partially offset by an increase in operating expenses of 3.5%3.1% over 2012.

2015.

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        On February 27, 2013, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated November 26, 2012, by and among us, Equity Residential, Lehman, and Archstone, we, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of Archstone's assets, including all of the ownership interests in joint ventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone's liabilities, with certain limited exceptions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, we acquired approximately 40% of Archstone's assets and liabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60% of Archstone's assets and liabilities. We acquired the following:

        In 2013, our capital activity related to funding the Archstone Acquisition as well as our core business activities in our development and redevelopment platforms. Our funding for the Archstone Acquisition included the assumption of approximately $2 billion in net indebtedness, as well as the issuance to Lehman of 14,889,706 shares of our common stock. In addition to this activity, during 2013

During 2016, we raised approximately $1,682,800,000$1,668,474,000 of gross capital through the issuance of unsecured notes and asset sales.the sale of real estate, exclusive of proceeds from the disposition of joint ventures and secured debt assumed in conjunction with acquisitions. The funds raised from dispositionsthe sale of real estate consist of the proceeds from the sale of eightseven operating communities, for gross sales proceeds of $932,800,000. In addition, in February 2014 we sold one community, Avalon Valley, located in Danbury, CT, for $53,325,000.land parcel and ancillary real estate. We believe that our current capital structure will continue to provide financial flexibility to access capital on attractive terms.


We believe our development activity will continue to create long-term value. We increased development activity during 2013 from the prior year in anticipation of favorable economic conditions and apartment fundamentals. During 2013,2016, we completed the developmentconstruction of 12eight communities containing an aggregate of 1,715 apartment homes for an aggregate total capitalized cost of $630,000,000.$510,800,000. We also started the developmentconstruction of 13nine communities containing an aggregate of 2,732 apartment homes, which are expected to be completed for an estimated total capitalized cost of $1,323,000,000.$1,588,600,000, including our share of the total capitalized cost for one community being developed within a joint venture in which we own a 55.0% interest. In addition, during 20132016 we completed the redevelopment of six10 communities containing an aggregate of 2,739 apartment homes for a total investment of $52,700,000,$115,900,000, excluding costs incurred prior to the redevelopment.

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During the year ended December 31, 2016, we sold seven wholly-owned operating communities, containing an aggregate of 2,051 apartment homes, for an aggregate sales price of $522,850,000, resulting in an aggregate gain in accordance with GAAP of $370,301,000. We also sold other real estate, primarily composed of one land parcel which was sold to a joint venture in which we own a 55.0% interest, and ancillary real estate, for an aggregate sales price $41,178,000, resulting in an aggregate gain in accordance with GAAP of $10,224,000.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, we acquired five communities containing an aggregate of 1,265 apartment homes and 40,000 square feet of retail space for an aggregate purchase price of $532,350,000. One community, Avalon Clarendon, was a mixed-use development originally acquired through a joint venture. We established separate legal ownership of the residential and retail, office and public parking components of the venture with our venture partner, and as a result consolidated Avalon Clarendon, reporting the operating results of the community as part of our consolidated operations beginning in October 2016. In conjunction with the acquisition of Avalon Hoboken, we assumed a fixed rate secured mortgage note with a principal balance of $67,904,000 and a contractual interest rate of 4.18% maturing in December 2020. In conjunction with the acquisition of Avalon Columbia Pike, we assumed a fixed rate secured mortgage note with a principal balance of $70,507,000 and a contractual interest rate of 3.38% maturing in November 2019.

We believe that our balance sheet strength, as measured by our current level of indebtedness, our current ability to service interest and other fixed charges, and our current moderate use of financial encumbrances (such as secured financing) provide us with adequate access to liquidity from the capital markets. We expect to be able to meet our reasonably foreseeable liquidity needs, as they arise, through a combination of one or more of the following sources: existing cash on hand; operating cash flows; borrowings under our Credit Facility; secured debt; the issuance of corporate securities (which could include unsecured


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debt, preferred equity and/or common equity); the sale of apartment communities; or through the formation of joint ventures. See the discussion underLiquidity and Capital Resources.

        In addition to the Archstone Acquisition, during the year ended December 31, 2013, we acquired Arboretum at Burlington, located in Burlington MA. Arboretum at Burlington contains 312 apartment homes and was acquired for a purchase price of $79,850,000.

        We established Fund I and Fund II (collectively the "Funds") to engage in real estate acquisition programs through discretionary investment funds. We believe this investment format provides the following attributes: (i) third-party joint venture equity as an additional source of financing to expand and diversify our portfolio; (ii) additional sources of income in the form of property management and asset management fees and, potentially, incentive distributions if the performance of the Funds exceeds certain thresholds; and (iii) additional visibility into the transactions occurring in multi-family assets that helps us with other investment decisions related to our wholly-owned portfolio.

        Fund I has nine institutional investors, including us. One of our wholly-owned subsidiaries is the general partner of Fund I and, excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of Fund I, we have an equity investment of approximately $14,209,000 in Fund I (net of distributions and excluding the purchase by us of a mortgage note secured by a Fund I community), representing a 15.2% combined general partner and limited partner equity interest. Fund I was our principal vehicle for acquiring apartment communities from its formation in March 2005 through the close of its investment period in March 2008. Fund I has a term that expires in March 2015.

        During the year ended December 31, 2013, Fund I sold seven communities:

    Avalon Yerba Buena, a 160 apartment home community with 32,300 square feet of retail located in San Francisco, CA, for $103,000,000;

    Avalon at Civic Center, a 192 apartment home community located in Norwalk, CA, for $45,844,000;

    Avalon at Cedar Place, a 156 apartment home community located in Columbia, MD, for $26,000,000;

    Avalon Sunset, a 82 apartment home community located in Los Angeles, CA for $25,800,000;

    Crystal Hill, a 169 apartment home community located in Pomona, NY for $33,050,000;

    Centerpoint, a 392 apartment home community located in Baltimore, MD for $75,250,000; and

    Middlesex Crossing, a 252 apartment home community located in Billerica, MA, for $40,250,000.

        Our proportionate share of the gain from the sale of these communities was $11,484,000.

        Fund II has six institutional investors, including us. One of our wholly owned subsidiaries is the general partner of Fund II and, excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of Fund II, we have made an equity investment of $93,714,000 (net of distributions), representing a 31.3% combined general partner and limited partner equity interest. Fund II served as the exclusive vehicle through which we acquired investment interests in apartment communities from its formation in 2008 through the close of its investment period in August 2011. Fund II has a term that expires in August 2020, assuming the exercise of two one-year extension options.

        During the year ended December 31, 2013, Fund II sold Avalon Rothbury, located in Gaithersburg, MD, for $39,600,000. The Company's proportionate share of the gain in accordance with GAAP for the disposition was $2,790,000.

        In 2013, in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, we acquired an interest in one additional discretionary real estate management investment fund. The U.S. Fund has six institutional investors,


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including us. Through subsidiaries, we own the general partner of the U.S. Fund and, excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of the U.S. Fund, we have made an equity investment of $93,685,000 (net of distributions), representing a 28.6% combined general partner and limited partner equity interest. The U.S. Fund has a term that expires in July 2023, assuming the exercise of two one-year extension options.

Communities Overview


As of December 31, 2013,2016 we owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 273285 apartment communities containing 81,51983,667 apartment homes in 1210 states and the District of Columbia, of which 2927 communities were under constructiondevelopment and threefour communities were under reconstruction.redevelopment. Of these communities, 3616 were owned by entities that were not consolidated for financial reporting purposes, including four owned by subsidiaries of Fund I, 12three owned by subsidiaries of Fund II, and nineseven owned by the U.S. Fund.Fund, three owned by the AC JV and one that is being developed within a joint venture. In addition, we ownedheld a direct or indirect ownership interest in Development Rights to develop an additional 4625 wholly-owned communities that, if developed in the manneras expected, will contain an estimated 12,9868,487 apartment homes.


Our real estate investments consist primarily of current operating apartment communities,Current Communities, Development Communities and Development Rights. Our current operating communitiesCurrent Communities are further distinguished as Established Communities, Other Stabilized Communities, Lease-Up Communities, Redevelopment Communities and RedevelopmentUnconsolidated Communities.


Established Communities are generally operatingconsolidated communities that are consolidated for financial reporting purposes and were owned and had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of the beginning of the prior year, which allows the performanceallowing for a meaningful comparison of these communities to be comparedoperating results between years. Other Stabilized Communities are generally all other completed consolidated operating communities that have stabilized occupancy and operating expenses during the current year, but had not achieved stabilization as of the beginning of the prior year. Lease-Up Communities consist ofare consolidated communities where construction ishas been complete but stabilizationfor less than one year and stabilized occupancy has not been achieved. Redevelopment Communities consist ofare consolidated communities where substantial redevelopment is in progress or is planned to begin during the current year. Unconsolidated Communities are communities that we have an indirect ownership interest in through our investment interest in an unconsolidated joint venture. A more detailed description of our reportable segments and other related operating information can be found in Note 9, "Segment8, “Segment Reporting," of our Consolidated Financial Statements.


Although each of these categories is important to our business, we generally evaluate overall operating, industry and market trends based on the operating results of Established Communities, for which a detailed discussion can be found in "Results“Results of Operations"Operations” as part of our discussion of overall operating results. We evaluate our current and future cash needs and future operating potential based on acquisition, disposition, development, redevelopment and financing activities within Other Stabilized, Redevelopment and Development Communities. Discussions related to current and future cash needs and financing activities can be found in "Liquidityunder Liquidity and Capital Resources."



NOI of our current operating communities is one of the financial measures that we use to evaluate community performance. NOI is affected by the demand and supply dynamics within our markets, our rental rates and occupancy levels and our ability to control operating costs. Our overall financial performance is also impacted by the general availability and cost of capital and the performance of newly developed, redeveloped and acquired apartment communities.


Results of Operations


Our year-over-year operating performance is primarily affected by both overall and individual geographic market conditions and apartment fundamentals and is reflected in changes in NOI of our Established Communities; NOI derived from acquisitions and development completions; the loss of


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NOI related to disposed communities; and capital market and financing activity. A comparison of our operating results for 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 follows (dollars in thousands):


For the year ended 2016 vs. 2015 2015 vs. 2014

 2013 2012 $ Change % Change 2012 2011 $ Change % Change 2016 2015 2014 $ Change % Change $ Change % Change

Revenue:

                  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Rental and other income

 $1,451,419 $990,370 $461,049 46.6%$990,370 $890,431 $99,939 11.2%$2,039,656
 $1,846,081
 $1,674,011
 $193,575
 10.5 % $172,070
 10.3 %

Management, development and other fees

 11,502 10,257 1,245 12.1% 10,257 9,656 601 6.2%5,599
 9,947
 11,050
 (4,348) (43.7)% (1,103) (10.0)%
                 

Total revenue

 1,462,921 1,000,627 462,294 46.2% 1,000,627 900,087 100,540 11.2%2,045,255
 1,856,028
 1,685,061
 189,227
 10.2 % 170,967
 10.1 %
                              

Expenses:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Direct property operating expenses, excluding property taxes

 295,150 211,086 84,064 39.8% 211,086 201,533 9,553 4.7%406,577
 377,317
 345,846
 29,260
 7.8 % 31,471
 9.1 %

Property taxes

 158,774 97,555 61,219 62.8% 97,555 88,964 8,591 9.7%204,837
 193,499
 178,634
 11,338
 5.9 % 14,865
 8.3 %
                 

Total community operating expenses

 453,924 308,641 145,283 47.1% 308,641 290,497 18,144 6.2%611,414
 570,816
 524,480
 40,598
 7.1 % 46,336
 8.8 %
                              

Corporate-level property management and other indirect operating expenses

 53,105 42,193 10,912 25.9% 42,193 40,213 1,980 4.9%67,038
 67,060
 60,341
 (22)  % 6,719
 11.1 %

Investments and investment management expense

 3,990 6,071 (2,081) (34.3)% 6,071 5,126 945 18.4%4,822
 4,370
 4,485
 452
 10.3 % (115) (2.6)%

Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs

 45,050 11,350 33,700 296.9% 11,350 2,967 8,383 282.5%
Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries9,922
 6,822
 (3,717) 3,100
 45.4 % 10,539
 N/A (1)

Interest expense, net

 172,402 136,920 35,482 25.9% 136,920 167,814 (30,894) (18.4)%187,510
 175,615
 180,618
 11,895
 6.8 % (5,003) (2.8)%

Loss on interest rate contract

 51,000  51,000 100.0%    0.0%

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

 14,921 1,179 13,742 1,165.6% 1,179 1,940 (761) (39.2)%
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net7,075
 (26,736) 412
 33,811
 (126.5)% (27,148) N/A (1)

Depreciation expense

 560,215 243,680 316,535 129.9% 243,680 226,728 16,952 7.5%531,434
 477,923
 442,682
 53,511
 11.2 % 35,241
 8.0 %

General and administrative expense

 39,573 34,101 5,472 16.0% 34,101 29,371 4,730 16.1%45,771
 42,774
 41,425
 2,997
 7.0 % 1,349
 3.3 %

Casualty and impairment loss

  1,449 (1,449) (100.0)% 1,449 14,052 (12,603) (89.7)%

Gain on sale of land

 (240) (280) 40 (14.3)% (280) (13,716) 13,436 (98.0)%

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated real estate entity

  (14,194) 14,194 (100.0)% (14,194)  14,194 (100.0)%
                 
Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net(3,935) (10,542) 
 6,607
 (62.7)% (10,542) 100.0 %

Total other expenses

 940,016 462,469 477,547 103.3% 462,469 474,495 (12,026) (2.5)%849,637
 737,286
 726,246
 112,351
 15.2 % 11,040
 1.5 %
                              

(Loss) equity in income of unconsolidated entities

 (11,154) 20,914 (32,068) (153.3)% 20,914 5,120 15,794 308.5%
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities64,962
 70,018
 148,766
 (5,056) (7.2)% (78,748) (52.9)%
Gain on sale of communities374,623
 115,625
 84,925
 258,998
 224.0 % 30,700
 36.1 %
Gain on sale of other real estate10,224
 9,647
 490
 577
 6.0 % 9,157
 1,868.8 %
Income from continuing operations before taxes1,034,013
 743,216
 668,516
 290,797
 39.1 % 74,700
 11.2 %
Income tax expense305
 1,483
 9,368
 (1,178) (79.4)% (7,885) (84.2)%
                              

Income from continuing operations

 
57,827
 
250,431
 
(192,604

)
 
(76.9

)%
 
250,431
 
140,215
 
110,216
 
78.6

%
1,033,708
 741,733
 659,148
 291,975
 39.4 % 82,585
 12.5 %
             

Discontinued operations:

                  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Income from discontinued operations

 16,713 26,820 (10,107) (37.7)% 26,820 20,065 6,755 33.7%
 
 310
 
  % (310) (100.0)%

Gain on sale of communities

 278,231 146,311 131,920 90.2% 146,311 281,090 (134,779) (47.9)%
                 
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
 
 37,869
 
  % (37,869) (100.0)%

Total discontinued operations

 294,944 173,131 121,813 70.4% 173,131 301,155 (128,024) (42.5)%
 
 38,179
 
  % (38,179) (100.0)%
                              

Net income

 
352,771
 
423,562
 
(70,791

)
 
(16.7

)%
 
423,562
 
441,370
 
(17,808

)
 
(4.0

)%
1,033,708
 741,733
 697,327
 291,975
 39.4 % 44,406
 6.4 %

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 370 307 63 20.5% 307 252 55 21.8%
                              
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests294
 305
 (13,760) (11) (3.6)% 14,065
 N/A (1)
             

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,141 $423,869 $(70,728) (16.7)%$423,869 $441,622 $(17,753) (4.0)%$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
 $291,964
 39.3 % $58,471
 8.6 %
                 
                 

(1)Percent change is not meaningful.

Net income attributable to common stockholders decreased $70,728,000,increased $291,964,000, or 16.7%39.3%, to $353,141,000$1,034,002,000 in 20132016 primarily due primarily to an increase in depreciation expense and expensed transaction costs associated with the Archstone Acquisition, coupled with the recognition of a loss associated with an interest rate protection agreement. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in NOI from communities acquired in the Archstone Acquisition and our existing and newly developed, acquired and existing operating communities in 2013, as well asand an increase in real estate sales and related gains. These amounts were partially offset by increases in depreciation and interest expense, and a loss on extinguishment of debt in the current year coupled with a gain on saleextinguishment of communities as compared todebt in the prior year. Net income attributable to common stockholders decreased $17,753,000,increased $58,471,000, or 4.0%8.6%, to $742,038,000 in 2012 over 20112015 from 2014 primarily due primarily to an increase in NOI from newly developed and existing operating communities, and gains from net insurance recoveries and the extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a decrease in gain on saleequity in income of communities as compared to the prior year, offset partially by increased NOI in 2012 over 2011.unconsolidated real estate entities.


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NOI is considered by management to be an important and appropriate supplemental performance measure to net income because it helps both investors and management to understand the core operations of a community or communities prior to the allocation of any corporate-level or financing-related costs. NOI reflects the operating performance of a community and allows for an easyeasier comparison of the operating performance of individual assets or groups of assets. In addition, because prospective buyers of real estate have different financing and overhead structures, with varying marginal impactsimpact to overhead as a result of acquiring real estate, NOI is considered by many in the real estate industry to be a useful measure for determining the value of a real estate asset or group of assets. We define NOI as total property revenue less direct property operating expenses including(including property taxes.taxes), and excluding corporate-level income (including management, development and other fees), corporate-level property management and other indirect operating expenses, investments and investment management expenses, expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries, interest expense, net, loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net, general and administrative expense, equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, depreciation expense, corporate income tax expense, casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net, gain on sale of real estate assets, gain on sale of discontinued operations, income from discontinued operations and net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations.


NOI does not represent cash generated from operating activities in accordance with GAAP. Therefore,GAAP, and NOI should not be considered an alternative to net income as an indication of our performance. NOI should also not be considered an alternative to net cash flow from operating activities, as determined by GAAP, as a measure of liquidity, nor is NOI indicative of cash available to fund cash needs. Reconciliations of NOI for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 to net income for each year are as follows (dollars in thousands):


 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Net income$1,033,708
 $741,733
 $697,327
Indirect operating expenses, net of corporate income61,403
 56,973
 49,055
Investments and investment management expense4,822
 4,370
 4,485
Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries9,922
 6,822
 (3,717)
Interest expense, net (1)187,510
 175,615
 180,618
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net7,075
 (26,736) 412
General and administrative expense45,771
 42,774
 41,425
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities(64,962) (70,018) (148,766)
Depreciation expense (1)531,434
 477,923
 442,682
Income tax expense305
 1,483
 9,368
Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net(3,935) (10,542) 
Gain on sale of real estate assets(384,847) (125,272) (85,415)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
 
 (37,869)
Income from discontinued operations
 
 (310)
Net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations (2)(17,509) (34,133) (49,708)
        Net operating income$1,410,697
 $1,240,992

$1,099,587

(1)Includes amounts associated with assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations.
(2)Represents NOI from real estate assets sold or held for sale as of December 31, 2016 that are not classified as discontinued operations.
 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Net income

 $352,771 $423,562 $441,370 

Indirect operating expenses, net of corporate income

  41,554  31,911  30,550 

Investments and investment management expense

  3,990  6,071  5,126 

Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs

  45,050  11,350  2,967 

Interest expense, net

  172,402  136,920  167,814 

Loss on interest rate contract

  51,000     

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

  14,921  1,179  1,940 

General and administrative expense

  39,573  34,101  29,371 

Loss (equity) in income of unconsolidated entities

  11,154  (20,914) (5,120)

Depreciation expense

  560,215  243,680  226,728 

Casualty and impairment loss

    1,449  14,052 

Gain on sale of real estate assets

  (278,471) (146,591) (294,806)

Income from discontinued operations

  (16,713) (26,820) (20,065)

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated real estate entity

    (14,194)  
        

Net operating income

 $997,446 $681,704 $599,927 
        
        

The NOI increases for both 20132016 and 2012,2015, as compared to the prior year, period, consist of changes in the following categories (dollars in thousands):


 
 Full Year
2013
 Full Year
2012
 

Established Communities

 $26,146 $35,412 

Other Stabilized Communities

  254,488  17,395 

Development and Redevelopment Communities

  35,108  28,970 
      

Total

 $315,742 $81,777 
      
      
 Full Year
 2016 2015
Established Communities$49,606
 $52,763
Other Stabilized Communities (1)59,022
 28,199
Development and Redevelopment Communities61,077
 60,443
Total$169,705
 $141,405

(1)NOI for the year ended December 31, 2016 includes $20,306 in business interruption insurance proceeds related to the Edgewater casualty loss.

The increase in our Established Communities' NOI in 20132016 and 2015 is due to increased rental rates, and increased occupancy, partially offset by decreased economic occupancy and increased operating expenses. During 2013, we experienced increases in rental rates over 2012, while maintaining occupancy of at least 95% in all markets, offset partially by an increase in operating expenses.


Rental and other income increased in both 20132016 and 2012 as2015 compared to the prior years due to additional rental income generated from newly developed, acquired and acquiredexisting operating communities including those acquired in the Archstone Acquisition in 2013, and increasesan increase in rental rates and occupancy at our Established Communities. The increase for 2016 is also due to business interruption insurance proceeds received due to the final settlement of the Edgewater casualty loss.


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Management, development and other fees increased $1,245,000decreased $4,348,000 or 12.1%43.7%, and $1,103,000, or 10.0%, in 20132016 and increased $601,000, or 6.2%, in 2012 as compared to the prior years. The increase in 2013 was primarily due to management fees related to the U.S. Fund and the AC JV, partially offset by lower property management and other management fees earned related to dispositions from Fund I and Fund II. The increase in 2012 was primarily due to increased asset management fees and property management fees from Fund II over the prior year.

Direct property operating expenses, excluding property taxes increased $84,064,000, or 39.8%, and $9,553,000, or 4.7%, in 2013 and 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The decrease in 2016 was primarily due to lower property and asset management fees earned as a result of dispositions from Fund II and the U.S. Fund, as well as asset management and disposition fees earned in the prior year not present in 2016 from the Residual JV. The decrease in 2015 was primarily due to lower property and asset management fees earned as a result of dispositions from Fund I and Fund II, partially offset by an increase in 2013 wasdisposition fees in 2015 related to the sale of communities owned within the Residual JV.


Direct property operating expenses, excluding property taxes increased $29,260,000, or 7.8%, and $31,471,000, or 9.1%, in 2016 and 2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The increases in 2016 and 2015 were primarily due to the addition of newly developed and acquired apartment homes, including the communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition.communities. The increase for 2016 was partially offset by a decrease in 2012 was primarily duesnow removal and other costs related to the additionsevere winter storms in our Northeast markets that occurred during the first quarter of newly developed apartment homes.2015, which contributed to the increase in the prior year.


For Established Communities, direct property operating expenses, excluding property taxes, increased $4,374,000,$7,256,000, or 2.6%2.5%, and $8,207,000, or 3.1%, in 20132016 and decreased $475,000, or 0.3%, in 2012 as compared to the prior years. The increase in 2013 was primarily due to increased repairs and maintenance, insurance, and office operations costs.

Property taxes increased $61,219,000, or 62.8%, and $8,591,000, or 9.7%, in 2013 and 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The increase in 20132016 was primarily due to increased bad debt expense, compensation and community repairs and maintenance costs, partially offset by decreased utility costs and a decrease in snow removal and other costs related to the severe winter storms in our Northeast markets that occurred during the first quarter of 2015. The increase in 2015 was primarily due to increased repairs and maintenance costs, payroll and benefit costs, and insurance costs, as well as snow removal and other costs related to the severe winter storms in our Northeast markets during the first quarter of 2015.


Property taxes increased $11,338,000, or 5.9%, and $14,865,000, or 8.3%, in 2016 and 2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The increases in 2016 and 2015 were primarily due to the addition of newly developed and acquired apartment homes, including communities, acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition, coupled with increased tax rates and assessments across our portfolio. The increaseportfolio and successful appeals and reductions of supplemental taxes in 2012 was primarily due to the additionrespective prior years in excess of newly developed and redeveloped apartment homes and overall higher assessments. Property tax increases are also impacted bythose recognized in the size and timing of successful tax appeals.then current year.


For Established Communities, property taxes increased $4,282,000,$6,616,000, or 5.4%4.4%, and $4,581,000,$3,829,000, or 6.5%2.8%, in 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The increase in 20132016 was primarily due to higher ratesincreased assessments as well as appeals and assessments, partially offset by highersupplemental tax reversals in the prior year in excess of those recognized in the current year. The increase in 2015 was primarily due to successful appeals and refunds receivedreductions of supplemental taxes in 2013,


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as comparedthose in 2015, related primarily to the prior year.our West Coast markets. For communities in California, property tax changes are determined by the change in the California Consumer Price Index, with increases limited by law (Proposition 13). Massachusetts also has laws in place to limit property tax increases. The increase in 2012 was primarily due to appeals and settlements recognized in 2011 that were not present in 2012, coupled with increased rates and assessments throughout our regions. We evaluate property tax increases internally and also engage third-party consultants to assist in our evaluations. We appeal property tax increases when appropriate.


Corporate-level property management and other indirect operating expenses decreased $22,000 in 2016, and increased $10,912,000,$6,719,000, or 25.9%11.1%, in 2013 and increased $1,980,000, or 4.9%, in 2012,2015, as compared to the prior years. The increasesincrease in both years were2015 was primarily due to increasedan increase in compensation related costs with the increase in 2013 over 2012 including the increase in overhead associated with the Archstone Acquisition. The increase in 2012 was also attributable to costs associated with our introduction and implementation of our AVA and Eaves by Avalon brands.certain employee separation costs.



Investments and investment management costs decreased $2,081,000, or 34.3%, in 2013 and increased by $945,000, or 18.4%, in 2012, due to reductions in compensation costs, as our investment fund management activity has declined.

Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries primarily reflect the costs incurred related to our asset investment activity, abandoned pursuit costs, which include costs incurred for development pursuits not yet considered probable for development, as well as the abandonment of Development Rights, acquisition pursuits and disposition pursuits.pursuits, offset by any recoveries associated with acquisitions for periods prior to our ownership. These costs can be volatile, particularly in periods of increased acquisition activity, periods of economic downturn or when there is limited access to capital, and the costs may vary significantly from period to period. These costs increased $33,700,000,$3,100,000, or 296.9%45.4%, and $8,383,000, or 282.5%,$10,539,000 in 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years,years. The increase in 2016 was primarily due to costs related to five operating communities acquired in 2016, as well as the non-cash write-off of asset management fee intangibles associated with the disposition of communities in the U.S. Fund. The increase in 2015 was primarily due to receipts in 2014 related to communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition.Acquisition for periods prior to our ownership, which are primarily comprised of property tax and mortgage insurance refunds, as well as increased costs associated with the acquisition of real estate and abandonment of pursuits, as compared to the prior year.


Interest expense, net increased $35,482,000,$11,895,000, or 25.9%6.8%, and decreased $5,003,000, or 2.8%, in 20132016 and decreased $30,894,000, or 18.4%, in 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. This category includes interest costs offset by capitalized interest pertaining to development and redevelopment activity, amortization of the mark to market adjustmentpremium/discount on debt, assumed as part of the Archstone Acquisition, and interest income. The increase in 20132016 was due to an increase in outstanding unsecured indebtedness from net issuance activity in 2015 and 2016, as well as an increase in variable interest rates. The decrease in 2015 was primarily due to net interest costs on debt assumedthe repayment of secured indebtedness in the Archstone Acquisition, partially offset by2015 and increased capitalized interest as compared to the prior year. The decrease in 2012 was primarily due to decreased average outstanding indebtedness and lower average effective interest rates coupled witha result of our increased capitalized interest. This decrease wasdevelopment activity, partially offset by interest income associated with escrow accounts for certain tax exempt secured borrowings recognized in 2011 that were not present in 2012. Thean increase in capitalized interest in both 2013 and 2012 overoutstanding unsecured indebtedness resulting from the respective prior years was driven primarily by increased development activity and development pursuits.issuance of $875,000,000 aggregate principal amount during 2015.


Loss on interest rate contract reflects the loss recorded by the Company related to the forward interest rate protection agreement that matured in May 2013. Based on changes in the Company's capital needs in 2013, the Company did not issue the anticipated debt for which the interest rate protection agreement was transacted.

Loss(gain) on the extinguishment of debt, net reflectsprepayment penalties, the expensingwrite-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and premiums from our debt repurchase and retirement activity, or payments to acquire our outstanding debt at amounts above or below the carrying basis of the debt acquired, excluding costs related to debt secured by assets sold or held for sale, which is included in discontinued operations, below. During 2013, we incurred a chargesale. The loss of $7,075,000 for 2016 was primarily due to the prepayment penaltiespenalty associated with the early repayment of $250,000,000 principal amount of 5.70% coupon unsecured notes and the write-off of deferred fees related to the early retirement of three secured notes. During 2012, we recognized a non-cash charge for the write-off of deferred financing fees relatedcosts for the variable rate debt secured by Avalon Walnut Creek. The gain of $26,736,000 for 2015 was primarily due to the write-off of unamortized mark to market adjustments, net of unamortized deferred financing costs and any applicable related prepayment penalties associated with the early retirementrepayment of a secured note.certain debt assumed as part of the Archstone Acquisition.


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Depreciation expense increased $316,535,000$53,511,000, or 129.9%11.2%, and $16,952,$35,241,000, or 7.5%8.0%, in 20132016 and 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The increases in 2016 and 2015 were primarily due to the addition of newly developed apartment communities. The increase in 2016 was also due to the addition of newly acquired apartment communities.


General and administrative expense (“G&A”) increased $2,997,000, or 7.0%, and $1,349,000, or 3.3%, in 2016 and 2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The increase in 20132016 was primarily due to additional depreciation expense froman increase in legal and consulting fees, as well as increased charitable contributions over the Archstone Acquisition, consisting largely of the depreciation of in-place lease intangibles, which were depreciated over a six month period.prior year. The increase in 20122015 was primarily due to the net increaselegal settlement proceeds received in assets from the completion of development, redevelopment and acquisition activity,2014 not present in 2015, partially offset by a reductiondecrease in depreciationcompensation expense, from assets sold during the year.

General and administrative expense ("G&A") increased $5,472,000, or 16.0%, and $4,730,000, or 16.1%including severance, in 2013 and 2012, respectively,2015 as compared to the prior years. The increases in both years were primarily due to increased compensation costs, including costs related to the Archstone Acquisition in 2013. The increase in 2012 was also due to increased professional fees.year.


Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net for 20122016 consists of property damage insurance proceeds from the losses we incurred associated with Superstorm Sandy. Amountsfinal insurance settlement for 2011 consistthe Edgewater casualty loss and net third-party insurance proceeds related to severe winter storms that occurred in 2015 in our Northeast markets, partially offset by impairment charges recognized for ancillary land parcels. Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net for 2015 consists of Edgewater insurance proceeds received, partially offset by (i) incident and demolition expenses and the write-off of the write downnet book value of two land parcelsthe fixed assets destroyed in the fire at Edgewater, (ii) property and casualty damages incurred across several communities in our Northeast markets related to severe winter storms, and (iii) an other than temporary impairment of an investment in unconsolidated joint venture.

Gain on sale of land decreased in 2013 and 2012 as compared to the prior years, due to decreased volume and associated gains on the salecharge recognized for a parcel of land parcels.sold during 2015.


Gain on acquisitionEquity in income of unconsolidated real estate entity represents the amount by which the fair value of our prior ownership interest in the joint venture that owned Avalon Del Rey exceeded our carrying value.

Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities decreased $32,068,000,$5,056,000, or 153.3%7.2%, and $78,748,000, or 52.9%, in 20132016 and increased $15,794,000, or 308.5%, in 2012,2015, respectively, as compared to the prior years. The decrease in 2013 is primarily due to costs of approximately $39,543,000 associated with the Archstone Acquisition that were incurred through the unconsolidated joint venture entities owned with Equity Residential during the year. The increase in 20122016 was primarily due to decreased NOI from the recognitionventures due to disposition activity in 2015 and 2016, as well as amounts received in 2015 for Avalon at Mission Bay II, discussed below, partially offset by increased gains from dispositions in 2016. The decrease in 2015 was primarily due to both gains on, and our promoted interests from, the sale of income fromcommunities in various ventures, including Avalon Chrystie Place, in 2014 in excess of gains on dispositions in 2015. The decrease in 2015 was partially offset by amounts received related to the modification of the joint venture agreement for the entity that owns Avalon at Mission Bay II to eliminate our promoted interest for Avalon Del Reyin future distributions, as well as the settlement of outstanding legal claims and an increasenet gains on the sales of communities in our proportionate sharevarious ventures.



Gain on sale of gains from Fund I disposition activity over the prior year.

Income from discontinued operationscommunities represents the net income generated by real estate sold or qualifying as discontinued operations during the period from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013. Income from discontinued operations decreased in 2013 and increased in 2012, due to changes in the number of communities sold, the size2016 and carrying value of those communities and the market conditions in the local area2015 as compared to the prior year. See Note 7, "Real Estate Disposition Activities," to our Consolidated Financial Statements.

Gain on sale of communities increased in 2013 and decreased in 2012, due to changes in the volume of community disposition activity and associated gains as compared to the prior year.years. The amount of gain realized upon disposition of communitiesin a given period depends on many factors, including the number of communities sold, the size and carrying value of thosethe communities sold and the market conditions in the local area.

Net loss attributable Prior to noncontrolling interestsour adoption of ASU 2014-08 as of January 1, 2014, gain on sale of communities was presented in gain on sale of discontinued operations. The gain of $374,623,000 in 2016 was primarily due to gains on the sale of seven wholly-owned operating communities, and the gain of $115,625,000 in 2015 was due to gains on the sale of three wholly-owned operating communities.


Gain on sale of other real estate increased in 2016 and 2015 as compared to the prior years. The gain of $10,224,000 in 2016 was primarily composed of the gain on the land we sold to an unconsolidated joint venture. The gain of $9,647,000 in 2015 was a result of the gain on sale of air rights, representing the right to increase density for future residential development, and two undeveloped land parcels.

Income tax expense resulteddecreased by $1,178,000 in an allocation2016andby $7,885,000 in 2015, as compared to the prior years. The decreases in 2016 and 2015 were primarily due to the timing of lossfederal income tax expense amounts related to dispositions of $370,000our direct and indirect interests in 2013, $307,000certain real estate assets acquired in 2012,the Archstone Acquisition, which were owned through a taxable REIT subsidiary.

Income from discontinued operations represents the net income generated by real estate sold and $252,000qualifying as discontinued operations during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016. Income from discontinued operations decreased in 2011.2015, as compared to the prior year due to the change in accounting guidance for discontinued operations as discussed above.


Gain on sale of discontinued operations decreased in 2015 as compared to the prior year. After our adoption of ASU 2014-08 as of January 1, 2014, gain on sale of communities is presented separately from gain on sale of discontinued operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources


We believeemploy a disciplined approach to our liquidity and capital management. When we source capital, we take into account both our view of the most cost effective alternative then available and our desire to maintain a balance sheet that provides us with flexibility. Our principal short-term liquidity needs are to fund:


development and redevelopment activity in which we are currently engaged;

the minimum dividend payments on our common stock required to maintain our REIT qualification under the Code;

debt service and principal payments either at maturity or opportunistically before maturity; and

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Factors affecting our liquidity and capital resources are our cash flows from operations, financing activities and investing activities (including dispositions) as well as general economic and market conditions. Operating cash flow has historically been determined by: (i) the number of apartment homes currently owned, (ii) rental rates, (iii) occupancy levels and (iv) operating expenses with respect to apartment homes. The timing and type of capital markets activity in which we engage, as well as our plans for development, redevelopment, acquisition and disposition activity, are affected by changes in the capital markets environment, such as changes in interest rates or the availability of cost-effective capital. We regularly review our liquidity needs, the adequacy of cash flows from operations and other expected liquidity sources to meet these needs.

        In 2014, we expect to meet our liquidity needs from a variety of internal and external sources, which may include real estate dispositions, cash balances on hand, borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility, secured and unsecured debt financings, and other public or private sources of liquidity including the issuance of common and preferred equity, as well as cash generated from our operating activities. Our ability to obtain additional financing will depend on a variety of factors such as market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to the real estate industry, our credit ratings and credit capacity, as well as the perception of lenders regarding our long or short-term financial prospects. Capital raising activities in 2013 included asset sales, the issuance of unsecured notes in September and December, and the issuance of common shares to Lehman and assumption of secured debt as part of the Archstone Acquisition.

        Unrestricted


We had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents totaled $281,541,000of $214,994,000 at December 31, 2013,2016, a decrease of $2,452,077,000$185,513,000 from $2,733,618,000$400,507,000 at December 31, 2012.2015. The following discussion relates to changes in cash due to operating, investing and financing activities, which are presented in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included elsewhere in this report.


Operating Activities—Net cash provided by operating activities increased to $724,501,000$1,143,484,000 in 20132016 from $540,819,000$1,056,754,000 in 2012.2015. The increasechange was driven primarily driven by increased NOI from community operations in 2013 as compared to 2012existing and newly developed and acquired communities and the timingreceipt of payments of corporate expenditures.

business interruption insurance proceeds.


Investing Activities—Net cash used in investing activities totaled $1,037,352,000 in 2016. The net cash used was primarily due to:

investment of $1,181,174,000 in 2013 primarily related to investments in assets through acquisition, development and redevelopment. In 2013, we invested $2,151,799,000 in the following areas:

acquisition of five operating communities for $393,316,000, which includes the assumption of outstanding secured indebtedness with a par value of $138,411,000; and

we had
capital expenditures of $26,615,000$72,852,000 for real estateour operating communities and non-real estate assets.


These amounts are partially offset by:

proceeds from dispositions of $532,717,000; and
net distributions from unconsolidated real estate entities of $101,848,000.

Financing Activities—Net cash used in financing activities totaled $1,995,404,000$291,645,000 in 2013.2016. The net cash used iswas primarily due to the repayment of $2,110,347,000 in secured notes and prepayment penalties, primarily in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, to:

payment of cash dividends in the amount of $526,050,000, and the $726,749,000;
repayment of $100,000,000unsecured notes in unsecuredthe amount of $504,403,000; and
repayment of secured notes in the amount of $165,012,000.

These amounts are partially offset by proceeds from the issuance of $750,000,000unsecured notes in the aggregate principal amount of unsecured notes.

$1,122,488,000.


Variable Rate Unsecured Credit Facility

        The Company has a $1,300,000,000 revolving variable rate unsecured credit facility


In January 2016, we extended the maturity of the Credit Facility from April 2017 to April 2020, and amended other provisions in the Credit Facility. In addition, pursuant to an option available under the terms of the Credit Facility, with athe approval of the syndicate of bankslenders, we increased the aggregate facility size from $1,300,000,000 to $1,500,000,000 (the "Credit Facility"“Credit Facility Increase”) which matures in April 2017.. We may further extend the maturityterm for up to one year throughnine months, provided we are not in default and upon payment of a $1,500,000 extension fee. In connection with the exercise of two, six month extension options for an aggregate fee of $1,950,000.Credit Facility Increase, the applicable margin over reference rates used to determine the applicable interest rates on our borrowings from time to time decreased. The Credit Facility bears interest at varying levels based on the London Interbank Offered Rate


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("LIBOR" (“LIBOR”), rating levels achieved on our unsecured notes and on a maturity schedule selected by us. The current stated pricing is LIBOR plus 1.05% (1.21%0.825% per annum (1.60% at January 31, 20142017 assuming a one month borrowing rate). The stated spread over LIBOR can vary from LIBOR plus 0.80% to LIBOR plus 1.55% based on our credit ratings. In addition, a competitive bid option is available for borrowings up to 65% of the Credit Facility amount, which allows banks that are part of the lender consortium to bid to make loans at a rate that is lower than the stated rate if market conditions allow. In connection with the Credit Facility Increase, the annual facility fee iswas also amended to lower the fee to 0.125% from 0.15% (or, resulting in a fee of approximately $1,950,000$1,875,000 annually based on the $1,300,000,000$1,500,000,000 facility size and based on our current credit rating).

rating.


We did not have anyhad no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility and had $66,396,000$45,321,000 outstanding in letters of credit that reduced our borrowing capacity as of January 31, 2014.

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Financial Covenants


We are subject to financial and other covenants contained in the Credit Facility, the Term Loan and the indenture under which our unsecured notes were issued. The principal financial covenants include the following:


limitations on the amount of total and secured debt in relation to our overall capital structure;

limitations on the amount of our unsecured debt relative to the undepreciated basis of real estate assets that are not encumbered by property-specific financing; and

minimum levels of debt service coverage.


We were in compliance with these covenants at December 31, 2013.

2016.


In addition, our secured borrowings may include yield maintenance, defeasance, or prepayment penalty provisions, which would result in us incurring an additional charge in the event of a full or partial prepayment of outstanding principal before the scheduled maturity. These provisions in our secured borrowings are generally consistent with other similar types of debt instruments issued during the same time period in which our borrowings were secured.



Continuous Equity Offering Program


In August 2012,December 2015, we commenced a thirdfourth continuous equity program ("(“CEP III"IV”), under which we are authorized by our Board of Directors tomay sell up to $750,000,000 of shares$1,000,000,000 of our common stock from time to time duringtime. Actual sales will depend on a 36-month period.variety of factors to be determined, including market conditions, the trading price of our common stock and determinations of the appropriate sources of funding. In conjunction with CEP IIIIV, we have engaged sales agents who will receive compensation of approximately 1.5%up to 2.0% of the gross sales price for shares sold. DuringCEP IV also allows us to enter into forward sale agreements up to $1,000,000,000 in aggregate sales price of our common stock. We expect that we will physically settle each forward sale agreement on one or more dates prior to the year endedmaturity date of that particular forward sale agreement, in which case we will expect to receive aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement equal to the number of shares underlying the particular forward agreement multiplied by the relevant forward sale price. However, we may also elect to cash settle or net share settle a forward sale agreement. In connection with each forward sale agreement, we will pay the relevant forward seller, in the form of a reduced initial forward sale price, commission of up to 2.0% of the sales prices of all borrowed shares of common stock sold. As of December 31, 2013,2016, we had no sales under CEP IIIthe program and have $646,274,000had not entered into any forward sale agreements. As of January 31, 2017, we had $1,000,000,000 of shares that remainremaining authorized for issuance under this program.

Issuance


Forward Interest Rate Swap Agreements

During 2015 and 2016, we entered into $1,200,000,000 of Common Stockforward interest rate swap agreements to reduce the impact of variability in Archstone Acquisition

        During 2013 we issued 14,889,706 shares of common stock to Lehman (as defined in Note 5, "Archstone Acquisition"interest rates on a portion of our Consolidated Financial Statements)expected debt issuance activity in 2016 and 2017. During 2016, we settled $400,000,000 of forward interest rate swap agreements in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition. On February 18, 2014, Lehman announced that it had sold allMay 2016 unsecured notes issuance, making a payment of $14,847,000. At maturity of the shares of our common stock it received as considerationremaining outstanding forward interest rate swap agreements, we expect to cash settle the contracts and either pay or receive cash for the Archstone Acquisition. Lehman received allthen current fair value. Assuming that we issue the debt as expected, the impact from settling these positions will then be recognized over the life of the net proceeds from the sale of its shares of our common stock, and Lehman's sale of such shares did not impact the total number of the our shares of common stock outstanding.

issued debt as a yield adjustment.


Future Financing and Capital Needs—Debt Maturities


One of our principal long-term liquidity needs is the repayment of long-term debt at the time that such debt matures.maturity.  For both our unsecured and secured notes, a portion of the principal of these notes may be repaid prior to maturity. Early retirement of our unsecured or secured notes could result in gains or losses on extinguishment. If we do not have funds on hand sufficient to repay our indebtedness as it becomes due, it will be necessary for us to refinance or repayotherwise provide liquidity to satisfy the debt.debt at maturity. This refinancing or repayment may be accomplished by uncollateralized private or public debt offerings, equity issuances, additional debt financing that is secured by mortgages on individual communities or groups of communities or borrowings under our Credit Facility. Although we believe we will have the capacity to


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meet our currently anticipated liquidity needs, we cannot assure you that additional debt financing or debt or equity offerings will be available or, if available, that they will be on terms we consider satisfactory.


The following additional financingdebt activity occurred during 2013:


In connectionJanuary 2016, in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition,disposition of Eaves Trumbull, Avalon Stratford was substituted as collateral for the outstanding fixed rate mortgage note secured by Eaves Trumbull.

In January 2016, in conjunction with the acquisition of Avalon Hoboken, we assumed $2,034,482,000 net principal amount of Archstone's existing secured indebtedness, detailed in the following table.

In March 2013, we repaid $100,000,000 principal amount of 4.95% unsecured notes pursuant to their scheduled maturity.

In April 2013, we obtained a 3.06% fixed rate secured mortgage loan in the amount of $15,000,000 that matures in April 2018.

In April 2013, we repaid a 4.69% fixed rate secured mortgage note in the amount of $170,125,000 pursuant to its scheduled maturity date.

In May 2013, we repaid a $5,393,000 fixed rate secured mortgage note with ana principal balance of $67,904,000 and a contractual interest rate of 5.55%4.18% maturing in December 2020.

In February 2016, we repaid the $16,212,000 fixed rate mortgage note secured by Archstone Lexington, with an effective interest rate of 3.32% at par and without penalty in advance of its July 2028 scheduledMarch 2016 maturity date. Upon repayment, Archstone Lexington was substituted as collateral for the outstanding fixed rate mortgage note secured by Avalon Walnut Ridge I.

In April 2016, we repaid $134,500,000 of variable rate debt secured by Avalon Walnut Creek at par in advance of its March 2046 maturity date, recognizing a non-cash charge of $2,461,000 for the write-off of deferred financing costs.

In May 2013, we obtained a 3.08% fixed rate secured mortgage loan that matures in June 2020 in the amount of $56,210,000, in association with the refinancing of an existing $47,000,000 variable rate secured mortgage note. The refinancing was necessitated by the secured community-specific tax protection obligation assumed through certain of the preferred interests we assumed as part of the Archstone Acquisition.

In May 2013, we repaid a $52,806,000 fixed rate secured mortgage note with an interest rate of 5.24% pursuant to its scheduled maturity date.

In September 2013,2016, we issued $400,000,000$475,000,000 principal amount of unsecured notes in a public offering under our existing shelf registration statement for net proceeds of approximately $396,212,000.$471,751,000. The notes mature in May 2026 and were issued at a 2.95% coupon rate.

In August 2016, Avalon Wilshire, Avalon Mission Oaks and Avalon Encino were substituted as collateral for the outstanding fixed rate mortgage notes secured by Eaves Nanuet, Avalon Shrewsbury and Avalon at Freehold, respectively.

In September 2016, we repaid $250,000,000 principal amount of our 5.75% coupon unsecured notes at its scheduled maturity.

In September 2016, in conjunction with the acquisition of Avalon Columbia Pike, we assumed a fixed rate secured mortgage note with a principal balance of $70,507,000 and a contractual interest rate of 3.38% maturing in November 2019.

In October 2016, we issued $300,000,000 principal amount of unsecured notes in a public offering under our existing shelf registration statement for net proceeds of approximately $297,117,000. The notes mature in October 20202026 and were issued at a 3.63%2.90% coupon interest rate. The notes have an effective interest rate of 3.79% including the effect of offering costs.


In December 2013,October 2016, we issued $350,000,000 principal amount of unsecured notes in a public offering under our existing shelf registration statement for net proceeds of approximately $346,934,000.$345,520,000. The notes mature in December 2023October 2046 and were issued at a 4.20%3.90% coupon interest rate. The notes have an effective interest rate of 4.30% including the effect of offering costs.


In December 2013,November 2016, we repaid a $150,000,000 fixed rate secured mortgage note with an interest rate$250,000,000 principal amount of 5.66%, a $110,600,000 fixed rate secured mortgage note with an interest rate of 5.48%, and a $41,439,000 fixed rate secured mortgage note with an interest rate of 4.75%,our 5.70% coupon unsecured notes in advance of their 2015its March 2017 scheduled maturity, dates, and incurredrecognizing a charge for repayment penaltiesof $4,614,000, consisting of a prepayment penalty of $4,403,000 and the write-off of deferred feesfinancing costs of $14,921,000.

$211,000.


The following table details our consolidated debt maturities for the next five years, excluding our Credit Facility and amounts outstanding related to communities classified as held for sale, for debt outstanding at December 31, 20132016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands) as compared to the amounts of debt outstanding as of at December 31, 2012.. We are not directly or indirectly (as borrower or guarantor) obligated in any material respect to pay principal or interest on the indebtedness of any unconsolidated entities in which we have anyan equity or other interest.


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 Balance Outstanding Scheduled maturities 
 
 All-In
interest
rate(1)
 Principal
maturity
date
 
Community
 12-31-12 12-31-13 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Thereafter 

Tax-exempt bonds

                               

Fixed rate(4)

                               

Eaves Washingtonian Center I

  7.83% May-2027 $8,764 $8,401 $390 $419 $449 $482 $517 $6,144 

Avalon Oaks

  7.50% Feb-2041  16,288  16,094  207  222  238  255  276  14,896 

Avalon Oaks West

  7.54% Apr-2043  16,205  16,032  185  198  211  225  241  14,972 

Avalon at Chestnut Hill

  6.15% Oct-2047  40,390  39,979  434  457  482  509  536  37,561 

Avalon Westbury

  4.13% Nov-2036    62,200(7)           62,200 
                        

        81,647  142,706  1,216  1,296  1,380  1,471  1,570  135,773 

Variable rate(2)(4)

                               

Avalon at Mountain View

  0.98% Feb-2017  18,300  18,300(3)       18,300     

Avalon at Mission Viejo

  1.21% Jun-2025  7,635  7,635(3)           7,635 

AVA Nob Hill

  1.14% Jun-2025  20,800  20,800(3)           20,800 

Avalon Campbell

  1.48% Jun-2025  38,800  38,800(3)           38,800 

Avalon Pacifica

  1.49% Jun-2025  17,600  17,600(3)           17,600 

Avalon Bowery Place I

  3.02% Nov-2037  93,800  93,800(3)           93,800 

Avalon Acton

  1.59% Jul-2040  45,000  45,000(3)           45,000 

Avalon Walnut Creek

  1.37% Mar-2046  116,000  116,000(9)           116,000 

Avalon Walnut Creek

  1.37% Mar-2046  10,000  10,000(9)           10,000 

Avalon Morningside Park

  1.61% May-2046  100,000  100,000(5)           100,000 

Avalon Clinton North

  1.75% Nov-2038    147,000(7)(3)           147,000 

Avalon Clinton South

  1.75% Nov-2038    121,500(7)(3)           121,500 

Avalon Midtown West

  1.65% May-2029    100,500(7)(3)           100,500 

Archstone San Bruno

  1.73% Dec-2037    64,450(7)(3)           64,450 

Avalon Calabasas

  1.82% Apr-2028    44,410(7)(3)         128  44,282 
                        

        467,935  945,795        18,300  128  927,367 

Conventional loans(4)

                               

Fixed rate

                               

$100 Million unsecured notes

  % Mar-2013  100,000               

$150 Million unsecured notes

  5.52% Apr-2014  150,000  150,000  150,000           

$250 Million unsecured notes

  5.89% Sep-2016  250,000  250,000      250,000       

$250 Million unsecured notes

  5.82% Mar-2017  250,000  250,000        250,000     

$250 Million unsecured notes

  6.19% Mar-2020  250,000  250,000            250,000 

$250 Million unsecured notes

  4.04% Jan-2021  250,000  250,000            250,000 

$450 Million unsecured notes

  4.30% Sep-2022  450,000  450,000            450,000 

$250 Million unsecured notes

  3.00% Mar-2023  250,000  250,000            250,000 

$400 Million unsecured notes

  3.78% Oct-2020    400,000            400,000 

$350 Million unsecured notes

  4.30% Dec-2023    350,000            350,000 

Avalon at Tysons West

  % Jul-2028  5,465  (8)            

Avalon Orchards

  7.78% Jul-2033  17,939  17,530  438  470  503  539  577  15,003 

Avalon at Arlington Square

  % Apr-2013  170,125  (6)            

Avalon Crescent

  % May-2015  110,600  (10)            

Avalon at Silicon Valley

  % Jul-2015  150,000  (10)            

Avalon Darien

  6.22% Dec-2016  49,221  48,484  785  47,699         

Avalon Greyrock Place

  6.13% Dec-2016  59,292  58,385  962  57,423         

Avalon Walnut Creek

  4.30% Jul-2066  2,500  3,042            3,042 

Avalon Shrewsbury

  5.92% May-2019  20,737  20,464  289  307  323  346  367  18,832 

Eaves Trumbull

  5.93% May-2019  40,552  40,018  566  601  631  676  717  36,827 

Avalon at Stamford Harbor

  5.92% May-2019  64,472  63,624  900  955  1,003  1,075  1,140  58,551 

Avalon Freehold

  5.94% May-2019  35,948  35,475  502  532  559  599  636  32,647 

Avalon Run East

  5.94% May-2019  38,519  38,013  538  571  599  642  681  34,982 

Eaves Nanuet

  6.06% May-2019  65,004  64,149  907  963  1,011  1,083  1,150  59,035 

Avalon at Edgewater

  5.94% May-2019  77,103  76,088  1,076  1,142  1,199  1,285  1,363  70,023 

Avalon Foxhall

  6.05% May-2019  57,912  57,150  808  858  901  965  1,024  52,594 

Avalon at Gallery Place

  6.06% May-2019  44,997  44,405  628  667  700  750  796  40,864 

Avalon at Traville

  5.91% May-2019  76,254  75,251  1,065  1,130  1,186  1,271  1,348  69,251 

Avalon Bellevue

  5.92% May-2019  26,201  25,856  366  388  408  437  463  23,794 

Avalon on The Alameda

  5.91% May-2019  52,975  52,278  740  785  824  883  937  48,109 

Avalon at Mission Bay North

  5.90% May-2019  71,905  70,959  1,004  1,065  1,118  1,198  1,272  65,302 

Fairfax Towers

  % Aug-2015  42,459  (10)            

Eaves Phillips Ranch

  % Jun-2013  53,348  (6)            

AVA Pasadena

  4.05% Jun-2018  11,958  11,869(7) 186  195  202  213  11,073   

Eaves Seal Beach

  3.12% Nov-2015    86,167(7)   86,167         

Oakwood Toluca Hills

  3.12% Nov-2015    167,595(7)   167,595         

Mountain View at Middlefield

  3.12% Nov-2015    72,374(7)   72,374         

Tunlaw Gardens

  3.12% Nov-2015    28,844(7)   28,844         

Eaves Glover Park

  3.12% Nov-2015    23,858(7)   23,858         

Oakwood Philadelphia

  3.12% Nov-2015    10,427(7)   10,427         

Oakwood Arlington

  3.12% Nov-2015    42,703(7)   42,703         

Eaves North Quincy

  3.12% Nov-2015    37,212(7)   37,212         

Avalon Thousand Oaks Plaza

  3.12% Nov-2015    28,742(7)   28,742         

Archstone La Jolla Colony

  3.36% Nov-2017    27,176(7)       27,176     

Eaves Old Town Pasadena

  3.36% Nov-2017    15,669(7)       15,669     

Eaves Thousand Oaks

  3.36% Nov-2017    27,411(7)       27,411     

Avalon Walnut Ridge I

  3.36% Nov-2017    20,754(7)       20,754     
  All-In
interest
rate (1)
 Principal
maturity
date
 Balance Outstanding Scheduled Maturities
Community   12/31/2015 12/31/2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Thereafter
Tax-exempt bonds (2)                    
Fixed rate                    
Avalon Oaks West 7.55% Apr-2043 15,649
 15,420
 225
 241
 257
 275
 293
 14,129
Avalon at Chestnut Hill 6.16% Oct-2047 39,088
 38,564
 509
 536
 566
 596
 629
 35,728
Avalon Westbury 3.81% Nov-2036(3)62,200
 62,200
 
 
 
 
 
 62,200
      116,937
 116,184
 734
 777
 823
 871
 922
 112,057
                     
Variable rate (4)      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Avalon at Mountain View 1.47% Feb-2017(5)(6)17,700
 17,300
 17,300
 
 
 
 
 
Eaves Mission Viejo 1.78% Jun-2025(6)7,635
 7,635
 
 
 
 
 
 7,635
AVA Nob Hill 1.65% Jun-2025(6)20,800
 20,800
 
 
 
 
 
 20,800
Avalon Campbell 1.98% Jun-2025(6)38,800
 38,800
 
 
 
 
 
 38,800
Eaves Pacifica 2.00% Jun-2025(6)17,600
 17,600
 
 
 
 
 
 17,600
Avalon Bowery Place I 3.58% Nov-2037(6)93,800
 93,800
 
 
 
 
 
 93,800
Avalon Acton 2.40% Jul-2040(6)45,000
 45,000
 
 
 
 
 
 45,000
Avalon Walnut Creek 1.50% Mar-2046(7)116,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Walnut Creek 1.50% Mar-2046(7)10,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Morningside Park 1.85% May-2046(3)100,000
 100,000
 
 
 
 
 345
 99,655
Avalon Clinton North 2.41% Nov-2038(6)147,000
 147,000
 
 
 
 
 
 147,000
Avalon Clinton South 2.41% Nov-2038(6)121,500
 121,500
 
 
 
 
 
 121,500
Avalon Midtown West 2.32% May-2029(6)100,500
 100,500
 
 
 
 
 
 100,500
Avalon San Bruno I 2.30% Dec-2037(6)64,450
 64,450
 
 
 
 
 
 64,450
Avalon Calabasas 2.22% Apr-2028(6)44,410
 44,410
 
 
 
 
 
 44,410
      945,195
 818,795
 17,300
 
 
 
 345
 801,150
Conventional loans (2)      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Fixed rate      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
$250 Million unsecured notes 5.89% Sep-2016(8)250,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$250 Million unsecured notes 5.82% Mar-2017(9)250,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$250 Million unsecured notes 6.19% Mar-2020 250,000
 250,000
 
 
 
 250,000
 
 
$250 Million unsecured notes 4.04% Jan-2021 250,000
 250,000
 
 
 
 
 250,000
 
$450 Million unsecured notes 4.30% Sep-2022 450,000
 450,000
 
 
 
 
 
 450,000
$250 Million unsecured notes 3.00% Mar-2023 250,000
 250,000
 
 
 
 
 
 250,000
$400 Million unsecured notes 3.78% Oct-2020 400,000
 400,000
 
 
 
 400,000
 
 
$350 Million unsecured notes 4.30% Dec-2023 350,000
 350,000
 
 
 
 
 
 350,000
$300 Million unsecured notes 3.66% Nov-2024 300,000
 300,000
 
 
 
 
 
 300,000
$525 Million unsecured notes 3.55% Jun-2025 525,000
 525,000
 
 
 
 
 
 525,000
$300 Million unsecured notes 3.62% Nov-2025 300,000
 300,000
 
 
 
 
 
 300,000
$475 Million unsecured notes 3.35% May-2026 
 475,000
 
 
 
 
 
 475,000
$300 Million unsecured notes 3.01% Oct-2026 
 300,000
 
 
 
 
 
 300,000
$350 Million unsecured notes 3.95% Oct-2046 
 350,000
 
 
 
 
 
 350,000
Avalon Orchards 7.80% Jul-2033 16,621
 16,075
 539
 577
 619
 663
 710
 12,967
Avalon Walnut Creek 4.00% Jul-2066 3,289
 3,420
 
 
 
 
 
 3,420
Avalon Mission Oaks 6.04% May-2019(10)19,867
 19,545
 347
 367
 18,831
 
 
 
Avalon Stratford 6.02% May-2019(11)38,852
 38,221
 676
 717
 36,828
 
 
 
AVA Belltown 6.00% May-2019 61,769
 60,766
 1,075
 1,140
 58,551
 
 
 
Avalon Encino 6.06% May-2019(10)34,441
 33,882
 599
 636
 32,647
 
 
 
Avalon Run East 5.95% May-2019 36,904
 36,305
 642
 681
 34,982
 
 
 
Avalon Wilshire 6.18% May-2019(10)62,279
 61,268
 1,083
 1,150
 59,035
 
 
 
Avalon at Foxhall 6.06% May-2019 55,484
 54,583
 965
 1,024
 52,594
 
 
 
Avalon at Gallery Place 6.06% May-2019 43,110
 42,410
 750
 796
 40,864
 
 
 
Avalon at Traville 5.91% May-2019 73,057
 71,871
 1,271
 1,348
 69,252
 
 
 
Avalon Bellevue 5.92% May-2019 25,103
 24,695
 437
 463
 23,795
 
 
 
Avalon on the Alameda 5.91% May-2019 50,754
 49,930
 883
 937
 48,110
 
 
 
Avalon at Mission Bay I 5.90% May-2019 68,890
 67,772
 1,198
 1,272
 65,302
 
 
 
AVA Pasadena 4.06% Jun-2018 11,489
 11,287
 213
 11,074
 
 
 
 
Avalon La Jolla Colony 3.36% Nov-2017(12)27,176
 26,682
 26,682
 
 
 
 
 

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Eaves Old Town Pasadena 3.36% Nov-2017(12)15,669
 14,120
 14,120
 
 
 
 
 
Eaves Thousand Oaks 3.36% Nov-2017(12)27,411
 26,392
 26,392
 
 
 
 
 
Archstone Lexington 3.36% Nov-2017(12)
 21,601
 21,601
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Walnut Ridge I 3.36% Nov-2017(12)20,754
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eaves Los Feliz 3.36% Nov-2017(12)43,258
 41,302
 41,302
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Oak Creek 3.36% Nov-2017(12)85,288
 69,696
 69,696
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Del Mar Station 3.36% Nov-2017(12)76,471
 70,854
 70,854
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Courthouse Place 3.36% Nov-2017(12)140,332
 118,112
 118,112
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Pasadena 3.36% Nov-2017(12)28,079
 25,805
 25,805
 
 
 
 
 
Eaves West Valley 3.36% Nov-2017(12)83,087
 146,696
 146,696
 
 
 
 
 
Eaves Woodland Hills 3.36% Nov-2017(12)104,694
 98,732
 98,732
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Russett 3.36% Nov-2017(12)39,972
 32,199
 32,199
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon San Bruno II 3.85% Apr-2021 30,514
 30,001
 468
 534
 564
 591
 27,844
 
Avalon Westbury 4.88% Nov-2036(3)18,975
 17,745
 1,293
 1,358
 1,426
 1,499
 1,574
 10,595
Archstone Lexington 3.32% Mar-2016(13)16,255
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon San Bruno III 3.17% Jun-2020 55,650
 54,408
 1,093
 1,226
 1,264
 50,825
 
 
Avalon Andover 3.28% Apr-2018 14,179
 13,844
 347
 13,497
 
 
 
 
Avalon Natick 3.14% Apr-2019 14,499
 14,170
 339
 349
 13,482
 
 
 
Avalon Hoboken 3.55% Dec-2020(14)
 67,904
 
 
 
 67,904
 
 
Avalon Columbia Pike 3.24% Nov-2019(14)
 70,019
 1,505
 1,557
 66,957
 
 
 
      5,019,172
 5,752,312
 707,914
 40,703
 625,103
 771,482
 280,128
 3,326,982
                     
Variable rate (4)      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Avalon Walnut Creek 1.88% Mar-2046(7)8,500
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Avalon Calabasas 2.41% Aug-2018(6)54,756
 53,570
 1,225
 52,345
 
 
 
 
Avalon Natick 2.69% Apr-2019(6)36,731
 35,897
 857
 884
 34,156
 
 
 
Term Loan 2.14% Mar-2021 300,000
 300,000
 
 
 
 
 300,000
 
      399,987
 389,467
 2,082
 53,229
 34,156
 
 300,000
 
                     
Total indebtedness - excluding Credit Facility     $6,481,291
 $7,076,758
 $728,030
 $94,709
 $660,082
 $772,353
 $581,395
 $4,240,189

(1)Includes credit enhancement fees, facility fees, trustees’ fees, the impact of interest rate hedges, offering costs, mark to market amortization and other fees.
(2)Balances outstanding represent total amounts due at maturity, and exclude deferred financing costs and debt discount for the unsecured notes of $36,698 and $29,326 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and deferred financing costs net of premium associated with secured notes of $9,180 as of December 31, 2016, and premium associated with secured notes net of deferred financing costs of $4,983 as of December 31, 2015, as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets included elsewhere in this report.
(3)Maturity date reflects the contractual maturity of the underlying bond. There is also an associated earlier credit enhancement maturity date.
(4)Variable rates are given as of December 31, 2016.
(5)In February 2017, we repaid this borrowing at its scheduled maturity date.
(6)Financed by variable rate debt, but interest rate is capped through an interest rate protection agreement.
(7)In April 2016, we repaid this borrowing at par in advance of its scheduled maturity date.
(8)In September 2016, we repaid this borrowing pursuant to its scheduled maturity date.
(9)In November 2016, we repaid this borrowing in advance of its scheduled maturity date.
(10)In August 2016, Avalon Mission Oaks, Avalon Encino and Avalon Wilshire, were substituted as collateral for the outstanding borrowings secured by Avalon Shrewsbury, Avalon at Freehold and Eaves Nanuet, respectively.
(11)In January 2016, Avalon Stratford was substituted as collateral for the outstanding borrowing secured by Eaves Trumbull.
(12)In February 2016, Archstone Lexington was substituted as collateral for the outstanding borrowing secured by Avalon Walnut Ridge I, and the aggregate principal balance from the secured borrowing was reallocated between the communities serving as collateral.
(13)In February 2016, we repaid this borrowing at par in advance of its maturity date, subsequently substituting the operating community as collateral for another borrowing as discussed in note (12).
(14)This borrowing was assumed in conjunction with the acquisition of the respective operating community in 2016.
 
  
  
 Balance Outstanding Scheduled maturities 
 
 All-In
interest
rate(1)
 Principal
maturity
date
 
Community
 12-31-12 12-31-13 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Thereafter 

Eaves Los Feliz

  3.36% Nov-2017    43,258(7)       43,258     

Avalon Oak Creek

  3.36% Nov-2017    85,288(7)       85,288     

Avalon Del Mar Station

  3.36% Nov-2017    76,471(7)       76,471     

Archstone Courthouse Place

  3.36% Nov-2017    140,332(7)       140,332     

Avalon Pasadena

  3.36% Nov-2017    28,079(7)       28,079     

Eaves West Valley

  3.36% Nov-2017    83,087(7)       83,087     

Eaves Woodland Hills

  3.36% Nov-2017    104,694(7)       104,694     

Avalon Russett

  3.36% Nov-2017    39,972(7)       39,972     

Archstone First + M

  5.55% May-2053    142,061(7) 901  954  987  1,067  1,129  137,023 

Archstone San Bruno II

  3.85% Apr-2021    31,398(7) 430  454  475  506  534  28,999 

Avalon Westbury

  4.13% Nov-2036    21,260(7) 1,095  1,155  1,315  1,275  1,340  15,080 

Archstone Lexington

  3.32% Mar-2016    16,780(7) 255  270  16,255       

Avalon Andover

  3.28% Apr-2018    14,821  309  319  328  339  13,526   

Archstone San Bruno III

  4.87% Jun-2020    56,210    561  1,147  1,188  1,226  52,088 
                        

        3,295,486  4,875,683  164,750  617,386  281,674  958,528  41,299  2,812,046 

Variable rate(2)(4)

                               

Avalon Walnut Creek

  1.71% Mar-2046  9,000  8,500(9)           8,500 

Avalon Calabasas

  2.60% Aug-2018    57,314(7)(3) 1,020  1,084  1,152  1,225  52,833   
                        

        9,000  65,814  1,020  1,084  1,152  1,225  52,833  8,500 

Total indebtedness—excluding unsecured credit facility

       $3,854,068 $6,029,998 $166,986 $619,766 $284,206 $979,524 $95,830 $3,883,686 
                        
                        


(1)
Includes credit enhancement fees, facility fees, trustees' fees, the impact of interest rate hedges, offering costs, mark to market amortization and other fees.

(2)
Variable rates are given as of December 31, 2013.

(3)
Financed by variable rate debt, but interest rate is capped through an interest rate protection agreement.

(4)
Balances outstanding represent total amounts due at maturity, and are net of $5,291 of debt discount and $4,202 of debt discount and basis adjustments associated with the hedged unsecured notes as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, and $120,684 and $1,167 of premium associated with secured notes as of December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, as reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets included elsewhere in this report.

(5)
In July 2012 we remarketed the bonds converting them to a variable rate through July 2017.

(6)
Borrowing was repaid in accordance with its scheduled maturity.

(7)
Borrowing was assumed as part of the Archstone Acquisition.

(8)
Borrowing was repaid in May 2013 at par in advance of its scheduled maturity in July 2028.

(9)
In July 2013 we remarketed the bonds converting them to variable rate through July 2018.

(10)
Borrowing was repaid in December 2013 in advance of its 2015 scheduled maturity.

Future Financing and Capital Needs—Portfolio and OtherCapital Markets Activity

        As


In 2017, we expect to meet our liquidity needs from a variety of December 31, 2013, we had 29 wholly-owned communities under construction,internal and three wholly-owned communities under reconstruction. Substantially all of the capital expenditures necessary to complete the communities currently under construction and reconstruction and fund development costs related to pursuing Development Rights will be funded from:

short-term financial prospects.

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Before plannedbeginning new construction or reconstruction activity, including activity related to communities owned by unconsolidated joint ventures, begins, or the construction of a Development Right begins, we intend to arrangeplan adequate financing to complete these undertakings, although we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain such financing. In the event that financing cannot be obtained, we may have to abandon Development Rights, write off associated pre-development costs that were capitalized and/or forego reconstruction activity. In such instances, we will not realize the increased revenues and earnings that we expected from such Development Rights or reconstruction activity and significant losses could be incurred.


From time to time we use joint ventures to hold or develop individual real estate assets. We generally employ joint ventures primarily to mitigate asset concentration or market risk and secondarily as a source of liquidity. We may also use joint ventures related to mixed-use land development opportunities where our partners bring development and operational expertise to the venture. Each joint venture or partnership agreement has been individually negotiated, and our ability to operate and/or dispose of a community in our sole discretion may be limited to varying degrees depending on the terms of the joint venture or partnership agreement. We cannot assure you that we will achieve our objectives through joint ventures.


In evaluating our allocation of capital within our markets, we sell assets that do not meet our long-term investment criteria or when capital and real estate markets allow us to realize a portion of the value created over the past business cycle and redeploy the proceeds from those sales to develop and redevelop communities. Because the proceeds from the sale of communities may not be immediately redeployed into revenue generating assets that we develop, redevelop or acquire, the immediate effect of a sale of a community for a gain is to increase net income, but reduce future total revenues, total expenses and NOI. However, weNOI until such time as the proceeds have been redeployed into revenue generating assets. We believe that the temporary absence of future cash flows from communities sold will not have a minimalmaterial impact on our ability to fund future liquidity and capital resource needs.



Unconsolidated Real Estate Investments and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements


Unconsolidated Investments


Fund II was established to engage in a real estate acquisition program through a discretionary investment fund. We believe this investment format provides the following attributes: (i) third-party joint venture equity as an additional source of financing to expand and diversify our portfolio; (ii) additional sources of income in the form of property management and asset management fees and, potentially, incentive distributions if the performance exceeds certain thresholds; and (iii) additional visibility into the transactions occurring in multifamily assets that helps us with other investment decisions related to our wholly-owned portfolio.

Fund II has six institutional investors, including us. One of our wholly-owned subsidiaries is the general partner of Fund II and, excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of Fund II, we have an equity investment of $19,737,000 (net of distributions), representing a 31.3% combined general partner and limited partner equity interest. Upon achievement of a threshold return, we have a right to incentive distributions for our promoted interest representing the first 20.0% of further Fund II distributions, which are in addition to our share of the remaining 80.0% of distributions. During 2016, we recognized income of $7,985,000 for our promoted interest. Fund II served as the exclusive vehicle for acquiring apartment communities from its formation in 2008 through the close of its investment period in August 2011. Fund II has a term that expires in August 2020, assuming the exercise of two, one-year extension options.

During 2016, Fund II sold three communities containing an aggregate of 1,514 apartment homes for an aggregate sales price of $382,950,000. Our share of the total gain in accordance with GAAP was $41,501,000. In conjunction with the disposition of these communities, Fund II repaid $156,248,000 of related secured indebtedness in advance of the scheduled maturity dates, which resulted in charges for prepayment penalties and write-offs of deferred financing costs, of which our portion was $1,768,000.

The U.S. Fund has six institutional investors, including us. We are the general partner of the U.S. Fund and, excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of the U.S. Fund, we have an equity investment of $49,693,000 (net of distributions), representing a 28.6% combined equity interest. The U.S. Fund was formed in July 2011 and is fully invested. The U.S. Fund has a term that expires in July 2023, assuming the exercise of two, one-year extension options.

During 2016, the U.S. Fund sold two communities containing an aggregate of 461 apartment homes for an aggregate sales price of $229,300,000. Our share of the total gain in accordance with GAAP was $16,568,000. In conjunction with the disposition of these communities, the U.S. Fund repaid $94,822,000 of related secured indebtedness in advance of the scheduled maturity dates, which resulted in charges for prepayment penalties and write-offs of deferred financing costs, of which our portion was $2,003,000.

The AC JV has four institutional investors, including us. Excluding costs incurred in excess of our equity in the underlying net assets of the AC JV, we have an equity investment of $50,674,000 (net of distributions), representing a 20.0% equity interest. The AC JV was formed in 2011.

During 2016, we entered into a joint venture to develop, own, and operate AVA North Point, an apartment community located in Cambridge, MA, which is currently under construction and expected to contain 265 apartment homes upon completion. We own a 55.0% interest in the venture, and the venture partner owns the remaining 45.0% interest. AVA North Point is the third phase of a master planned development, the other phases of which are owned through the AC JV. During 2016, we provided the partners of the AC JV the opportunity to acquire the AVA North Point land parcel we owned as required in the ROFO provisions for the AC JV. After certain partners of the AC JV declined to participate, we entered into the new joint venture and sold the land parcel to the venture in exchange for a cash payment and a capital account credit, and we are overseeing the development in exchange for a developer fee. Upon sale of the land parcel, we recognized a gain of $10,621,000.

In May 2016, we entered into a joint venture agreement to facilitate the acquisition of Avalon Clarendon, located in Arlington, VA. Avalon Clarendon is part of a mixed-use development containing residential, retail, office and public parking. We contributed $120,300,000 to the venture for our share of the purchase price. We had shared control of the overall venture, but had all of the rights and obligations associated with the residential component of Avalon Clarendon, containing 300 apartment homes. The joint venture partner had all of the rights and obligations associated with the retail, office and public parking components of the mixed-use development. During September 2016, we established separate legal ownership of the residential and retail, office and public parking components of the venture with our venture partner, and we retained all of the rights and obligations associated with the residential component. After this legal separation, beginning October 2016, we began reporting the operating results of Avalon Clarendon as part of our consolidated operations. In conjunction with the consolidation of Avalon Clarendon, we recorded the consolidated assets at fair value, resulting in a gain of $4,322,000 for the difference between the fair value of Avalon Clarendon and our equity interest at the date of consolidation of $115,848,000, primarily attributable to depreciation recognized during the period the community was owned in the joint venture.

As part of the Archstone Acquisition we entered into a limited liability company agreement with Equity Residential, through which we assumed obligations of Archstone in the form of preferred interests, some of which are governed by tax protection arrangements (the “Legacy JV”). We have a 40.0% interest in the Legacy JV. During the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Legacy JV redeemed certain of the preferred interests and paid accrued dividends, of which our portion was $1,960,000, $14,410,000 and $6,300,000, respectively. At December 31, 2016, the remaining preferred interests had an aggregate liquidation value of $39,921,000, our share of which is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets presented elsewhere in this report.

As of December 31, 2013,2016, we had investments in the following unconsolidated real estate entities accounted for under the equity method of accounting.accounting excluding development joint ventures. Refer to Note 5, "Archstone Acquisition," and Note 6, "Investments“Investments in Real Estate Entities"Entities,” of the Consolidated Financial Statements locatedincluded elsewhere in this report, which includes information on the aggregate assets, liabilities and equity, as well as


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operating results, and our proportionate share of their operating results. DetailFor ventures holding operating apartment communities as of December 31, 2016, detail of the real estate and associated funding underlying our unconsolidated investments is presented in the following table.

table (dollars in thousands).
       Debt (2)
Unconsolidated Real Estate Investments
Company
Ownership
Percentage
 
# of
Apartment
Homes
 
Total
Capitalized
Cost (1)
 Principal Amount Type 
Interest
Rate (3)
 
Maturity
Date
              
Fund II 
  
  
  
    
  
1. Briarwood Apartments - Owings Mills, MD 
 348
 $46,079
 $25,239
 Fixed 3.64% Nov 2017
2. Eaves Gaithersburg - Gaithersburg, MD (4) 
 684
 103,180
 63,200
 Fixed 5.42% Jan 2018
3. Avalon Watchung - Watchung, NJ 
 334
 66,687
 39,569
 Fixed 3.37% Apr 2019
Total Fund II31.3% 1,366
 $215,946
 $128,008
   4.44%  
              
U.S. Fund 
  
  
  
    
  
1. Eaves Sunnyvale—Sunnyvale, CA (4) 
 192
 $67,285
 $32,839
 Fixed 5.33% Nov 2019
2. Avalon Studio 4121—Studio City, CA 
 149
 56,911
 29,474
 Fixed 3.34% Nov 2022
3. Avalon Marina Bay—Marina del Rey, CA (5) 
 205
 77,146
 51,300
 Fixed 1.56% Dec 2020
4. Avalon Venice on Rose—Venice, CA 
 70
 57,236
 29,734
 Fixed 3.28% Jun 2020
5. Avalon Station 250—Dedham, MA 
 285
 96,310
 57,433
 Fixed 3.73% Sep 2022
6. Avalon Grosvenor Tower—Bethesda, MD 
 237
 79,748
 44,514
 Fixed 3.74% Sep 2022
7. Avalon Kirkland at Carillon—Kirkland, WA 
 131
 60,747
 28,961
 Fixed 3.75% Feb 2019
Total U.S. Fund28.6% 1,269
 $495,383
 $274,255
   3.43%  
              
AC JV 
  
  
  
    
  
1. Avalon North Point—Cambridge, MA (6) 
 426
 $187,272
 $111,653
 Fixed 6.00% Aug 2021
2. Avalon Woodland Park—Herndon, VA (6) 
 392
 85,689
 50,647
 Fixed 6.00% Aug 2021
3. Avalon North Point Lofts — Cambridge, MA  103
 26,805
 
 N/A N/A
 N/A
Total AC JV20.0% 921
 $299,766
 $162,300
   6.00%  
              
Other Operating Joint Ventures 
  
  
  
    
  
1. MVP I, LLC25.0% 313
 $124,931
 $103,000
 Fixed 3.24% Jul 2025
2. Brandywine Apartments of Maryland, LLC28.7% 305
 18,966
 23,307
 Fixed 3.40% Jun 2028
Total Other Joint Ventures 
 618
 $143,897
 $126,307
   3.27%  
              
Total Unconsolidated Investments 
 4,174
 $1,154,992
 $690,870
   4.19%  

 
  
  
  
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Unconsolidated Real Estate Investments
 Company
Ownership
Percentage
 # of
Apartment
Homes
 Total
Capitalized
Cost(1)
 Amount Type Interest
Rate(3)
 Maturity
Date
 

Fund I

                     

  1. The Springs—Corona, CA(4)

     320 $30,047 $22,169 Fixed  6.06% Oct 2014 

  2. Avalon Rutherford Station—East Rutherford, NJ

     108  36,849  18,746 Fixed  6.13% Sep 2016 

  3. South Hills Apartments—West Covina, CA

     85  25,014  11,762 Fixed  5.92% Oct 2014 

  4. Weymouth Place—Weymouth, MA

     211  25,499  13,455 Fixed  5.12% Mar 2015 
                 

Total Fund I

  15.2% 724 $117,409 $66,132    5.86%   
                 

Fund II

                     

  1. Avalon Bellevue Park—Bellevue, WA

     220 $34,108 $21,515 Fixed  5.52% Jun 2019 

  2. Avalon Fair Oaks—Fairfax, VA

     491  72,561  42,279 Fixed  5.26% May 2017 

  3. The Apartments at Briarwood—Owings Mills, MD

     348  45,655  26,809 Fixed  3.64% Nov 2017 

  4. Eaves Gaithersburg—Gaithersburg, MD(5)

     684  102,385  63,200 Fixed  5.42% Jan 2018 

  5. Eaves Tustin—Tustin, CA

     628  100,511  59,100 Fixed  3.81% Oct 2017 

  6. Eaves Los Alisos—Lake Forest, CA

     140  27,466   N/A  N/A  N/A 

  7. Eaves Plainsboro—Plainsboro, NJ(5)

     776  91,498  52,167 Fixed  4.56% Nov 2014 

  8. Eaves Carlsbad—Carlsbad, CA

     449  80,456  46,141 Fixed  4.68% Feb 2018 

  9. Eaves Rockville—Rockville, MD

     210  51,535  30,875 Fixed  4.26% Aug 2019 

10 Captain Parker Arms—Lexington, MA

     94  22,058  13,500 Fixed  3.90% Sep 2019 

11 Eaves Rancho San Diego—San Diego, CA

     676  126,803  71,423 Fixed  3.45% Nov 2018 

12 Avalon Watchung—Watchung, NJ

     334  65,955  40,950 Fixed  3.37% Apr 2019 
                 

Total Fund II

  31.3% 5,050 $820,991 $467,959    4.34%   
                 

U.S. Fund

                     

  1. Eaves Sunnyvale—Sunnyvale, CA(5)

     192 $66,902 $33,888 Fixed  5.32% Nov 2019 

  2. Avalon Studio 4041—Studio City, CA

     149  56,671  30,150 Fixed  3.34% Nov 2022 

  3. Marina Bay—Marina del Rey, CA(6)

     205  68,347   N/A  N/A  N/A 

  4. Avalon Venice on Rose—Venice, CA

     70  56,529  31,696 Fixed  3.31% Jun 2020 

  5. Boca Town Center—Boca Raton, FL(7)

     252  45,761  25,000 Fixed  3.71% Feb 2019 

  6. Avalon Station 250—Dedham, MA

     285  94,925  60,000 Fixed  3.73% Sep 2022 

  7. Avalon Grosvenor Tower—Bethesda, MD

     235  76,793  46,500 Fixed  3.74% Sep 2022 

  8. Avalon Kips Bay—New York, NY

     208  133,686  70,000 Fixed  4.25% Jan 2019 

  9. Avalon Kirkland at Carillon—Kirkland, WA

     130  49,467  30,615 Fixed  3.75% Feb 2019 
                 

Total U.S. Fund

  28.6% 1,726 $649,081 $327,849    3.93%   
                 

AC JV(8)

                     

  1. Archstone North Point—Cambridge, MA(9)

     426 $186,444 $111,653 Fixed  6.00% July 2021 

  2. Archstone Woodland Park—Herndon, VA(9)

     392  84,776  50,647 Fixed  6.00% July 2021 
                 

Total AC JV

  20.0% 818 $271,220 $162,300    6.00%   
                 

Residual JV(11)

                     

  1. SWIB

     1,902 $434,173 $187,021 Fixed/Variable  4.37% Dec 2014(12)
                 

Total Residual JV

  8.0% 1,902 $434,173 $187,021    4.37%   
                 

Other Operating Joint Ventures

                     

  1. Avalon Chrystie Place I—New York, NY(10)

  20.0% 361 $138,386 $117,000 Variable  0.63% Nov 2036 

  2. Avalon at Mission Bay North II—San Francisco, CA(10)

  25.0% 313 $124,337 $105,000 Fixed  6.02% Dec 2015 

  3. Archstone Brandywine—Washington, DC

  28.7% 305 $17,290 $24,839 Fixed  4.30% Jun 2028 
                  

     979 $280,013 $246,839    3.29%   
                  

     11,199 $2,572,887 $1,458,100    4.33%   
                  
                  

(1)
Represents total capitalized cost as of December 31, 2013.

(2)
We have not guaranteed the debt of unconsolidated investees and bear no responsibility for the repayment.

(3)
Represents weighted average rate on outstanding debt as of December 31, 2013.

(4)
Beginning in the third quarter of 2010, we consolidated the net assets and results of operations of The Springs.

(5)
Borrowing on this community is comprised of two mortgage loans.

(6)
This community is currently under redevelopment for which the venture is expecting to invest $32.9 million. Currently approximately one half of the apartment homes are not in service due to the redevelopment. This community is owned through a leasehold interest.

(7)
The debt secured by this community is a variable rate note converted to an effective fixed rate borrowing with an interest rate swap.

(8)
As discussed in this report, the venture commenced the construction of a third operating community in Cambridge, MA that, when completed, is expected to contain 103 apartments homes for a total capitalized cost of $28,000,000.

(9)
Borrowing is comprised of four mortgage loans made by the equity investors in the venture in proportion to their equity interests.
(1)Represents total capitalized cost as of December 31, 2016.
(2)We have not guaranteed the debt of unconsolidated investees and bear no responsibility for the repayment.
(3)Represents weighted average rate on outstanding debt as of December 31, 2016.
(4)
Borrowing on this community is comprised of two mortgage loans.
(5)Borrowing on this community is a variable rate loan which has been converted to a fixed rate borrowing with an interest rate swap.
(6)
Borrowing is comprised of four mortgage loans made by the equity investors in the venture in proportion to their equity interests.

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(10)
After the venture makes certain threshold distributions to the third-party partner, we will generally receive 50% of all further distributions.

(11)
Our ownership interest of 8.0% is determined by our 40.0% ownership interest in the joint venture entity with Equity Residential which owns a 20% interest in this joint venture.

(12)
Maturity date represents the earliest of the maturity dates on the two loans and six draws on the credit facility relating to the six communities owned by SWIB. Maturity dates range from December 2014 to December 2029.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements


In addition to our investment interests in consolidated and unconsolidated real estate entities, we have certain off-balance sheet arrangements with the entities in which we invest. Additional discussion of these entities can be found in Note 6, "Investments5, “Investments in Real Estate Entities," of our Consolidated Financial Statements locatedincluded elsewhere in this report.


We have not guaranteed the debt of Fund I,our unconsolidated real estate entities, as referenced in the table above, nor do we have any obligation to fund this debt should Fund Ithe unconsolidated real estate entities be unable to do so.

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With respect to Fund II, each individual mortgage loan was made to a special purpose, single asset subsidiary of Fund II. Each mortgage loan provides that it is the entityobligation of the respective subsidiary only, except under exceptional circumstances (such as fraud or misapplication of funds) in which case Fund II could also have obligations with respect to the mortgage loan. In no event do the mortgage loans provide for recourse against investors in Fund II, including against us or our wholly-owned subsidiaries that owns Avalon Chrystie Place I, has outstanding tax-exempt, variable rate bonds maturatinginvest in November 2036 in the amountFund II. A default by Fund II or a Fund II subsidiary on any loan to it would not constitute a default under any of $117,000,000, which have permanent credit enhancement. We have not guaranteed the debtour loans or any loans of CVP I, LLC, nor do we have any obligation to fund this debt should CVP I, LLC beour other non-Fund subsidiaries or affiliates. If Fund II or a subsidiary of Fund II were unable to do so.

MVP I, LLC, the entity that owns Avalon at Mission Bay North II, hasmeet its obligations under a loan, secured by the underlying real estate assetsvalue of the community for $105,000,000. The loan isour investment in Fund II would likely decline.  If a fixed rate, interest-only note bearing interest at 6.02%, maturing in December 2015. We have not guaranteed the debt of MVP I, LLC, nor do we have any obligation to fund this debt should MVP I, LLC beFund II subsidiary or Fund II were unable to do so.

        In conjunction withmeet its obligations under a loan, we and/or the Archstone Acquisition,other investors might evaluate whether it was in our respective interests to voluntarily support Fund II through additional equity contributions and/or take other actions to avoid a default under a loan or the Company acquired interests in the following entities:

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There are no other material lines of credit, side agreements, financial guarantees or any other derivative financial instruments related to or between our unconsolidated real estate entities and us. In evaluating our capital structure and overall leverage, management takes into consideration our proportionate share of the indebtedness of unconsolidated entities in which we have an interest.


Contractual Obligations


Scheduled contractual obligations required for the next five years and thereafter are as follows as of December 31, 20132016 (dollars in thousands):


 Payments due by period
 Total 
Less than 1
Year
 1-3 Years 3-5 Years 
More than 5
Years
Debt Obligations$7,076,758
 $728,030
 $754,791
 $1,353,748
 $4,240,189
Interest on Debt Obligations1,879,345
 252,880
 417,256
 301,904
 907,305
Capital Lease Obligations (1) (2)68,237
 18,874
 2,148
 2,157
 45,058
Operating Lease Obligations (1)1,314,593
 22,818
 46,797
 41,021
 1,203,957
 $10,338,933
 $1,022,602
 $1,220,992
 $1,698,830
 $6,396,509

(1)Includes land leases expiring between October 2026 and March 2142. Amounts do not include any adjustment for purchase options available under the land leases.
(2)Aggregate capital lease payments include $27,374 in interest costs.
 
 Payments due by period 
 
 Total Less than 1
Year
 1-3 Years 3-5 Years More than 5
Years
 

Debt Obligations

 $6,029,998 $166,986 $903,972 $1,075,354 $3,883,686 

Interest on Debt Obligations

  2,179,768  259,520  484,354  359,229  1,076,665 

Capital Lease Obligations(1)

  64,461  1,863  20,968  1,696  39,934 

Operating Lease Obligations(1)

  1,345,871  19,801  39,185  38,191  1,248,694 
            

 $9,620,098 $448,170 $1,448,479 $1,474,470 $6,248,979 
            
            


(1)
Includes land leases expiring between October 2026 and March 2142. Amounts do not include any adjustment for purchase options available under the land leases.

Inflation and Deflation


Substantially all of our apartment leases are for a term of one year or less. In an inflationary environment, this may allow us to realize increased rents upon renewal of existing leases or the beginning of new leases. Short-term leases generally minimize our risk from the adverse effect of inflation, although these leases generally permit residents to leave at the end of the lease term and therefore expose us to the effect of a decline in market rents. Similarly, in a deflationary rent environment, we may be exposed to declining rents more quickly under these shorter-term leases.



Federal Income Tax Law Changes and Updates

The following discussion updates the disclosures under “Federal Income Tax Considerations and Consequences of Your Investment” in the prospectus dated February 19, 2015 contained in our Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on February 19, 2015.

The discussion in the last sentence under “Federal Income Tax Considerations and Consequences of Your Investment-Other U.S. Federal Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Requirements” on page 61 is replaced with the following sentence: ‘‘Withholding under this legislation will apply after December 31, 2018 with respect to the gross proceeds of a disposition of property that can produce U.S. source interest or dividends and currently applies with respect to other withholdable payments.’’

The discussion under “Federal Income Tax Considerations and Consequences of Your Investment-Taxation of AvalonBay as a REIT-Ownership of Partnership Interests by a REIT” on page 47 is supplemented by inserting the paragraph below at the end of that subsection:

Under the Code, a partnership that is not treated as a corporation under the publicly traded partnership rules generally is not subject to U.S. federal income tax; instead, each partner is allocated its distributive share of the partnership’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit and is required to take such items into account in determining the partner’s income. However, a recent law change enacted under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, requires the partnership to pay the hypothetical increase in partner-level taxes (including interest and penalties) resulting from an adjustment of partnership tax items on audit or in other tax proceedings, unless the partnership elects an alternative method under which the taxes resulting from the adjustment (and interest and penalties) are assessed at the partner level. Many uncertainties remain as to the application of these rules, including the application of the alternative method to partners that are REITs, and the impact they will have on us. However, it is possible, that partnerships in which we invest may be subject to U.S. federal income tax, interest and penalties in the event of a U.S. federal income tax audit as a result of these law changes.

Recent legislation modifies several of the REIT rules discussed in the prospectus. The “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015” (the “Act”) was enacted on December 18, 2015 and contains several provisions pertaining to REIT qualification and taxation. Some of these implicate certain tax-related disclosure contained in the prospectus and are briefly summarized below:

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, the Act expands the exclusion of certain hedging income from the REIT gross income tests to include income from hedges of previously acquired hedges that a REIT entered to manage risk associated with liabilities or property that have been extinguished or disposed.

For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2018, no more than 25% of the value of our assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the Act reduces this limit to 20%. At this time, the securities we own in our taxable REIT subsidiaries do not, in the aggregate, exceed 20% of the total value of our assets.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, for purposes of the REIT asset tests, the Act provides that debt instruments issued by publicly offered REITs will constitute “real estate assets.” However, unless such a debt instrument is secured by a mortgage or otherwise would have qualified as a real estate asset under prior law, (i) interest income and gain from such a debt instrument is not qualifying income for purposes of the 75% gross income test and (ii) all such debt instruments may represent no more than 25% of the value of our total assets.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015, certain obligations secured by a mortgage on both real property and personal property will be treated as a qualifying real estate asset and give rise to qualifying income for purposes of the 75% gross income test if the fair market value of such personal property does not exceed 15% of the total fair market value of all such property.

A 100% excise tax is imposed on “redetermined TRS service income,” which is income of a taxable REIT subsidiary attributable to services provided to, or on behalf of its associated REIT and which would otherwise be increased on distribution, apportionment, or allocation under Section 482 of the Code.

For distributions made in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2014, the preferential dividend rules no longer to apply to us.


Additional exceptions to the rules under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Act (“FIRPTA”) were introduced for non-U.S. persons that constitute “qualified shareholders” (within the meaning of Section 897(k)(3) of the Code) or “qualified foreign pension funds” (within the meaning of Section 897(l)(2) of the Code).

After February 16, 2016, the FIRPTA withholding rate under Section 1445 of the Code for dispositions of U.S. real property interests is increased from 10% to 15%.

The Act increases from 5% to 10% the maximum stock ownership of the REIT that a non-U.S. shareholder may hold to avail itself of the FIRPTA exception for shares regularly traded on an established securities market.

For assets we acquired from a C corporation in a carry-over basis transaction, the Act, in conjunction with recently promulgated Treasury Regulations, reduces the recognition period during which we could be subject to corporate tax on any built-in gains recognized on the sale of such assets from 10 years to 5 years.

Forward-Looking Statements


This Form 10-K contains "forward-looking statements"“forward-looking statements” as that term is defined under the Private Securities

Litigation Reform Act

of 1995. You can identify forward-looking statements by our use of the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "estimate," "assume," "project," "plan," "may," "shall," "will"“believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “assume,” “project,” “plan,” “may,” “shall,” “will” and other similar expressions in this Form 10-K, that predict or indicate future events and trends and that do not report historical matters. These statements include, among other things, statements regarding our intent, belief or expectations with respect to:


our potential development, redevelopment, acquisition or disposition of communities;

the timing and cost of completion of apartment communities under construction, reconstruction, development or redevelopment;

the timing of lease-up, occupancy and stabilization of apartment communities;

the pursuit of land on which we are considering future development;

the anticipated operating performance of our communities;

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operations; and

the impact of legal proceedings relating to the Edgewater casualty loss and related matters, including liability to third parties resulting therefrom.

We cannot assure the future results or outcome of the matters described in these statements; rather, these statements merely reflect our current expectations of the approximate outcomes of the matters discussed. We do not undertake a duty to update these forward-looking statements, and therefore they may not represent our estimates and assumptions after the date of this report. You should not rely on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. These risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should carefully review the discussion under Item 1a. "Risk Factors,"1A. “Risk Factors” in this report for further discussion of risks associated with forward-looking statements.


Some of the factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following:


we may fail to secure development opportunities due to an inability to reach agreements with third parties to obtain land at attractive prices or to obtain desired zoning and other local approvals;

we may abandon or defer development opportunities for a number of reasons, including changes in local market conditions which make development less desirable, increases in costs of development, increases in the cost of capital or lack of capital availability, resulting in losses;


construction costs of a community may exceed our original estimates;

we may not complete construction and lease-up of communities under development or redevelopment on schedule, resulting in increased interest costs and construction costs and a decrease in our expected rental revenues;

occupancy rates and market rents may be adversely affected by competition and local economic and market conditions which are beyond our control;

financing may not be available on favorable terms or at all, and our cash flows from operations and access to cost effective capital may be insufficient for the development of our pipeline which could limit our pursuit of opportunities;

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composition; and

our expectations, estimates and assumptions as of the date of this filing regarding the outcome of investigations and/or legal proceedings resulting from the Edgewater casualty loss, are subject to change.

Critical Accounting Policies


The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. If our judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions had been different, or different assumptions were made, it is possible that different accounting policies would have been applied, resulting in different financial results or a different presentation of our financial statements. Below is a discussion of the accounting policies that we consider critical to an understanding of our financial condition and operating results that may require complex or significant judgment in their application or require estimates about matters which are inherently uncertain. A discussion of our significant accounting policies, including further discussion of the accounting policies described below, can be found in Note 1, "Organization and“Organization, Basis of Presentation"Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies,” of our Consolidated Financial Statements.


Principles of Consolidation


We may enter into various joint venture agreements with unrelated third parties to hold or develop real estate assets. We must determine for each of these ventures whether to consolidate the entity or account for our investment under the equity or cost basis of accounting.


We determine whether to consolidate certain entities based on our rights and obligations under the joint venture agreements, applying the applicable accounting guidance. For investment interests that we do not consolidate, we evaluate the guidance to determine the accounting framework to apply. The application of the rules in evaluating the accounting treatment for each joint venture is complex and requires substantial management judgment. Therefore, we believe the decision to choose an appropriate accounting framework is a critical accounting estimate.


If we were to consolidate the joint ventures that we accounted for using the equity method, excluding joint venture entities the company formed with Equity Residential as part of the Archstone Acquisition,Residual JV, at December 31, 2013,2016, our assets would have increased by $1,925,274,000$827,020,000 and our liabilities would have increased by $1,280,744,000.$706,110,000. We would be required to consolidate those joint ventures currently not consolidated for financial reporting purposes if the facts and circumstances changed, including but not limited to the following reasons, none of which are currently expected to occur:


For entities not considered to be variable interest entities, the nature of the entity changed such that it would be considered a variable interest entity and we were considered the primary beneficiary.


For entities in which we do not hold a controlling voting and/or variable interest, the contractual arrangement changed resulting in our investment interest being either a controlling voting and/or variable interest.


We evaluate our accounting for investments on a regular basis including when a significant change in the design of an entity occurs.


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Cost Capitalization


We capitalize costs during the development of assets. Capitalization begins when we determine that development of a future asset is probable and continues until the asset, or a portion of the asset, is delivered and is ready for its intended use. For redevelopment efforts, we capitalize costs either (i) in advance of taking apartment homes out of service when significant renovation of the common area has begun and continue until the redevelopment is completed, or (ii) when an apartment home is taken out of service for redevelopment and continue until the redevelopment is completed and the apartment home is available for a new resident. Rental income and operating expenses incurred during the initial lease-up or post-redevelopment lease-up period are fully recognized in earnings as they accrue.

We defer external costs associated with originating new leases, recognizing the impact of these costs in earnings over the term of the lease.


During the development and redevelopment efforts we capitalize all direct costs and indirect costs which have been incurred as a result of the development and redevelopment activities. These costs include interest and related loan fees, property taxes as well as other direct and indirect costs. Interest is capitalized for any project specificproject-specific financing, as well as for general corporate financing to the extent of our aggregate investment in the projects. Indirect project costs, which include personnel and office and administrative costs that are clearly associated with our development and redevelopment efforts, are also capitalized. Capitalized indirect costs associated with our development and redevelopment activities are comprised primarily of compensation related costs for associates dedicated to our development and redevelopment efforts and total $38,128,000, $26,513,000,$45,201,000, $43,943,000 and $23,984,000$37,433,000 for 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. The estimation of the direct and indirect costs to capitalize as part of our development and redevelopment activities requires judgment and, as such, we believe cost capitalization to be a critical accounting estimate.


There may be a change in our operating expenses in the event that there are changes in accounting guidance governing capitalization or changes to our levels of development or redevelopment activity. If changes in the accounting guidance limit our ability to capitalize costs or if we reduce our development and redevelopment activities without a corresponding decrease in indirect project costs, there may be an increase in our operating expenses. For example, if in 20132016 our development activities decreased by 10%, and there were no corresponding decrease in our indirect project costs, our costs charged to expense would have increased by $3,813,000.

$4,520,000.


We capitalize pre-development costs incurred in pursuit of Development Rights. These costs include legal fees, design fees and related overhead costs. Future development of these pursuits is dependent upon various factors, including zoning and regulatory approval, rental market conditions, construction costs and availability of capital. Pre-development costs incurred for pursuits for which future development is not yet considered probable are expensed as incurred. In addition, if the status of a Development Right changes, making future development no longer probable, any capitalized pre-development costs are written off with a charge to expense.


Due to the subjectivity in determining whether a pursuit will result in the development of an apartment community, and therefore should be capitalized, the accounting for pursuit costs is a critical accounting estimate. If we had determined that 10% of our capitalized pursuit costs were associated with Development Rights that were no longer probable of occurring, net income for the year ended December 31, 20132016 would have decreased by $3,159,000.

$4,018,000.


Abandoned Pursuit Costs & Asset Impairment


We evaluate our real estate and other long-lived assets for impairment when potential indicators of impairment exist. Such assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, unless the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a property may not be recoverable, we assess its recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the property to its estimated undiscounted future cash flows. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows, we recognize an impairment loss to the extent the


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carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. Based on periodic tests of recoverability of long-lived assets, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, we did not recognize any impairment losses for wholly-owned operating real estate assets.

We expensed costs related to abandoned pursuits, which includes the abandonment of Development Rights and disposition pursuits, in the amounts of $998,000 in 2013, $1,757,000 in 2012 and $1,957,000 in 2011. These costs are included in operating expenses, excluding property taxes on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income. Abandoned pursuit costs can vary greatly, and the costs incurred in any given period may be significantly different in future years.

        We also assess land held for development for impairment if our intent changes with respect to the development of the land. We did not recognize any impairment charges for land holdings in 2013 or 2012. During 2011, we concluded that we would pursue the sale of two land parcels where the carrying values of the two land parcels were not fully recoverable. As a result, we recognized an aggregate charge of $12,097,000 for the impairment of these land parcels. We had previously recognized an impairment loss of $9,952,000 in 2008 when we determined that we no longer intended to pursue development of the assets. Our change in intent to pursue disposition of these assets rather than holding for investment triggered the determination that a further impairment of the basis of the land parcels existed. We looked to a combination of internal models and third-party pricing estimates to determine the fair values for these impaired land parcels. Considering our knowledge of multifamily residential development, the fair values of parcels zoned for multifamily development were generated using an internal model. Land parcels zoned for other purposes were valued using third-party estimates of fair value. For the internally generated fair values, we used a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows for a multifamily rental community. The cash flow analysis incorporated assumptions that market participants would make, including applying discount factors to the estimated future cash flows of the underlying asset, as well as potential disposition proceeds. The third-party values incorporated the use of estimated rates of return, investment time horizons and sales prices for land parcels considered to be market comparables, adjusted for known differences in critical areas including the existing entitlements (such as zoning and state of infrastructure readiness). Both valuation methods included significant other unobservable inputs and are therefore classified as Level 3 prices in the fair value hierarchy.

        We also evaluate our unconsolidated investments for impairment, considering both the carrying value of the investment, estimated to be the expected proceeds that it would receive if the entity were dissolved and the net assets were liquidated, as well as our proportionate share of any impairment of assets held by unconsolidated investments. During 2011, we concluded that because


We expense costs related to abandoned pursuits, which include the market for for-sale housing development had not improved as expected,abandonment of Development Rights and disposition pursuits. These costs can vary greatly, and the investmentcosts incurred in an unconsolidated joint venture was impaired and that impairment was other than temporary. As a result, we recognized a charge of $1,955,000 for the impairment of the investmentany given period may be significantly different in the unconsolidated joint venture. There were no impairment losses recognized by any of our investments in unconsolidated entities during 2013 or 2012.

future years.


Our focus on value creation through real estate development presents an impairment risk in the event of a future deterioration of the real estate and/or capital markets or a decision by us to reduce or cease development. We cannot predict the occurrence of future events that may cause an impairment assessment to be performed, or the likelihood of any future impairment charges, if any. You should also review Item 1a., "Risk Factors"1A. “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-K.



REIT Status


We are a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a REIT. We elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code for the year ended


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December 31, 1994 and have not revoked such election. A corporate REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that it currently distribute at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income to stockholders. As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to corporate level federal income tax on taxable income if we distribute 100% of our taxable income to our stockholders over time periods allowed under the Code. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal and state income taxes at regular corporate rates (subject to any applicable alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to elect to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. For example, if we failed to qualify as a REIT in 2013,2016, our net income would have decreased by approximately $141,963,000.

$415,669,000.


Our qualification as a REIT requires management to exercise significant judgment and consideration with respect to operational matters and accounting treatment. Therefore, we believe our REIT status is a critical accounting estimate.


Acquisition of Investments in Real Estate

        We account


The adoption of ASU 2017-01, as discussed in Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies,” of the Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Item 8 of this report, has impacted our accounting framework for ourthe acquisition of investments in real estate. Prior to adoption of ASU 2017-01 on October 1, 2016, we accounted for acquisitions of investments in real estate in accordance with the authoritative guidance for the initial measurement, which requiresrequired the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree to be recognized at fair value. Typical assets and liabilities acquired include land, building,buildings, furniture, fixtures and equipment and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting of the value of above-belowabove or below market leases and in-place leases. In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, we utilizeutilized various sources, including our own analysis of recently acquired and existing comparable properties in our portfolio and other market data.

Federal Income Tax Changes and Updates Consideration for Incorporation in Existing Registration Statements

        The following discussion updates the disclosures under "Federal Income Tax Considerations and Consequences of Your Investment"acquisitions is typically in the prospectus dated February 27, 2012 containedform of cash unless otherwise disclosed. We expensed all costs incurred related to acquisitions of operating communities. Subsequent to adoption of ASU 2017-01, we assess each acquisition of an operating community to determine if it meets the definition of a business or if it qualifies as an asset acquisition. We expect that acquisitions of individual operating communities will generally be viewed as asset acquisitions, and result in our Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC on February 27, 2012capitalization of acquisition costs, and in our other registration statements into which this Annual Report on Form 10-K is incorporated by reference.

Additional Disclosure Relatingthe allocation of purchase price to Taxation of AvalonBay as a REIT

        The section captioned "Taxation of AvalonBay as a REIT—Ownership of Partnership Interests by a REIT" is replaced in its entirety by the following:

        Ownership of Partnership Interests by a REIT.    A REIT that is a partner in a partnership (or a member in a limited liability company or other entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) will be deemed to own its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership and will be deemed to earn its proportionate share of the partnership's income. The assets and gross income of the partnership retain the same character in the hands of the REIT for purposes of the asset and gross income tests applicable to REITs as described below. Thus, our proportionate share of the assets and items of gross income of any entity taxable as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which we hold an interest will be treated as our assetsacquired and liabilities and our items of income for purposes of applying the requirements described in this prospectus. The assets, liabilities and items of income of any partnership in which we own an interest include such entity's share of the assets and liabilities and items of income with respect to any partnership in which it holds an interest.

        The assets of one of our joint ventures with Equity Residential include indirect interests in partnerships controlled by Equity Residential, and thus for purposes of our compliance with the REIT asset and gross income requirements we will be treated as owning our proportionate share of the assets and as receiving our proportionate share of gross income of the Equity Residential partnerships in which the joint venture has an interest. Although Equity Residential has agreed to operate those


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partnerships in compliance with the REIT requirements, we cannot assure you that such Equity Residential partnerships will be operated in compliance with the REIT requirements. Failure by those partnerships to comply with the REIT requirements could potentially jeopardize our REIT status.

        The discussion above does not apply to our interest in any partnership or other unincorporated entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If an entity that we treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the REIT requirements were determined instead to be taxed as a corporation, we could fail one or more of the REIT income and asset tests described below. Generally, a domestic unincorporated entity with two or more owners is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless it affirmatively elects to be treated as a corporation. However, certain "publicly traded partnerships" are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A "publicly traded partnership" is any partnership (i) the interests in which are traded on an established securities market or (ii) the interests in which are readily tradable on a "secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof." However, under the relevant Treasury Regulations, interests in a partnership will not be considered readily tradable on a secondary market or on the substantial equivalent of a secondary market if the partnership qualifies for specified "safe harbors," which areassumed based on the specific facts and circumstances relating to the partnership. Moreover, certain publicly traded partnerships will avoid being treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes if the partnership derives at least 90% of its gross income from certain specified sources of "qualifying income." We do not believe that any of our direct or indirect subsidiary partnerships should be treated as corporations under the publicly traded partnership rules. However, a contrary determination could prevent us from qualifying as a REIT.

        The fifth paragraph in the section captioned "Taxation of AvalonBay as a REIT—Income Tests Applicable to REITs" is replaced with the following:

        Taxable dividends from a taxable REIT subsidiary and gain from a sale or other taxable disposition of interests in a taxable REIT subsidiary will qualify under the 95% income test, but not the 75% income test. Our need to satisfy the 75% income test may adversely affect our ability to distribute earnings from, or dispose of our investment in, a taxable REIT subsidiary.

        The following paragraph is added at the endrelative fair value of the section captioned "Taxation of AvalonBay as a REIT—Asset Tests Applicable to REITs":

        Shares in other qualifying REITs are treated as "real estate assets" for purposes of the REITrespective assets tests, while shares of our taxable REIT subsidiaries do not qualify as "real estate assets."

        The last sentence in the section captioned "Other U.S. Federal Income Tax Withholding and Reporting Requirements" is replaced with the following:

        The most recent guidance from the IRS delays withholding under FATCA on withholdable payments to foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities until after December 31, 2016 with respect to gross proceeds of a disposition of property that can produce U.S. source interest or dividends and certain other sources of income and after June 30, 2014 with respect to other withholdable payments.

        The section captioned "Expiration of Certain Reduced Tax Provisions" is replaced with the following:

Federal Income Tax Rates Update

        As of January 1, 2013, (1) the maximum tax rate on "qualified dividend income" for non-corporate taxpayers is 20%, (2) the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gain for non-corporate taxpayers is 20%, (3) the highest marginal non-corporate income tax rate is 39.6%, and (4) the backup withholding rate remains at 28%. Thus, references in the prospectus to "15% rate gain distributions" shall be replaced with references to "20% rate gain distributions," which are taxed to non-corporate U.S. shareholders at the new maximum 20% long-term capital gains rate.

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ITEM 7a.7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risks from our financial instruments primarily from changes in market interest rates. We do not have exposure to any other significant market risk. We monitor interest rate risk as an integral part of our overall risk management, which recognizes the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to reduce the potentially adverse effect on our results of operations. Our operating results are affected by changes in interest rates, primarily in short-term LIBOR and the SIFMA index as a result of borrowings under our Credit Facility and outstanding bonds and unsecured notes with variable interest rates. In addition, the fair value of our fixed rate unsecured and secured notes are impacted by changes in market interest rates. The effect of interest rate fluctuations on our results of operations historically has been small relative to other factors affecting operating results, such as rental rates and occupancy.


We currently use interest rate protection agreements (consisting of interest rate swap and interest rate cap agreements) for our risk management objectives, as well as for compliance with the requirements of certain lenders, and not for trading or speculative purposes. During 2015 and 2016, we entered into $1,200,000,000 of forward interest rate swap agreements to reduce the impact of variability in interest rates on a portion of our expected debt issuance activity in 2016 and 2017. In May 2016, we settled $400,000,000 of the aggregate outstanding swaps in conjunction with our May 2016 unsecured note issuance. In addition, we have interest rate caps that serve to effectively limit the amount of interest rate expense we would incur on a floating rate borrowing. Further discussion of the financial instruments impacted and our exposure is presented below.

As of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, we had $1,011,609,000$1,208,262,000 and $476,935,000,$1,345,182,000, respectively, in variable rate debt outstanding, with no amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility. If interest rates on the variable rate debt had been 100 basis points higher throughout 20132016 and 2012,2015, our annual interest costs would have increased by approximately $9,680,000$12,901,000 and $3,969,000,$14,492,000, respectively, based on balances outstanding during the applicable years. In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, we assumed approximately $2,034,482,000 secured fixed and floating rate indebtedness, which impacted the Company's overall exposure to interest rate risk. In May 2013, a $215,000,000 forward interest rate protection agreement matured, resulting in a payment to the counterparty of $51,000,000, the fair value at time of settlement.


Because the counterparties providing the interest rate cap and swap agreements are major financial institutions which have an A or better credit rating by the Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, and the current valuation of the position is a net liability for us, we do not believe there is exposure at this time to a default by a counterparty provider.


In addition, changes in interest rates affect the fair value of our fixed rate debt, computed using quoted market prices for our unsecured notes or a discounted cash flow model for our secured notes, considering our current market yields, which impacts the fair value of our aggregate indebtedness. Debt securities and notes payable (including amounts outstanding under our Credit Facility) with an aggregate carrying valueprincipal amount outstanding of $6,029,998,000$7,076,758,000 at December 31, 20132016 had an estimated aggregate fair value of $6,294,850,000$6,963,089,000 at December 31, 2013.2016. Contractual fixed rate debt represented $5,255,089,000$5,926,025,000 of the fair value at December 31, 2013.2016. If interest rates had been 100 basis points higher as of December 31, 2013,2016, the fair value of this fixed rate debt would have decreased by approximately $321,709,000.

$334,076,000.


ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The response to this Item 8 is included as a separate section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


ITEM 9.    CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

        None.


None.

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ITEM 9a.9A.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a)Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. We continue to review and document our disclosure controls and procedures, including our internal controls and procedures for financial reporting, and may from time to time make changes aimed at enhancing their effectiveness and to ensure that our systems evolve with our business.


(b)
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 based on the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2013.
(b)Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016 based on the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2016.

Our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20132016 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included elsewhere herein.

(c)
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


(c)Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fourth quarter of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9b.9B.    OTHER INFORMATION

        None.


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None.


PART III

ITEM 10.    DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required by Item 10 pertaining to directors and executive officers of the Company and the Company's Code of Conduct is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held on May 21, 2014.

18, 2017.


ITEM 11.    EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by Item 11 pertaining to executive compensation is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held on May 21, 2014.

18, 2017.


ITEM 12.    SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by Item 12 pertaining to security ownership of management and certain beneficial owners of the Company's common stock is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held on May 21, 2014,18, 2017, to the extent not set forth below.


The Company maintains the 2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan"“2009 Plan”) and the 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"“ESPP”), pursuant to which common stock or other equity awards may be issued or granted to eligible persons.

The following table gives information about equity awards under the 2009 Plan, the Company's prior 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "1994 Plan"“1994 Plan”) under which awards were previously made, and the ESPP as of December 31, 2013:

 
 (a)
 (b)
 (c)
 
Plan category
 Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders(1)

  1,545,891(2) 112.32(3) 2,341,585 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(4)

    n/a  724,675 
        

Total

  1,545,891  112.32(3) 3,066,260 
        
        

(1)
Consists of the 2009 Plan.

(2)
Includes 87,856 deferred units granted under the 2009 Plan and the 1994 Plan, which, subject to vesting requirements, will convert in the future to common stock on a one-for-one basis. Also includes the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon settlement of outstanding Performance Awards awarded to officers and maturing on December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015, and the number of shares issuable based on actual performance for Performance Awards awarded to officers maturing on December 31, 2013. Does not include 182,083 shares of restricted stock that are outstanding and that are already reflected in the Company's outstanding shares.

(3)
Excludes deferred units granted under the 2009 Plan and the 1994 Plan, which, subject to vesting requirements, will convert in the future to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

(4)
Consists of the ESPP.
2016:

 (a) (b) (c)
Plan category
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
 
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)717,741
(2)$119.03
(3)878,622
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (4)
 N/A
 692,812
Total717,741
 $119.03
(3)1,571,434

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(1)Consists of the 2009 Plan and the 1994 Plan.
(2)Includes 15,541 deferred units granted under the 2009 Plan and the 1994 Plan, which, subject to vesting requirements, will convert in the future to common stock on a one-for-one basis. Also includes the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon settlement of outstanding Performance Awards awarded to officers and maturing on December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Does not include 313,403 shares of restricted stock that are outstanding and that are already reflected in the Company's outstanding shares.
(3)Excludes performance awards and deferred units granted under the 2009 Plan and the 1994 Plan, which, subject to vesting requirements, will convert in the future to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
(4)Consists of the ESPP.


The ESPP, which was adopted by the Board of Directors on October 29, 1996, has not been approved by our shareholders. A further description of the ESPP appears in Note 9, "Stock-Based“Stock-Based Compensation Plans," of ourthe Consolidated Financial Statements includedset forth in Item 8 of this report.



ITEM 13.    CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by Item 13 pertaining to certain relationships and related transactions is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 21, 2014.

18, 2017.


ITEM 14.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by Item 14 pertaining to the fees paid to and services provided by the Company's principal accountant is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the year covered by this Form 10-K with respect to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 21, 2014.

18, 2017.



PART IV

ITEM 15.    EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

15(a)(1)Financial Statements

 

 

Index to Financial Statements

 

 

Consolidated Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule:

 

 

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 
F-1

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012

2015
 
F-3

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011

2014
 
F-4

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011

2014
 
F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011

2014
 
F-6

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 
F-9

15(a)(2)Financial Statement Schedule

 

 

Schedule III—Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

 
F-47

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.

15(a)(3)Exhibits

 

 

The exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as a part of this report.


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ITEM 16.    FORM 10-K SUMMARY

Not Applicable.


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.Description
3(i).1  Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of the Company, dated as of June 4, 1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to Form 10-K of the Company filed March 1, 2007.)

3(i).2

 


 

Articles of Amendment, dated as of October 2, 1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).2 to Form 10-K of the Company filed March 1, 2007.)

3(i).3

 


 

Articles of Amendment, dated as of May 22, 2013. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i).3 to Form 8-K of the Company filed on May 22, 2013.)

3(ii).1

 


 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as adopted by the Board of Directors on May 21, 2009.November 12, 2015. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii).13(i).3 to Form 10-Q10-K of the Company filed November 2, 2012.on February 26, 2016.)

3(ii).2

 


 

Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of AvalonBay Communities, Inc., dated February 10, 2010. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii).2 to Form 10-Q of the Company, filed November 2, 2012.)

3(ii).3




Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylawsas adopted by the Board of AvalonBay Communities, Inc., dated September 19, 2012.Directors on February 16, 2017. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K of the Company filed September 20, 2012.on February 21, 2017.)

4.1

 


 

Indenture for Senior Debt Securities, dated as of January 16, 1998, between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-139839), filed January 8, 2007.)

4.2

 


 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 20, 1998, between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-139839), filed January 8, 2007.)

4.3

 


 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 7, 1998, between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-139839), filed January 8, 2007.)

4.4

 


 

Amended and Restated Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 10, 2000 between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-139839), filed January 8, 2007.)

4.5

 


 

Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2006, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-139839), filed January 8, 2007.)

4.6

 

__

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 21, 2014, between the Company and the Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-K of the Company filed on November 21, 2014.)
4.7Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan of the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Company (File No. 333-87063), filed September 14, 1999.)

4.74.8

 


 

Amendment to the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan filed on December 17, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to the Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 on December 17, 1999.)

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4.84.9  Amendment to the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan filed on March 26, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to the Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 on March 26, 2004.)

4.94.10

 


 

Amendment to the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan filed on May 15, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to the Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 on May 15, 2006.)


10.1




Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of AvalonBay Value Added Fund, L.P., dated as of March 16, 2005. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 23, 2011.)

10.210.1

 


 

Master Cross-Collateralization Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2009, between Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage, Inc., parties identified on Exhibit A-Schedule 1 attached thereto, and Shady Grove Financing, LLC. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 10-Q of the Company filed August 10, 2009.)

10.310.2

 


 

Master Substitution Agreement, dated April 23, 2009, between Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage, Inc., AvalonBay Traville, LLC and the entities identified on Schedule B attached thereto. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 10-Q of the Company filed August 10, 2009.)

10.410.3

 


 

Form of Multifamily Note, dated April 24, 2009. (Used in connection with the properties identified on Exhibit B to the Master Cross-Collateralization Agreement dated April 24, 2009.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-Q of the Company filed August 10, 2009.)

10.510.4

 


 

Form of Guaranty, dated April 24, 2009. (Used in connection with the properties identified on Exhibit B to the Master Cross-Collateralization Agreement dated April 24, 2009.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-Q of the Company filed August 10, 2009.)

10.6+10.5+

 


 

Endorsement Split Dollar Agreements and Amendments thereto with Messrs. Blair, Naughton Sargeant, and Horey. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 23, 2011.)

10.7+10.6+

 


 

Form of Amendment to Endorsement Split Dollar Agreement with Messrs. Blair, Naughton Sargeant, and Horey. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 10-K of the Company filed March 2, 2009.)

10.8+10.7+

 


 

Employment Agreement between the Company and Timothy J. Naughton, dated as of December 16, 2011. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K of the Company filed December 21, 2011.)

10.9+




Employment Agreement between the Company and Thomas J. Sargeant dated as of December 16, 2011. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K of the Company filed December 21, 2011.)

10.10+




Employment Agreement between the Company and Leo S. Horey dated as of December 16, 2011. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K of the Company filed December 21, 2011.)

10.11+




AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.199.1 to Form 8-K of the Company filed May 28, 2009.February 16, 2016.)

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10.12+10.8+  Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement (2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company filed May 22, 2009.)

10.13+10.9+

 


 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company filed May 22, 2009.)

10.14+10.10+

 


 

Form of Stock Grant and Restricted Stock Agreement (2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company filed May 22, 2009.)

10.15+10.11+

 


 

Form of Stock Grant and Restricted Stock Agreement adopted February 11, 2016 (2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Form 8-K of the Company filed February 16, 2016.)
10.12+Form of Director Restricted Stock Agreement (2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company filed May 22, 2009.)

10.16+10.13+

 


 

Form of Director Restricted Unit Agreement (2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company filed May 22, 2009.)

10.17+10.14+

 


 

1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan, dated June 26, 1997, as amended and restated. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company (File No. 333-16837), filed June 26, 1997.)

10.18+




1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan—Plan Information Statement dated June 26, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company (File No. 333-16837), filed November 26, 1996.)

10.19+




Form of Indemnity Agreement between the Company and its Directors. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.110.19 to Form 10-Q10-K of the Company filed August 2, 2013.February 19, 2015.)

10.20+10.15+

 


 

The Company's Officer Severance Plan, as amended and restated on November 9, 2011.February 11, 2016. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.199.2 to Form 8-K of the Company filed November 15, 2011.February 16, 2016.)

10.21+10.16+

 


 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated in full on December 8, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Form 10-K of the Company filed March 2, 2009.)

10.22+10.17+

 


 

Amendment dated February 9, 2006, to the AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on December 8, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)

10.23+10.18+

 


 

Amendment, dated December 6, 2006, to the AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on December 8, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)


10.24+




10.19+Amendment, dated September 20, 2007, to the AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on December 8, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)

10.25+10.20+

 


 

Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)

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10.26+10.21+  Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Agreement (1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated.)Restated). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)

10.27+10.22+

 


 

Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Employee Stock Grant and Restricted Stock Agreement (1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated.)Restated). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to Form 10-K of the Company filed March 2, 2009.)

10.28+10.23+

 


 

Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Director Restricted Unit Agreement (1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)

10.29+10.24+

 


 

Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Director Restricted Stock Agreement (1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 22, 2013.)

10.3110.25

 


 

ThirdFourth Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2011, withJanuary 14, 2016, among the Company, as Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing lender,an issuing bank and a bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as an issuing bank, a bank and asa syndication agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Morgan Stanley Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., each as an issuing bank, a bank and as documentationa syndication agent, Barclays Bank PLC as a bankJ.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and as co-documentation agent, UBSWells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, and a co-documentation agent, The Banksyndicate of New York Mellon, BBVA Compass Bank, PNC Bank, National Association, and Suntrust Bank, eachother financial institutions, serving as a bank and as a managing agent, Branch Banking and Trust Company, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., and Citizens Bank, each as a bank and as a co-agent, and the other bank parties signatory theretobanks. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11.1 to Form 10-Q8-K/A of the Company filed November 7, 2011.on January 15, 2016.)

10.3210.26+

 


 

Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2012, among the Company, as Borrower, the banks signatory thereto, each as a Bank, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K of the Company, filed December 21, 2012.)

10.33+




Rules and Procedures for Non-Employee Directors' Deferred Compensation Program, as adopted on November 20, 2006, as amended on December 11, 2008, February 10, 2010 and November 10, 2010. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.49 to Form 10-K of the Company filed February 23, 2011.)

10.34+10.27+

 


 

Amended and Restated AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of January 1, 2011. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q of the Company filed August 6, 2010.)

10.3510.28+

 


 

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated November 26, 2012, byFirst Amendment to Amended and amongRestated AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Equity Residential and its operating partnership, ERP Operating Partnership, LP, Lehman Brothers Holdings,  Inc., and Archstone Enterprise LP. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Form 8-K Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of the Company filed November 26, 2012.7, 2011. (Filed herewith.)

10.36+10.29+

 


 

Form ofSecond Amendment to Amended and Restated AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 2008 PerformanceDeferred Compensation Plan, Deferred Stock Award Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-Keffective as of the Company filed May 22, 2008.November 15, 2012. (Filed herewith.)

10.37+10.30+

 


 

Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Award Terms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 10-Q filed May 10, 2013.)

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10.3810.31+  Shareholders Agreement, dated February 27, 2013, by and among the Company, Archstone Enterprise LP and Lehman Brothers HoldingsForm of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Award Terms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. (Incorporated by Referencereference to Exhibit 10.210.1 to Form 10-Q filed May 4, 2015.)
10.32+Form of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Award Terms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, approved February 11, 2016. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to Form 8-K of the Company filed March 5, 2013.February 16, 2016.)

10.3910.33

 


 

Archstone Residual JV, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Form 8-K of the Company filed March 5, 2013.)

10.4010.34

 


 

Archstone Parallel Residual JV, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Form 8-K of the Company filed March 5, 2013.)


10.41




10.35Archstone Parallel Residual JV 2, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form 8-K of the Company filed March 5, 2013.)

10.4210.36

 


 

Legacy Holdings JV, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Form 8-K of the Company filed March 5, 2013.)

10.4310.37

 


 

Master Credit Facility Agreement, dated February 27, 2013, by and among Federal National Mortgage Association and the parties named therein. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Form 8-K of the Company filed March 5, 2013.)

12.110.38

 


 

Term Loan Agreement, dated March 31, 2014, among the Company, as Borrower, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and a bank, PNC Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent and a bank, and a syndicate of other financial institutions, serving as banks. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Form 8-K of the Company filed April 2, 2014.)
12.1Statements re: Computation of Ratios. (Filed herewith.)

21.1

 


 

Schedule of Subsidiaries of the Company. (Filed herewith.)

23.1

 


 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (Filed herewith.)

31.1

 


 

Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer). (Filed herewith.)

31.2

 


 

Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial Officer). (Filed herewith.)

32

 


 

Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer). (Furnished herewith.)

101

 


 

XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, formatted in XBRL: (i) consolidated balance sheets, (ii) consolidated statements of operations, (iii) consolidated statements of cash flows, (iv) consolidated changes in stockholders' equity, and (v) notes to consolidated financial statements.

+
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this Form 10-K pursuant to Item 15(a)(3) of Form 10-K.

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+Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this Form 10-K pursuant to Item 15(a)(3) of Form 10-K.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


  
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ TIMOTHY J. NAUGHTON

Timothy J. Naughton, Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Date: February 27, 201424, 2017 By: /s/ TIMOTHY J. NAUGHTON

Timothy J. Naughton, Director, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ THOMAS J. SARGEANT

Thomas J. Sargeant,KEVIN P. O’SHEA
Kevin P. O’Shea, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ KERI A. SHEA

Keri A. Shea, Senior Vice President—Finance & Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ GLYN F. AEPPEL

Glyn F. Aeppel, Director

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ TERRY S. BROWN
Terry S. Brown, Director
Date: February 24, 2017By:/s/ ALAN B. BUCKELEW

Alan B. Buckelew, Director

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ BRUCE A. CHOATE

Bruce A. Choate, DirectorRONALD L. HAVNER, JR.

Ronald L. Havner, Jr., Director
Date: February 27, 201424, 2017
 

By:

 

/s/ JOHNRICHARD J. HEALY, JR.

John J. Healy, Jr., DirectorLIEB

Richard J. Lieb, Director
Date: February 27, 201424, 2017
 

By:

 

/s/ LANCE R. PRIMIS

Lance R. Primis, Director

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ PETER S. RUMMELL

Peter S. Rummell, Director

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ H. JAY SARLES

H. Jay Sarles, Director

Date: February 27, 201424, 2017

 

By:

 

/s/ SUSAN SWANEZY
Susan Swanezy, Director
Date: February 24, 2017By:/s/ W. EDWARD WALTER

W. Edward Walter, Director

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.:


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013.2016. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a)(2). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.


We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. at December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013,2016, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects, the information set forth therein.


As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method for reporting discontinued operations effective January 1, 2014.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013,2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992(2013 framework) and our report dated February 28, 201424, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.




/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

McLean, Virginia
February 28, 2014

24, 2017

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.:


We have audited AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013,2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control—IntegratedControl-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (1992(2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management'sManagement’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting in Item 9a.9A. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company'scompany’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.


We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.


A company'scompany’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company'scompany’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company'scompany’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.


Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.


In our opinion, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013,2016, based on the COSO criteria.


We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 20132016 of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and our report dated February 28, 201424, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.




/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

McLean, Virginia
February 28, 2014

24, 2017

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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands)

 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 

ASSETS

       

Real estate:

       

Land

 $3,315,521 $1,406,706 

Buildings and improvements

  11,230,813  6,847,227 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

  343,802  249,023 
      

  14,890,136  8,502,956 

Less accumulated depreciation

  (2,503,902) (1,945,281)
      

Net operating real estate

  12,386,234  6,557,675 

Construction in progress, including land

  1,583,120  802,779 

Land held for development

  300,364  316,037 

Operating real estate assets held for sale, net

  14,491  338,629 
      

Total real estate, net

  14,284,209  8,015,120 

Cash and cash equivalents

  281,541  2,733,618 

Cash in escrow

  98,481  49,950 

Resident security deposits

  26,672  24,748 

Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

  367,866  129,352 

Deferred financing costs, net

  40,677  38,700 

Deferred development costs

  31,592  24,665 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  197,105  143,925 
      

Total assets

 $15,328,143 $11,160,078 
      
      

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

       

Unsecured notes, net

 $2,594,709 $1,945,798 

Variable rate unsecured credit facility

     

Mortgage notes payable

  3,550,682  1,905,235 

Dividends payable

  138,476  110,966 

Payables for construction

  94,472  52,903 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

  243,045  216,756 

Accrued interest payable

  43,353  33,056 

Resident security deposits

  45,485  37,049 

Liabilities related to real estate assets held for sale

  874  10,495 
      

Total liabilities

  6,711,096  4,312,258 
      

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

  17,320  7,027 

Equity:

       

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; $25 liquidation preference; 50,000,000 shares authorized at both December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012; zero shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

     

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 280,000,000 and 140,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively; 129,416,695 and 114,403,472 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

  1,294  1,144 

Additional paid-in capital

  8,988,723  7,086,407 

Accumulated earnings less dividends

  (345,254) (142,329)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (48,631) (108,007)
      

Total stockholders' equity

  8,596,132  6,837,215 
      

Noncontrolling interest

  3,595  3,578 
      

Total equity

  8,599,727  6,840,793 
      

Total liabilities and equity

 $15,328,143 $11,160,078 
      
      

See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Revenue:

          

Rental and other income

 $1,451,419 $990,370 $890,431 

Management, development and other fees

  11,502  10,257  9,656 
        

Total revenue

  1,462,921  1,000,627  900,087 
        

Expenses:

          

Operating expenses, excluding property taxes

  352,245  259,350  246,872 

Property taxes

  158,774  97,555  88,964 

Interest expense, net

  172,402  136,920  167,814 

Loss on interest rate contract

  51,000     

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

  14,921  1,179  1,940 

Depreciation expense

  560,215  243,680  226,728 

General and administrative expense

  39,573  34,101  29,371 

Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs

  45,050  11,350  2,967 

Casualty and impairment loss

    1,449  14,052 
        

Total expenses

  1,394,180  785,584  778,708 
        

Equity in (loss) income of unconsolidated entities

  (11,154) 20,914  5,120 

Gain on sale of land

  240  280  13,716 

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated entity

    14,194   
        

Income from continuing operations

  57,827  250,431  140,215 
        

Discontinued operations:

          

Income from discontinued operations

  16,713  26,820  20,065 

Gain on sale of real estate assets

  278,231  146,311  281,090 
        

Total discontinued operations

  294,944  173,131  301,155 
        

Net income

  352,771  423,562  441,370 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

  370  307  252 
        

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 
        
        

Other comprehensive income:

          

Unrealized loss on cash flow hedges

    (22,876) (85,845)

Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings

  59,376  1,889   
        

Comprehensive income

 $412,517 $402,882 $355,777 
        
        

Earnings per common share—basic:

          

Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders

 $0.46 $2.57 $1.55 

Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders

  2.32  1.77  3.34 
        

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $2.78 $4.34 $4.89 
        
        

Earnings per common share—diluted:

          

Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders

 $0.46 $2.55 $1.55 

Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders

  2.32  1.77  3.32 
        

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $2.78 $4.32 $4.87 
        
        
 12/31/16 12/31/15
ASSETS 
  
Real estate: 
  
Land and improvements$3,941,250
 $3,636,761
Buildings and improvements14,314,981
 13,056,292
Furniture, fixtures and equipment532,994
 458,224
 18,789,225
 17,151,277
Less accumulated depreciation(3,743,632) (3,303,751)
Net operating real estate15,045,593
 13,847,526
Construction in progress, including land1,882,262
 1,592,917
Land held for development84,293
 484,377
Real estate assets held for sale, net20,846
 17,489
Total real estate, net17,032,994
 15,942,309
    
Cash and cash equivalents214,994
 400,507
Cash in escrow114,983
 104,821
Resident security deposits32,071
 30,077
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities175,116
 216,919
Deferred development costs40,179
 37,577
Prepaid expenses and other assets256,934
 199,095
Total assets$17,867,271
 $16,931,305
    
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 
  
Unsecured notes, net$4,463,302
 $3,845,674
Variable rate unsecured credit facility
 
Mortgage notes payable, net2,567,578
 2,611,274
Dividends payable185,397
 171,257
Payables for construction100,998
 98,802
Accrued expenses and other liabilities274,676
 260,005
Accrued interest payable38,307
 40,085
Resident security deposits57,023
 53,132
Liabilities related to real estate assets held for sale808
 553
Total liabilities7,688,089
 7,080,782
    
Commitments and contingencies

 

    
Redeemable noncontrolling interests7,766
 9,997
    
Equity: 
  
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; $25 liquidation preference; 50,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2016 and 2015; zero shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and 2015
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 280,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2016 and 2015; 137,330,904 and 137,002,031 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively1,373
 1,370
Additional paid-in capital10,105,654
 10,068,532
Accumulated earnings less dividends94,899
 (197,989)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(30,510) (31,387)
Total equity10,171,416
 9,840,526
Total liabilities and equity$17,867,271
 $16,931,305


See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Dollars in thousands)

thousands, except per share data)

 
 Shares issued  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
  
  
  
 Accumulated
earnings
less
dividends
 Accumulated
other
comprehensive
loss
 Total
AvalonBay
stockholders'
equity
  
  
 
 
 Preferred
stock
 Common
stock
 Preferred
stock
 Common
stock
 Additional
paid-in
capital
 Noncontrolling
interests
 Total
equity
 

Balance at December 31, 2010

    85,899,080 $ $859 $3,593,677 $(282,743)$(1,175)$3,310,618 $4,973 $3,315,591 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

  
  
  
  
  
  
441,622
  
  
441,622
  
(1,172

)
 
440,450
 

Unrealized loss on cash flow hedges

              (85,845) (85,845)   (85,845)

Change in redemption value of redeemable noncontrolling interest

            (2,607)   (2,607)   (2,607)

Noncontrolling interest consolidation and income allocation

                  3,350  3,350 

Dividends declared to common stockholders

            (326,813)   (326,813)   (326,813)

Issuance of common stock, net of withholdings

    9,276,597    93  1,036,316  (1,107)   1,035,302    1,035,302 

Amortization of deferred compensation

          22,464      22,464    22,464 
                      

Balance at December 31, 2011

  
  
95,175,677
  
  
952
  
4,652,457
  
(171,648

)
 
(87,020

)
 
4,394,741
  
7,151
  
4,401,892
 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

  
  
  
  
  
  
423,869
  
  
423,869
  
  
423,869
 

Unrealized loss on cash flow hedges

              (22,876) (22,876)   (22,876)

Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings

              1,889  1,889    1,889 

Change in redemption value of redeemable noncontrolling interest

            (375)   (375)   (375)

Noncontrolling interest consolidation and income allocation

                  (3,573) (3,573)

Dividends declared to common stockholders

            (391,906)   (391,906)   (391,906)

Issuance of common stock, net of withholdings

    19,227,795    192  2,416,852  (2,269)   2,414,775    2,414,775 

Amortization of deferred compensation

          17,098      17,098    17,098 
                      

Balance at December 31, 2012

  
  
114,403,472
  
  
1,144
  
7,086,407
  
(142,329

)
 
(108,007

)
 
6,837,215
  
3,578
  
6,840,793
 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

  
  
  
  
  
  
353,141
  
  
353,141
  
  
353,141
 

Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings

              59,376  59,376    59,376 

Change in redemption value of redeemable noncontrolling interest

            (1,246)   (1,246)   (1,246)

Noncontrolling interest consolidation and income allocation

          1,515      1,515  17  1,532 

Dividends declared to common stockholders

            (553,829)   (553,829)   (553,829)

Issuance of common stock, net of withholdings

    15,013,223    150  1,873,792  (991)   1,872,951    1,872,951 

Amortization of deferred compensation

          27,009      27,009    27,009 
                      

Balance at December 31, 2013

    129,416,695 $ $1,294 $8,988,723 $(345,254)$(48,631)$8,596,132 $3,595 $8,599,727 
                      
                      
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Revenue: 
  
  
Rental and other income$2,039,656
 $1,846,081
 $1,674,011
Management, development and other fees5,599
 9,947
 11,050
Total revenue2,045,255
 1,856,028
 1,685,061
      
Expenses: 
  
  
Operating expenses, excluding property taxes478,437
 448,747
 410,672
Property taxes204,837
 193,499
 178,634
Interest expense, net187,510
 175,615
 180,618
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net7,075
 (26,736) 412
Depreciation expense531,434
 477,923
 442,682
General and administrative expense45,771
 42,774
 41,425
Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries9,922
 6,822
 (3,717)
Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net(3,935) (10,542) 
Total expenses1,461,051
 1,308,102
 1,250,726
      
Income from continuing operations before equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, gain on sale of communities and other real estate, and taxes584,204
 547,926
 434,335
      
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities64,962
 70,018
 148,766
Gain on sale of communities374,623
 115,625
 84,925
Gain on sale of other real estate10,224
 9,647
 490
      
Income from continuing operations before taxes1,034,013
 743,216
 668,516
Income tax expense305
 1,483
 9,368
      
Income from continuing operations1,033,708
 741,733
 659,148
      
Discontinued operations: 
  
  
Income from discontinued operations
 
 310
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
 
 37,869
Total discontinued operations
 
 38,179
      
Net income1,033,708
 741,733
 697,327
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests294
 305
 (13,760)
      
Net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
      
Other comprehensive income: 
  
  
(Loss) income on cash flow hedges(5,556) 5,354
 (121)
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings6,433
 5,774
 6,237
Comprehensive income$1,034,879
 $753,166
 $689,683
      
Earnings per common share—basic: 
  
  
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders$7.53
 $5.54
 $4.93
Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders
 
 0.29
Net income attributable to common stockholders$7.53
 $5.54
 $5.22
      
Earnings per common share—diluted: 
  
  
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders$7.52
 $5.51
 $4.92
Discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders
 
 0.29
Net income attributable to common stockholders$7.52
 $5.51
 $5.21


See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC

INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

EQUITY
(Dollars in thousands)

 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Cash flows from operating activities:

          

Net income

 $352,771 $423,562 $441,370 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

          

Depreciation expense

  560,215  243,680  226,728 

Depreciation expense from discontinued operations

  13,500  16,414  23,541 

Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt (premium) discount

  (22,947) 6,427  5,834 

Amortization of stock-based compensation

  15,160  8,707  7,244 

Equity in loss (income) of, and return on, unconsolidated entities and noncontrolling interests, net of eliminations

  33,125  (12,103) 2,246 

Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings

  59,376  1,889   

Casualty loss and impairment of real estate assets

    1,449  14,052 

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

  14,921  1,781  5,820 

Gain on sale of real estate assets

  (278,471) (146,591) (294,806)

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated entity

    (14,194)  

(Increase) decrease in cash in operating escrows

  (28,960) 6,543  (7,702)

(Increase) decrease in resident security deposits, prepaid expenses and other assets

  (5,186) 7,992  (4,018)

Decrease (increase) in accrued expenses, other liabilities and accrued interest payable

  10,997  (4,737) 9,045 
        

Net cash provided by operating activities

  724,501  540,819  429,354 
        

Cash flows from investing activities:

  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Development/redevelopment of real estate assets including land acquisitions and deferred development costs

  (1,285,715) (755,363) (640,778)

Acquisition of real estate assets, including partnership interest

  (839,469) (155,755) (46,275)

Capital expenditures—existing real estate assets

  (24,415) (23,452) (41,851)

Capital expenditures—non-real estate assets

  (2,200) (3,076) (8,281)

Proceeds from exchange/sale of real estate, net of selling costs

  919,682  274,018  310,228 

Increase in payables for construction

  34,779  16,832  2,342 

Decrease in cash in construction escrows

    16,824  14,109 

Acquisition of mortgage note

      (1,701)

Decrease (increase) in investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

  16,164  6,586  (30,934)
        

Net cash used in investing activities

  (1,181,174) (623,386) (443,141)
        

Cash flows from financing activities:

  
 
  
 
  
 
 

Issuance of common stock

  4,703  2,430,190  1,049,835 

Dividends paid

  (526,050) (365,572) (318,231)

Issuance of mortgage notes payable

  84,928     

Repayments of mortgage notes payable, including prepayment penalties

  (2,110,347) (110,013) (200,166)

Issuance of unsecured notes

  750,000  700,000   

Settlement of interest rate contract

  (51,000) (54,930)  

Repayment of unsecured notes

  (100,000) (381,001) (189,900)

Payment of deferred financing costs and issuance discounts

  (10,100) (15,664) (5,996)

Redemption of units for cash by minority partners

  (1,965)   (25)

Acquisition of joint venture partner equity interest

    (3,350) (9,070)

Distributions to DownREIT partnership unitholders

  (32) (29) (20)

Distributions to joint venture and profit-sharing partners

  (317) (299) (194)

Redemption of preferred interest obligation

  (35,224)    
        

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (1,995,404) 2,199,332  326,233 
        

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

  (2,452,077) 2,116,765  312,446 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

  2,733,618  616,853  304,407 
        

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

 $281,541 $2,733,618 $616,853 
        
        

Cash paid during the year for interest, net of amount capitalized

 $179,325 $119,268 $156,898 
        
        
 Shares issued     
Additional
paid-in
capital
 
Accumulated
earnings
less
dividends
 
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
loss
 
Total
AvalonBay
stockholders'
equity
    
 
Preferred
stock
 
Common
stock
 
Preferred
stock
 
Common
stock
     
Noncontrolling
interests
 
Total
equity
Balance at December 31, 2013
 129,416,695
 $
 $1,294
 $8,988,723
 $(345,254) $(48,631) $8,596,132
 $3,595
 $8,599,727
Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
 
 
 
 683,567
 
 683,567
 
 683,567
Loss on cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 (121) (121) 
 (121)
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 6,237
 6,237
 
 6,237
Change in redemption value of noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 3,709
 
 3,709
 
 3,709
Noncontrolling interests income allocation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14,221
 14,221
Noncontrolling interests derecognition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (17,816) (17,816)
Dividends declared to common stockholders
 
 
 
 
 (608,709) 
 (608,709) 
 (608,709)
Issuance of common stock, net of withholdings
 2,633,687
 
 26
 339,186
 (398) 
 338,814
 
 338,814
Amortization of deferred compensation
 
 
 
 26,776
 
 
 26,776
 
 26,776
Balance at December 31, 2014
 132,050,382
 
 1,320
 9,354,685
 (267,085) (42,515) 9,046,405
 
 9,046,405
Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
 
 
 
 742,038
 
 742,038
 
 742,038
Income on cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 5,354
 5,354
 
 5,354
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 5,774
 5,774
 
 5,774
Change in redemption value and acquisition of noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 (1,088) 2,053
 
 965
 
 965
Dividends declared to common stockholders
 
 
 
 
 (673,670) 
 (673,670) 
 (673,670)
Issuance of common stock, net of withholdings
 4,951,649
 
 50
 688,677
 (1,325) 
 687,402
 
 687,402
Amortization of deferred compensation
 
 
 
 26,258
 
 
 26,258
 
 26,258
Balance at December 31, 2015
 137,002,031
 
 1,370
 10,068,532
 (197,989) (31,387) 9,840,526
 
 9,840,526
Net income attributable to common stockholders
 
 
 
 
 1,034,002
 
 1,034,002
 
 1,034,002
Loss on cash flow hedges
 
 
 
 
 
 (5,556) (5,556) 
 (5,556)
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings
 
 
 
 
 
 6,433
 6,433
 
 6,433
Change in redemption value and acquisition of noncontrolling interest
 
 
 
 
 1,489
 
 1,489
 
 1,489
Dividends declared to common stockholders
 
 
 
 
 (741,313) 
 (741,313) 
 (741,313)
Issuance of common stock, net of withholdings
 328,873
 
 3
 11,982
 (1,290) 
 10,695
 
 10,695
Amortization of deferred compensation
 
 
 
 25,140
 
 
 25,140
 
 25,140
Balance at December 31, 2016
 137,330,904
 $
 $1,373
 $10,105,654
 $94,899
 $(30,510) $10,171,416
 $
 $10,171,416


See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands)

 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Cash flows from operating activities: 
  
  
Net income$1,033,708
 $741,733
 $697,327
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: 
  
  
Depreciation expense531,434
 477,923
 442,682
Amortization of deferred financing costs7,661
 6,871
 6,383
Amortization of debt premium(18,866) (24,261) (34,961)
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net7,075
 (26,736) 412
Amortization of stock-based compensation15,082
 15,321
 13,927
Equity in and return on, unconsolidated real estate entities and noncontrolling interests, net of eliminations8,870
 12,225
 4,906
Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net(3,935) (17,303) 
Abandonment of development pursuits1,743
 
 1,455
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings6,433
 5,774
 6,237
Gain on sale of real estate assets(442,916) (158,852) (255,300)
(Increase) decrease in cash in operating escrows(8,226) (11,837) 55
(Increase) decrease in resident security deposits, prepaid expenses and other assets(5,403) 12,783
 (3,441)
Increase in accrued expenses, other liabilities and accrued interest payable10,824
 23,113
 6,959
Net cash provided by operating activities1,143,484
 1,056,754
 886,641
      
Cash flows from investing activities: 
  
  
Development/redevelopment of real estate assets including land acquisitions and deferred development costs(1,201,026) (1,569,326) (1,241,832)
Acquisition of real estate assets, including partnership interest(393,316) 
 (47,000)
Capital expenditures - existing real estate assets(66,971) (48,170) (46,902)
Capital expenditures - non-real estate assets(5,881) (7,695) (5,923)
Proceeds from sale of real estate, net of selling costs532,717
 282,163
 297,466
Increase in cash in deposit escrows(5,000) 
 
Insurance proceeds for property damage claims17,196
 44,142
 
Mortgage note receivable lending(19,115) 
 
Mortgage note receivable payment
 
 21,748
Increase (decrease) in payables for construction2,196
 (3,230) 7,400
Distributions from unconsolidated real estate entities111,598
 109,181
 203,945
Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities(9,750) (6,582) (5,662)
Net cash used in investing activities(1,037,352) (1,199,517) (816,760)
      
Cash flows from financing activities:   
  
Issuance of common stock, net15,526
 690,184
 346,134
Dividends paid(726,749) (655,248) (593,643)
Issuance of mortgage notes payable
 
 53,000
Repayments of mortgage notes payable, including prepayment penalties(165,012) (850,963) (32,859)
Issuance of unsecured notes1,122,488
 873,088
 550,000
Repayment of unsecured notes, including prepayment penalties(504,403) 
 (150,000)
Payment of deferred financing costs(16,240) (7,343) (7,820)
Redemption of noncontrolling interest and units for cash by minority partners
 (1,088) 
Payment for termination of forward interest rate swaps(14,847) 
 
Distributions to DownREIT partnership unitholders(41) (38) (26)
Distributions to joint venture and profit-sharing partners(407) (372) (262)
Preferred interest obligation redemption and dividends(1,960) (14,410) (6,300)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities(291,645) 33,810
 158,224
      
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(185,513) (108,953) 228,105
      
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year400,507
 509,460
 281,355
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year$214,994
 $400,507
 $509,460
      
Cash paid during the year for interest, net of amount capitalized$194,059
 $188,782
 $191,966

See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:


During the year ended December 31, 2013:

    2016:

As described in Note 4, "Equity," 14,889,706“Equity,” 197,018 shares of common stock valued at $1,875,210,000 were issued as partial consideration forpart of the Archstone Acquisition (as defined in this Form 10-K); 123,977Company's stock based compensation plans, of which 115,618 shares related to the conversion of common stockperformance awards to restricted shares, and the remaining 81,400 shares valued at $16,019,000$13,217,000 were issued in connection with new stock grants; 2,00244,327 shares valued at $269,000$3,894,000 were issued in conjunction with the conversion of deferred stock awards; 2,396 shares valued at $424,000 were issued through the Company'sCompany’s dividend reinvestment plan; 48,31053,453 shares valued at $6,127,000$8,356,000 were withheld to satisfy employees'employees’ tax withholding and other liabilities; and 7,6534,262 restricted shares and certain options valued at $1,105,000with an aggregate value of $694,000 previously issued in connection with employee compensation were cancelledcanceled upon forfeiture. In addition, the Company granted 215,230 options for common stock at a value of $5,768,000.


The Company reclassified $5,892,000 of deferred cash flow hedge losses from other comprehensive income to interest expense, net, and $53,484,000 to loss on interest rate contract, to record the impact of the Company's derivative and hedge accounting activity.

Common stock dividends declared but not paid totaled $138,476,000.$185,397,000.


The Company recorded $13,262,000 in redeemable noncontrolling interests associated with consolidated joint ventures acquired as parta decrease of the Archstone Acquisition. The Company also recorded an increase of $1,246,000$1,489,000 in redeemable noncontrolling interest with a corresponding decreaseincrease to accumulated earnings less dividends to adjust the redemption value associated with the put options held by joint venture partners and DownREIT partnership units.  For further discussion of the nature and valuation of these items, see Note 11, "Fair“Fair Value."


The Company assumed secured indebtedness with a principal amount of $3,512,202,000 in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, discussed further in Note 3, "Notes Payable, Unsecured Notes and Credit Facility." The Company also assumed an obligation related to outstanding preferred interests of approximately $67,500,000, included in accrued expenses and other liabilities, and discussed further in Note 5, "Archstone Acquisition."

        During the year ended December 31, 2012:

    96,592 shares of common stock valued at $12,883,000 were issued in connection with stock grants, 2,331 shares valued at $321,000 were issued through the Company's dividend reinvestment plan, 121,351 shares valued at $15,543,000 were withheld to satisfy employees' tax withholding and other liabilities and 7,558 shares and options valued at $393,000 previously issued in connection with employee compensation were cancelled upon forfeiture. In addition, the Company granted 115,303 options for common stock at a value of $3,357,000.

The Company recorded an increase toin prepaid expenses and other liabilitiesassets and a corresponding lossgain to other comprehensive income of $22,876,000;$12,085,000, and reclassified $1,889,000$6,433,000 of deferred cash flow hedge losses from other comprehensive income to interest expense, net, and recorded a decrease to prepaid expenses and other assets of $11,000, with a corresponding offset to the basis of unsecured notes, net to record the impact of the Company'sCompany’s derivative and hedge accounting activity.

The Company assumed fixed rate indebtedness with a principal amount of $67,904,000 in conjunction with the acquisition of Avalon Hoboken.

The Company assumed fixed rate indebtedness with a principal amount of $70,507,000 in conjunction with the acquisition of Avalon Columbia Pike.

The Company completed the construction of and sold an affordable restricted apartment building, containing 77 apartment homes, which is adjacent to one of the Company's Development Communities. The Company received a mortgage note in the amount of $18,643,000 as consideration for the sale, which is secured by the underlying real estate. See Note 6, “Real Estate Disposition Activities,” for further discussion.

During the year ended December 31, 2015:

The Company issued 157,779 shares of common stock as part of the Company's stock based compensation plans, of which 95,826 shares related to the conversion of performance awards to restricted shares, and the remaining 61,953 shares valued at $10,720,000 were issued in connection with new stock grants; 46,589 shares valued at $3,552,000 were issued in conjunction with the conversion of deferred stock awards; 2,142 shares valued at $372,000 were issued through the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan; 45,090 shares valued at $5,979,000 were withheld to satisfy employees’ tax withholding and other liabilities; and 1,529 restricted shares with an aggregate value of $726,000 previously issued in connection with employee compensation were canceled upon forfeiture.

Common stock dividends declared but not paid totaled $110,966,000.$171,257,000.


The Company recorded an increasea decrease of $375,000$2,053,000 in redeemable noncontrolling interestsinterest with a corresponding decrease to accumulated earnings less dividends to adjust the redemption value associated with the put option held by a joint venture partner and DownREIT partnership units.

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    The Company assumed a 4.61% fixed rate mortgage loan with an outstanding balance of $11,958,000 in conjunction with the acquisition of The Mark Pasadena.

        During the year ended December 31, 2011:

    511,817 shares of common stock valued at $64,747,000 were issued in connection with stock grants, 3,343 shares valued at $403,000 were issued through the Company's dividend reinvestment plan, 129,762 shares valued at $14,891,000 were withheld to satisfy employees' tax withholding and other liabilities and 505 shares valued at $35,000 were forfeited, for a net value of $50,224,000. In addition, the Company granted 144,827 options for common stock at a value of $4,258,000.

    7,500 units of limited partnership, valued at $365,000, were presented for redemption to the DownREIT partnerships that issued such units and were acquired by the Company in exchange for an equal number of shares of the Company's stock.

    The Company recorded an increase to other liabilities and a corresponding loss to other comprehensive income of $85,845,000; and recorded a decrease to prepaid expenses and other assets of $1,498,000, with a corresponding offset to the basis of unsecured notes, net to record the impact of the Company's hedge accounting activity.

    Common stock dividends declared but not paid totaled $84,953,000.

    The Company recorded an increase of $2,607,000 in redeemable noncontrolling interests with a corresponding decrease to accumulated earnings less dividends to adjust the redemption value associated with the put options held by joint venture partners and DownREIT partnership units.


The Company repaid all amounts due underrecorded an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets and a $93,440,000 variable rate, tax-exempt bond financing usingcorresponding gain to other comprehensive income of $5,354,000, and reclassified $5,774,000 of cash flow hedge losses from other comprehensive income to interest expense, net, to record the proceeds which were held in escrow.impact of the Company’s derivative and hedge accounting activity.


The Company assumedrecognized a 4.75%charge of $26,039,000 to write off the net book value of the fixed rate mortgage loan with an outstanding balance of $44,044,000assets destroyed by the fire that occurred in conjunction with the acquisition of Fairfax Towers.

As part of an asset exchange in April 2011, the Company assumed a $55,400,000 fixed rate mortgage loan with a 5.24% fixed rate2015 at Avalon at Edgewater (“Edgewater”) and relinquished a $55,800,000 mortgage loan with a 5.86% fixed rate.winter storm damage.


The Company entered into a ground lease that is consideredrecognized a capital lease associated with a parking garage adjacent to a Development Community, recording a capital lease obligation of $14,500,000$3,299,000 in accrued expenses and other liabilities, with a corresponding offsetasset to construction in progress.buildings and improvements.

During the year ended December 31, 2014:

The Company entered intoissued 115,163 shares of common stock as part of the Company's stock based compensation plan, of which 16,209 shares related to the conversion of performance awards to restricted shares, and the remaining 98,954 shares valued at $12,799,000 were issued in connection with new stock grants; 2,434 shares valued at $335,000 were issued through the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan; 55,523 shares valued at $4,746,000 were withheld to satisfy employees’ tax withholding and other liabilities; and 7,970 restricted shares with an aggregate value of $2,938,000 previously issued in connection with employee compensation were canceled upon forfeiture.

Common stock dividends declared but not paid totaled $153,207,000.

The Company recorded a ground lease that is considereddecrease of $3,709,000 in redeemable noncontrolling interest with a capital leasecorresponding increase to accumulated earnings less dividends to adjust the redemption value associated with the put options held by joint venture partners and DownREIT partnership units.

The Company recorded a Development Right, recording a capital lease obligation of $17,285,000decrease in accruedprepaid expenses and other liabilities withassets and a corresponding offsetloss to land.other comprehensive income of $121,000 and reclassified $6,237,000 of deferred cash flow hedge losses from other comprehensive income to interest expense, net, to record the impact of the Company’s derivative and hedge accounting activity.


The Company recorded an increasederecognized $17,816,000 in noncontrolling interest of $3,350,000 associatedin conjunction with the consolidationdeconsolidation of a development joint venture.

an AvalonBay Value Added Fund, L.P. (“Fund I”) subsidiary.




























See accompanying notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization and Basis of Presentation

Organization


AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (the "Company,"“Company,” which term, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to AvalonBay Communities, Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries), is a Maryland corporation that has elected to be taxedtreated as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"(“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"“Code”). The Company focuses on the development, redevelopment, acquisition, ownership and operation of apartmentmultifamily communities primarily in high barrier to entry markets of the United States. The Company's primary markets are located in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metrometro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northern and Southern California regions of the United States.

California.


At December 31, 2013,2016, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 244258 operating apartment communities containing 72,81174,538 apartment homes in 1210 states and the District of Columbia, of which threefour communities containing 1,1261,671 apartment homes were under reconstruction.redevelopment. In addition, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 2927 communities under constructiondevelopment that are expected to contain an aggregate of 8,7089,129 apartment homes when completed. The Company also owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in land or rights to land in which the Company expects to develop an additional 4625 communities that, if developed as expected, will contain an estimated 12,9868,487 apartment homes.

homes (unaudited).


Capitalized terms used without definition have the meaning asmeanings provided elsewhere in this Form 10-K.


Principles of Consolidation


The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, certain joint venture partnerships, subsidiary partnerships structured as DownREITs and any variable interest entities that qualifiedqualify for consolidation. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.


The Company accounts for joint venture entities and subsidiary partnerships that are not variable interest entities in accordance with the guidance applicable to limited partnerships or similar entities.consolidation guidance. The Company evaluates the partnership of each joint venture entity and determines first whether control overto follow the partnership lies withvariable interest entity (“VIE”) or the general partner or, whenvoting interest entity (“VOE”) model. Once the limited partners have certain rights, withappropriate consolidation model is identified, the limited partners. TheCompany then evaluates whether it should consolidate the venture. Under the VIE model, the Company consolidates an investment when both (i)it has control to direct the activities of the venture and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE. Under the VOE model, the Company consolidates an investment when 1) it controls the investment through ownership of a majority voting interest if the investment is not a limited partnership or 2) it controls the general partner and (ii) the limited partner interests do not overcome the Company's presumption of control by having either substantive participating rights, theinvestment through its ability to remove the Company asother partners in the general partner orinvestment, at its discretion, when the ability to dissolve theinvestment is a limited partnership.


The Company generally uses the equity method of accounting for its investment in joint ventures, under all other potential scenarios, including where (i) the Company holds a general partner interest but the presumption of control by the Company is overcome by the limited partner interests as described in the preceding paragraph or (ii) the Company holds a noncontrolling limited partner interest in a joint venture. Any investment in excess of the Company's cost basis at acquisition or formation of an equity method venture, will be recorded as a component of the Company's investment in the joint venture and recognized over the life of the underlying fixed assets of the venture as a reduction to its equity in income from the venture. Investments in which the Company has little or no influence are accounted for using the cost method.


Revenue and Gain Recognition


Rental income related to leases is recognized on an accrual basis when due from residents as required by the accounting guidance applicable to leases, which provides guidance on classification and


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1. Organization and Basis of Presentation (Continued)

recognition. In accordance with the Company's standard lease terms, rental payments are generally due on a monthly basis. Any cash concessions given at the inception of the lease are amortized over the approximate life of the lease, which is generally one year.

The Company records a charge to income for outstanding receivables greater than 90 days past due as a component of operating expenses, excluding property taxes on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.


The Company accounts for the sale of real estate assets and any related gain recognition in accordance with the accounting guidance applicable to sales of real estate, which establishes standards for recognition of profit on all real estate sales transactions, other than retail land sales. The Company recognizes the sale, and associated gain or loss from the disposition, provided that the earnings process is complete and the Company isdoes not obligated to performhave significant activities after the sale.

continuing involvement.



Real Estate


Operating real estate assets are stated at cost and consist of land and improvements, buildings and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment, and other costs incurred during their development, redevelopment and acquisition. Significant expenditures which improve or extend the life of an existing asset and that will benefit the Company for periods greater than a year, are capitalized. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.

        Improvements and upgrades are generally capitalized only if the item exceeds $15,000, extends the useful life of the asset and is not related to making an apartment home ready for the next resident. Purchases of personal property, such as computers and furniture, are generally capitalized only if the item is a new addition and exceeds $2,500. The Company generally expenses purchases of personal property made for replacement purposes.


Project costs related to the development, construction and redevelopment of real estate projects (including interest and related loan fees, property taxes and other direct costs) are capitalized as a cost of the project. Indirect project costs that relate to several projects are capitalized and allocated to the projects to which they relate. Indirect costs not clearly related to development, construction and redevelopment activity are expensed as incurred. For development, capitalization (i) begins when the Company has determined that development of the future asset is probable, (ii) can be suspended if there is no current development activity underway, but future development is still probable and (iii) ends when the asset, or a portion of an asset, is delivered and is ready for its intended use, or the Company's intended use changes such that capitalization is no longer appropriate.

For land parcels improved with operating real estate, for which the Company intends to pursue development, the Company generally manages the current improvements until such time as all tenant obligations have been satisfied or eliminated through negotiation, and construction of new apartment communities is ready to begin. Revenue from incidental operations received from the current improvements on land parcels in excess of any incremental costs are recorded as a reduction of total capitalized costs of the respective Development Right and not as part of net income.

For redevelopment efforts, the Company capitalizes costs either (i) in advance of taking homes out of service when significant renovation of the common area has begun until the redevelopment is completed, or (ii) when an apartment home is taken out of service for redevelopment until the redevelopment is completed and the apartment home is available for a new resident. Rental income and operating costs incurred during the initial lease-up or post-redevelopment lease-up period are recognized in earnings as incurred.

The Company acquired as Development Rights four land parcels improveddefers external costs associated with office buildings, industrial space and other commercial and residential ventures occupied by unrelated third parties. As of December 31, 2013,originating new leases, recognizing the Company is actively pursuing development of allimpact of these parcels. Forcosts in earnings over the land parcels for which the Company intends to pursue development, the Company will manage the current improvements until such time as all tenant obligations have been satisfied or eliminated through negotiation, and construction of new apartment communities is ready to begin. Revenue from incidental operations received from the current improvements on these land parcels in excess of any incremental costs are being recorded as a reduction of total capitalized coststerm of the Development Right and not as partlease.


The adoption of net income.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

1. Organization and Basisoperating communities. Prior to adoption of Presentation (Continued)

        In connection withASU 2017-01 on October 1, 2016, the acquisition of an operating community was viewed as an acquisition of a business, and the Company identifiesidentified and recordsrecorded each asset acquired and liability assumed in such transaction at its estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. The purchase price allocationsallocation to tangible assets, such as land and improvements, buildings and improvements, and furniture, fixtures and equipment, and the in-place lease intangible assets, arewas reflected in real estate assets and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Any purchase price allocation to intangible assets, other than in-place lease intangibles, iswas included in prepaid expenses and other assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets and amortized over the term of the acquired intangible asset. The fair value of acquired in-place leases is determined based on the estimated cost to replace such leases, including foregone rents during an assumed re-lease period, as well as the impact on projected cash flow of acquired leases with leased rents above or below current market rents. The Company expensesexpensed all costs incurred related to acquisitions.

acquisitions of operating communities. The Company valued land based on a market approach, looking to recent sales of similar properties, adjusting for differences due to location, the state of entitlement as well as the shape and size of the parcel. Improvements to land were valued using a replacement cost approach and consider the structures and amenities included for the communities. The approach applied industry standard replacement costs adjusted for geographic specific considerations and reduced by estimated depreciation. The value for furniture, fixtures and equipment was also determined based on a replacement cost approach, considering costs for both items in the apartment homes as well as common areas and was adjusted for estimated depreciation. The fair value of buildings acquired was estimated using the replacement cost approach, assuming the buildings were vacant at acquisition. The replacement cost approach considered the composition of structures acquired, adjusted for an estimate of depreciation. The estimate of depreciation was made considering industry standard information, depreciation curves for the identified asset classes and estimated useful life of the acquired property. The value of the acquired lease-related intangibles considered the estimated cost of leasing the apartment homes as if the acquired building(s) were vacant, as well as the value of the current leases relative to market-rate leases. The in-place lease value was determined using an average total lease-up time, the number of apartment homes and net revenues generated during the lease-up time. The lease-up period for an apartment community was assumed to be 12 months to achieve stabilized occupancy. Net revenues used market rent considering actual leasing and industry rental rate data. The value of current leases relative to a market-rate lease was based on market rents obtained for market comparables, and considered a market derived discount rate. Given the significance of unobservable inputs used in the value of real estate assets acquired, the Company classified them as Level 3 prices in the fair value hierarchy. Consideration for acquisitions is typically in the form of cash unless otherwise disclosed.



Subsequent to adoption of ASU 2017-01, the Company assesses each acquisition of an operating community to determine if it meets the definition of a business or if it qualifies as an asset acquisition. The Company expects that acquisitions of individual operating communities will generally be viewed as asset acquisitions, and result in the capitalization of acquisition costs, and the allocation of purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on the relative fair value of the respective assets and liabilities.

Depreciation is calculated on buildings and improvements using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which range from seven to thirty30 years. Furniture, fixtures and equipment are generally depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which range from three years (primarily computer-related equipment) to seven years.


Income Taxes


As of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, the Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits. The Company does not believe that there will be any material changes in its unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months. The Company is subject to examination by the respective taxing authorities for the tax years 20102013 through 2012.

2015.


The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code for its tax year ended December 31, 1994 and has not revoked such election. A corporate REIT is a legal entity which holds real estate interests and can deduct from its federally taxable income qualifying dividends it pays if it meets a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that it currently distribute at least 90% of its adjusted taxable income to stockholders. Therefore, as a REIT the Company generally will not be subject to corporate level federal income tax on taxable income if it distributes 100% of its taxable income over the time period allowed under the Code to its stockholders. The states in which the Company operates have similar tax provisions which recognize the Company as a REIT for state income tax purposes. Management believes that all such conditions for the avoidance ofexemption from income taxes on ordinary income have been or will be met for the periods presented. Accordingly, no provision for federal and state income taxes has been made. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income. The Company did not incur any charges or receive refunds of excise taxes related to the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011.2014. In addition, taxable income from non-REIT activities performed through taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”) is subject to federal, state and local income taxes, although no taxes weretaxes. The Company incurred during 2013, 2012income tax expense of $305,000, $1,483,000 and 2011.

$9,368,000 in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, associated primarily with activities transacted through a TRS.

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The following reconciles net income attributable to common stockholders to taxable net income for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011 (dollars2014 (unaudited, dollars in thousands):


 2013 Estimate 2012 Actual 2011 Actual 2016 Estimate 2015 Actual 2014 Actual

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 $1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567

GAAP gain on sale of communities (in excess of) less than tax gain

 29,388 37,525 (84,152)(204,767) (20,900) 22,127

Depreciation/amortization timing differences on real estate

 176,982 9,572 9,192 (10,183) (24,657) (10,735)
Amortization of debt/mark to market interest(19,763) (64,676) (38,202)

Tax compensation expense less than (in excess of) GAAP

 31,524 (26,314) (43,145)5,592
 (1,244) (5,252)

Casualty and impairment loss

  1,449 14,052 
Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net(3,935) (10,542) 

Other adjustments

 (14,974) (9,034) 183 (10) (12,829) 14,323
       

Taxable net income

 $576,061 $437,067 $337,752 $800,936
 $607,190
 $665,828
       
       


The following summarizes the tax components of the Company's common dividends declared for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011:

2014 (unaudited):


 2013 2012 2011 2016 2015 2014

Ordinary income

 42% 47% 34%68% 83% 62%

15% capital gain (20% for 2013)

 40% 33% 47%
20% capital gain26% 12% 29%

Unrecaptured §1250 gain

 18% 20% 19%6% 5% 9%



Deferred Financing Costs


Deferred financing costs include fees and other expenditures necessary to obtain debt financing and are amortized on a straight-line basis, which approximates the effective interest method, over the shorter of the term of the loan or the related credit enhancement facility, if applicable. Unamortized financing costs are charged to earnings when debt is retired before the maturity date. Accumulated amortization of deferred financing costs related to unsecured notes was $19,719,000$14,008,000 and $11,995,000 as of December 31, 20132016 and $20,773,0002015, respectively, and related to mortgage notes payable was $10,562,000 and $12,315,000 as of December 31, 2012.

2016 and 2015, respectively. Deferred financing costs, except for costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements, are presented as a direct deduction from the related debt liability. Accumulated amortization of deferred financing costs related to the Company's Credit Facility was $6,490,000 and $4,967,000 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and was included in prepaid expenses and other assets on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.


Cash, Cash Equivalents and Cash in Escrow


Cash and cash equivalents include all cash and liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date acquired. Cash in escrow includes construction financing proceedsprincipal reserve funds that are restricted for use in the constructionrepayment of a specific community.specified secured financing. The majority of the Company's cash, cash equivalents and cash in escrowsescrow are held at major commercial banks.

Interest Rate Contracts

        The Company utilizes derivative financial instruments to manage interest rate risk. See Note 11, "Fair Value," for further discussion of derivative financial instruments.


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Comprehensive Income


Comprehensive income, as reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, is defined as all changes in equity during each period except for those resulting from investments by or distributions to shareholders. Accumulated other comprehensive loss, as reflected on the Consolidated Statements of Equity, reflects the effective portion of the cumulative changes in the fair value of derivatives in qualifying cash flow hedge relationships.


Earnings per Common Share


Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. All outstanding unvested restricted share awards contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends and participate in undistributed earnings with common shareholders and, accordingly, are considered participating securities that are included in the two-class method of computing basic earnings per share ("EPS"(“EPS”). Both the unvested restricted shares and other potentially dilutive common shares, and the related impact to earnings, are considered when calculating earnings per share on a diluted basis. The Company's earnings per common share are determined as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share data):


 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Basic and diluted shares outstanding

          

Weighted average common shares—basic

  126,855,754  97,416,401  89,922,465 

Weighted average DownREIT units outstanding

  7,500  7,500  8,322 

Effect of dilutive securities

  402,649  601,251  846,675 
        

Weighted average common shares—diluted

  127,265,903  98,025,152  90,777,462 
        
        

Calculation of Earnings per Share—basic

          

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 

Net income allocated to unvested restricted shares

  (563) (1,264) (1,631)
        

Net income attributable to common stockholders, adjusted

 $352,578 $422,605 $439,991 
        
        

Weighted average common shares—basic

  126,855,754  97,416,401  89,922,465 
        
        

Earnings per common share—basic

 $2.78 $4.34 $4.89 
        
        

Calculation of Earnings per Share—diluted

          

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,141 $423,869 $441,622 

Add: noncontrolling interests of DownREIT unitholders in consolidated partnerships, including discontinued operations

  32  28  27 
        

Adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders

 $353,173 $423,897 $441,649 
        
        

Weighted average common shares—diluted

  127,265,903  98,025,152  90,777,462 
        
        

Earnings per common share—diluted

 $2.78 $4.32 $4.87 
        
        

Dividends per common share

 $4.28 $3.88 $3.57 
        
        
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Basic and diluted shares outstanding 
  
  
Weighted average common shares—basic136,928,251
 133,565,711
 130,586,718
Weighted average DownREIT units outstanding7,500
 7,500
 7,500
Effect of dilutive securities525,886
 1,019,966
 643,284
Weighted average common shares—diluted137,461,637
 134,593,177
 131,237,502
      
Calculation of Earnings per Share—basic 
  
  
Net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
Net income allocated to unvested restricted shares(2,610) (1,774) (1,523)
Net income attributable to common stockholders, adjusted$1,031,392
 $740,264
 $682,044
      
Weighted average common shares—basic136,928,251
 133,565,711
 130,586,718
      
Earnings per common share—basic$7.53
 $5.54
 $5.22
      
Calculation of Earnings per Share—diluted 
  
  
Net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,002
 $742,038
 $683,567
Add: noncontrolling interests of DownREIT unitholders in consolidated partnerships, including discontinued operations41
 38
 35
Adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders$1,034,043
 $742,076
 $683,602
      
Weighted average common shares—diluted137,461,637
 134,593,177
 131,237,502
      
Earnings per common share—diluted$7.52
 $5.51
 $5.21
      
Dividends per common share$5.40
 $5.00
 $4.64

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1. Organization and Basis of Presentation (Continued)

        Certain

All options to purchase shares of common stock in the amounts of 605,899 and 396,346 were outstanding as of December 31, 20132016, 2015 and 2012, respectively, but were not2014 are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because such options were anti-dilutive.

share.


The Company is required to estimate the forfeiture of stock options and recognize compensation cost net of the estimated forfeitures. The estimated forfeitures included in compensation cost are adjusted to reflect actual forfeitures at the end of the vesting period. The forfeiture rate at December 31, 20132016 was 1.4%0.8% and is based on the average forfeiture activity over a period equal to the estimated life of the stock options. The application of estimated forfeitures did not materially impact compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011.

Casualty Loss, 2014. As discussed under "Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards," the Company will adopt the provision of ASU 2016-09 and recognize forfeitures as they occur beginning in 2017.


Abandoned Pursuit Costs and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

        During the year ended December 31, 2012 the Company incurred damages related to Superstorm Sandy at certain of its communities on the East Coast, and recognized a charge of $1,449,000 for the casualty loss associated with this damage on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The Company did not incur a casualty loss in 2013 or 2011.

        The Company evaluates its real estate and other long-lived assets for impairment when potential indicators of impairment exist. Such assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, unless the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a property may not be recoverable, the Company assesses its recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the property to its estimated undiscounted future cash flows. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows, the Company recognizes an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. Based on periodic tests of recoverability of long-lived assets, for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company did not recognize any impairment losses for wholly-owned operating real estate assets.


The Company capitalizes pre-development costs incurred in pursuit of new development opportunities for which the Company currently believes future development is probable ("(“Development Rights"Rights”). Future development of these Development Rights is dependent upon various factors, including zoning and regulatory approval, rental market conditions, construction costs and the availability of capital. Initial pre-development costs incurred for pursuits for which future development is not yet considered probable are expensed as incurred. In addition, if the status of a Development Right changes, making future development by the Company no longer probable, any capitalized pre-development costs are written off with a charge to expense.expensed. The Company expensed costs related to the abandonment of Development Rights, as well as costs incurred in pursuing the acquisition of assets or costs incurred pursuing the disposition of assets for which such acquisition and disposition activity did not occur, in the amounts of $998,000, $1,757,000$4,183,000, $3,016,000 and $1,957,000$3,964,000 during the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. These costs are included in operating expenses, excluding property taxesexpensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Abandoned pursuit costs can vary greatly, and the costs incurred in any given period may be significantly different in future periods.



The Company evaluates its real estate and other long-lived assets for impairment when potential indicators of impairment exist. Such assets are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, unless the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a property or long-lived asset may not be recoverable, the Company assesses its recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the property or long-lived asset to its estimated undiscounted future cash flows. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows, the Company recognizes an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the property or long-lived asset. Based on periodic tests of recoverability of long-lived assets, for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not recognize any impairment losses for wholly-owned operating real estate assets, and did not record any impairment losses other than those related to the impairment on land held for investment and casualty gains and losses from property damage in 2016 and 2015 discussed below.

The Company assesses its portfolio of land held for both development and investment for impairment if the intent of the Company changes with respect to either the development of, or the expected holdholding period for, the land. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recognized $10,500,000 of aggregate impairment charges related to three ancillary land parcels for which the Company has either sold or intends to sell. These charges were determined as the excess of the Company's carrying basis over the expected sales price for each parcel, and is included in casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. The Company did not recognize any material impairment charges foron its investment in land holdings in 2013 or 2012.

during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.

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1. Organization

The Company evaluates its unconsolidated investments for other than temporary impairment, considering both the extent and Basis of Presentation (Continued)

During 2011, the Company concluded thatamount by which the carrying basis of two land parcels was not fully recoverable when the Company decided to pursue the sale of these assets. As a result, the Company recognized an aggregate charge of $12,097,000 for the impairment of these land parcels. The impairment recognized in 2011 was primarily attributable to onevalue of the land parcels, whichinvestment exceeds the Company sold in 2012. The Company had previously recognized an impairment loss of $9,952,000 in 2008 whenfair value, and the Company determined that it no longer intended to pursue development of these two land parcels. At that time, the Company had theCompany’s intent and ability to hold the assets for the foreseeable future. The Company lookedinvestment to a combination of internal models and third-party pricing estimates to determine the fair values for these impaired land parcels. Considering the Company's knowledge of multifamily residential development, the fair values of parcels zoned for multifamily development were generated using an internal model. Land parcels zoned for other purposes were valued using third-party estimates of fairrecover its carrying value. For the internally generated fair values, the Company used a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows for a multifamily rental community. The cash flow analysis incorporated assumptions that market participants would make, including applying discount factors to the estimated future cash flows of the underlying asset, as well as potential disposition proceeds. The third-party values incorporated the use of estimated rates of return, investment time horizons and sales prices for land parcels considered to be market comparables, adjusted for known differences in critical areas including the existing entitlements (such as zoning and state of infrastructure readiness). Both valuation methods included significant other unobservable inputs and are therefore classified as Level 3 prices in the fair value hierarchy.

The Company also evaluates its unconsolidated investments for impairment, considering both its carrying value of the investment, estimated as the expected proceeds that it would receive if the entity were dissolved and the net assets were liquidated, as well as the Company's proportionate share of any impairment of assets held by unconsolidated investments. There were no other than temporary impairment losses recognized by any of the Company's investments in unconsolidated real estate entities during the years ended December 31, 20132016, 2015 or 2014.


Casualty Gains and Losses

In January 2015, a fire occurred at the Company's Avalon at Edgewater apartment community located in Edgewater, NJ. Edgewater consisted of two residential buildings. One building, containing 240 apartment homes, was destroyed. The second building, containing 168 apartment homes, suffered minimal damage and has been repaired. See Note 7, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for discussion of the related legal matters.

During the year ended December 31, 2012. During 2011,2016, the Company recognizedreached a charge of $1,955,000final insurance settlement for the Company's property damage and lost income for the Edgewater casualty loss, for which it received aggregate insurance proceeds for Edgewater of $73,150,000, after self-insurance and deductibles, as discussed below.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company received $44,142,000 in insurance proceeds, which were partially offset by casualty charges of $21,844,000 to write off the net book value of the building destroyed by the fire at Edgewater, and $6,760,000 to record demolition and additional incident expenses, resulting in a net casualty gain of $15,538,000. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company received the final $29,008,000 of insurance proceeds, of which $8,702,000 was recognized as an additional net casualty gain and $20,306,000 as business interruption insurance proceeds. The Company reported the net casualty gains from each of the respective years as casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, and reported the business interruption insurance proceeds as a component of rental and other income on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, several of the Company's communities in its investmentNortheast markets incurred property and casualty damages from severe winter storms, for which the Company recorded an impairment due to a casualty loss of $4,195,000. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a net casualty gain related to the 2015 severe winter storms of $5,732,000, which is comprised of $8,493,000 in an unconsolidated joint venture,third-party insurance proceeds received, partially offset by incremental costs of $2,761,000. These amounts are included in casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

The Company did not incur a casualty loss in 2014.


A casualty loss may also result in lost operating income from one or more communities that is covered by the Company’s business interruption insurance policies. The Company recognizes income for amounts received under its business interruption insurance policies as a component of rental and other income in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Revenue is recognized upon resolution of all contingencies related to the receipt, typically upon written confirmation by the insurer or receipt of the actual proceeds. The Company recognized $20,564,000, of which $20,306,000 was disposed of during 2013.

related to the Edgewater casualty loss, $1,509,000 and $2,494,000 in income related business interruption insurance proceeds for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.


Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations


The Company presents the assets and liabilities of any communities which have been sold, or otherwise qualify as held for sale, separately in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. In addition, the results of operations for those assets that meet the definition of discontinued operations are presented as such in the Company'saccompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Held for sale and discontinued operations classifications are provided in both the current and prior periods presented. Real estate assets held for sale are measured at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less the cost to sell. Both the real estate assets and corresponding liabilities are presented separately in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Subsequent toUpon the classification of an asset as held for sale, no further depreciation is recorded. ForSubsequent to the adoption of ASU 2014-08 on January 1, 2014, as discussed under "Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards," disposals representing a strategic shift in operations (e.g., a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business or a major equity method investment) will be presented as discontinued operations, and for those assets qualifying for classification as discontinued operations, the specific components of net income presented as discontinued operations include net operating income, depreciation expense and interest expense, net. For periods prior to the asset qualifying for discontinued operations, the Company reclassifies the results of operations to discontinued operations. In addition, the net gain or loss (including any impairment loss) on the eventual disposal of assets held for sale will be presented as discontinued operations when recognized. A change in presentation for held for sale or discontinued operations will not have any impact on the


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Company's financial condition or results of operations. The Company combines the operating, investing and financing portions of cash flows attributable to discontinued operations with the respective cash flows from continuing operations on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The Company had one operating communitytwo ancillary land parcels that qualified foras held for sale presentation at December 31, 2013.

2016.


Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests


Redeemable noncontrolling interests are comprised of potential future obligations of the Company, which allow the investors holding the noncontrolling interest to require the Company to purchase their interest. The Company classifies obligations under the redeemable noncontrolling interests at fair value, with a corresponding offset for changes in the fair value recorded in accumulated earnings less dividends. Reductions in fair value are recorded only to the extent that the Company has previously recorded increases in fair value above the redeemable noncontrolling interest's initial basis. The redeemable noncontrolling interests are presented outside of permanent equity as settlement in shares of the Company's common shares,stock, where permitted, may not be within the Company's control. The nature and valuation of the Company's redeemable noncontrolling interests are discussed further in Note 11, "Fair“Fair Value."


Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities


The Company enters into interest rate swap and interest rate cap agreements (collectively, "Hedging Derivatives"“Hedging Derivatives”) for interest rate risk management purposes and in conjunction with certain variable rate secured debt to satisfy lender requirements. The Company does not enter into Hedging Derivative transactions for trading or other speculative purposes. The Company assesses both at inception and on an on-going basis, the effectiveness of qualifying cash flow and fair value hedges.hedges, both at inception and on an on-going basis. Hedge ineffectiveness is reported as a component of general and administrative expenses. The fair values of Hedging Derivatives that are in an asset position are recorded in prepaid expenses and other assets. The fair value of Hedging Derivatives that are in a liability position are included in accrued expenses and other liabilities. Other thanThe Company does not present or disclose the $51,000,000 lossfair value of Hedging Derivatives on interest rate contract recorded during 2013, faira net basis. Fair value changes for derivatives that are not in qualifying hedge relationships are reported as a component of interest expense, net.  For the Hedging Derivative positions that the Company has determined qualify as effective cash flow hedges, the Company has recorded the effective portion of cumulative changes in the fair value of the Hedging Derivatives in other comprehensive income.income (loss).  Amounts recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) will be reclassified into earnings in the periods in which earnings are affected by the hedged cash flow. The effective portion of the change in fair value of the Hedging Derivatives that the Company has determined qualified as effective fair value hedges is reported as an adjustment to the carrying amount of the corresponding debt being hedged.

Noncontrolling Interests

        Noncontrolling interests represent our joint venture partners' claims on consolidated investments where the Company owns less than a 100% interest. The Company records these interests at their initial fair value, adjusting the basis prospectively See Note 11, “Fair Value,” for the joint venture partners' sharefurther discussion of the respective consolidated investments' results of operations and applicable changes in ownership.

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Legal and Other Contingencies

        The Company is involved in various claims and/or administrative proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of the Company's business. While no assurances can be given, the Company does not believe that any of these outstanding litigation matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

Use of Estimates


The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


Reclassifications


Certain reclassifications have been made to amounts in prior years' notes to financial statements to conform to current year presentations.

presentations as a result of changes in held for sale classification and disposition activity.


Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards


In February 2013,January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01-Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which changes the definition of a business to assist in determining when a set of transferred assets is a business. The guidance on reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI). For significant items reclassified out of AOCI to net income in their entirety, reporting is required about the effectstates that if substantially all of the reclassifications onfair value of the respective line items where net incomegross assets acquired is presented. Additionally, for itemsconcentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the transaction is an asset acquisition and not a business combination. If the fair value of the gross assets acquired is not concentrated into a single asset or group of similar assets, the acquired assets are viewed as a business combination only if they include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that are not reclassifiedtogether significantly contribute to net income in their entirety, a cross referencethe ability to other disclosures is requiredcreate output. The guidance will be effective in the notes.first quarter of 2018 and allows for early adoption of transactions that have not been reported in financial statements that have been issued or made available for issuance. The Company adopted the guidance as of October 1, 2016 and did not acquire any businesses during the fourth quarter of 2016. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impacteffect on the Company'sCompany’s financial position or results of operations.


In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18-Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, which requires statements of cash flows to explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The new standard requires a retrospective approach. The guidance will be effective in the first quarter of 2018 and allows for early adoption. The Company is assessing whether the new standard will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. This ASU addresses eight specific cash flow issues including debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, distributions received from equity method investees and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. The new standard requires a retrospective approach. The guidance will be effective in the first quarter of 2018 and allows for early adoption. The Company will adopt the new standard effective January 1, 2017, and does not anticipate that the new standard will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Compensation-Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which simplifies several aspects of share-based payment transactions, including income tax consequences, classification of awards as equity or liability, statement of cash flows classification and policy election options for forfeitures. Upon adoption of the standard, the Company will elect to account for forfeitures when they occur instead of estimating the forfeitures. The Company will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2017, using the modified retrospective approach. The Company does not anticipate that the new standard to have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, amending the existing accounting standards for lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and making targeted changes to lessor accounting. The guidance will be effective in the first quarter of 2019 and allows for early adoption. The new standard requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief.


ASU 2016-02 provides for transition relief, which includes not electing to (i) reassess whether any expired or existing contract is a lease or contains a lease, (ii) reassess the lease classification of any expired or existing leases and (iii) expense any capitalized initial direct costs for any existing leases. The Company anticipates adoption of the standard to have a material impact on its financial position and results of operations resulting from the recognition of the right to use asset and corresponding lease obligation for its long-term ground leases, currently accounted for as operating leases. The Company will continue to assess the impact of the new standard.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The standard was effective in the fourth quarter of 2016 for the Company. The standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers and in August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers-Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date of the new revenue recognition standard until the first quarter of 2018. Subsequently, the FASB has issued multiple ASUs clarifying ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2015-14.

Under the new standard, revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is probable. Revenue is generally recognized net of allowances and any taxes collected from customers and subsequently remitted to governmental authorities. The majority of the Company’s revenue is derived from rental income, which is scoped out from this standard and will be accounted for under ASU 2016-02, Leases, discussed above. The Company's other revenue streams, which are being evaluated under this ASU, include but are not limited to management fees, other income from residents determined not to be within the scope of ASU 2016-02 and gains and losses from real estate dispositions. The Company will continue to assess the impact of the new standard and anticipates adoption as of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, guidance updating the accounting and reporting for discontinued operations, under which only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations (e.g., a disposal of a major geographic area, a major line of business or a major equity method investment) will be presented as discontinued operations. The standard also requires expanded disclosures about dispositions that will provide financial statement users with more information about the assets, liabilities, income and expenses of discontinued operations, as well as disposals of a significant part of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations reporting. The standard was effective in the first quarter of 2015 and the Company adopted the guidance as of January 1, 2014.

2. Interest Capitalized


The Company capitalizes interest during the development and redevelopment of real estate assets. Capitalized interest associated with the Company's development or redevelopment activities totaled $66,838,000, $49,556,000$78,872,000, $79,834,000 and $33,863,000$69,961,000 for years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively.



3.Mortgage Notes Payable, Unsecured Notes and Credit Facility


The Company's mortgage notes payable, unsecured notes, variable rate unsecured term loan (the “Term Loan”) and Credit Facility, as defined below, as of December 31, 20132016 and December 31, 20122015 are summarized below (dollars in thousands).below. The following amounts and discussion do not include the mortgage notes related to the communities


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3. Notes Payable, Unsecured Notes and Credit Facility (Continued)

classified as held for sale, if any, as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, as shown in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (dollars in thousands) (see Note 7, "Real6, “Real Estate Disposition Activities"Activities”).


 12/31/16 12/31/15
Fixed rate unsecured notes (1)$4,200,000
 $3,575,000
Term Loan300,000
 300,000
Fixed rate mortgage notes payable—conventional and tax-exempt (2)1,668,496
 1,561,109
Variable rate mortgage notes payable—conventional and tax-exempt (2)908,262
 1,045,182
Total mortgage notes payable and unsecured notes7,076,758
 6,481,291
Credit Facility
 
Total mortgage notes payable, unsecured notes and Credit Facility$7,076,758
 $6,481,291

(1)Balances at December 31, 2016 and 2015 exclude $8,930 and $7,601, respectively, of debt discount, and $27,768 and $21,725, respectively, of deferred financing costs, as reflected in unsecured notes, net on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(2)Balances at December 31, 2016 and 2015 exclude $1,866 and $19,686, respectively, of debt premium, and $11,046 and $14,703, respectively, of deferred financing costs, as reflected in mortgage notes payable, net on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
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Fixed rate unsecured notes(1)

 $2,600,000 $1,950,000 

Fixed rate mortgage notes payable—conventional and tax-exempt(2)

  2,418,389  1,427,133 

Variable rate mortgage notes payable—conventional and tax-exempt

  1,011,609  476,935 
      

Total notes payable and unsecured notes

  6,029,998  3,854,068 

Credit Facility

     
      

Total mortgage notes payable, unsecured notes and Credit Facility

 $6,029,998 $3,854,068 
      
      


(1)
Balances at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 exclude $5,291 and $4,202 of debt discount, respectively, as reflected in unsecured notes, net on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2)
Balances at December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 exclude $120,684 and $1,167 of debt premium, respectively, as reflected in mortgage notes payable on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following debt activity occurred during the year ended December 31, 2013:

Avalon Walnut Ridge I.

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3. Notes Payable, Unsecured Notes and Credit Facility (Continued)

        The$211,000.


In January 2016, the Company has a $1,300,000,000extended the maturity of its revolving variable rate unsecured credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) from April 2017 to April 2020, and amended other provisions in the Credit Facility. In addition, pursuant to an option available under the terms of the Credit Facility, with athe approval of the syndicate of bankslenders, the Company increased the aggregate facility size from $1,300,000,000 to $1,500,000,000 (the "Credit Facility"“Credit Facility Increase”) which matures in April 2017.. The Company has the option tomay further extend the maturity byterm for up to one year under two, six monthnine months, provided the Company is not in default and upon payment of a $1,500,000 extension options for an aggregate fee of $1,950,000.fee. In connection with the Credit Facility Increase, the applicable margin over reference rates used to determine the applicable interest rates on the Company's borrowings from time to time decreased. The Credit Facility bears interest at varying levels based on the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"(“LIBOR”), rating levels achieved on the Company's unsecured notes and on a maturity schedule selected by the Company. The current stated pricing is LIBOR plus 1.05% (1.22%0.825% per annum (1.60% at December 31, 2013)2016), assuming a one month borrowing rate. The stated spread over LIBOR can vary from LIBOR plus 0.80% to LIBOR plus 1.55% based on the Company's credit ratings. In addition, a competitive bid option is available for borrowings up to 65% of the Credit Facility amount, which allows banks that are part of the lender consortium to bid to make loans at a rate that is lower than the stated rate if market conditions allow. In connection with the Credit Facility Increase, the annual facility fee iswas also amended to lower the fee to 0.125% from 0.15%, resulting in a fee of approximately $1,950,000$1,875,000 annually based on the $1,300,000,000$1,500,000,000 facility size and based on the Company's current credit rating.


The Company had no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Facility and had $65,018,000$46,711,000 and $44,833,000$43,049,000 outstanding in letters of credit that reduced the borrowing capacity as of December 31, 20132016 and December 31, 2012,2015, respectively.


In the aggregate, secured notes payable mature at various dates from November 2015February 2017 through July 2066, and are secured by certain apartment communities and improved land parcels (with a net carrying value of $4,469,421,000,$3,460,572,000, excluding communities classified as held for sale, as of December 31, 2013)2016).


As of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company has guaranteed approximately $309,358,000 ofa $100,000,000 mortgage notesnote payable held by a wholly-owned subsidiaries; allsubsidiary; such mortgage notesnote payable areis consolidated for financial reporting purposes. The weighted average interest rate of the Company's fixed rate mortgage notes payable (conventional and tax-exempt) was 3.4%4.4% and 5.8%4.6% at December 31, 20132016 and December 31, 2012,2015, respectively. The weighted average interest rate of the Company's variable rate mortgage notes payable (conventional and tax exempt), the Term Loan and its Credit Facility, including the effect of certain financing related fees, was 1.8%2.3% and 2.7%1.8% at December 31, 20132016 and December 31, 2012,2015, respectively.


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3. Notes Payable, Unsecured Notes and Credit Facility (Continued)

Scheduled payments and maturities of mortgage notes payable and unsecured notes outstanding at December 31, 20132016 are as follows (dollars in thousands):



Year
 Secured
notes
payments
 Secured
notes
maturities
 Unsecured
notes
maturities
 Stated
interest rate
of unsecured
notes
 
Secured
notes
payments
 
Secured
notes
maturities
 
Unsecured
notes
maturities
 
Stated interest
rate of
unsecured notes

2014

 $16,986 $ $150,000 5.375%

2015

 16,722 603,044   

2016

 17,951 16,255 250,000 5.750%

2017

 19,033 710,491 250,000 5.700%$18,539
 $709,491
 $
 N/A

2018

 18,398 77,432   17,793
 76,916
 
 N/A

2019

 7,125 610,811   4,696
 655,386
 
 N/A

2020

 6,190 50,824 250,000 6.100%3,624
 118,729
 250,000
 6.100%

     400,000 3.625%    400,000
 3.625%

2021

 5,965 27,844 250,000 3.950%3,551
 27,844
 250,000
 3.950%
 
  
 300,000
 LIBOR + 1.450%

2022

 6,350  450,000 2.950%3,795
 
 450,000
 2.950%

2023

 6,744  350,000 4.300%4,040
 
 350,000
 4.200%

     250,000 3.000%    250,000
 2.850%
20244,310
 
 300,000
 3.500%
20254,585
 84,835
 525,000
 3.450%
    300,000
 3.500%
20264,859
 
 475,000
 2.950%


 

 300,000
 2.900%

Thereafter

 85,771 1,126,062  %213,685
 620,080
 350,000
 3.900%

 $207,235 $3,222,763 $2,600,000   $283,477
 $2,293,281
 $4,500,000
  
         
         


The Company's unsecured notes are redeemable at ourthe Company's option, in whole or in part, generally at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of their principal amount or (ii) the sum of the present value of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest discounted at a rate equal to the yield on U.S. Treasury securities with a comparable maturity plus a spread between 2520 and 45 basis points depending on the specific series of unsecured note,notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. The indenture under which the Company's unsecured notes were issued, containsthe Company's Credit Facility agreement and the Company's Term Loan agreement contain limitations on the amount of debt the Company can incur or the amount of assets that can be used to secure other financing transactions, and other customary financial and other covenants, with which the Company was in compliance at December 31, 2013.

2016.


4. Equity


As of December 31, 20132016 and 2012,2015, the Company's charter had authorized for issuance a total of 280,000,000 and 140,000,000 shares of common stock respectively, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock.


During the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, the Company:


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i.issued 131,499 shares of common stock in connection with stock options exercised;
ii.issued 2,396 common shares through the Company's dividend reinvestment plan;
iii.issued 197,018 common shares in connection with restricted stock grants and the conversion of performance awards to restricted shares;
iv.issued 44,327 common shares in conjunction with the conversion of deferred stock awards;
v.withheld 53,453 common shares to satisfy employees' tax withholding and other liabilities;
vi.issued 11,348 shares through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan; and
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        With respect

Any deferred compensation related to the 14,889,706 sharesCompany’s stock option, restricted stock and performance award grants during the year ended December 31, 2016 is not reflected on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of common stock issued in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition to Lehman (as defined below), in May 2013, Lehman sold 7,870,000 of the Company's common shares that it had receivedDecember 31, 2016, and will not be reflected until recognized as consideration for the Archstone Acquisition. Lehman received all of the net proceeds from the offering. See discussion in Note 14, "Subsequent Events" for discussion of Lehman selling all of its remaining holdings of the Company's common stock in 2014.

compensation cost.




In August 2012,December 2015, the Company commenced a thirdfourth continuous equity program ("(“CEP III"IV”), under which the Company is authorized by its Board of Directors tomay sell up to $750,000,000 of shares$1,000,000,000 of its common stock from time to time during a 36-month period.time. Actual sales will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company, including market conditions, the trading price of the Company's common stock and determinations by the Company of the appropriate sources of funding for the Company. In conjunction with CEP III,IV, the Company engaged sales agents who will receive compensation of approximately 1.5%up to 2.0% of the gross sales price for shares sold. DuringCEP IV also allows the year ended December 31, 2013,Company to enter into forward sale agreements up to $1,000,000,000 in aggregate sales price of its common stock. The Company will physically settle each forward sale agreement on one or more dates specified by the Company on or prior to the maturity date of that particular forward sale agreement, in which case the Company will expect to receive aggregate net cash proceeds at settlement equal to the number of shares underlying the particular forward agreement multiplied by the relevant forward sale price. However, the Company may also elect to cash settle or net share settle a forward sale agreement. In connection with each forward sale agreement, the Company will pay the relevant forward seller, in the form of a reduced initial forward sale price, commission of up to 2.0% of the sales prices of all borrowed shares of common stock sold. In 2016, the Company had no sales under CEP IIIthe program and had $646,274,000 of shares that remain authorized under CEP III for issuance under this program.

5. Archstone Acquisition

        On February 27, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") dated November 26, 2012, by and among the Company, Equity Residential and its operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership (together, "Equity Residential"), Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. ("Lehman", which term is sometimes used in this report to refer to Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., and/or its relevant subsidiary or subsidiaries), and Archstone Enterprise LP ("Archstone," which has since changed its name to Jupiter Enterprise LP), the Company, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of Archstone's assets, including all of the ownership interests in joint ventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone's liabilities, both known and unknown, with certain limited exceptions.

        Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired approximately 40% of Archstone's assets and liabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60% of Archstone's assets and liabilities (the "Archstone Acquisition"). The Company accounted for the acquisition as a business combination and recorded the purchase price to acquired tangible assets consisting primarily of direct and indirect interests in land and related improvements, buildings and improvements, construction in progress and identified intangible assets and liabilities, consisting primarily of the value


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of above and below market leases, and the value of in-places leases, at their fair values. The following table summarizes the Company's final purchase price allocation:

 
 Acquisition Date
Fair Value
 
 
 (dollars in thousands)
 

Land and land improvements

 $1,745,520 

Buildings and improvements

  3,711,853 

FF&E

  52,290 

Construction-in-progress, including land and land held for development(1)

  401,747 

In-place lease intangibles

  182,467 

Other assets

  109,717 
    

Total consolidated assets

  6,203,594 

Interest in unconsolidated real estate entities

  276,954 
    

Total assets

  6,480,548 
    
    

Fair value of assumed mortgage notes payable

  3,732,980 

Liability for preferred obligations

  67,493 

Other liabilities

  31,984 

Noncontrolling interest

  13,262 
    

Net Assets Acquired

  2,634,829 
    

Common shares issued

  1,875,210 
    

Cash consideration

 $759,619 
    
    

(1)
Includes amounts for in-place leases for development communities.

        To finalize the purchase price allocation, the Company looked to transaction activity and data received subsequent to the acquisition date which provided the Company better information about the fair value of assets acquired and/or liabilities assumed. Additionally, the Company undertook an effort to evaluate identified assumed obligations as being attributable to the Company, the joint ventures formed with Equity Residential or as being covered under indemnification provisions of the Archstone Acquisition. The final acquisition date fair value has been updated to reflect the additional fair value support, the Company's determination of ownership for assumed liabilities, verification of rights to certain assets acquired, and the Company's allocable portion of the final working capital acquired. The Company's final purchase price allocation represents its best estimate of the fair value as of the acquisition date. Changes to the initial purchase price allocation did not have a material impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

        The Company engaged a third party valuation specialist to assist in the determination of the fair value of each of the component parts of the operating communities, consisting of land and land improvements, buildings and improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment, above and below market leases and in-place lease-related intangibles.

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        Land valuation was based on a market approach, whereby recent sales of similar properties were used, adjusted for differences due to location, the state of entitlement as well as the shape and size of the parcel. Improvements to the land were valued using a replacement cost approach and considered the structures and amenities included for the communities. The approach applied industry standard replacement costs adjusted for geographic specific considerations, and reduced by estimated depreciation. The value for furniture, fixtures and equipment was also determined based on a replacement cost approach, adjusted for estimated depreciation. The FF&E value estimate considered both costs for items in the apartment homes, such as appliances and furnishings, and those for common areas such as exercise facilities and on-site offices. The fair value of buildings acquired was estimated using the replacement cost approach, assuming the buildings were vacant at acquisition. The replacement cost approach considered the composition of structures in the acquired portfolio, adjusted for an estimate of depreciation. The estimate of depreciation was made considering industry standard information and depreciation curves for the identified asset classes. If the operating community is held in an unconsolidated joint venture, the Company valued its interest in the operating community based on its ownership interest.

        The value of the acquired lease-related intangibles considered the estimated cost of leasing the apartment homes as if the acquired buildings were vacant, as well as the value of the current leases relative to market-rate leases. The in-place lease value was determined using an average total lease-up time, the number of apartment homes and net revenues generated during the lease-up time. The lease-up period for an apartment community was assumed to be 12 months to achieve stabilized occupancy. Net revenues were developed using market rent considering actual leasing and industry rental rate data. The value of current leases relative to a market-rate lease was based on market rents obtained for market comparables, and considered a market derived discount rate.

        The Company applied a weighted average depreciation period for the in-place lease intangibles of six months. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized $184,763,000 of depreciation expense for in-place lease intangibles, of which $179,733,000 is recorded as a component of depreciation expense on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, and $5,030,000 is recorded as a component of income from discontinued operations on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

        The Company used a market approach where applicable, or otherwise an internal model to determine the fair value for the development land parcels acquired. The internal model applied a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows for each land parcel as if the expected multifamily rental community is constructed. The cash flow analysis incorporated assumptions that market participants would make, including the application of (i) discount factors to the estimated future cash flows of the underlying asset, (ii) a compound annual growth rate for the revenue from the operating community, and (iii) an exit capitalization rate.

        The Company valued the Development Communities under construction and/or in lease-up using either the invested capital basis, or an internal model, depending on the stage of construction completion. For Development Communities earlier in the construction process and not yet in lease-up, invested capital was the relevant metric and was considered reflective of the fair value of the community. For Development Communities that either had completed construction or that were substantially complete with construction and in lease-up, the Company used a capitalization rate model. The capitalization rate model considered the pro-forma NOI for the Development Community, relative


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to NOI for comparable operating communities, with adjustments for the location and/or quality of the community. A capitalization rate was applied to each Development Community's NOI which was based on a relevant capitalization rate observed in comparable acquisition or disposition transactions, if available, as adjusted by the Company for differences in fundamentals between the Development Community and the referenced comparable transactions.

        Given the significance of unobservable inputs, the Company has classified the valuations of the real estate assets acquired as Level 3 prices under the fair value hierarchy.

        Other assets acquired consisted primarily of working capital determined by the Company to be reflective of the fair value.

        During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized $83,594,000 acquisition related expenses associated with the Archstone Acquisition, with $39,543,000 reported as a component of equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities, and the balance in expensed acquisition, development, and other pursuit costs on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

Consideration

        Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and separate arrangements between the Company and Equity Residential governing the allocation of liabilities assumed under the Purchase Agreement, the Company's portion of consideration under the Purchase Agreement consisted of the following:

        The Company valued the assumed mortgage notes payable using a discounted cash flow analysis that incorporated assumptions that market participants would use. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the instrument, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves. The process also considered credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect the Company's nonperformance risk. The Company has concluded that the value of the assumed


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mortgage notes payable are Level 2 prices as the majority of the inputs used to value its positions fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

        The Company valued its obligation under the preferred units outstanding based on the current liquidation price of the respective preferred unit series, including accrued but unpaid dividends as appropriate. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company paid approximately $35,224,000 to redeem its proportionate share of a portion of the preferred interest obligations assumed in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition. The Company used the pricing for the settlement as the fair value at February 27, 2013.

Pro Forma Information

        The following table presents information for assets acquired in the Archstone Acquisition that is included in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income from the closing date of the acquisition, February 27, 2013, through December 31, 2013 (in thousands).

 
 For the period including
February 28, 2013 through
December 31, 2013
 

Revenues

 $353,427 

Loss attributable to common shareholders(1)

 $(105,589)

(1)
Amounts exclude acquisition costs for the Archstone Acquisition.

        The following table presents the Company's supplemental consolidated pro forma information as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 
 For the year ended
December 31, 2013
 For the year ended
December 31, 2012
 

Revenues

 $1,534,868 $1,411,504 

Income from continuing operations

 $348,160 $158,738 

Earnings per common share—diluted (from continuing operations)

 $2.67 $1.22 

        The pro forma consolidated results are prepared for informational purposes only, and are based on assumptions and estimates considered appropriate by the Company's management. However, they are not necessarily indicative of what the Company's consolidated financial condition or results of operations actually would have been assuming the Archstone Acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012, nor do they purport to represent the consolidated financial position or results of operations for future periods.

Investments in Archstone Consolidated Entities

        In connection with the Archstone Acquisition, the Company entered into a limited liability company agreement with Equity Residential to acquire and own directly and indirectly certain Archstone entities (the "Archstone Legacy Entities") which hold indirect interests in real estate assets, including 16 of the 54 consolidated communities acquired by the Company. As of December 31, 2013, the Archstone Legacy Entities have outstanding preferred interests held by unrelated third parties with


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an aggregate liquidation preference of approximately $90,000,000 (including accrued but unpaid distributions), which are generally subject to redemption at the election of the holders of such interests. One of the Archstone Legacy Entities previously entered into tax protection arrangements with the holders of certain of the preferred interests, which arrangements may limit for varying periods of time the Company's and Equity Residential's ability to dispose of the properties held indirectly by the Archstone Legacy Entities or to refinance certain related indebtedness, without making payments to the holders of such preferred interests. Pursuant to this LLC agreement, the Company has agreed to bear 40% of the economic cost of these preferred redemption obligations. The Company is also obligated to fund the tax protection payments that may arise from its disposition or refinancing of properties of the Archstone Legacy Entities that were contributed to a subsidiary that will be consolidated by the Company. The fair value of the Company's proportionate share of preferred redemption obligations and other liabilities of approximately $37,000,000 is recorded as a component of accrued expenses and other liabilities on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. As part of the Archstone Acquisition, the Company and Equity Residential have agreed with Lehman and Archstone to require the acquired Archstone Legacy Entities to have sufficient funds available to honor their redemption obligations and to make any payments under its tax protection arrangements, when they may become due. The principal assets indirectly held by the limited liability company that acquired the Archstone Legacy Entities are interests in a subsidiary of the Company's (the "AvalonBay Legacy Subsidiary") and a subsidiary of Equity Residential, each of which subsidiaries acquired certain properties formerly owned by the Archstone Legacy Entities. The Company consolidates the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the AvalonBay Legacy Subsidiary.

Investments in Archstone Unconsolidated Entities

        In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, the Company acquired interests in three joint ventures, Multifamily Partners AC LP ("the U.S. Fund"), Multifamily Partners AC JV LP ("the AC JV"), and Brandywine Apartments of Maryland, LLC ("Brandywine"), which are discussed in Note 6, "Investments in Real Estate Entities."

        Additionally, through subsidiaries, the Company and Equity Residential entered into three limited liability company agreements (collectively, the "Residual JV"), discussed further in Note 6, "Investments in Real Estate Entities."

6. Investments in Real Estate Entities


Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Entities


The Company accounts for its investments in unconsolidated real estate entities under the equity method of accounting, except as otherwise noted below, as discussed in Note 1, "Organization and“Organization, Basis of Presentation" and Significant Accounting Policies,” underPrinciples of Consolidation. The significant accounting policies of the Company's unconsolidated real estate entities are consistent with those of the Company in all material respects.


As of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company had investments in the following real estate entities:


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        During 2013, Fund I sold seven communities:

        The Company's proportionate share of the gain in accordance with GAAP recognized on the sale of these seven communities was $11,484,000.


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During the year ended December 31, 2013,2016, Fund II sold Avalon Rothbury,three communities containing an aggregate of 1,514 apartment homes:

Eaves Rancho San Diego, located in Gaithersburg,El Cajon, CA, for $158,000,000,
Eaves Tustin, located in Tustin, CA, for $163,550,000, and
Eaves Rockville, located in Rockville, MD, for $39,600,000. $61,400,000.

The Company's proportionate share of the gain in accordance with GAAP for the three dispositions was $41,501,000. In conjunction with the disposition of these communities, Fund II repaid $156,248,000 of related secured indebtedness in advance of the scheduled maturity dates. This resulted in charges for prepayment penalties and write-offs of deferred financing costs, of which the Company’s portion was $2,790,000.

$1,768,000 and was reported as a reduction of equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.


The Company has an equity interest of 31.3% in Fund II, and upon achievement of a threshold return the Company has a right to incentive distributions for its promoted interest representing the first 20.0% of further Fund II distributions, which are in addition to its share of the remaining 80.0% of distributions. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recognized income of $7,985,000 for its promoted interest, which is reported as a component of equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

Subsidiaries of Fund II have 13four loans secured by individual assets with aggregate amounts outstanding of $467,959,000,$128,008,000, with maturity dates that vary from November 20142017 to SeptemberApril 2019. The mortgage loans are payable by the subsidiaries of Fund II from operating cash flow or disposition proceeds from the underlying real estate. The Company has not guaranteed repayment of this debt, nor does the Company have any obligation to fund this debt should Fund II be unable to do so.

In addition, as part of the formation of Fund II, the Company provided to one of the limited partners a guarantee. The guarantee provides that if, upon final liquidation of Fund II, the total amount of all distributions to that partner during the life of Fund II (whether from operating cash flow or property sales) does not equal a minimum of the total capital contributions made by that partner, then the Company will pay the partner an amount equal to the shortfall, but in no event more than 10% of the total capital contributions made by the partner (maximum of approximately $8,910,000 as of December 31, 2013). Under the expected Fund II liquidation scenario, as of December 31, 2013, the expected realizable value of the real estate assets owned by Fund II is considered adequate to avoid payment under such guarantee to that partner. The estimated fair value of, and the Company's obligation under, this guarantee, both at inception and as of December 31, 2013, was not significant and therefore the Company has not recorded any obligation for this guarantee as of December 31, 2013.

CVP I, LLC—In February 2004, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with an unrelated third-party for the development of Avalon Chrystie Place, a 361 apartment-home community located in New York, New York, for which construction was completed in 2005. The Company holds a 20% equity interest in the venture (with a right to 50% of distributions after achievement of a threshold return, which was achieved in 2012 and 2013). The Company is the managing member of CVP I, LLC, however, property management services at the community are performed by an unrelated third party.



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        In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, the Company acquired interests in the following entities:


During 2016, the U.S. Fund sold two communities containing an aggregate of 461 apartment homes:

Archstone Boca Town Center, located in Boca Raton, FL, for $56,300,000, and
Avalon Kips Bay, located in New York, NY, for $173,000,000.

The Company's proportionate share of the gain in accordance with GAAP for the two dispositions was $16,568,000. In conjunction with the disposition of these communities, the U.S. Fund repaid $94,822,000 of related secured indebtedness in advance of the scheduled maturity dates. This resulted in charges for prepayment penalties and write-offs of deferred financing costs, of which the Company’s portion was $2,003,000 and was reported as a reduction of equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

Subsidiaries of the U.S. Fund have nineeight loans secured by individual assets with aggregate amounts outstanding in the aggregate of $327,849,000$274,255,000, with varying maturity dates rangingthat vary from JanuaryFebruary 2019 to November 2022. The mortgage loans are payable by the subsidiaries of the U.S. Fund with operating cash flow or disposition proceeds from the underlying real estate. The Company has not guaranteed the debt of the U.S. Fund, nor does the Company have any obligation to fund this debt should the U.S. Fund be unable to do so.


Multifamily Partners AC JV LP (the “AC JV”)The AC JV is a joint venture in which the Company acquired Archstone's 20% ownership interest. The AC JVthat was formed in 2011 and ashas four institutional investors, including the Company. Excluding costs incurred in excess of equity in the underlying net assets of the AC JV, at December 31, 2013 owned two operating apartment communities containing 818 apartment homes2016 the Company has an equity investment of $50,674,000 (net of distributions), representing a 20.0% equity interest. The Company acquired its interest in Cambridge, MA and Herndon, VA. the AC JV as part of the Archstone Acquisition.

The AC JV partnership agreement contains provisions that require the Company to provide a right of first offer ("ROFO"(“ROFO”) to the AC JV in connection with additional opportunities to acquire or develop additional interests in multifamily real estate assets within a specified geographic radius of the existing assets, generally one mile or less. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company provided the AC JV with the opportunity to acquire a parcel of land owned by the Company as required in the right of first offer provisions for the joint venture. The AC JV exercised its right to acquire the land parcel for development and commenced construction of an additional apartment community located in Cambridge, MA. The Company sold the parcel of land to the AC JV in exchange for a cash payment and a capital account credit, and is overseeing the development in exchange for a developer fee. The Company owns one additional land parcel for the development of 301 apartment homes, classified as a Development Right in Cambridge, MA, acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition that is subject to ROFO restrictions. The ROFO restriction expires in 2019.

As of December 31, 2013,2016, subsidiaries of the AC JV have eight unsecured loans outstanding in the aggregate of $162,300,000 which mature in JulyAugust 2021, and which were made by the investors in the venture, including the Company, in proportion to the investors' respective equity ownership interest. The unsecured loans are payable by the subsidiaries of the AC JV with operating cash flow from the venture. The Company has not guaranteed the debt of the AC JV, nor does the Company have any obligation to fund this debt should the AC JV be unable to do so.


MVP I, LLC—In December 2004, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with an unrelated third-party for the development of Avalon at Mission Bay II. Construction of Avalon at Mission Bay II, a 313 apartment-home community located in San Francisco, California, was completed in December 2006. The Company holds a 25.0% equity interest in the venture. The Company is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the community and is the management agent subject to the terms of a management agreement.

During 2015, the Company received $20,680,000 from the joint venture partner associated with MVP I, LLC, upon agreement with the partner to modify the joint venture agreement to eliminate the Company's promoted interest from associated distributions for future return calculations. Before this modification to the joint venture agreement, the Company had the right to 45.0% of distributions after achievement of a threshold return, which was achieved in 2015, up to the date the joint venture agreement was modified, as well as in 2014. Subsequent to the modification, earnings and distributions are based on the Company's 25.0% equity interest in the venture.

Brandywine Apartments of Maryland, LLC (“Brandywine”)Brandywine owns a 305 apartment home community located in Washington, DC.D.C. The community is managed by a third party. Brandywine is comprised of five members who hold various interests in the joint venture. In conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition, theThe Company acquired a 26.1% equity interest in the venture, and subsequently purchased an additional 2.6% interest, and as of December 31, 2013, holds a 28.7% equity interest in the venture.Brandywine.

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Brandywine has an outstanding $24,839,000$23,307,000 fixed rate mortgage loan that is payable by the venture. The Company has not guaranteed the debt of Brandywine, nor does the Company have any obligation to fund this debt should Brandywine be unable to do so.

Through the

Residual JV—Through subsidiaries, the Company and Equity Residential entered into three limited liability company agreements (collectively, the “Residual JV”) through which the Company and Equity Residential acquired (i) certain assets of Archstone that the Company and Equity Residential plan to divest (to third parties or to the Company or Equity Residential) over timehave substantially divested (the "Residual Assets"“Residual Assets”), and (ii) various liabilities of Archstone that the Company and Equity Residential agreed to assume in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition (the "Residual Liabilities"“Residual Liabilities”).  The Residual Assets include interests in apartment communities in Germany (including through a fund which Archstone managed);included a 20.0% interest in Lake Mendota Investments, LLC and Subsidiaries ("SWIB"(“SWIB”), a joint venture which owns and manages six apartmentdisposed the last of its communities with 1,902 apartment homes in the United States; two land parcels; and2015, as well as various licenses, insurance policies, contracts, office leases and other miscellaneous assets.

The Residual Liabilities include most existing or future litigation and claims related to Archstone'sArchstone’s operations for periods before the close of the Archstone Acquisition, except for (i) claims that principally relate to the physical condition of the assets acquired directly by usthe Company or Equity Residential, which generally remain the sole responsibility of usthe Company or Equity Residential, as applicable, and (ii) certain tax and other litigation between Archstone and various equity holders in Archstone related to periods before the close of the Archstone Acquisition, and claims which may arise due to changes in the capital structure of Archstone that occurred prior to closing, for which Lehmanthe seller has agreed to indemnify the Company and Equity Residential. The Company and Equity Residential jointly control the Residual JV and the Company holds a 40%40.0% economic interest in the assets and liabilitiesResidual JV.

Legacy JV—As part of the Residual JV.

Sudbury Development, LLC—During 2015, the Company haveentered into a joint venture agreement to purchase land and pursue entitlements and pre-development activity for a mixed-use development project in Sudbury, MA, including multifamily apartment homes, retail, senior housing and age-restricted housing. The Company has a 60.0% ownership interest in the venture. The venture is considered a VIE, though the Company is not considered to be the primary beneficiary because the Company and its third party partner share control of the joint venture as approval from both parties is required for all significant aspects of the venture's activities including, but not limited to, changes in the ownership or capital structure of the partnership, acquisitions or dispositions by the venture and decisions about the pre-development and related activities to be performed by the venture. At December 31, 2016, the Company has an equity investment of $6,680,000 in the venture, representing the Company's share of land acquisition and pre-development costs, net of distributions of proceeds from land sales by the venture.

Avalon Clarendon—In May 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement to facilitate the acquisition of Avalon Clarendon, located in Arlington, VA. Avalon Clarendon is part of a mixed-use development containing residential, retail, office and public parking. The Company contributed $120,300,000 to the venture for the Company's share of the purchase price. The Company had shared control of the overall venture with its partner, but had all of the rights and obligations associated with the residential component of Avalon Clarendon, containing 300 apartment homes. The joint venture partner had all of the rights and obligations associated with the retail, office and public parking components of the mixed-use development. In September 2016, the Company and its venture partner established separate legal ownership of the residential and retail, office and public parking components of the venture, and the Company retained all of the rights and obligations associated with the residential component. After this legal separation, the Company began reporting the operating results of Avalon Clarendon as part of its consolidated operations. In conjunction with the consolidation of Avalon Clarendon, the Company recorded the consolidated assets at fair value applying the framework discussed below under “Investments in Consolidated Real Estate Entities” for valuation, resulting in a gain of $4,322,000 for the difference between the fair value of Avalon Clarendon and the Company's equity interest at the date of consolidation of $115,848,000, primarily attributable to depreciation recognized during the period the community was owned in the joint venture. The Company has included this gain as a component of gain on sale of communities on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.



North Point II JV, LP—During 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture to develop, own, and operate AVA North Point, an apartment community located in Cambridge, MA, which is currently under construction and expected to contain 265 apartment homes upon completion. The Company owns a 55.0% interest in the venture, and the venture partner owns the remaining 45.0% interest. The venture is considered to be a VIE, though the Company is not considered to be the primary beneficiary because the Company and its third party partner share control of the venture. The Company and its venture partner share decision making authority for all significant aspects of the venture's activities including, but not limited to, changes in the ownership or capital structure, the original capital budget and any obligationchanges to fund this debt should SWIB be unablethe budget to do so.

construct AVA North Point and the future operating budget for the community upon completion. AVA North Point is the third phase of a master planned development, the other phases of which are owned through the AC JV. During 2016, the Company provided the partners of the AC JV the opportunity to acquire the AVA North Point land parcel owned by the Company as required in the ROFO provisions for the AC JV. After certain partners of the AC JV declined to participate, the Company entered into the new joint venture and sold the land parcel to the venture in exchange for a cash payment and a capital account credit, and is overseeing the development in exchange for a developer fee. Upon sale of the land parcel, the Company recognized a gain of $10,621,000, included in gain on sale of other real estate on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. At December 31, 2016, excluding costs incurred in excess of equity in the underlying net assets of North Point II JV, LP, the Company has an equity investment of $12,398,000.


The following is a combined summary of the financial position of the entities accounted for using the equity method excluding joint venture entities the Company formed with Equity Residential as part of the Archstone Acquisition, as of the dates presented, excluding amounts associated with development joint ventures, the Residual JV and Legacy JV (dollars in thousands):



 12-31-13 12-31-12 12/31/16 12/31/15

Assets:

      
  

Real estate, net

 $1,890,496 $1,337,084 $954,493
 $1,392,833

Other assets

 402,644 73,252 49,519
 57,044
    ��

Total assets

 $2,293,140 $1,410,336 $1,004,012
 $1,449,877
     
     

Liabilities and partners' capital:

      
  

Mortgage notes payable and credit facility

 $1,251,067 $943,259 
Mortgage notes payable, net and credit facility$689,573
 $947,205

Other liabilities

 29,677 20,405 16,537
 20,471

Partners' capital

 1,012,396 446,672 297,902
 482,201
     

Total liabilities and partners' capital

 $2,293,140 $1,410,336 $1,004,012
 $1,449,877
     
     

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The following is a combined summary of the operating results of the entities accounted for using the equity method, excluding joint venture entities the Company formed with Equity Residential as part of the Archstone Acquisition, for the years presented, excluding amounts associated with development joint ventures, Avalon Clarendon, the Residual JV and Legacy JV (dollars in thousands):


 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Rental and other income$131,901
 $173,578
 $198,939
Operating and other expenses(50,945) (67,962) (80,301)
Gain on sale of communities196,749
 98,899
 333,221
Interest expense, net (1)(45,886) (45,517) (61,458)
Depreciation expense(34,471) (45,324) (52,116)
Net income$197,348
 $113,674
 $338,285

(1)Amounts for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 includes charges for prepayment penalties and write-offs of deferred financing costs of $12,659, $4,481 and $10,528, respectively.
 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Rental and other income

 $208,979 $172,076 $160,066 

Operating and other expenses

  (86,247) (73,955) (71,926)

Gain on sale of real estate(1)

  96,152  106,195  22,246 

Interest expense, net

  (61,404) (53,904) (50,530)

Depreciation expense

  (61,002) (47,748) (47,920)
        

Net income

 $96,478 $102,664 $11,936 
        
        


(1)
Amount for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes $44,700 of gain recognized by the joint venture associated with the Company's acquisition of Avalon Del Rey from its joint venture partner.

In conjunction with the formation of Fund III and AVA North Point, and the acquisition of the U.S. Fund, II,AC JV and Brandywine, the Company incurred costs in excess of its equity in the underlying net assets of the respective investments. These costs represent $5,439,000$38,015,000 and $40,978,000 at December 31, 20132016 and $7,342,000 at December 31, 20122015, respectively, of the respective investment balances.

These amounts are being amortized over the lives of the underlying assets as a component of equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.




The following is a summary of the Company's equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities for the years presented (dollars in thousands):

 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Fund I(1)

 $10,924 $7,041 $2,204 

Fund II(2)

  6,206  2,130  (1,053)

CVP I, LLC(3)

  5,783  5,394  4,493 

MVP I, LLC(4)

  1,137  493  (626)

Avalon Del Rey, LLC(5)

  181  4,000  102 

Juanita Village(6)

  378  1,856   

U.S. Fund(7)

  (661)    

AC JV(7)

  2,569     

Brandywine(7)

  661     

Residual JV(7)(8)

  (38,332)    
        

Total

 $(11,154)$20,914 $5,120 
        
        

(1)
Equity in income for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 includes the Company's proportionate share of the gain on the sale of Fund I assets of $11,484, $7,971, and $3,063, respectively.

(2)
Equity in income for 2013 includes the Company's proportionate share of the gain on the sale of one Fund II asset of $2,790.

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(3)
Equity in income from this entity for 2013, 2012, and 2011 includes $5,527, $5,260, and $5,078, respectively, relating to the Company's recognition of its promoted interest.

(4)
Equity in income from this entity for 2013 includes $516 relating to the Company's recognition of its promoted interest.

(5)
During 2012, the Company purchased its joint venture partner's interest in this venture.

(6)
The Company's equity in income for this entity represents its residual profits from the sale of the community.

(7)
The Company's joint venture partner's interest was acquired in conjunction with the Archstone Acquisition.

(8)
Equity in income for the Residual JV includes certain expensed Archstone Acquisition costs borne by the venture.
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Fund I (1)$87
 $871
 $475
Fund II (2)49,882
 32,211
 24,808
U.S. Fund (3)15,635
 2,052
 342
AC JV1,445
 511
 1,579
MVP I, LLC (4)1,627
 22,453
 1,651
Brandywine10
 (1,474) 828
CVP I, LLC (5)9
 1,812
 113,127
Residual JV(1,374) 11,582
 3,547
Avalon Clarendon (6)(2,359) 
 
Arna Valley View LP (1)
 
 2,406
Juanita Village (1)
 
 3
Total$64,962
 $70,018
 $148,766

(1)The Company's equity in income for this entity represents its residual profits from the sale of the community, or liquidation of the venture.
(2)
Equity in income for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 includes the Company's proportionate share of the gain on the sale of Fund II assets of $41,501, $29,726, and $21,624 respectively. In addition, equity in income for the year ended December 31, 2016 includes $7,985 relating to the Company's recognition of its promoted interest.
(3)Equity in income for the year ended December 31, 2016 includes the Company's proportionate share of the gain on the sale of U.S. Fund assets of $16,568.
(4)Equity in income for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 includes $21,340 and $930, respectively, relating to the Company's recognition of its promoted interest. For 2015, $20,680 was from the joint venture partner upon agreement to modify the joint venture agreement to eliminate the Company's promoted interest from associated distribution for future return calculations.
(5)Equity in income for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 includes $1,289 and $61,218, respectively, relating to the Company's recognition of its promoted interest. Amount for 2014 also includes $50,478 related to the disposition of Avalon Chrystie Place.
(6)In September 2016, the Company and its venture partner established separate legal ownership of Avalon Clarendon, after which the Company reported the operating results of Avalon Clarendon as part of its consolidated operations.

Investments in Consolidated Real Estate Entities

        In


During the year ended December 2013,31, 2016, in addition to Avalon Clarendon discussed above, the Company acquired Arboretum at Burlington,four consolidated communities:

Avalon Hoboken, located in Burlington, MA. Arboretum at BurlingtonHoboken, NJ, contains 312217 apartment homes and was acquired for a purchase price of $79,850,000.

        The$129,700,000. In conjunction with the acquisition, the Company assumed a fixed rate secured mortgage note with a principal balance of $67,904,000 and a contractual interest rate of 4.18% maturing in December 2020.


Avalon Potomac Yard, located in Alexandria, VA, contains 323 apartment homes and was acquired for a purchase price of $108,250,000.

Avalon Columbia Pike, located in Arlington, VA, contains 269 apartment homes and was acquired for a purchase price of $102,000,000. In conjunction with the acquisition, the Company assumed a fixed rate secured mortgage note with a principal balance of $70,507,000 and a contractual interest rate of 3.38% maturing in November 2019.

Studio 77, located in North Hollywood, CA, contains 156 apartment homes and was acquired for a purchase price of $72,100,000.



These acquisitions occurred prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-01 as discussed in Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies,” and therefore the Company accounted for this acquisitionthese acquisitions as a business combinationcombinations and recorded the acquired assets and assumed liabilities, including identifiable intangibles, based onat their fair values. The Company looked toused third party pricing or internal models for the values of the land, a valuation model for the values of the buildings and debt, and an internal model to determine the fair values of the remaining real estate assets and in-place leases. Given the heterogeneous nature of multifamily real estate, the fair values for the land, debt, real estate assets and in-place leases incorporated significant unobservable inputs and therefore are considered to be Level 3 prices within the fair value hierarchy.

        The Company expenses transaction costs associated with acquisition activity as they are incurred.


Expensed transaction costs associated with the acquisitions made by the Company in 20132016 and 2012,2015, all of which were accounted for as well as costs associated with the Archstone Acquisition,business combinations, totaled $44,052,000$5,139,000 and $9,593,000, respectively,$3,806,000, respectively. These amounts are reported as a component of expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. To the extent the Company received amounts related to acquired communities for periods prior to their acquisition, the Company reported these receipts, net with expensed acquisition costs. In 2014, the Company received amounts related to communities acquired in the Archstone Acquisition, for periods prior to the Company’s ownership, in excess of acquisition costs incurred, resulting in 2011 were not significant.

a net recovery of $7,681,000. These amounts are primarily comprised of property tax and mortgage insurance refunds.


On February 27, 2013, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated November 26, 2012, the Company, together with Equity Residential, acquired, directly or indirectly, all of the assets owned by Archstone Enterprise LP (“Archstone,” which has since changed its name to Jupiter Enterprise LP), including all of the ownership interests in joint ventures and other entities owned by Archstone, and assumed Archstone’s liabilities, both known and unknown, with certain limited exceptions. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, the Company acquired approximately 40.0% of Archstone's assets and liabilities and Equity Residential acquired approximately 60.0% of Archstone’s assets and liabilities (the “Archstone Acquisition”).

In conjunction with the development of Avalon Sheepshead Bay, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement to construct a mixed-use building that will contain rental apartments, for-sale residential condominium units and related common elements. The Company owns a 70.0% interest in the venture and will have all of the rights and obligations associated with the rental apartments, and the venture partner owns the remaining 30.0% interest and will have all of the rights and obligations associated with the for-sale residential condominium units. The Company is responsible for the development and construction of the structure, and is providing a loan to the venture partner for the venture partner's share of costs. As of December 31, 2016, the Company has a receivable from the venture partner in the form of a variable rate mortgage note, secured by the for-sale residential condominium units in the amount of $27,241,000 for outstanding principal and interest, reported as a component of prepaid expenses and other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recognizes interest income on the accrual basis. The loan will be repaid by the venture partner with the proceeds the partner receives from the sales of the residential condominium units which are expected to occur during 2017 and 2018. The venture is considered a VIE, and the Company consolidates its interest in the rental apartments and common areas.


7. 6. Real Estate Disposition Activities


During 2013,2016, the Company sold eightseven wholly-owned operating communities, containing an aggregate of 3,2992,051 apartment homes for an aggregate gross sales price of $932,800,000$522,850,000 and an aggregate gain in accordance with


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GAAP of $278,231,000. $370,301,000. In addition during 2016, the Company sold other real estate, including one land parcel which was sold to a joint venture in which we own a 55.0% interest, and ancillary real estate, for an aggregate sales price of $41,178,000, resulting in an aggregate gain in accordance with GAAP of $10,224,000.


Details regarding the real estate sales are summarized in the following table (dollars in thousands):


Community Name Location 
Period
of sale
 
Apartment
homes
 Debt 
Gross
sales price
 
Net cash
proceeds (1)
Eaves Trumbull Trumbull, CT Q116 340
 $
 $70,250
 $68,665
Avalon Essex Peabody, MA Q216 154
 
 45,100
 44,085
Eaves Nanuet Nanuet, NY Q316 504
 
 147,000
 145,722
Avalon Shrewsbury Shrewsbury, MA Q316 251
 
 60,500
 59,263
Avalon at Freehold Freehold, NJ Q316 296
 
 68,000
 66,320
Avalon Brandemoor I & II Lynnwood, WA Q416 506
 
 132,000
 128,021
Other real estate dispositions (2) multiple Q1-Q416 N/A
 
 41,178
 20,641
             
Total of 2016 asset sales     2,051
 $
 $564,028
 $532,717
             
Total of 2015 asset sales     851
 $
 $289,320
 $282,163
             
Total of 2014 asset sales     1,337
 $16,341
 $304,250
 $281,125

(1)Net cash proceeds does not include the sale of an affordable restricted apartment building adjacent to one of the Company's Development Communities, for which consideration was received in the form of a mortgage note, discussed below.
(2)Primarily composed of the sales of land to AVA North Point discussed in Note 5, “Investments in Real Estate Entities” and ancillary real estate discussed in note (1).
Community Name
 Location Period
of sale
 Apartment
homes
 Debt Gross
sales price
 Net
proceeds
 

Crystal House I & II

 Arlington, VA  Q113  827 $ $197,150 $196,583 

Avalon at Decoverly

 Rockville, MD  Q113  564    135,250  131,338 

Avalon at Dublin Station I

 Dublin, CA  Q213  305    105,400  104,218 

Archstone Vanoni Ranch

 Ventura, CA  Q413  316    82,000  80,668 

Avalon on the Sound East

 New Rochelle, NY  Q413  588    210,000  206,138 

Archstone Wheaton Station

 Wheaton, MD  Q413  243    57,000  56,306 

Avalon Rosewalk

 San Jose, CA  Q413  456    146,000  144,191 
               

Total of 2013 asset sales(1)

       3,299 $��$932,800 $919,442 
               
               

Total of 2012 asset sales

       1,578 $ $280,550 $274,018 
               
               

Total of 2011 asset sales

       1,038 $ $292,965 $287,358 
               
               


(1)
TotalDuring 2016, the Company completed the construction of 2013 asset sales excludesand sold an affordable restricted apartment building, containing 77 apartment homes, which is adjacent to one of the dispositionCompany's Development Communities. The Company received consideration for the sale in the form of development rights located in Hingham, MAa mortgage note, recording $18,643,000 to reflect the net present value of the note, determined based on the estimated contractual cash flows and Brooklyn, NY, for total net proceedsa discount rate commensurate with the nature of $1,313.
the note. The note is secured by the underlying real estate, and is reported as a component of prepaid expenses and other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company expects to receive $16,891,000 during 2017, with the balance of the note to be received over a period of up to 35 years.


As of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company had one communitytwo ancillary land parcels that qualified as held for sale.


The operations for any real estate assets sold from January 1, 20132014 through December 31, 20132016 and the real estate assets that qualifiedwhich were classified as discontinued operations and held for sale and discontinued operations as of and for periods prior to December 31, 2013, have been presented as income from discontinued operations in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Accordingly, certain reclassifications have been made to prior years to reflectThe operations for any real estate assets sold from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2016 that were not classified as held for sale or discontinued operations consistent with current year presentation.

as of and for periods prior to December 31, 2013, are included in income from continuing operations on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.


The following is a summary of income from discontinued operations for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Rental income

 $42,874 $63,406 $89,290 

Operating and other expenses

  (12,661) (19,437) (36,996)

Interest expense, net

    (133) (4,808)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    (602) (3,880)

Depreciation expense

  (13,500) (16,414) (23,541)
        

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 $16,713 $26,820 $20,065 
        
        
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Rental income$
 $
 $579
Operating and other expenses
 
 (269)
Income from discontinued operations$
 $
 $310


8. 7. Commitments and Contingencies


Employment Agreements and Arrangements

        As of December 31, 2013, the


The Company hashad employment agreements with threetwo executive officers which expireexpired on December 31, 2015. Under2015, in accordance with their terms. At December 31, 2016, the Company does not have any employment agreements if the Company terminates thewith executive without cause the executive will be entitled to a multiple of his covered compensation,

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which is defined as base salary plus annual cash bonus. For two of the executives, the multiple is two times (three if the termination is in connection with a sale of the Company) and for one of the executives the multiple is one time (two if the termination is in connection with a sale of the Company). The employment agreements generally provide that it would be considered a termination without cause if the executive's title or role is reduced except as permitted by the agreement. The agreements provide, as do the standard restricted stock and option agreements used by the Company for its compensation programs, that upon a termination without cause the executive's restricted stock and options will vest.

The standard restricted stock and option agreements used by the Company in its compensation program provide that upon an employee's termination without cause or the employee's Retirement (as defined in the agreement), all outstanding stock options and restricted shares of stock held by the employee will vest, and the employee will have up to 12 months to exercise any options then held. Under the agreements, Retirement generally means a termination of employment and other business relationships, other than for cause, after attainment of age 50, provided that (i) the employee has worked for the Company for at least 10 years, (ii) the employee's age at Retirement plus years of employment with the Company equals at least 70, (iii) the employee provides at least six months written notice of his intent to retire, and (iv) the employee enters into a one year non-compete and employee non-solicitation agreement.


The Company also has an Officer Severance Program (the "Program"“Program”), which applies only in connection with a sale of the Company for the benefit of those officers of the Company who do not have employment agreements. Under the Program, in the event an officer who is not otherwise covered by a severance arrangement is terminated (other than for cause), or the officer chooses to terminate his or her employment for good reason (as defined), in either case within 18 months following a sale event (as defined) of the Company, such officer will generally receive a cash lump sum payment equal to a multiple of the officer's covered compensation (base salary plus annual cash bonus). The multiple is one times for vice presidents and senior vice presidents, and two times for executive vice presidents. The officer's restricted stock and options would also vest. Costs related to the Company's employment agreements and the Program are deferred and recognized over the requisite service period when considered by management to be probable and estimable.


Legal Contingencies


The Company accounts for recoveries from legal matters as a reduction in the legal and related costs incurred associated with the matter, with recoveries in excess of these costs reported as a gain or, where appropriate, a reduction in the basis of a community to which the suit related.

During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2014, the Company received $417,000 and $1,933,000 in legal recoveries. There were no material receipts during the year ended December 31, 2015, excluding amounts for the Residual JV.


In conjunction with legal matters associated with the Edgewater casualty loss, the Company has established protocols for processing claims from third parties who suffered losses as a result of the fire, and many third parties have contacted the Company's insurance carrier and settled their claims.

Three class action lawsuits have been filed against the Company on behalf of occupants of the destroyed building and consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Company has agreed with class counsel to the terms of a proposed settlement which would provide a claims process (with agreed upon protocols for instructing the adjuster as to how to evaluate claims) and, if needed, an arbitration process to determine damage amounts to be paid to individual claimants covered by the class settlement. On December 9, 2016, class counsel re-filed with the court a motion for preliminary approval of this class settlement, and the Company did not oppose such motion. The Company cannot predict when or if the court will approve the settlement. A fourth class action, being heard in the same federal court, was filed against the Company on behalf of residents of the second Edgewater building that suffered minimal damage. Recently, a fifth class action lawsuit was filed against the Company seeking to certify a class on behalf of both buildings and other third parties. The Company removed this action to the same federal court as the other four and is currently seeking to consolidate it with the fourth class action lawsuit (referenced above). In addition to the class action lawsuits described above, 21 lawsuits representing approximately 150 individual plaintiffs have been filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey Bergen County - Law Division and 20 of these lawsuits are currently pending. Most of the state court cases have been consolidated by the court and the Company expects all of them to be consolidated shortly. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to the extent of damages claimed in all of the suits. There are also five subrogation lawsuits that have been filed against the Company by insurers of Edgewater residents who obtained renters insurance; it is the Company’s position that in the majority of the applicable leases the residents waived subrogation rights. One of these lawsuits has been dismissed on that basis and the other four are currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The District Court recently denied the Company's motion to dismiss which was filed in one of these lawsuits and the Company is subjectcurrently seeking reconsideration of that decision as well as certification to appeal.


Having settled many third party claims through the insurance claims process, the Company currently believes that any potential remaining liability to third parties (including any potential liability to third parties determined in accordance with the class settlement described above, if approved) will not be material to the Company and will in any event be substantially covered by the Company's insurance policies. However, the Company can give no assurances in this regard and continues to evaluate this matter.

The Company is involved in various other legalclaims and/or administrative proceedings and claimsunrelated to the Edgewater casualty loss that arise in the ordinary course of its business. These matters are frequently covered by insurance. If it has been determined that a loss is probable to occur andWhile no assurances can be reasonably estimated,given, the estimated amount of the loss is recorded in the financial statements. While the resolutionCompany does not currently believe that any of these other outstanding litigation matters, cannot be predicted with certainty, management currently believesindividually or in the final outcome of such mattersaggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on theits financial positioncondition or results of operations of the Company. In instances where the Company has a gain contingency associated with legal proceedings, the Company records a gain in the financial statements, to the extent of a loss recovery, when it is deemed probable to occur, can be reasonably estimated and is considered to be collectible.

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Lease Obligations


The Company owns 1116 apartment communities three communities under construction and two commercial properties which are located on land subject to land leases expiring between October 2026 and March 2142. Of theseThe leases 14for 13 apartment communities, of which two represent dual-branded communities with one underlying land lease, and the two commercial properties, are accounted for as operating leases recognizing rental expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. These leases have varying escalation terms, and fourfive of these leases have purchase options exercisable through 2095. The Company incurred costs of $17,996,000, $17,604,000$23,343,000, $21,295,000 and $16,887,000$21,664,000 in the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively, related to operating leases. Two of the Development CommunitiesThree apartment communities are located on land subject to a land lease which are accounted for as capital leases, of which two represent dual-branded communities with one underlying capital land lease. In addition, the Company is party to a lease for a portion of the parking garage adjacent to a lease-up community, accounted for as a capital lease. The Company has a total lease obligation of $33,879,000$37,458,000 reported as a component of accrued expenses and other liabilities. Each of these land leases accounted for as capital leases have options for the Company to purchase options that become exercisablethe land at varying times through 2046.some point during the lease terms which expire in 2046 and 2086. In addition, the Company is party to 13 leases certain office space,for its corporate and regional offices with varying terms through 2027, all of which isare accounted for as operating leases.


The following table details the future minimum lease payments under the Company's current leases (dollars in thousands):


 Payments due by period
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Thereafter
Operating Lease Obligations$22,818
 $23,348
 $23,449
 $21,245
 $19,776
 $1,203,957
Capital Lease Obligations (1) (2)18,874
 1,073
 1,075
 1,077
 1,080
 45,058
 $41,692
 $24,421
 $24,524
 $22,322
 $20,856
 $1,249,015

(1)Aggregate capital lease payments include $27,374 in interest costs, with the timing of certain lease payments for capital land leases determined by completion of the construction of the associated apartment community.
(2)Capital lease assets of $39,015 and $39,019 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, are included as a component of land and improvements or building and improvements on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets.
 
 Payments due by period 
 
 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Thereafter 

Operating Lease Obligations

 $19,801 $19,628 $19,557 $19,034 $19,157 $1,248,694 

Capital Lease Obligations(1)

  1,863  1,885  19,083  848  848  39,934 
              

 $21,664 $21,513 $38,640 $19,882 $20,005 $1,288,628 
              
              


(1)
Aggregate capital lease payments include $30,519 in interest costs.

9. 8. Segment Reporting


The Company's reportable operating segments include Established Communities, Other Stabilized Communities and Development/Redevelopment Communities. Annually as of January 1,st, the Company determines which of its communities fall into each of these categories and generally maintains that classification unless disposition or redevelopment plans regarding a community change, throughout the year for the purpose of reporting segment operations.


Established Communities (also known as Same Store Communities) are consolidated communities where a comparison of operating results from the prior year to the current year is meaningful, as these communities were owned and had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of the beginning of the prior year. ForThe Established Communities for the year 2013, the Established Communitiesended December 31, 2016, are communities that are consolidated for financial reporting purposes, had stabilized occupancy and operating expenses as of January 1, 2012,2015, are not conducting or planning to conduct substantial redevelopment activities and are not held for sale or planned for disposition within the current year. A community is considered to have stabilized occupancy at the earlier of (i) attainment of 95% physical occupancy or (ii) the one-year anniversary of completion of development or redevelopment.


Other Stabilized Communities includes all other consolidated completed communities that have stabilized occupancy, as defined above. Other Stabilized Communities do not include communities that are conducting or planning to conduct substantial redevelopment activities within the current year.

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2016.


In addition, the Company owns land for future development and has other corporate assets that are not allocated to an operating segment.


The Company's segment disclosures present the measure(s) used by the chief operating decision maker for purposes of assessing each segment's performance. The Company's chief operating decision maker is comprised of several members of its executive management team who use net operating income ("NOI"(“NOI”) as the primary financial measure for Established Communities and Other Stabilized Communities. NOI is defined by the Company as total property revenue less direct property operating expenses.expenses (including property taxes), and excluding corporate-level income (including management, development and other fees), corporate-level property management and other indirect operating expenses, investments and investment management expenses, expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries, interest expense, net, loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net, general and administrative expense, equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities, depreciation expense, corporate income tax expense, casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net, gain on sale of real estate assets, gain on sale of discontinued operations, income from discontinued operations and net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations. Although the Company considers NOI a useful measure of a community's or communities' operating performance, NOI should not be considered an alternative to net income or net cash flow from operating activities, as determined in accordance with GAAP. NOI excludes a number of income and expense categories as detailed in the reconciliation of NOI to net income.



A reconciliation of NOI to net income for years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 is as follows (dollars in thousands):


 
 For the year ended 
 
 12-31-13 12-31-12 12-31-11 

Net income

 $352,771 $423,562 $441,370 

Indirect operating expenses, net of corporate income

  41,554  31,911  30,550 

Investments and investment management expense

  3,990  6,071  5,126 

Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs

  45,050  11,350  2,967 

Interest expense, net

  172,402  136,920  167,814 

Loss on interest rate contract

  51,000     

Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

  14,921  1,179  1,940 

General and administrative expense

  39,573  34,101  29,371 

Equity in loss (income) of unconsolidated entities

  11,154  (20,914) (5,120)

Depreciation expense

  560,215  243,680  226,728 

Casualty and impairment loss

    1,449  14,052 

Gain on sale of real estate assets

  (278,471) (146,591) (294,806)

Income from discontinued operations

  (16,713) (26,820) (20,065)

Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated real estate entity

    (14,194)  
        

Net operating income

 $997,446 $681,704 $599,927 
        
        
 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Net income$1,033,708
 $741,733
 $697,327
Indirect operating expenses, net of corporate income61,403
 56,973
 49,055
Investments and investment management expense4,822
 4,370
 4,485
Expensed acquisition, development and other pursuit costs, net of recoveries9,922
 6,822
 (3,717)
Interest expense, net (1)187,510
 175,615
 180,618
Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt, net7,075
 (26,736) 412
General and administrative expense45,771
 42,774
 41,425
Equity in income of unconsolidated real estate entities(64,962) (70,018) (148,766)
Depreciation expense (1)531,434
 477,923
 442,682
Income tax expense305
 1,483
 9,368
Casualty and impairment (gain) loss, net(3,935) (10,542) 
Gain on sale of real estate assets(384,847) (125,272) (85,415)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
 
 (37,869)
Income from discontinued operations
 
 (310)
Net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations (2)(17,509) (34,133) (49,708)
Net operating income$1,410,697
 $1,240,992
 $1,099,587

(1)Includes amounts associated with assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations.
(2)Represents NOI from real estate assets sold or held for sale as of December 31, 2016 that are not classified as discontinued operations.

The following is a summary of NOI from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations, for the periods presented (dollars in thousands):

 For the year ended
 12/31/2016 12/31/2015 12/31/2014
      
Rental income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations$28,430
 $55,674
 $80,704
Operating expenses from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations(10,921) (21,541) (30,996)
Net operating income from real estate assets sold or held for sale, not classified as discontinued operations$17,509
 $34,133
 $49,708

The primary performance measure for communities under development or redevelopment depends on the stage of completion. While under development, management monitors actual construction costs against budgeted costs as well as lease-up pace and rent levels compared to budget.


The following table provides details of the Company's segment information as of the dates specified (dollars in thousands). The segments are classified based on the individual community's status as ofat the beginning of the given calendar year. Therefore, each year the composition of communities within each business segment is adjusted. Accordingly, the amounts between years are not directly comparable. Segment information for total revenue and NOI the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 have been


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adjusted forto exclude the real estate assets that were sold from January 1, 20112014 through December 31, 2013,2016, or otherwise qualify as held for sale and/or discontinued operations as of December 31, 2013,2016, as described in Note 7, "Real6, “Real Estate Disposition Activities."

 
 Total
revenue
 NOI % NOI change
from prior year
 Gross
real estate(1)
 

For the period ended December 31, 2013

             

Established

             

New England

 $177,474 $114,966  1.8%$1,375,961 

Metro NY/NJ

  249,742  172,912  4.4% 1,921,307 

Mid-Atlantic

  100,548  71,851  0.1% 633,598 

Pacific Northwest

  46,564  31,283  5.3% 444,825 

Northern California

  141,038  106,745  11.7% 1,233,851 

Southern California

  119,024  81,182  5.1% 1,058,883 
          

Total Established(2)

  834,390  578,939  4.7% 6,668,425 
          

Other Stabilized

  499,843  339,159  n/a  6,770,517 

Development / Redevelopment

  117,186  79,348  n/a  3,024,035 

Land Held for Future Development

  n/a  n/a  n/a  300,364 

Non-allocated(3)

  11,502  n/a  n/a  10,279 
          

Total

 $1,462,921 $997,446  46.3%$16,773,620 
          
          

For the period ended December 31, 2012

             

Established

             

New England

 $163,110 $106,039  5.0%$1,262,987 

Metro NY/NJ

  213,360  148,441  7.4% 1,760,429 

Mid-Atlantic

  103,784  75,313  3.2% 591,669 

Pacific Northwest

  32,942  23,433  15.0% 306,289 

Northern California

  112,875  83,091  14.1% 1,015,947 

Southern California

  99,302  68,880  7.0% 947,723 
          

Total Established(2)

  725,373  505,197  7.5% 5,885,044 
          

Other Stabilized

  135,230  86,722  n/a  1,314,690 

Development / Redevelopment

  129,767  89,785  n/a  2,032,277 

Land Held for Future Development

  n/a  n/a  n/a  316,037 

Non-allocated(3)

  10,257  n/a  n/a  73,724 
          

Total

 $1,000,627 $681,704  14.5%$9,621,772 
          
          

For the period ended December 31, 2011

             

Established

             

New England

 $164,929 $105,848  9.8%$1,275,866 

Metro NY/NJ

  180,003  120,714  6.8% 1,347,796 

Mid-Atlantic

  102,834  74,754  6.6% 603,349 

Pacific Northwest

  30,057  20,374  6.0% 301,661 

Northern California

  79,868  57,749  10.8% 704,066 

Southern California

  75,120  50,391  9.8% 697,705 
          

Total Established(2)

  632,811  429,830  8.3% 4,930,443 
          

Other Stabilized

  137,779  89,949  n/a  1,567,875 

Development / Redevelopment

  119,841  80,148  n/a  1,752,006 

Land Held for Future Development

  n/a  n/a  n/a  325,918 

Non-allocated(3)

  9,656  n/a  n/a  78,161 
          

Total

 $900,087 $599,927  14.8%$8,654,403 
          
          

(1)
Does not include” Segment information for gross real estate assets held for sale of $26,701, $449,570 and $634,089 as of December 31, 2013, 20122015 and 2011, respectively.

(2)
Gross2014 has not been adjusted to exclude real estate assets that were sold or otherwise qualified as held for the Company's established communities includes capitalized additions of approximately $33,553, $25,448 and $34,359 in 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

(3)
Revenue represents third-party management, accounting, and developer fees and miscellaneous income which are not allocatedsale subsequent to a reportable segment.
December 31, 2015.


 
Total
revenue
 NOI 
% NOI change
from prior year
 
Gross
real estate (1)
For the year ended December 31, 2016 
  
  
  
Established 
  
  
  
New England$239,201
 $153,669
 4.9 % $1,888,524
Metro NY/NJ379,151
 258,950
 1.4 % 3,212,220
Mid-Atlantic233,711
 162,243
 1.3 % 2,339,395
Pacific Northwest79,684
 57,494
 6.5 % 737,289
Northern California319,121
 244,458
 7.0 % 2,661,258
Southern California291,567
 207,537
 9.1 % 2,672,691
Total Established (2)1,542,435
 1,084,351
 4.8 % 13,511,377
        
Other Stabilized (3)235,360
 165,530
 N/A
 2,330,503
Development / Redevelopment233,431
 160,816
 N/A
 4,755,315
Land Held for Future DevelopmentN/A
 N/A
 N/A
 84,293
Non-allocated (4)5,599
 N/A
 N/A
 74,292
Total$2,016,825
 $1,410,697
 13.7 % $20,755,780
        
For the year ended December 31, 2015 
  
  
  
Established 
  
  
  
New England$182,366
 $114,717
 2.7 % $1,460,746
Metro NY/NJ361,902
 256,907
 3.4 % 3,152,361
Mid-Atlantic209,013
 145,497
 0.2 % 2,177,823
Pacific Northwest67,900
 48,833
 8.5 % 721,040
Northern California273,432
 210,226
 11.9 % 2,414,184
Southern California252,530
 173,919
 9.4 % 2,465,432
Total Established (2)1,347,143
 950,099
 5.9 % 12,391,586
        
Other Stabilized221,042
 145,263
 N/A
 2,040,269
Development / Redevelopment222,222
 145,630
 N/A
 4,238,967
Land Held for Future DevelopmentN/A
 N/A
 N/A
 484,377
Non-allocated (4)9,947
 N/A
 N/A
 73,372
Total$1,800,354
 $1,240,992
 12.9 % $19,228,571
        
For the year ended December 31, 2014 (5) 
  
  
  
Established 
  
  
  
New England$164,181
 $104,674
 0.8 % $1,333,854
Metro NY/NJ285,641
 203,522
 3.3 % 2,251,697
Mid-Atlantic98,590
 69,498
 (2.5)% 647,374
Pacific Northwest46,041
 32,012
 6.8 % 500,247
Northern California174,527
 132,899
 8.2 % 1,402,444
Southern California139,841
 95,626
 5.2 % 1,225,328
Total Established (2)908,821
 638,231
 3.6 % 7,360,944
        
Other Stabilized497,634
 343,477
 N/A
 6,057,783
Development / Redevelopment186,852
 117,879
 N/A
 3,972,180
Land Held for Future DevelopmentN/A
 N/A
 N/A
 180,516
Non-allocated (4)11,050
 N/A
 N/A
 32,444
Total$1,604,357
 $1,099,587
 16.5 % $17,603,867

(1)Does not include gross real estate assets held for sale of $20,846, $39,528 and $245,449 as of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
(2)Gross real estate for the Company's Established Communities includes capitalized additions of approximately $85,676, $74,982 and $52,635 in 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
(3)Total revenue and NOI for the year ended December 31, 2016 includes $20,306 in business interruption insurance proceeds related to the Edgewater casualty loss.
(4)Revenue represents third-party management, accounting, and developer fees and miscellaneous income which are not allocated to a reportable segment.
(5)Results for the year ended December 31, 2014 reflect the operating segments determined as of January 1, 2014, which include stabilized communities acquired as part of the Archstone Acquisition in the Other Stabilized segment.

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10. Stock-Based Compensation Plans


The Company has a stock incentive plan, theCompany's 2009 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan"“2009 Plan”). The 2009 Plan includes an authorization to issue up to 4,199,822 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (2,930,000 newly authorizedshare. At December 31, 2016, the Company has 878,622 shares plus 1,269,822 shares that wereremaining available for grant as of May 21, 2009 under the Company's 1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "1994 Plan")), pursuant to awardsissue under the 2009 Plan.Plan, exclusive of shares that may be issued to satisfy currently outstanding awards such as stock options or performance awards. In addition, any awards that were outstanding under the 1994Company's1994 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “1994 Plan”) on May 21, 2009, the date the Company adopted the 2009 Plan, that are subsequently forfeited, canceled, surrendered or terminated (other than by exercise) will become available for awards under the 2009 Plan. The 2009 Plan provides for various types of equity awards to associates, officers, non-employee directors and other key personnel of the Company and its subsidiaries. The types of awards that may be granted under the 2009 Plan include restricted and deferred stock, stock options that qualify as incentive stock options ("ISOs"(“ISOs”) under Section 422 of the Code, non-qualified stock options, and stock appreciation rights.rights and performance awards, among others. The 2009 Plan will expire on May 21, 2019.


Information with respect to stock options granted under the 2009 and 1994 Plans is as follows (dollars in thousands, other than per share amounts):

follows:


 
 2009 Plan
shares
 Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
 1994 Plan
shares
 Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
 

Options Outstanding, December 31, 2010

  126,484 $74.20  2,072,217 $88.50 
          

Exercised

  (23,908) 75.75  (930,391) 82.43 

Granted

  144,827  115.83     

Forfeited

      (28,867) 68.29 
          

Options Outstanding, December 31, 2011

  247,403 $98.42  1,112,959 $94.10 
          

Exercised

  (43,265) 85.09  (364,519) 68.21 

Granted

  115,303  133.16     

Forfeited

  (11,887) 115.15  (28,610) 139.58 
          

Options Outstanding, December 31, 2012

  307,554 $112.67  719,830 $105.40 
          

Exercised

  (19,949) 84.43  (24,292) 79.42 

Granted

  215,230  129.03     

Forfeited

  (1,267) 131.56  (4,012) 127.56 
          

Options Outstanding, December 31, 2013

  501,568 $120.77  691,526 $106.19 
          
          

Options Exercisable:

  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 

December 31, 2011

  
30,771
 
$

81.54
  
1,012,304
 
$

98.62
 
          
          

December 31, 2012

  74,618 $97.46  719,830 $105.40 
          
          

December 31, 2013

  184,167 $107.18  691,526 $106.19 
          
          
 
2009 Plan
shares
 
Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
 
1994 Plan
shares
 
Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
Options Outstanding, December 31, 2013501,568
 $120.77
 691,526
 $106.19
Exercised(157,454) 116.40
 (342,743) 99.03
Granted
 
 
 
Forfeited(4,052) 131.05
 (76,381) 142.66
Options Outstanding, December 31, 2014340,062
 $122.67
 272,402
 $104.96
Exercised(90,884) 124.01
 (190,207) 105.70
Granted
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
 
 
Options Outstanding, December 31, 2015249,178
 $122.17
 82,195
 $103.27
Exercised(71,845) 117.04
 (59,654) 112.85
Granted
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
 
 
Options Outstanding, December 31, 2016 (1)177,333
 $124.25
 22,541
 $77.91
Options Exercisable: 
  
  
  
December 31, 2014185,227
 $116.71
 272,402
 $104.96
December 31, 2015188,081
 $119.98
 82,195
 $103.27
December 31, 2016177,333
 $124.25
 22,541
 $77.91

(1)
All options are exercisable as of December 31, 2016.

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The following summarizes the exercise prices and contractual lives of options outstanding as of December 31, 2013:

2016:


2009 Plan
Number of Options
 Range—Exercise Price Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
 
53,836 $70.00 - $79.99  6.1 
124,414 110.00 - 119.99  7.1 
75,059 120.00 - 129.99  9.2 
246,760 130.00 - 139.99  8.6 
1,499 140.00 - 149.99  8.5 
       
501,568      
       
       
2009 Plan
Number of Options
 Range—Exercise Price 
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
10,607 $70.00- $79.99 3.1
32,445 $110.00- $119.99 4.1
29,862 $120.00- $129.99 6.2
104,419 $130.00- $139.99 5.6
177,333       



1994 Plan
Number of Options
 Range—Exercise Price Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
 
88,323 $40.00 - $49.99  3.5 
41,556 60.00 - 69.99  1.1 
730 70.00 - 79.99  1.5 
104,013 80.00 - 89.99  4.1 
174,323 90.00 - 99.99  2.1 
282,581 140.00 - 149.99  3.1 
       
691,526      
       
       
1994 Plan
Number of Options
 Range—Exercise Price 
Weighted Average
Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
9,854 $40.00- $49.99 2.1
9,506 $80.00- $89.99 1.1
3,181 $140.00- $149.99 0.1
22,541       


Options outstanding under the 2009 and 1994 Plans at December 31, 2013 had an intrinsic value of $2,669,000 and $15,424,000, respectively. Options exercisable under the 2009 and 1994 Plans at December 31, 20132016 had an intrinsic value of $2,593,000$9,380,000 and $15,424,000,$2,237,000, respectively. Options exercisable under the 2009 and 1994 Plans had a weighted average contractual life of 8.15.4 years and 3.11.4 years, respectively. The intrinsic value of options exercised during 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 was $2,395,000, $26,746,000$9,187,000, $18,080,000 and $46,126,000,$20,028,000, respectively.


The cost related to stock-based employee compensation for employee stock options included in the determination of net income is based on estimated forfeitures for the given year. Estimated forfeitures are adjusted to reflect actual forfeitures at the end of the vesting period. The following table summarizes the weighted average fair value of employeeThere were no stock options for the periods showngranted in 2016, 2015 and the associated assumptions used to calculate the value:

2014.
 
 2013 2012 2011 

Weighted average fair value per share

 $26.78 $29.11 $29.40 

Life of options (in years)

  5.0  5.0  7.0 

Dividend yield

  3.7% 3.5% 4.0%

Volatility

  34.00% 35.00% 35.00%

Risk-free interest rate

  0.91% 0.87% 3.04%

        During 2013, the

The Company adoptedhas a revised compensation framework under which share-based compensation will beis granted, composed of annual awards and multiyear long term incentive


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performance awards. Annual awards will include restricted stock awards for which one third of the award will vestvests annually over a three year period, following the measurement period. Under the multiyearand multi-year long term incentive component ofperformance awards. Under the revisedCompany's multi-year long term incentive compensation framework, the Company will grantgrants a target number of restricted stock units,performance awards, with the ultimate award determined by the total shareholder return of the Company's common stock and/or operating performance metrics, measured in each case over a three-year measurement period.period of up to three years. The share-based compensationperformance awards are earned will be in the form of restricted stock, or upon election of the recipient, up to 25% in the form of stock options, for which one third of the award will vestvests annually over aan additional three year period following the completion of the performance cycle.


In general, performance awards are forfeited if the employee's employment terminates for any reason prior to the measurement period.

        At December 31, 2013date. However, for performance awards with performance periods beginning on or after January 1, 2015, after the first year of the performance period, if the employee's employment terminates on account of death, disability, retirement, or termination without cause at a time when the employee meets the age and 2012,service requirements for retirement, the Company had 182,083 and 202,218, respectively, outstanding unvested shares granted under restricted stock awards. The Company issued 123,977 sharesemployee shall vest in a pro rata portion of restricted stock valued at $16,019,000 as part of its stock-based compensation planthe award (based on the employee's service time during the year ended December 31, 2013. Restricted stock vesting during the year ended December 31, 2013 totaled 141,673performance period), with such vested portion to be earned and converted into shares and had fair values at the grant date ranging from $48.60end of the performance period based on actual achievement under the performance award.


Information with respect to $149.05 per share. The total fair value of shares vested was $14,832,000, $36,337,000 and $35,029,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

        The Companyperformance awards granted 191,008 restricted stock units with an estimated aggregate compensation cost of $13,371,000,is as part of its stock-based compensation plan during the year ended December 31, 2013. follows:


  Performance awards Weighted average grant date fair value per award
Outstanding at December 31, 2013 189,765
 $70.00
  Granted (1) 136,276
 117.43
  Change in awards based on performance (2) (46,790) 74.37
  Converted to restricted stock (16,209) 74.37
  Forfeited (23,140) 76.22
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 239,902
 $95.20
  Granted (3) 85,636
 148.49
  Change in awards based on performance (2) 14,697
 78.50
  Converted to restricted stock (95,826) 78.50
  Forfeited (6,143) 110.34
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 238,266
 $119.65
  Granted (4) 94,054
 141.92
  Change in awards based on performance (2) 36,091
 101.52
  Converted to restricted stock (115,618) 94.67
  Forfeited (1,630) 141.98
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 251,163
 $136.74

(1)The amount of restricted stock that ultimately may be earned is based on the total shareholder return metrics related to the Company’s common stock for 60,391 performance awards and financial metrics related to operating performance and leverage metrics of the Company for 75,885 performance awards.
(2)Represents the change in the number of performance awards earned based on performance achievement.
(3)The amount of restricted stock that ultimately may be earned is based on the total shareholder return metrics related to the Company’s common stock for 55,162 performance awards and financial metrics related to operating performance and leverage metrics of the Company for 30,474 performance awards.
(4)The amount of restricted stock that ultimately may be earned is based on the total shareholder return metrics related to the Company’s common stock for 61,039 performance awards and financial metrics related to operating performance and leverage metrics of the Company for 33,015 performance awards.

The Company used a Monte Carlo model to assess the compensation cost associated with the restricted stock units.portion of the performance awards determined by using total shareholder return measures. The estimatedassumptions used are as follows:

  2016 2015 2014
Dividend yield 3.3% 3.0% 3.6%
Estimated volatility over the life of the plan (1) 15.2% - 22.8% 12.0% - 17.3% 17.6% - 18.6%
Risk free rate 0.44% - 0.88% 0.07% - 1.09% 0.04% - 0.72%
Estimated performance award value based on total shareholder return measure $131.24 $139.18 $103.20

(1)Estimated volatility of the life of the plan is using 50% historical volatility and 50% implied volatility.

For the portion of the performance awards granted for which achievement is determined by using financial metrics, the compensation cost was derived using the following assumptions: baseline sharebased on a weighted average grant date value of $130.23; dividend yield of 3.3%; estimated volatility figures ranging from 17.0% to 21.0% over the life of the plan$161.66, $166.23 and $128.97, for the Company using 50% historical volatilityyears ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 50% implied volatility;2014, respectively, and risk free rates over the lifeCompany's estimate of corporate achievement for the plan ranging from 0.09%financial metrics.
Information with respect to 0.46%; resulting in an average estimated fair value per restricted stock unit of $70.00.

granted is as follows:


  Restricted stock shares Restricted stock shares weighted average grant date fair value per share Restricted stock shares converted from performance awards
Outstanding at December 31, 2013 182,083
 $124.35
 
  Granted - restricted stock shares 98,954
 129.35
 16,209
  Vested - restricted stock shares (93,963) 120.81
 (5,073)
  Forfeited (7,767) 128.62
 (203)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 179,307
 $129.06
 10,933
  Granted - restricted stock shares 61,953
 173.04
 95,826
  Vested - restricted stock shares (91,847) 130.75
 (8,412)
  Forfeited (1,529) 151.86
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 147,884
 $146.21
 98,347
  Granted - restricted stock shares 81,400
 162.38
 115,618
  Vested - restricted stock shares (88,712) 141.38
 (36,872)
  Forfeited (3,867) 162.43
 (395)
Outstanding at December 31, 2016 136,705
 $158.51
 176,698

Total employee stock-based compensation cost recognized in income was $17,775,000, $9,961,000$14,666,000, $14,703,000 and $9,721,000$13,314,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively, and total capitalized stock-based compensation cost was $8,379,000, $5,140,000$9,266,000, $9,667,000 and $5,284,000$5,457,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. At December 31, 2013,2016, there was a total of $2,674,000 and $7,889,000 in unrecognized compensation cost of $24,421,000 for unvested stock options and unvested restricted stock respectively,and performance awards, which does not include estimated forfeitures. The unrecognized compensation cost for unvested stock optionsforfeitures, and restricted stock is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 and 2.5 years, respectively.

3.5 years.



The Company estimates the forfeiture of stock options and recognizes compensation cost net of the estimated forfeitures. The estimated forfeitures included in compensation cost are adjusted to reflect actual forfeitures at the end of the vesting period. The forfeiture rate at December 31, 20132016 was 1.4%0.8%. The application of estimated forfeitures did not materially impact compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

2016, 2015 and 2014. As discussed Note 1, “Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies,” under “Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards,” the Company will adopt the provision of ASU 2016-09 and recognize forfeitures as they occur beginning in 2017.


Employee Stock Purchase Plan


In October 1996, the Company adopted the 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended, the "ESPP"“ESPP”). Initially 1,000,000 shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under this plan. There are currently 724,675692,812 shares remaining available for issuance under the ESPP. Full-time employees of the Company generally are eligible to participate in the ESPP if, as of the last day of the applicable election period, they have been employed by the Company for at least one month. All other


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employees of the Company are eligible to participate provided that, as of the applicable election period, they have been employed by the Company for 12 months. Under the ESPP, eligible employees are permitted to acquire shares of the Company's common stock through payroll deductions, subject to maximum purchase limitations. During 2013, the purchase period was a period of seven months beginning April 1 and ending October 30. The Company modified the ESPP beginning in 2014, establishing two purchase periods of approximately six months each.periods. The first purchase period begins January 1 and ends June 10, and the second purchase period begins July 1 and ends December 10. The purchase price for common stock purchased under the plan is 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of the Company's common stock on the first day of the applicable purchase period or the last day of the applicable purchase period. The offering dates, purchase dates and duration of purchase periods may be changed if the change is announced prior to the beginning of the affected date or purchase period. The Company issued 9,260, 6,26011,348, 10,667 and 6,9729,848 shares and recognized compensation expense of $174,000, $127,000$289,000, $321,000 and $216,000$407,000 under the ESPP for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, respectively. The Company accounts for transactions under the ESPP using the fair value method prescribed by accounting guidance applicable to entities that use employee share purchase plans.


10. Related Party Arrangements

Unconsolidated Entities

The Company manages unconsolidated real estate entities for which it receives asset management, property management, development and redevelopment fee revenue. From these entities, the Company earned fees of $5,599,000, $9,947,000 and $11,050,000 in the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These fees are recognized on an accrual basis when earned in accordance with the accounting guidance applicable to revenue recognition, and are included in management, development and other fees on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. In addition, the Company has outstanding receivables associated with its property and construction management role of $5,239,000 and $3,832,000 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Director Compensation

Directors of the Company who are also employees receive no additional compensation for their services as a director. Following each annual meeting of stockholders, non-employee directors receive (i) a number of shares of restricted stock (or deferred stock awards) having a value of $130,000 and (ii) a cash payment of $70,000, payable in quarterly installments of $17,500. The number of shares of restricted stock (or deferred stock awards) is calculated based on the closing price on the day of the award. Non-employee directors may elect to receive all or a portion of cash payments in the form of a deferred stock award. In addition, beginning in May 2014, the Lead Independent Directors receive in the aggregate an additional annual fee of $25,000 payable in equal quarterly installments of $6,250, and non-employee directors serving as the chairperson of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees receive additional cash compensation of $10,000 per year payable in quarterly installments of $2,500.

The Company recorded non-employee director compensation expense relating to restricted stock grants and deferred stock awards in the amount of $1,216,000, $1,135,000 and $1,049,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, as a component of general and administrative expense. Deferred compensation relating to these restricted stock grants and deferred stock awards to non-employee directors was $531,000, $488,000 and $452,000 on December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued 44,327 shares in conjunction with the conversion of deferred stock awards.


11. Fair Value


Financial Instruments Carried at Fair Value


Derivative Financial Instruments


Currently, the Company uses interest rate swap and interest rate cap agreements to manage its interest rate risk. These instruments are carried at fair value in the Company's financial statements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of counterparty nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of its net position with a given counterparty, as well as any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts and guarantees. The Company minimizes its credit risk on these transactions by dealing with major, creditworthy financial institutions which have an A or better credit rating by the Standard & Poor's Ratings Group. As part of its on-going control procedures, the Company monitors the credit ratings of counterparties and the exposure of the Company to any single entity, thus reducing credit risk concentration. The Company believes the likelihood of realizing losses from counterparty nonperformance is remote. Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, such as interest rate, term to maturity and volatility, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives use Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties. As of December 31, 2013,2016, the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its derivative positions and has determined it is not significant. As a result, the Company has determined that its derivative valuations are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.


Hedge ineffectiveness did not have a material impact on earnings of the Company for 20132016 or any prior period, and the Company does not anticipate that it will have a material effect in the future.


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The following table summarizes the consolidated Hedging Derivativesderivative positions at December 31, 2013, excluding derivatives executed to hedge debt on communities classified as held for sale2016 (dollars in thousands):


  
Non-designated
Hedges
Interest Rate Caps
 
Cash Flow
Hedges
Interest Rate Caps
 
Cash Flow
Hedges
Interest Rate Swaps
Notional balance $715,820
 $35,898
 $800,000
Weighted average interest rate (1) 2.5% 2.7% N/A
Weighted average swapped/capped interest rate 6.2% 5.9% 2.3%
Earliest maturity date February 2017
 April 2019
 November 2017
Latest maturity date November 2021
 April 2019
 November 2017

(1)For interest rate caps, represents the weighted average interest rate on the hedged debt.
 
 Non-designated
Hedges
 Cash Flow
Hedges
 
 
 Interest
Rate Caps
 Interest
Rate Caps
 

Notional balance

 $611,395 $134,132 

Weighted average interest rate(1)

  1.8% 2.5%

Weighted average capped interest rate

  5.9% 4.9%

Earliest maturity date

  Mar-14  Apr-15 

Latest maturity date

  Aug-18  Jun-15 


(1)
ForIn 2016 and 2015, the Company entered into $1,200,000,000 of forward interest rate caps, this representsswap agreements executed to reduce the weighted averageimpact of variability in interest rates on a portion of the Company's expected debt issuance activity in 2016 and 2017. In May 2016, the Company settled $400,000,000 of the aggregate outstanding swaps, as discussed below. For the remaining outstanding swaps, at maturity of the agreements, the Company expects to cash settle the contracts and either pay or receive cash for the then current fair value. Assuming that the Company issues the debt as expected, the impact from settling these positions will then be recognized over the life of the issued debt as a yield adjustment.

In May 2016, in conjunction with the Company's May 2016 unsecured note issuance, the Company settled $400,000,000 of forward interest rate swap agreements designated as cash flow hedges of the interest rate variability on the debt.forecasted issuance of the unsecured notes, making a payment of $14,847,000. The Company has deferred the effective portion of the fair value change of these swaps in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, and will recognize the impact as a component of interest expense, net, over the life of the unsecured notes.


Excluding derivatives executed to hedge secured debt on communities classified as held for sale, the Company had three11 derivatives designated as a cash flow hedgeshedge and 1415 derivatives not designated as hedges at December 31, 2013. Other than the fair value change associated with the forward interest rate protection agreement discussed below, fair2016. Fair value changes for derivatives not in qualifying hedge relationships for years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, were not material. To adjust the Hedging Derivatives in qualifying cash flow hedges to their fair value and recognize the impact of hedge accounting, the Company recorded a decrease to other comprehensive loss of $5,892,000 during the year ended December 31, 2013 and recorded an increase in other comprehensive loss of $22,876,000 and $85,845,000 during the years ended December 31, 20122016 and 2011, respectively. 2015, were not material. During 2016, the Company deferred $5,556,000 of losses for cash flow hedges reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss).


The Company reclassified $59,376,000 offollowing table summarizes the deferred losses reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income as a change to earnings, for the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily associated with the forwardcomponent of interest rate protection agreement discussed below. expense, net (dollars in thousands):

 For the year ended
 12/31/16 12/31/15 12/31/14
Cash flow hedge losses reclassified to earnings$6,433
 $5,774
 $6,237

The Company anticipates reclassifying approximately $5,493,000$6,975,000 of hedging losses from accumulated other comprehensive incomeloss into earnings within the next 12 months to offset the variability of cash flows of the hedged item during this period. The Company did not have any derivatives designated as fair value hedges as of December 31, 20132016 and 2012.

        The Company was party to a $215,000,000 forward interest rate protection agreement, which was entered into in 2011 to reduce the impact of variability in interest rates on a portion of its expected debt issuance activity in 2013. The Company settled this position at its maturity in May 2013 with a payment to the counterparty of $51,000,000, the fair value at the time of settlement. Based on changes in the Company's capital requirements for the year, the Company did not issue the anticipated debt for which this interest rate protection agreement was transacted. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company recognized the deferred loss of $53,484,000 for the forward interest rate protection agreement in Loss on interest rate contract on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

2015.


Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests


The Company provided redemption options (the "Puts"“Puts”) that allow joint venture partners of the Company to require the Company to purchase their interests in the investment at a guaranteed minimum amount related to three ventures, two of which were assumed as part of the Archstone


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Acquisition.ventures. The Puts are payable in cash. The Company determines the fair value of the Puts based on unobservable inputs considering the assumptions that market participants would make in pricing the obligations, applying a guaranteed rate of return to the joint venture partners' net capital contribution balances as of period end. Given the significance of the unobservable inputs, the valuations are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.


The Company issued units of limited partnership interest in DownREITs which provide the DownREIT limited partners the ability to present all or some of their units for redemption for cash as determined by the partnership agreement. Under the DownREIT agreements, for each limited partnership unit, the limited partner is entitled to receive cash in the amount equal to the fair value of the Company's common stock on or about the date of redemption. In lieu of cash redemption, the Company may elect to exchange such units for an equal number of shares of the Company's common stock. The limited partnership units in the DownREITs are valued using the market price of the Company's common stock, a Level 1 price under the fair value hierarchy.


Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value


Cash and Cash Equivalents


Cash and cash equivalent balances are held with various financial institutions, within principal protected accounts. The Company monitors credit ratings of these financial institutions and the concentration of cash and cash equivalent balances with any one financial institution and believes the likelihood of realizing material losses related to cash and cash equivalent balances is remote. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at their face amounts, which reasonably approximate their fair values.

values and are Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy.


Other Financial Instruments


Rents receivable,and other receivables and prepaids, accounts and construction payable and accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at their face amounts, which reasonably approximate their fair values.


The Company values its unsecured notes using quoted market prices, a Level 1 price within the fair value hierarchy. The Company values its notes payable and outstanding amounts under the Credit Facility and Term Loan using a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each instrument. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the instrument, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves. The process also considers credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect the Company'sCompany’s nonperformance risk. The Company has concluded that the value of its notes payable and amounts outstanding under its credit facilityCredit Facility and Term Loan are Level 2 prices as the majority of the inputs used to value its positions fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.


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Financial Instruments Measured/Disclosed at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis


The following table summarizes the classification between the three levels of the fair value hierarchy of the Company's financial instruments measured/disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis (dollars in thousands):


Description
 Total Fair
Value
 Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total Fair
Value
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 12-31-2013 12/31/2016
Non Designated Hedges       

Interest Rate Caps

 $106 $ $106 $ $79
 $
 $79
 $

Put(s)

 (15,998)   (15,998)
Cash Flow Hedges       
Interest Rate Caps2
 
 2
 
Interest Rate Swaps14,775
 
 14,775
 
Puts(6,002) 
 
 (6,002)

DownREIT units

 (887) (887)   (1,329) (1,329) 
 

Indebtedness

 (6,294,848) (2,657,143) (3,637,705)         
         
Unsecured notes(4,218,627) (4,218,627) 
 
Mortgage notes payable and Term Loan(2,744,462) 
 (2,744,462) 

Total

 $(6,311,627)$(2,658,030)$(3,637,599)$(15,998)$(6,955,564) $(4,219,956) $(2,729,606) $(6,002)
                
         12/31/2015

 

    12-31-2012 

 
Non Designated Hedges    

  
Interest Rate Caps$26
 $
 $26
 $
Cash Flow Hedges       

Interest Rate Caps

 $19 $ $19 $ 5
 
 5
 

Interest Rate Swaps

 (53,484)  (53,484)  5,422
 
 5,422
 

Put

 (5,574)   (5,574)
Puts(8,181) 
 
 (8,181)

DownREIT units

 (1,017) (1,017)   (1,381) (1,381) 
 

Indebtedness

 (4,077,397) (2,102,927) (1,974,470)         
         
Unsecured notes(3,668,417) (3,668,417) 
 
Mortgage notes payable and Term Loan(2,700,341) 
 (2,700,341) 

Total

 $(4,137,453)$(2,103,944)$(2,027,935)$(5,574)$(6,372,867) $(3,669,798) $(2,694,888) $(8,181)
         
         


12. Related Party Arrangements

Unconsolidated Entities

        The Company manages unconsolidated real estate entities for which it receives asset management, property management, development and redevelopment fee revenue. From these entities, the Company received fees of $11,502,000, $10,257,000 and $9,656,000 in the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These fees are included in management, development and other fees on the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. In addition, the Company has outstanding receivables associated with its management role of $7,004,000 and $3,484,000 as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Director Compensation

        Directors of the Company who are also employees receive no additional compensation for their services as a director. Following each annual meeting of stockholders, non-employee directors receive (i) a number of shares of restricted stock (or deferred stock awards) having a value of $125,000 and (ii) a cash payment of $60,000, payable in quarterly installments of $15,000. The number of shares of restricted stock (or deferred stock awards) is calculated based on the closing price on the day of the award. Non-employee directors may elect to receive all or a portion of cash payments in the form of a deferred stock award. In addition, the Lead Independent Director receives an annual fee of $30,000 payable in equal quarterly installments of $7,500.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

12. Related Party Arrangements (Continued)

        The Company recorded non-employee director compensation expense relating to restricted stock grants and deferred stock awards in the amount of $992,000, $880,000, and $778,000 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, as a component of general and administrative expense. Deferred compensation relating to these restricted stock grants and deferred stock awards was $417,000 and $364,000 on December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

13. Quarterly Financial Information


The following summary represents the unaudited quarterly results of operations for the years ended December 31, 20132016 and 20122015 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)data):

 
 For the three months ended(2) 
 
 3-31-13 6-30-13 9-30-13 12-31-13 

Total revenue(1)

 $301,356 $378,207 $389,189 $394,169 

Income (loss) from continuing operations(1)

 $(14,767)$334 $(15,949)$88,209 

Total discontinued operations(1)

 $90,237 $35,763 $5,063 $163,881 

Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders

 $75,427 $36,218 $(10,715)$252,212 

Net income (loss) per common share—basic

 $0.63 $0.28 $(0.08)$1.95 

Net income (loss) per common share—diluted

 $0.63 $0.28 $(0.08)$1.95 
 For the three months ended (1)
 3/31/16 6/30/16 9/30/16 12/31/16
Total revenue$508,498
 $502,307
 $516,211
 $518,240
Net income$237,877
 $197,319
 $356,329
 $242,183
Net income attributable to common stockholders$237,931
 $197,444
 $356,392
 $242,235
Net income per common share - basic$1.73
 $1.44
 $2.60
 $1.76
Net income per common share - diluted$1.73
 $1.44
 $2.59
 $1.76

 For the three months ended (1)
 3/31/15 6/30/15 9/30/15 12/31/15
Total revenue$442,367
 $457,459
 $475,360
 $480,840
Net income$208,053
 $172,253
 $206,076
 $155,352
Net income attributable to common stockholders$208,144
 $172,324
 $206,142
 $155,428
Net income per common share - basic$1.57
 $1.30
 $1.54
 $1.13
Net income per common share - diluted$1.56
 $1.29
 $1.53
 $1.13

(1)Amounts may not equal full year results due to rounding.

 
 For the three months ended(2) 
 
 3-31-12 6-30-12 9-30-12 12-31-12 

Total revenue(1)

 $236,788 $244,697 $257,568 $261,574 

Income from continuing operations(1)

 $50,380 $54,975 $80,715 $64,361 

Total discontinued operations(1)

 $7,229 $101,846 $6,033 $58,023 

Net income attributable to common stockholders

 $57,758 $156,909 $86,844 $122,356 

Net income per common share—basic

 $0.61 $1.64 $0.89 $1.19 

Net income per common share—diluted

 $0.60 $1.63 $0.89 $1.19 

(1)
Amounts may not equal previously reported results due to reclassification between income from continuing operations and income from discontinued operations.

(2)
Amounts may not equal full year results due to rounding.

14. 13. Subsequent Events


The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date on which this Form 10-K was filed, the date on which these financial statements were issued, and identified the items below for discussion.


In February 2014,January 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell an operating community containing 450 apartment homes and net real estate of $51,342,000 as of December 31, 2016, resulting in the community qualifying as held for sale. The Company expects to complete the sale in the first quarter of 2017.

In January 2017, the Company sold Avalon Valley,two undeveloped land parcels located in Danbury, CT. Avalon Valley contains 268 homes and was sold for $53,325,000.

        On February 18, 2014, Lehman announcedNewcastle, WA that it had sold all of the sharesare adjacent to one of the Company's common stock it receivedDevelopment Communities for $20,500,000.


In February 2017, a fire occurred at the Company's Avalon Maplewood Development Community, located in Maplewood, NJ, which was under construction and not yet occupied. The Company is currently assessing its direct losses resulting from the fire, which could vary based on costs and time to rebuild the portion of the Development Community that was destroyed and/or damaged, as considerationwell as its potential liability to third parties who may have incurred damages on account of the fire. While the Company currently believes that its direct losses and any potential liability to third parties will be substantially covered by its insurance policies, including coverage for the Archstone Acquisition. Lehman received allreplacement cost of the net proceeds from the sale of its sharesbuilding, third party claims and business interruption loss, subject to deductibles as well as a self-insured portion of the Company's common stock, and Lehman's sale of such shares did not impactproperty insurance for which the total numberCompany is obligated for 12% of the Company's sharesfirst $50,000,000 in losses, the Company can give no assurances in this regard and continues to evaluate this matter.

In February 2017, the Company repaid $17,300,000 of common stock outstanding.

variable rate debt secured by Avalon at Mountain View at its scheduled maturity date.

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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

December 31, 2013

2016

(Dollars in thousands)




 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon Fremont

 Fremont, CA $10,746 $43,399 $4,989 $10,746 $48,388 $59,134 $26,226 $32,908 $  1994 

Eaves Dublin

 Dublin, CA  5,276  19,642  4,657  5,276  24,299  29,575  13,221  16,354    1989/1997 

Avalon Campbell

 Campbell, CA  11,830  47,828  13,115  11,830  60,943  72,773  26,380  46,393  38,800  1995 

Eaves Daly City

 Daly City, CA  4,230  9,659  18,619  4,230  28,278  32,508  13,771  18,737    1972/1997 

AVA Nob Hill

 San Francisco, CA  5,403  21,567  6,887  5,403  28,454  33,857  13,017  20,840  20,800  1990/1995 

Eaves San Jose

 San Jose, CA  12,920  53,047  18,824  12,920  71,871  84,791  26,152  58,639    1985/1996 

Eaves San Rafael

 San Rafael, CA  5,982  16,885  24,021  5,982  40,906  46,888  16,644  30,244    1973/1996 

Eaves Pleasanton

 Pleasanton, CA  11,610  46,552  21,254  11,610  67,806  79,416  31,024  48,392    1988/1994 

AVA Newport

 Costa Mesa, CA  1,975  3,814  9,801  1,975  13,615  15,590  4,982  10,608    1956/1996 

AVA Burbank

 Burbank, CA  22,483  28,104  42,461  22,483  70,565  93,048  29,267  63,781    1961/1997 

Avalon Mission Viejo

 Mission Viejo, CA  2,517  9,257  2,486  2,517  11,743  14,260  6,776  7,484  7,635  1984/1996 

Eaves South Coast

 Costa Mesa, CA  4,709  16,063  12,769  4,709  28,832  33,541  12,855  20,686    1973/1996 

Avalon at Mission Bay

 San Diego, CA  9,922  40,580  17,630  9,922  58,210  68,132  30,126  38,006    1969/1997 

Eaves Mission Ridge

 San Diego, CA  2,710  10,924  11,191  2,710  22,115  24,825  11,438  13,387    1960/1997 

Eaves Union City

 Union City, CA  4,249  16,820  2,797  4,249  19,617  23,866  10,652  13,214    1973/1996 

Avalon on the Alameda

 San Jose, CA  6,119  50,225  1,620  6,119  51,845  57,964  26,168  31,796  52,278  1999 

Eaves Foster City

 Foster City, CA  7,852  31,445  11,208  7,852  42,653  50,505  19,676  30,829    1973/1994 

Eaves Pacifica

 Pacifica, CA  6,125  24,796  2,271  6,125  27,067  33,192  14,548  18,644  17,600  1971/1995 

Avalon Sunset Towers

 San Francisco, CA  3,561  21,321  14,834  3,561  36,155  39,716  14,941  24,775    1961/1996 

Avalon Silicon Valley

 Sunnyvale, CA  20,713  99,573  4,610  20,713  104,183  124,896  55,535  69,361    1997/1998 

Avalon Woodland Hills

 Woodland Hills, CA  23,828  40,372  46,931  23,828  87,303  111,131  33,347  77,784    1989/1997 

Avalon Mountain View

 Mountain View, CA  9,755  39,393  9,511  9,755  48,904  58,659  23,899  34,760  18,300  1986 

Eaves Santa Margarita

 Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  4,607  16,911  10,248  4,607  27,159  31,766  11,720  20,046    1990/1997 

Eaves Diamond Heights

 San Francisco, CA  4,726  19,130  5,790  4,726  24,920  29,646  12,155  17,491    1972/1994 

Eaves Fremont

 Fremont, CA  6,581  26,583  9,731  6,581  36,314  42,895  17,974  24,921    1985/1994 

Eaves Creekside

 Mountain View, CA  6,546  26,263  11,616  6,546  37,879  44,425  19,307  25,118    1962/1997 

Eaves Warner Center

 Woodland Hills, CA  7,045  12,986  9,187  7,045  22,173  29,218  12,142  17,076    1979/1998 

Eaves Huntington Beach

 Huntington Beach, CA  4,871  19,745  9,522  4,871  29,267  34,138  15,512  18,626    1971/1997 

AVA Cortez Hill

 San Diego, CA  2,768  20,134  23,465  2,768  43,599  46,367  17,309  29,058    1973/1998 

Avalon at Cahill Park

 San Jose, CA  4,765  47,600  919  4,765  48,519  53,284  19,093  34,191    2002 

Avalon Towers on the Peninsula

 Mountain View, CA  9,560  56,136  958  9,560  57,094  66,654  23,134  43,520    2002 

Avalon at Mission Bay North

 San Francisco, CA  14,029  78,452  1,924  14,029  80,376  94,405  30,224  64,181  70,959  2003 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES                        
NEW ENGLAND                          
Boston, MA                          
Avalon at Lexington Lexington, MA 198
 $2,124
 $12,567
 $9,801
 $2,124
 $22,368
 $24,492
 $13,202
 $11,290
 $11,703
 $
 1994
Avalon Oaks Wilmington, MA 204
 2,129
 17,567
 5,259
 2,129
 22,826
 24,955
 12,802
 12,153
 12,771
 
 1999
Eaves Quincy Quincy, MA 245
 1,743
 14,662
 9,937
 1,743
 24,599
 26,342
 13,543
 12,799
 13,449
 
 1986/1995
Avalon Oaks West Wilmington, MA 120
 3,318
 13,465
 1,140
 3,318
 14,605
 17,923
 7,481
 10,442
 10,687
 15,420
 2002
Avalon Orchards Marlborough, MA 156
 2,983
 17,970
 2,520
 2,983
 20,490
 23,473
 10,608
 12,865
 13,431
 16,075
 2002
Avalon at Newton Highlands Newton, MA 294
 11,039
 45,547
 4,411
 11,039
 49,958
 60,997
 23,327
 37,670
 39,040
 
 2003
Avalon at The Pinehills Plymouth, MA 192
 6,876
 30,401
 456
 6,876
 30,857
 37,733
 10,017
 27,716
 28,679
 
 2004
Eaves Peabody Peabody, MA 286
 4,645
 18,919
 12,758
 4,645
 31,677
 36,322
 11,993
 24,329
 25,110
 
 1962/2004
Avalon at Bedford Center Bedford, MA 139
 4,258
 20,551
 877
 4,258
 21,428
 25,686
 8,116
 17,570
 17,921
 
 2006
Avalon at Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill, MA 204
 14,572
 45,911
 2,522
 14,572
 48,433
 63,005
 17,365
 45,640
 47,031
 38,564
 2007
Avalon at Lexington Hills Lexington, MA 387
 8,691
 79,121
 3,574
 8,691
 82,695
 91,386
 25,145
 66,241
 67,206
 
 2008
Avalon Acton Acton, MA 380
 13,124
 48,695
 3,055
 13,124
 51,750
 64,874
 15,599
 49,275
 50,588
 45,000
 2008
Avalon at the Hingham Shipyard Hingham, MA 235
 12,218
 41,656
 1,879
 12,218
 43,535
 55,753
 12,112
 43,641
 44,029
 
 2009
Avalon Sharon Sharon, MA 156
 4,719
 25,478
 613
 4,719
 26,091
 30,810
 7,850
 22,960
 23,674
 
 2008
Avalon Northborough Northborough, MA 382
 8,144
 52,343
 946
 8,144
 53,289
 61,433
 12,973
 48,460
 49,624
 
 2009
Avalon Blue Hills Randolph, MA 276
 11,110
 34,580
 1,068
 11,110
 35,648
 46,758
 9,444
 37,314
 38,309
 
 2009
Avalon Cohasset Cohasset, MA 220
 8,802
 46,166
 187
 8,802
 46,353
 55,155
 8,220
 46,935
 48,512
 
 2012
Avalon Andover Andover, MA 115
 4,276
 21,871
 180
 4,276
 22,051
 26,327
 3,702
 22,625
 23,291
 13,844
 2012
Avalon Natick Natick, MA 407
 15,645
 64,845
 19
 15,645
 64,864
 80,509
 8,090
 72,419
 74,738
 50,067
 2013
Avalon at Assembly Row (1) Somerville, MA 195
 8,537
 52,378
 
 8,537
 52,378
 60,915
 4,885
 56,030
 53,757
 
 2015
Avalon Prudential Center II (2) Boston, MA 266
 8,776
 35,496
 44,920
 8,776
 80,416
 89,192
 29,974
 59,218
 56,806
 
 1968/1998
Avalon Prudential Center I (2) Boston, MA 243
 8,002
 32,370
 33,896
 8,002
 66,266
 74,268
 26,682
 47,586
 46,823
 
 1968/1998
Eaves Burlington Burlington, MA 203
 7,714
 32,499
 5,968
 7,714
 38,467
 46,181
 5,074
 41,107
 41,700
 
 1988/2012
Avalon Canton at Blue Hills Canton, MA 196
 6,562
 33,956
 133
 6,562
 34,089
 40,651
 3,260
 37,391
 38,543
 
 2014
Avalon Burlington (2) Burlington, MA 312
 15,600
 58,499
 17,434
 15,600
 75,933
 91,533
 10,398
 81,135
 81,080
 
 1989/2013
Eaves North Quincy Quincy, MA 224
 11,940
 39,400
 2,913
 11,940
 42,313
 54,253
 7,761
 46,492
 47,901
 
 1977/2013
Avalon at Center Place (1) Providence, RI 225
 
 26,816
 11,511
 
 38,327
 38,327
 22,752
 15,575
 16,005
 
 1991/1997
Total Boston, MA 6,460
 $207,547
 $963,729
 $177,977
 $207,547
 $1,141,706
 $1,349,253
 $342,375
 $1,006,878
 $1,022,408
 $178,970
  
                           

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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)

December 31, 2013

2016

(Dollars in thousands)



 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon at Glendale

 Burbank, CA    42,564  653    43,217  43,217  15,350  27,867    2003 

Avalon Burbank

 Burbank, CA  14,053  56,827  23,763  14,053  80,590  94,643  26,423  68,220    1988/2002 

Avalon Camarillo

 Camarillo, CA  8,446  40,290  86  8,446  40,376  48,822  10,901  37,921    2006 

Avalon Wilshire

 Los Angeles, CA  5,459  41,182  954  5,459  42,136  47,595  9,762  37,833    2007 

Avalon Encino

 Los Angeles, CA  12,789  49,073  380  12,789  49,453  62,242  9,036  53,206    2008 

Avalon Warner Place

 Canoga Park, CA  7,920  44,848  163  7,920  45,011  52,931  8,895  44,036    2007 

Avalon Fashion Valley

 San Diego, CA  19,627  44,972  285  19,627  45,257  64,884  8,208  56,676    2008 

Avalon Anaheim Stadium

 Anaheim, CA  27,874  69,156  596  27,874  69,752  97,626  11,824  85,802    2009 

Avalon Union City

 Union City, CA  14,732  104,025  232  14,732  104,257  118,989  16,046  102,943    2009 

Avalon Irvine

 Irvine, CA  9,911  67,524  66  9,911  67,590  77,501  10,104  67,397    2010 

Avalon at Mission Bay III

 San Francisco, CA  28,687  119,156  75  28,687  119,231  147,918  18,465  129,453    2009 

Avalon Walnut Creek

 Walnut Creek, CA    145,904  1,090    146,994  146,994  17,080  129,914  137,542  2010 

Avalon Ocean Avenue

 San Francisco, CA  5,544  50,868  1,740  5,544  52,608  58,152  2,916  55,236    2012 

Eaves Phillips Ranch

 Pomona, CA  9,796  41,740  59  9,796  41,799  51,595  4,023  47,572    1989/2011 

Eaves San Dimas

 San Dimas, CA  1,916  7,819  24  1,916  7,843  9,759  758  9,001    1978/2011 

Eaves San Dimas Canyon

 San Dimas, CA  2,953  12,428  180  2,953  12,608  15,561  1,201  14,360    1981/2011 

Eaves San Marcos

 San Marcos, CA  3,277  13,385    3,277  13,385  16,662  1,302  15,360    1988/2011 

Eaves Rancho Penasquitos

 San Diego, CA  6,692  27,143  37  6,692  27,180  33,872  2,585  31,287    1986/2011 

Eaves Lake Forest

 Lake Forest, CA  5,199  21,134  395  5,199  21,529  26,728  2,026  24,702    1975/2011 

AVA Pasadena

 Pasadena, CA  8,400  11,547  3,587  8,400  15,134  23,534  732  22,802  11,869  1973/2012 

Eaves Cerritos

 Artesia, CA  8,305  21,195    8,305  21,195  29,500  1,131  28,369    1973/2012 

Avalon Del Rey

 Los Angeles, CA  30,900  72,008  297  30,900  72,305  103,205  3,508  99,697    2006/2012 

Eaves Walnut Creek

 Walnut Creek, CA  29,650  83,045  4,219  29,650  87,264  116,914  6,611  110,303    1987/2013 

Avalon Simi Valley

 Simi Valley, CA  41,610  73,771  4,303  41,610  78,074  119,684  6,279  113,405    2007/2013 

Eaves La Mesa

 La Mesa, CA  6,950  31,022  1,097  6,950  32,119  39,069  1,897  37,172    1989/2013 

Archstone Studio City II

 Los Angeles, CA  4,626  22,954  943  4,626  23,897  28,523  1,641  26,882    1991/2013 

Archstone Studio City III

 Los Angeles, CA  15,756  78,178  3,260  15,756  81,438  97,194  5,590  91,604    2002/2013 

Avalon Willow Glen

 San Jose, CA  47,030  80,987  3,871  47,030  84,858  131,888  6,364  125,524    2002/2013 

Avalon Calabasas

 Calabasas, CA  35,450  114,912  6,156  35,450  121,068  156,518  9,147  147,371  101,724  1988/2013 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
Fairfield-New Haven, CT                          
Eaves Stamford Stamford, CT 238
 $5,956
 $23,993
 $12,946
 $5,956
 $36,939
 $42,895
 $22,837
 $20,058
 $21,302
 $
 1991
Avalon Wilton on River Rd Wilton, CT 102
 2,116
 14,664
 5,873
 2,116
 20,537
 22,653
 11,339
 11,314
 12,020
 
 1997
Avalon New Canaan New Canaan, CT 104
 4,834
 22,990
 1,943
 4,834
 24,933
 29,767
 12,178
 17,589
 18,345
 
 2002
AVA Stamford Stamford, CT 306
 13,819
 56,499
 5,263
 13,819
 61,762
 75,581
 30,120
 45,461
 47,552
 
 2002/2002
Avalon Danbury Danbury, CT 234
 4,933
 30,638
 1,004
 4,933
 31,642
 36,575
 12,630
 23,945
 24,890
 
 2005
Avalon Darien Darien, CT 189
 6,926
 34,558
 2,345
 6,926
 36,903
 43,829
 16,641
 27,188
 28,363
 
 2004
Avalon Milford Milford, CT 246
 8,746
 22,699
 1,296
 8,746
 23,995
 32,741
 10,260
 22,481
 23,102
 
 2004
Avalon Norwalk Norwalk, CT 311
 11,320
 62,904
 666
 11,320
 63,570
 74,890
 13,904
 60,986
 63,064
 
 2011
Avalon Huntington Shelton, CT 99
 5,277
 20,029
 242
 5,277
 20,271
 25,548
 5,808
 19,740
 20,311
 
 2008
Avalon Wilton on Danbury Rd Wilton, CT 100
 6,604
 23,758
 29
 6,604
 23,787
 30,391
 4,710
 25,681
 26,514
 
 2011
Avalon Shelton Shelton, CT 250
 7,749
 40,264
 26
 7,749
 40,290
 48,039
 5,213
 42,826
 44,286
 
 2013
Avalon East Norwalk Norwalk, CT 240
 10,395
 36,246
 
 10,395
 36,246
 46,641
 4,324
 42,317
 43,660
 
 2013
Avalon Stratford Stratford, CT 130
 2,564
 27,157
 
 2,564
 27,157
 29,721
 2,297
 27,424
 28,351
 38,221
 2014
Total Fairfield-New Haven, CT 2,549
 $91,239
 $416,399
 $31,633
 $91,239
 $448,032
 $539,271
 $152,261
 $387,010
 $401,760
 $38,221
  
                         
TOTAL NEW ENGLAND 9,009
 $298,786
 $1,380,128
 $209,610
 $298,786
 $1,589,738
 $1,888,524
 $494,636
 $1,393,888
 $1,424,168
 $217,191
  
METRO NY/NJ                          
New York City, NY                          
Avalon Riverview (1) Long Island City, NY 372
 $
 $94,061
 $9,718
 $
 $103,779
 $103,779
 $48,867
 $54,912
 $55,494
 $
 2002
Avalon Bowery Place I New York, NY 206
 18,575
 75,009
 2,717
 18,575
 77,726
 96,301
 27,419
 68,882
 71,256
 93,800
 2006
Avalon Bowery Place II New York, NY 90
 9,106
 47,199
 3,649
 9,106
 50,848
 59,954
 15,347
 44,607
 45,979
 
 2007
Avalon Morningside Park (1) New York, NY 295
 
 114,233
 1,465
 
 115,698
 115,698
 32,671
 83,027
 86,539
 100,000
 2009
Avalon Fort Greene Brooklyn, NY 631
 83,038
 216,802
 1,742
 83,038
 218,544
 301,582
 50,369
 251,213
 258,047
 
 2010
AVA High Line (1) New York, NY 405
 
 155,989
 16
 
 156,005
 156,005
 3,878
 152,127
 152,111
 
 2015
Avalon Midtown West New York, NY 550
 154,730
 180,253
 13,608
 154,730
 193,861
 348,591
 35,495
 313,096
 318,046
 100,500
 1998/2013
Avalon Clinton North (2) New York, NY 339
 84,069
 105,821
 10,390
 84,069
 116,211
 200,280
 19,540
 180,740
 181,136
 147,000
 2008/2013
Avalon Clinton South New York, NY 288
 71,421
 89,851
 5,957
 71,421
 95,808
 167,229
 16,899
 150,330
 152,700
 121,500
 2007/2013
Total New York City, NY 3,176
 $420,939
 $1,079,218
 $49,262
 $420,939
 $1,128,480
 $1,549,419
 $250,485
 $1,298,934
 $1,321,308
 $562,800
  
                           
New York - Suburban                          
Avalon Commons Smithtown, NY 312
 $4,679
 $28,286
 $6,012
 $4,679
 $34,298
 $38,977
 $21,265
 $17,712
 $18,817
 $
 1997
Avalon Willow Mamaroneck, NY 227
 6,207
 40,791
 2,023
 6,207
 42,814
 49,021
 24,868
 24,153
 25,379
 
 2000

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 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon Oak Creek

 Agoura Hills, CA  34,560  88,954  4,084  34,560  93,038  127,598  6,535  121,063  85,288  2004/2013 

Avalon Santa Monica on Main

 Santa Monica, CA  31,980  60,790  2,966  31,980  63,756  95,736  4,654  91,082    2007/2013 

Avalon Del Mar Station

 Pasadena, CA  20,560  106,556  3,065  20,560  109,621  130,181  6,024  124,157  76,471  2006/2013 

Archstone La Jolla Colony

 San Diego, CA  17,150  27,304  1,640  17,150  28,944  46,094  2,528  43,566  27,176  1987/2013 

Eaves Old Town Pasadena

 Pasadena, CA  8,930  15,551  987  8,930  16,538  25,468  1,441  24,027  15,669  1972/2013 

Eaves Thousand Oaks

 Thousand Oaks, CA  14,500  19,661  1,674  14,500  21,335  35,835  2,313  33,522  27,411  1992/2013 

Avalon Walnut Ridge I

 Walnut Creek, CA  10,040  19,670  820  10,040  20,490  30,530  1,415  29,115  20,754  2000/2013 

Eaves Los Feliz

 Los Feliz, CA  18,940  43,661  2,672  18,940  46,333  65,273  3,880  61,393  43,258  1989/2013 

Eaves West Valley

 San Jose, CA  91,710  112,808  6,755  91,710  119,563  211,273  10,264  201,009  83,087  1970/2013 

Eaves Seal Beach

 Huntington Beach, CA  46,310  100,479  4,294  46,310  104,773  151,083  7,336  143,747  86,167  1971/2013 

Oakwood Toluca Hills

 Los Angeles, CA  89,450  157,256  9,610  89,450  166,866  256,316  13,883  242,433  167,595  1973/2013 

Eaves Woodland Hills

 Woodland Hills, CA  69,400  90,089  6,940  69,400  97,029  166,429  9,504  156,925  104,694  1970/2013 

Eaves Mountain View at Middlefield

 Mountain View, CA  65,960  67,128  4,541  65,960  71,669  137,629  6,760  130,869  72,374  1969/2013 

Avalon Thousand Oaks Plaza

 Thousand Oaks, CA  13,010  22,381  1,640  13,010  24,021  37,031  2,304  34,727  28,742  2002/2013 

Archstone San Bruno

 San Bruno, CA  37,890  71,574  2,756  37,890  74,330  112,220  4,764  107,456  64,450  2004/2013 

Archstone San Bruno II

 San Bruno, CA  23,787  44,934  1,676  23,787  46,610  70,397  2,991  67,406  31,398  2007/2013 

Archstone San Bruno III

 San Bruno, CA  33,303  62,910  2,354  33,303  65,264  98,567  4,187  94,380  56,210  2010/2013 

Avalon Walnut Ridge II

 Walnut Creek, CA  27,190  57,041  3,194  27,190  60,235  87,425  4,922  82,503    1989/2013 

Avalon Pasadena

 Pasadena, CA  9,980  31,818  1,527  9,980  33,345  43,325  2,390  40,935  28,079  2004/2013 

Archstone Studio City

 Los Angeles, CA  18,178  90,195  3,849  18,178  94,044  112,222  6,447  105,775    1987/2013 

The Springs (1)

 Corona, CA  5,724  23,433  890  5,724  24,323  30,047  3,013  27,034    1987/2006 

Eaves Trumbull

 Trumbull, CT  4,414  31,268  2,860  4,414  34,128  38,542  19,422  19,120  40,018  1997 

Eaves Stamford

 Stamford, CT  5,956  23,993  11,366  5,956  35,359  41,315  18,636  22,679    1991 

Avalon Wilton I

 Wilton, CT  2,116  14,664  5,763  2,116  20,427  22,543  9,113  13,430    1997 

Avalon Valley

 Danbury, CT  2,277  23,561  863  2,277  24,424  26,701  12,210  14,491    1999 

Avalon on Stamford Harbor

 Stamford, CT  10,836  51,883  1,020  10,836  52,903  63,739  20,938  42,801  63,624  2003 

Avalon New Canaan

 New Canaan, CT  4,834  19,485  535  4,834  20,020  24,854  7,960  16,894    2002 

Avalon at Greyrock Place

 Stamford, CT  13,819  56,499  1,949  13,819  58,448  72,267  22,691  49,576  58,385  2002 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
Avalon Court Melville, NY 494
 9,228
 50,063
 5,747
 9,228
 55,810
 65,038
 32,744
 32,294
 31,696
 
 1997
The Avalon Bronxville, NY 110
 2,889
 28,324
 8,318
 2,889
 36,642
 39,531
 18,467
 21,064
 22,038
 
 1999
Avalon at Glen Cove (1) Glen Cove, NY 256
 7,871
 59,969
 3,392
 7,871
 63,361
 71,232
 26,351
 44,881
 45,197
 
 2004
Avalon Pines Coram, NY 450
 8,700
 62,931
 1,401
 8,700
 64,332
 73,032
 25,211
 47,821
 49,598
 
 2005
Avalon Glen Cove North (1) Glen Cove, NY 111
 2,577
 37,336
 434
 2,577
 37,770
 40,347
 12,579
 27,768
 28,990
 
 2007
Avalon White Plains White Plains, NY 407
 15,391
 137,353
 369
 15,391
 137,722
 153,113
 36,925
 116,188
 120,690
 
 2009
Avalon Rockville Centre I Rockville Centre, NY 349
 32,212
 78,806
 334
 32,212
 79,140
 111,352
 14,157
 97,195
 99,724
 
 2012
Avalon Green II Elmsford, NY 444
 27,765
 77,560
 116
 27,765
 77,676
 105,441
 12,904
 92,537
 95,210
 
 2012
Avalon Garden City Garden City, NY 204
 18,205
 49,332
 236
 18,205
 49,568
 67,773
 7,600
 60,173
 61,775
 
 2013
Avalon Ossining Ossining, NY 168
 6,392
 30,313
 
 6,392
 30,313
 36,705
 2,971
 33,734
 34,811
 
 2014
Avalon Westbury Westbury, NY 396
 69,620
 43,781
 10,246
 69,620
 54,027
 123,647
 12,895
 110,752
 112,699
 79,945
 2006/2013
Total New York - Suburban 3,928
 $211,736
 $724,845
 $38,628
 $211,736
 $763,473
 $975,209
 $248,937
 $726,272
 $746,624
 $79,945
  
                           
New Jersey                          
Avalon Cove Jersey City, NJ 504
 $8,760
 $82,422
 $21,979
 $8,760
 $104,401
 $113,161
 $61,207
 $51,954
 $54,651
 $
 1997
Eaves Lawrenceville (2) Lawrenceville, NJ 632
 14,650
 60,486
 11,430
 14,650
 71,916
 86,566
 29,232
 57,334
 56,391
 
 1994
Avalon Princeton Junction West Windsor, NJ 512
 5,585
 22,382
 21,115
 5,585
 43,497
 49,082
 24,495
 24,587
 25,952
 
 1988/1993
Avalon at Florham Park Florham Park, NJ 270
 6,647
 34,906
 3,190
 6,647
 38,096
 44,743
 20,913
 23,830
 24,668
 
 2001
Avalon Run East Lawrenceville, NJ 312
 6,766
 45,359
 1,400
 6,766
 46,759
 53,525
 19,560
 33,965
 35,330
 36,305
 2005
Avalon Tinton Falls Tinton Falls, NJ 216
 7,939
 33,170
 489
 7,939
 33,659
 41,598
 10,070
 31,528
 32,576
 
 2008
Avalon West Long Branch West Long Branch, NJ 180
 2,721
 22,925
 99
 2,721
 23,024
 25,745
 5,196
 20,549
 21,382
 
 2011
Avalon North Bergen North Bergen, NJ 164
 8,984
 30,994
 919
 8,984
 31,913
 40,897
 5,211
 35,686
 36,900
 
 2012
Avalon at Wesmont Station I Wood-Ridge, NJ 266
 14,682
 41,635
 486
 14,682
 42,121
 56,803
 6,812
 49,991
 51,632
 
 2012
Avalon Hackensack at Riverside (1) Hackensack, NJ 226
 
 44,619
 
 
 44,619
 44,619
 5,520
 39,099
 40,722
 
 2013
Avalon Somerset Somerset, NJ 384
 18,241
 58,338
 101
 18,241
 58,439
 76,680
 7,657
 69,023
 71,074
 
 2013
Avalon at Wesmont Station II Wood-Ridge, NJ 140
 6,502
 16,863
 
 6,502
 16,863
 23,365
 2,234
 21,131
 21,762
 
 2013
Avalon Bloomingdale Bloomingdale, NJ 174
 3,006
 27,802
 
 3,006
 27,802
 30,808
 3,173
 27,635
 28,670
 
 2014
Total New Jersey   3,980
 $104,483
 $521,901
 $61,208
 $104,483
 $583,109
 $687,592
 $201,280
 $486,312
 $501,710
 $36,305
  
                           
TOTAL METRO NY/NJ 11,084
 $737,158
 $2,325,964
 $149,098
 $737,158
 $2,475,062
 $3,212,220
 $700,702
 $2,511,518
 $2,569,642
 $679,050
  

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2016

(Dollars in thousands)



 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon Danbury

 Danbury, CT  4,933  30,638  553  4,933  31,191  36,124  9,251  26,873    2005 

Avalon Darien

 Darien, CT  6,926  34,659  1,410  6,926  36,069  42,995  12,348  30,647  48,484  2004 

Avalon Milford I

 Milford, CT  8,746  22,699  577  8,746  23,276  32,022  7,662  24,360    2004 

Avalon Norwalk

 Norwalk, CT  11,320  62,910  24  11,320  62,934  74,254  7,142  67,112    2011 

Avalon Huntington

 Shelton, CT  5,277  20,029  100  5,277  20,129  25,406  3,674  21,732    2008 

Avalon Wilton II

 Wilton, CT  6,604  23,766  6  6,604  23,772  30,376  2,140  28,236    2011 

Avalon at Foxhall

 Washington, DC  6,848  27,614  11,357  6,848  38,971  45,819  23,539  22,280  57,150  1982 

Avalon at Gallery Place

 Washington, DC  8,800  39,658  660  8,800  40,318  49,118  15,057  34,061  44,405  2003 

The Albemarle

 Washington, DC  25,180  52,419  3,523  25,180  55,942  81,122  5,009  76,113    1966/2013 

Eaves Tunlaw Gardens

 Washington, DC  16,430  22,902  1,747  16,430  24,649  41,079  2,369  38,710  28,844  1944/2013 

The Statesman

 Washington, DC  38,140  35,352  3,396  38,140  38,748  76,888  4,505  72,383    1961/2013 

Eaves Glover Park

 Washington, DC  9,580  26,532  1,598  9,580  28,130  37,710  2,376  35,334  23,858  1978/2013 

The Consulate

 Washington, DC  22,960  58,621  3,133  22,960  61,754  84,714  4,755  79,959    1978/2013 

Avalon at Lexington

 Lexington, MA  2,124  12,599  9,082  2,124  21,681  23,805  10,620  13,185    1994 

Avalon Oaks

 Wilmington, MA  2,129  18,676  1,870  2,129  20,546  22,675  10,271  12,404  16,094  1999 

Eaves Quincy

 Quincy, MA  1,743  14,662  9,073  1,743  23,735  25,478  10,954  14,524    1986/1996 

Avalon Essex

 Peabody, MA  5,184  16,320  1,671  5,184  17,991  23,175  8,553  14,622    2000 

Avalon Oaks West

 Wilmington, MA  3,318  13,467  575  3,318  14,042  17,360  5,857  11,503  16,032  2002 

Avalon Orchards

 Marlborough, MA  2,983  18,037  1,752  2,983  19,789  22,772  7,982  14,790  17,530  2002 

Avalon at Newton Highlands

 Newton, MA  11,039  45,590  3,270  11,039  48,860  59,899  17,462  42,437    2003 

Avalon at The Pinehills

 Plymouth, MA  6,876  30,401  136  6,876  30,537  37,413  6,765  30,648    2004/2011 

Eaves Peabody

 Peabody, MA  4,645  19,007  11,781  4,645  30,788  35,433  8,628  26,805    2004 

Avalon at Bedford Center

 Bedford, MA  4,258  20,569  213  4,258  20,782  25,040  5,922  19,118    2005 

Avalon Chestnut Hill

 Chestnut Hill, MA  14,572  45,911  1,277  14,572  47,188  61,760  11,971  49,789  39,979  2007 

Avalon Shrewsbury

 Shrewsbury, MA  5,152  30,608  544  5,152  31,152  36,304  7,982  28,322  20,464  2007 

Avalon Danvers

 Danvers, MA  7,010  76,904  725  7,010  77,629  84,639  17,168  67,471    2006 

Avalon at Lexington Hills

 Lexington, MA  8,691  79,153  393  8,691  79,546  88,237  16,581  71,656    2007 

Avalon Acton

 Acton, MA  13,124  49,935  126  13,124  50,061  63,185  10,274  52,911  45,000  2007 

Avalon at Hingham Shipyard

 Hingham, MA  12,218  41,591  131  12,218  41,722  53,940  7,548  46,392    2009 

Avalon Sharon

 Sharon, MA  4,719  25,522  216  4,719  25,738  30,457  5,074  25,383    2007 

Avalon Northborough

 Northborough, MA  8,144  52,454  16  8,144  52,470  60,614  7,277  53,337    2009/2010 

Avalon Blue Hills

 Randolph, MA  11,110  34,736  62  11,110  34,798  45,908  5,587  40,321    2009 

Avalon Cohasset

 Cohasset, MA  8,802  46,162  16  8,802  46,178  54,980  3,254  51,726    2012 

Avalon Andover

 Andover, MA  4,276  21,783    4,276  21,783  26,059  1,303  24,756  14,821  2012 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
MID-ATLANTIC                          
Washington Metro/Baltimore, MD                        
Avalon at Foxhall Washington, D.C. 308
 $6,848
 $27,614
 $13,649
 $6,848
 $41,263
 $48,111
 $27,751
 $20,360
 $20,663
 $54,583
 1982/1994
Avalon at Gallery Place Washington, D.C. 203
 8,800
 39,658
 2,069
 8,800
 41,727
 50,527
 19,480
 31,047
 32,483
 42,410
 2003
AVA H Street Washington, D.C. 138
 7,425
 25,282
 25
 7,425
 25,307
 32,732
 3,734
 28,998
 29,952
 
 2013
Avalon The Albemarle Washington, D.C. 228
 25,140
 52,459
 5,243
 25,140
 57,702
 82,842
 10,708
 72,134
 73,386
 
 1966/2013
Eaves Tunlaw Gardens Washington, D.C. 166
 16,430
 22,902
 2,275
 16,430
 25,177
 41,607
 4,856
 36,751
 37,426
 
 1944/2013
The Statesman Washington, D.C. 281
 38,140
 35,352
 3,857
 38,140
 39,209
 77,349
 8,515
 68,834
 70,058
 
 1961/2013
Eaves Glover Park Washington, D.C. 120
 9,580
 26,532
 2,317
 9,580
 28,849
 38,429
 5,485
 32,944
 33,836
 
 1953/2013
AVA Van Ness Washington, D.C. 269
 22,890
 58,691
 4,127
 22,890
 62,818
 85,708
 11,152
 74,556
 76,255
 
 1978/2013
Avalon First and M Washington, D.C. 469
 43,700
 153,950
 3,048
 43,700
 156,998
 200,698
 23,077
 177,621
 182,659
 
 2012/2013
Avalon at Fairway Hills Columbia, MD 720
 8,603
 34,432
 16,129
 8,603
 50,561
 59,164
 31,780
 27,384
 29,017
 
 1987/1996
Eaves Washingtonian Center North Potomac, MD 288
 4,047
 18,553
 1,985
 4,047
 20,538
 24,585
 13,327
 11,258
 11,103
 
 1996
Eaves Columbia Town Center Columbia, MD 392
 8,802
 35,536
 11,861
 8,802
 47,397
 56,199
 19,385
 36,814
 38,093
 
 1986/1993
Avalon at Grosvenor Station Bethesda, MD 497
 29,159
 52,993
 2,276
 29,159
 55,269
 84,428
 25,023
 59,405
 61,283
 
 2004
Avalon at Traville Rockville, MD 520
 14,365
 55,398
 3,901
 14,365
 59,299
 73,664
 25,599
 48,065
 49,262
 71,871
 2004
Avalon Russett Laurel, MD 238
 10,200
 47,524
 2,883
 10,200
 50,407
 60,607
 9,182
 51,425
 53,187
 32,199
 1999/2013
Eaves Fair Lakes Fairfax, VA 420
 6,096
 24,400
 8,564
 6,096
 32,964
 39,060
 20,074
 18,986
 19,927
 
 1989/1996
AVA Ballston Arlington, VA 344
 7,291
 29,177
 16,272
 7,291
 45,449
 52,740
 27,544
 25,196
 26,623
 
 1990
Eaves Fairfax City Fairfax, VA 141
 2,152
 8,907
 5,390
 2,152
 14,297
 16,449
 7,676
 8,773
 9,292
 
 1988/1997
Avalon Tysons Corner Tysons Corner, VA 558
 13,851
 43,397
 12,527
 13,851
 55,924
 69,775
 30,819
 38,956
 40,926
 
 1996
Avalon Park Crest Tysons Corner, VA 354
 13,554
 63,526
 83
 13,554
 63,609
 77,163
 9,568
 67,595
 69,885
 
 2013
Eaves Fairfax Towers Falls Church, VA 415
 17,889
 74,727
 2,156
 17,889
 76,883
 94,772
 15,509
 79,263
 81,868
 
 1978/2011
Avalon Ballston Place Arlington, VA 383
 38,490
 123,645
 4,640
 38,490
 128,285
 166,775
 20,296
 146,479
 150,147
 
 2001/2013
Eaves Tysons Corner Vienna, VA 217
 16,030
 45,420
 2,710
 16,030
 48,130
 64,160
 9,237
 54,923
 56,669
 
 1980/2013
Avalon Ballston Square Arlington, VA 714
 71,640
 215,937
 14,112
 71,640
 230,049
 301,689
 38,967
 262,722
 268,502
 
 1992/2013
Avalon Courthouse Place Arlington, VA 564
 56,550
 178,032
 9,924
 56,550
 187,956
 244,506
 31,392
 213,114
 218,300
 118,112
 1999/2013
Avalon Arlington North Arlington, VA 228
 21,600
 59,077
 
 21,600
 59,077
 80,677
 5,682
 74,995
 77,076
 
 2014
Avalon Reston Landing Reston, VA 400
 26,710
 83,084
 5,185
 26,710
 88,269
 114,979
 16,541
 98,438
 101,004
 
 2000/2013
TOTAL MID-ATLANTIC 9,575
 $545,982
 $1,636,205
 $157,208
 $545,982
 $1,793,413
 $2,339,395
 $472,359
 $1,867,036
 $1,918,882
 $319,175
  
                           

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(Dollars in thousands)



 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs Subsequent to Acquisition / Construction Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon at Prudential Center III

 Boston, MA  9,034  36,540  29,873  9,034  66,413  75,447  23,974  51,473    1968/1998 

Avalon at Prudential Center II

 Boston, MA  8,776  35,496  17,813  8,776  53,309  62,085  23,197  38,888    1968/1998 

Avalon at Prudential Center I

 Boston, MA  8,002  32,370  16,241  8,002  48,611  56,613  21,150  35,463    1968/1998 

Eaves Burlington

 Burlington, MA  7,714  32,536  71  7,714  32,607  40,321  1,185  39,136    1988/2012 

Avalon Burlington

 Burlington, MA  15,600  62,100  2,150  15,600  64,250  79,850  153  79,697    1989/2013 

Avalon Bear Hill

 Waltham, MA  29,660  93,659  5,725  29,660  99,384  129,044  7,305  121,739    1999/2013 

Eaves North Quincy

 Quincy, MA  12,120  39,220  2,232  12,120  41,452  53,572  3,379  50,193  37,212  1977/2013 

Avalon at Fairway Hills

 Columbia, MD  8,603  34,432  15,842  8,603  50,274  58,877  26,655  32,222    1987/1996 

Eaves Washingtonian Center I

 Gaithersburg, MD  2,608  11,707  531  2,608  12,238  14,846  7,468  7,378  8,401  1996 

Eaves Washingtonian Center II

 Gaithersburg, MD  1,439  6,846  139  1,439  6,985  8,424  3,731  4,693    1998 

Eaves Columbia Town Center

 Columbia, MD  8,802  35,536  11,426  8,802  46,962  55,764  14,663  41,101    1986 

Avalon at Grosvenor Station

 North Bethesda, MD  29,159  53,001  1,765  29,159  54,766  83,925  18,996  64,929    2004 

Avalon at Traville

 North Potomac, MD  14,365  55,398  620  14,365  56,018  70,383  19,502  50,881  75,251  2004 

Avalon Russett

 Laurel, MD  10,800  46,924  2,491  10,800  49,415  60,215  3,862  56,353  39,972  1999/2013 

Avalon Cove

 Jersey City, NJ  8,760  82,422  20,320  8,760  102,742  111,502  50,429  61,073    1997 

Avalon Run

 Lawrenceville, NJ  14,650  60,486  2,494  14,650  62,980  77,630  21,656  55,974    1994/1996 

Avalon Princeton Junction

 West Windsor, NJ  5,585  22,382  20,617  5,585  42,999  48,584  19,856  28,728    1988 

Avalon at Edgewater

 Edgewater, NJ  14,528  60,240  4,000  14,528  64,240  78,768  26,363  52,405  76,088  2002 

Avalon at Florham Park

 Florham Park, NJ  6,647  34,906  1,907  6,647  36,813  43,460  16,539  26,921    2001 

Avalon at Freehold

 Freehold, NJ  4,119  30,514  662  4,119  31,176  35,295  12,879  22,416  35,475  2002 

Avalon Run East

 Lawrenceville, NJ  6,766  45,366  602  6,766  45,968  52,734  14,710  38,024  38,013  2003 

Avalon Lyndhurst

 Lyndhurst, NJ  18,620  59,879  523  18,620  60,402  79,022  14,629  64,393    2006 

Avalon at Tinton Falls

 Tinton Falls, NJ  7,939  33,173  49  7,939  33,222  41,161  6,545  34,616    2007 

Avalon West Long Branch

 West Long Branch, NJ  2,721  22,940  (1) 2,721  22,939  25,660  2,625  23,035    2011 

Avalon North Bergen

 North Bergen, NJ  8,984  30,953  235  8,984  31,188  40,172  1,671  38,501    2012 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
PACIFIC NORTHWEST                          
Seattle, WA                          
Avalon Redmond Place Redmond, WA 222
 $4,558
 $18,368
 $10,260
 $4,558
 $28,628
 $33,186
 $16,544
 $16,642
 $17,646
 $
 1991/1997
Avalon at Bear Creek Redmond, WA 264
 6,786
 27,641
 4,187
 6,786
 31,828
 38,614
 19,969
 18,645
 19,290
 
 1998/1998
Avalon Bellevue Bellevue, WA 201
 6,664
 24,119
 1,920
 6,664
 26,039
 32,703
 14,262
 18,441
 19,258
 24,695
 2001
Avalon RockMeadow Bothell, WA 206
 4,777
 19,765
 2,392
 4,777
 22,157
 26,934
 12,477
 14,457
 15,191
 
 2000/2000
Avalon ParcSquare Redmond, WA 124
 3,789
 15,139
 3,150
 3,789
 18,289
 22,078
 10,018
 12,060
 12,292
 
 2000/2000
AVA Belltown Seattle, WA 100
 5,644
 12,733
 1,013
 5,644
 13,746
 19,390
 7,387
 12,003
 12,409
 60,766
 2001
Avalon Meydenbauer Bellevue, WA 368
 12,697
 77,450
 1,271
 12,697
 78,721
 91,418
 23,732
 67,686
 70,408
 
 2008
Avalon Towers Bellevue (1) Bellevue, WA 397
 
 123,029
 925
 
 123,954
 123,954
 27,956
 95,998
 100,369
 
 2011
AVA Queen Anne Seattle, WA 203
 12,081
 41,618
 431
 12,081
 42,049
 54,130
 7,488
 46,642
 48,129
 
 2012
AVA Ballard Seattle, WA 265
 16,460
 46,926
 985
 16,460
 47,911
 64,371
 6,478
 57,893
 59,684
 
 2013
AVA University District Seattle, WA 283
 12,594
 60,845
 480
 12,594
 61,325
 73,919
 6,634
 67,285
 69,274
 
 2014
Eaves Redmond Campus Redmond, WA 422
 22,580
 88,001
 5,994
 22,580
 93,995
 116,575
 17,418
 99,157
 102,525
 
 1991/2013
Archstone Redmond Lakeview Redmond, WA 166
 10,250
 26,842
 2,925
 10,250
 29,767
 40,017
 5,619
 34,398
 34,617
 
 1987/2013
TOTAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST 3,221
 $118,880
 $582,476
 $35,933
 $118,880
 $618,409
 $737,289
 $175,982
 $561,307
 $581,092
 $85,461
  
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA                          
San Jose, CA                          
Avalon Campbell Campbell, CA 348
 $11,830
 $47,828
 $13,459
 $11,830
 $61,287
 $73,117
 $33,162
 $39,955
 $42,162
 $38,800
 1995
Eaves San Jose San Jose, CA 440
 12,920
 53,047
 18,869
 12,920
 71,916
 84,836
 33,693
 51,143
 53,631
 
 1985/1996
Avalon on the Alameda San Jose, CA 305
 6,119
 50,225
 2,873
 6,119
 53,098
 59,217
 31,720
 27,497
 28,335
 49,930
 1999
Avalon Mountain View Mountain View, CA 248
 9,755
 39,393
 10,219
 9,755
 49,612
 59,367
 28,805
 30,562
 31,930
 17,300
 1986
Eaves Creekside Mountain View, CA 296
 6,546
 26,263
 21,312
 6,546
 47,575
 54,121
 24,129
 29,992
 31,691
 
 1962/1997
Avalon at Cahill Park San Jose, CA 218
 4,765
 47,600
 1,775
 4,765
 49,375
 54,140
 24,304
 29,836
 31,284
 
 2002
Avalon Morrison Park San Jose, CA 250
 13,837
 64,534
 60
 13,837
 64,594
 78,431
 6,429
 72,002
 74,236
 
 2014
Avalon Willow Glen San Jose, CA 412
 46,060
 81,957
 4,137
 46,060
 86,094
 132,154
 16,506
 115,648
 118,974
 
 2002/2013
Eaves West Valley San Jose, CA 873
 90,890
 132,040
 8,581
 90,890
 140,621
 231,511
 25,740
 205,771
 209,788
 146,696
 1970/2013
Eaves Mountain View at Middlefield Mountain View, CA 402
 64,070
 69,018
 5,316
 64,070
 74,334
 138,404
 15,001
 123,403
 126,006
 
 1969/2013
Total San Jose, CA   3,792
 $266,792
 $611,905
 $86,601
 $266,792
 $698,506
 $965,298
 $239,489
 $725,809
 $748,037
 $252,726
  
                           
Oakland - East Bay, CA                          
Avalon Fremont Fremont, CA 308
 $10,746
 $43,399
 $5,668
 $10,746
 $49,067
 $59,813
 $31,715
 $28,098
 $29,516
 $
 1992/1994

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2016

(Dollars in thousands)



 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs Subsequent to Acquisition / Construction Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon at Wesmont Station

 Wood-Ridge, NJ  14,682  41,616  1,161  14,682  42,777  57,459  2,450  55,009    2012 

Avalon Commons

 Smithtown, NY  4,679  28,286  5,660  4,679  33,946  38,625  17,351  21,274    1997 

Eaves Nanuet

 Nanuet, NY  8,428  45,660  3,280  8,428  48,940  57,368  26,480  30,888  64,149  1998 

Avalon Green

 Elmsford, NY  1,820  10,525  1,403  1,820  11,928  13,748  7,558  6,190    1995 

Avalon Towers

 Long Beach, NY  3,118  11,973  6,614  3,118  18,587  21,705  10,753  10,952    1990/1995 

Avalon Willow

 Mamaroneck, NY  6,207  40,791  1,327  6,207  42,118  48,325  20,381  27,944    2000 

Avalon Court

 Melville, NY  9,228  50,063  2,690  9,228  52,753  61,981  26,781  35,200    1997/2000 

The Avalon

 Bronxville, NY  2,889  28,324  7,948  2,889  36,272  39,161  14,572  24,589    1999 

Avalon Riverview I

 Long Island City, NY    94,061  3,593    97,654  97,654  38,010  59,644    2002 

Avalon at Glen Cove

 Glen Cove, NY  7,871  59,969  993  7,871  60,962  68,833  19,855  48,978    2004 

Avalon Pines

 Coram, NY  8,700  62,931  351  8,700  63,282  71,982  18,703  53,279    2005/2006 

Avalon Bowery Place

 New York, NY  18,575  75,009  1,739  18,575  76,748  95,323  19,439  75,884  93,800  2006 

Avalon at Glen Cove North

 Glen Cove, NY  2,577  37,336  167  2,577  37,503  40,080  8,726  31,354    2007 

Avalon Riverview North

 Long Island City, NY    166,856  2,151    169,007  169,007  36,401  132,606    2007 

Avalon Bowery Place II

 New York, NY  9,106  47,199  1,384  9,106  48,583  57,689  10,120  47,569    2007 

Avalon White Plains

 White Plains, NY  15,391  137,353  11  15,391  137,364  152,755  22,593  130,162    2009 

Avalon Morningside Park

 New York, NY    114,327  787    115,114  115,114  20,490  94,624  100,000  2009 

Avalon Charles Pond

 Coram, NY  14,715  33,640  28  14,715  33,668  48,383  5,606  42,777    2009 

Avalon Fort Greene

 Brooklyn, NY  83,038  218,444  642  83,038  219,086  302,124  27,435  274,689    2010 

Avalon Rockville Centre

 Rockville Centre, NY  32,212  78,622    32,212  78,622  110,834  5,587  105,247    2012 

Avalon Green II

 Elmsford, NY  27,724  76,825    27,724  76,825  104,549  4,596  99,953    2012 

Avalon Westbury

 Westbury, NY  69,620  43,781  5,809  69,620  49,590  119,210  7,036  112,174  83,460  2006/2013 

Avalon Midtown West

 New York, NY  154,740  180,243  11,788  154,740  192,031  346,771  16,875  329,896  100,500  1998/2013 

Avalon Clinton North

 New York, NY  84,058  105,831  5,971  84,058  111,802  195,860  8,969  186,891  147,000  2008/2013 

Avalon Clinton South

 New York, NY  71,412  89,860  5,167  71,412  95,027  166,439  7,698  158,741  121,500  2007/2013 

Oakwood Philadelphia

 Philadelphia, PA  3,100  22,342  793  3,100  23,135  26,235  1,313  24,922  10,427  1945/2013 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
Eaves Pleasanton Pleasanton, CA 456
 11,610
 46,552
 21,507
 11,610
 68,059
 79,669
 37,905
 41,764
 43,952
 
 1988/1994
Eaves Union City Union City, CA 208
 4,249
 16,820
 3,166
 4,249
 19,986
 24,235
 12,893
 11,342
 11,834
 
 1973/1996
Eaves Fremont Fremont, CA 235
 6,581
 26,583
 9,797
 6,581
 36,380
 42,961
 21,576
 21,385
 22,507
 
 1985/1994
Avalon Union City Union City, CA 439
 14,732
 104,024
 759
 14,732
 104,783
 119,515
 27,120
 92,395
 96,048
 
 2009
Avalon Walnut Creek (1) Walnut Creek, CA 418
 
 146,097
 2,815
 
 148,912
 148,912
 33,095
 115,817
 120,512
 3,420
 2010
Eaves Walnut Creek (2) Walnut Creek, CA 510
 30,320
 82,375
 14,605
 30,320
 96,980
 127,300
 15,766
 111,534
 111,669
 
 1987/2013
Avalon Walnut Ridge II Walnut Creek, CA 360
 27,190
 57,041
 3,801
 27,190
 60,842
 88,032
 11,211
 76,821
 78,524
 
 1989/2013
Avalon Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94
 4,500
 28,611
 
 4,500
 28,611
 33,111
 2,504
 30,607
 31,446
 
 2014
Total Oakland - East Bay, CA 3,028
 $109,928
 $551,502
 $62,118
 $109,928
 $613,620
 $723,548
 $193,785
 $529,763
 $546,008
 $3,420
  
                           
San Francisco, CA                          
Eaves Daly City Daly City, CA 195
 $4,230
 $9,659
 $19,017
 $4,230
 $28,676
 $32,906
 $16,733
 $16,173
 $16,838
 $
 1972/1997
AVA Nob Hill San Francisco, CA 185
 5,403
 21,567
 7,067
 5,403
 28,634
 34,037
 16,057
 17,980
 18,861
 20,800
 1990/1995
Eaves San Rafael San Rafael, CA 254
 5,982
 16,885
 24,604
 5,982
 41,489
 47,471
 20,782
 26,689
 27,899
 
 1973/1996
Eaves Foster City Foster City, CA 288
 7,852
 31,445
 11,296
 7,852
 42,741
 50,593
 24,153
 26,440
 27,811
 
 1973/1994
Eaves Pacifica Pacifica, CA 220
 6,125
 24,796
 2,873
 6,125
 27,669
 33,794
 17,619
 16,175
 17,057
 17,600
 1971/1995
Avalon Sunset Towers San Francisco, CA 243
 3,561
 21,321
 15,463
 3,561
 36,784
 40,345
 18,526
 21,819
 22,583
 
 1961/1996
Eaves Diamond Heights San Francisco, CA 154
 4,726
 19,130
 6,031
 4,726
 25,161
 29,887
 14,574
 15,313
 15,928
 
 1972/1994
Avalon at Mission Bay I San Francisco, CA 250
 14,029
 78,452
 3,302
 14,029
 81,754
 95,783
 38,957
 56,826
 59,334
 67,772
 2003
Avalon at Mission Bay III San Francisco, CA 260
 28,687
 119,156
 300
 28,687
 119,456
 148,143
 31,052
 117,091
 120,981
 
 2009
Avalon Ocean Avenue San Francisco, CA 173
 5,544
 50,906
 1,783
 5,544
 52,689
 58,233
 8,653
 49,580
 51,446
 
 2012
AVA 55 Ninth San Francisco, CA 273
 20,267
 97,321
 1,235
 20,267
 98,556
 118,823
 9,409
 109,414
 112,904
 
 2014
Avalon San Bruno I San Bruno, CA 300
 40,780
 68,684
 3,464
 40,780
 72,148
 112,928
 12,654
 100,274
 102,464
 64,450
 2004/2013
Avalon San Bruno II San Bruno, CA 185
 23,787
 44,934
 1,792
 23,787
 46,726
 70,513
 7,634
 62,879
 64,310
 30,001
 2007/2013
Avalon San Bruno III San Bruno, CA 187
 33,303
 62,910
 2,743
 33,303
 65,653
 98,956
 10,713
 88,243
 90,108
 54,408
 2010/2013
Total San Francisco, CA   3,167
 $204,276
 $667,166
 $100,970
 $204,276
 $768,136
 $972,412
 $247,516
 $724,896
 $748,524
 $255,031
  
                           
TOTAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 9,987
 $580,996
 $1,830,573
 $249,689
 $580,996
 $2,080,262
 $2,661,258
 $680,790
 $1,980,468
 $2,042,569
 $511,177
  
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA                          
Los Angeles, CA                          
AVA Burbank Burbank, CA 748
 $22,483
 $28,104
 $48,244
 $22,483
 $76,348
 $98,831
 $37,963
 $60,868
 $63,710
 $
 1961/1997
Avalon Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA 663
 23,828
 40,372
 48,635
 23,828
 89,007
 112,835
 42,401
 70,434
 72,111
 
 1989/1997
Eaves Warner Center Woodland Hills, CA 227
 7,045
 12,986
 9,555
 7,045
 22,541
 29,586
 14,995
 14,591
 15,589
 
 1979/1998

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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)

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2016

(Dollars in thousands)



 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs Subsequent to Acquisition / Construction Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon at Center Place

 Providence, RI    26,816  10,230    37,046  37,046  18,410  18,636    1991/1997 

Archstone Lexington

 Flower Mound, TX  5,050  25,436  1,622  5,050  27,058  32,108  2,501  29,607  16,780  2000/2013 

Archstone Memorial Heights

 Houston, TX  37,070  45,981  4,300  37,070  50,281  87,351  5,680  81,671    1996/2013 

Eaves Fair Lakes

 Fairfax, VA  6,096  24,400  8,036  6,096  32,436  38,532  16,615  21,917    1989/1996 

AVA Ballston

 Arlington, VA  7,291  29,177  16,117  7,291  45,294  52,585  22,558  30,027    1990 

Eaves Fairfax City

 Fairfax, VA  2,152  8,907  5,390  2,152  14,297  16,449  6,068  10,381    1988/1997 

Avalon Crescent

 McLean, VA  13,851  43,397  1,455  13,851  44,852  58,703  25,130  33,573    1996 

Avalon at Arlington Square

 Arlington, VA  22,041  90,296  2,493  22,041  92,789  114,830  39,615  75,215    2001 

Fairfax Towers

 Falls Church, VA  17,889  74,727  639  17,889  75,366  93,255  6,979  86,276    1978/2011 

Avalon Ballston Place

 Arlington, VA  38,530  123,605  3,647  38,530  127,252  165,782  7,218  158,564    2001/2013 

Eaves Tysons Corner

 Vienna, VA  13,690  47,760  2,240  13,690  50,000  63,690  3,615  60,075    1980/2013 

Archstone Ballston Square

 Arlington, VA  71,720  215,857  9,506  71,720  225,363  297,083  15,924  281,159    1992/2013 

Archstone Courthouse Place

 Arlington, VA  56,630  177,952  7,799  56,630  185,751  242,381  12,795  229,586  140,332  1999/2013 

Avalon Reston Landing

 Reston, VA  28,280  81,514  4,127  28,280  85,641  113,921  6,640  107,281    2000/2013 

Oakwood Arlington

 Arlington, VA  18,930  38,465  1,840  18,930  40,305  59,235  2,980  56,255  42,703  1987/2013 

Avalon Redmond Place

 Redmond, WA  4,558  18,368  9,593  4,558  27,961  32,519  13,534  18,985    1991/1997 

Avalon at Bear Creek

 Redmond, WA  6,786  27,641  3,295  6,786  30,936  37,722  16,170  21,552    1998 

Avalon Bellevue

 Bellevue, WA  6,664  24,119  1,633  6,664  25,752  32,416  11,190  21,226  25,856  2001 

Avalon RockMeadow

 Bothell, WA  4,777  19,765  1,651  4,777  21,416  26,193  9,806  16,387    2000 

Avalon ParcSquare

 Redmond, WA  3,789  15,139  2,343  3,789  17,482  21,271  7,900  13,371    2000 

Avalon Brandemoor

 Lynwood, WA  8,608  36,679  1,615  8,608  38,294  46,902  16,740  30,162    2001 

AVA Belltown

 Seattle, WA  5,644  12,733  821  5,644  13,554  19,198  5,805  13,393    2001 

Avalon Meydenbauer

 Bellevue, WA  12,697  77,451  1,191  12,697  78,642  91,339  15,319  76,020    2008 

Avalon Towers Bellevue

 Bellevue, WA    123,020  247    123,267  123,267  14,551  108,716    2011 

AVA Queen Anne

 Seattle, WA  12,081  41,699  5  12,081  41,704  53,785  2,802  50,983    2012 

Avalon Brandemoor II

 Lynwood, WA  2,655  11,343    2,655  11,343  13,998  1,021  12,977    2011 

Eaves Redmond Campus

 Redmond, WA  24,370  86,211  4,042  24,370  90,253  114,623  6,901  107,722    1991/2013 

Archstone Redmond Lakeview

 Redmond, WA  10,580  26,512  1,368  10,580  27,880  38,460  2,227  36,233    1987/2013 
                         

   $3,082,550 $9,848,158 $944,689 $3,082,550 $10,792,847 $13,875,397 $2,449,999 $11,425,398 $3,287,937    
                         
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
Avalon Glendale (1) Glendale, CA 223
 
 42,564
 1,620
 
 44,184
 44,184
 20,062
 24,122
 25,401
 
 2003
Avalon Burbank Burbank, CA 400
 14,053
 56,827
 24,294
 14,053
 81,121
 95,174
 34,847
 60,327
 62,757
 
 1988/2002
Avalon Camarillo Camarillo, CA 249
 8,446
 40,290
 628
 8,446
 40,918
 49,364
 14,959
 34,405
 35,571
 
 2006
Avalon Wilshire Los Angeles, CA 123
 5,459
 41,182
 1,176
 5,459
 42,358
 47,817
 14,216
 33,601
 34,959
 61,268
 2007
Avalon Encino Encino, CA 131
 12,789
 49,073
 803
 12,789
 49,876
 62,665
 14,253
 48,412
 49,863
 33,882
 2008
Avalon Warner Place Canoga Park, CA 210
 7,920
 44,845
 535
 7,920
 45,380
 53,300
 13,573
 39,727
 40,914
 
 2008
Eaves Phillips Ranch Pomona, CA 501
 9,796
 41,740
 1,141
 9,796
 42,881
 52,677
 8,619
 44,058
 44,927
 
 1989/2011
Eaves San Dimas San Dimas, CA 102
 1,916
 7,819
 1,265
 1,916
 9,084
 11,000
 1,786
 9,214
 9,381
 
 1978/2011
Eaves San Dimas Canyon San Dimas, CA 156
 2,953
 12,428
 529
 2,953
 12,957
 15,910
 2,621
 13,289
 13,568
 
 1981/2011
AVA Pasadena Pasadena, CA 84
 8,400
 11,547
 5,513
 8,400
 17,060
 25,460
 2,581
 22,879
 23,511
 11,287
 1973/2012
Eaves Cerritos Artesia, CA 151
 8,305
 21,195
 1,431
 8,305
 22,626
 30,931
 3,588
 27,343
 28,143
 
 1973/2012
Avalon Playa Vista Los Angeles, CA 309
 30,900
 72,008
 2,303
 30,900
 74,311
 105,211
 11,435
 93,776
 96,612
 
 2006/2012
Avalon San Dimas San Dimas, CA 156
 9,141
 30,727
 
 9,141
 30,727
 39,868
 2,618
 37,250
 38,391
 
 2014
Avalon Mission Oaks Camarillo, CA 160
 9,600
 35,842
 2,943
 9,600
 38,785
 48,385
 4,104
 44,281
 44,423
 19,545
 2014
Avalon Simi Valley Simi Valley, CA 500
 42,020
 73,361
 4,705
 42,020
 78,066
 120,086
 14,611
 105,475
 108,062
 
 2007/2013
AVA Studio City II Studio City, CA 101
 4,626
 22,954
 1,502
 4,626
 24,456
 29,082
 4,234
 24,848
 25,449
 
 1991/2013
Avalon Studio City Studio City, CA 276
 15,756
 78,178
 4,501
 15,756
 82,679
 98,435
 14,193
 84,242
 86,237
 
 2002/2013
Avalon Calabasas Calabasas, CA 600
 42,720
 107,642
 9,215
 42,720
 116,857
 159,577
 23,066
 136,511
 140,486
 97,980
 1988/2013
Avalon Oak Creek Agoura Hills, CA 336
 43,540
 79,974
 5,314
 43,540
 85,288
 128,828
 17,548
 111,280
 114,645
 69,696
 2004/2013
Avalon Del Mar Station Pasadena, CA 347
 20,560
 106,556
 3,459
 20,560
 110,015
 130,575
 17,007
 113,568
 117,160
 70,854
 2006/2013
Eaves Old Town Pasadena Pasadena, CA 96
 9,110
 15,371
 1,510
 9,110
 16,881
 25,991
 3,347
 22,644
 23,171
 14,120
 1972/2013
Eaves Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, CA 154
 13,950
 20,211
 2,468
 13,950
 22,679
 36,629
 5,143
 31,486
 32,148
 26,392
 1992/2013
Eaves Los Feliz Los Angeles, CA 263
 18,940
 43,661
 3,772
 18,940
 47,433
 66,373
 8,810
 57,563
 58,938
 41,302
 1989/2013
Eaves Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA 883
 68,940
 90,549
 10,439
 68,940
 100,988
 169,928
 21,061
 148,867
 151,841
 98,732
 1971/2013
Avalon Thousand Oaks Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA 148
 12,810
 22,581
 2,006
 12,810
 24,587
 37,397
 5,140
 32,257
 33,092
 
 2002/2013
Total Los Angeles, CA   8,297
 $476,006
 $1,250,587
 $199,506
 $476,006
 $1,450,093
 $1,926,099
 $378,781
 $1,547,318
 $1,591,060
 $545,058
  
                           
Orange County, CA                          
AVA Newport Costa Mesa, CA 145
 $1,975
 $3,814
 $9,838
 $1,975
 $13,652
 $15,627
 $6,497
 $9,130
 $9,592
 $
 1956/1996
Eaves Mission Viejo Mission Viejo, CA 166
 2,517
 9,257
 3,520
 2,517
 12,777
 15,294
 8,149
 7,145
 7,676
 7,635
 1984/1996
Eaves South Coast Costa Mesa, CA 258
 4,709
 16,063
 12,933
 4,709
 28,996
 33,705
 15,876
 17,829
 18,770
 
 1973/1996
Eaves Santa Margarita Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 301
 4,607
 16,911
 10,526
 4,607
 27,437
 32,044
 14,820
 17,224
 18,166
 
 1990/1997
Eaves Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, CA 304
 4,871
 19,745
 10,172
 4,871
 29,917
 34,788
 18,824
 15,964
 16,503
 
 1971/1997

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2016

(Dollars in thousands)



 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs Subsequent to Acquisition / Construction Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Development Communities

                                 

Avalon Irvine II

 Irvine, CA $4,358 $40,871 $ $4,358 $40,871 $45,229 $1,301 $43,928 $  N/A 

AVA Little Tokyo

 Los Angeles, CA    198  62,040    62,238  62,238    62,238    N/A 

Avalon Dublin Station II

 Dublin, CA    753  73,346    74,099  74,099    74,099    N/A 

AVA 55 Ninth

 San Francisco, CA    1,183  99,675    100,858  100,858    100,858    N/A 

Avalon Morrison Park

 San Jose, CA    760  67,683    68,443  68,443    68,443    N/A 

Avalon San Dimas

 San Dimas, CA      18,729    18,729  18,729    18,729    N/A 

Avalon Hayes Valley

 San Francisco, CA    113  38,939    39,052  39,052    39,052    N/A 

Avalon Glendora

 Glendora, CA    53  22,999    23,052  23,052    23,052    N/A 

Avalon Vista

 Vista, CA      15,349    15,349  15,349    15,349    N/A 

Avalon Baker Ranch

 Lake Forest, CA      34,803    34,803  34,803    34,803    N/A 

Avalon Berkeley

 Berkeley, CA    167  22,929    23,096  23,096    23,096    N/A 

Eaves West Valley II

 San Jose, CA    17,291      17,291  17,291  114  17,177    N/A 

Avalon Shelton

 Shelton, CT  7,779  40,406    7,779  40,406  48,185  770  47,415    N/A 

Avalon East Norwalk

 Norwalk, CT  10,224  35,864  1  10,224  35,865  46,089  292  45,797    N/A 

Avalon at Stratford

 Stratford, CT    28  13,370    13,398  13,398    13,398    N/A 

AVA H Street

 Washington, DC  7,412  25,481    7,412  25,481  32,893  811  32,082    N/A 

Archstone First & M

 Washington, DC  51,000  146,650  2,387  51,000  149,037  200,037  6,655  193,382  142,061  N/A 

Avalon Exeter

 Boston, MA    980  94,599    95,579  95,579    95,579    N/A 

Avalon Natick

 Natick, MA  15,637  63,487    15,637  63,487  79,124  1,084  78,040    N/A 

Avalon/AVA Assembly Row

 Somerville, MA    457  99,423    99,880  99,880    99,880    N/A 

AVA Stuart Street

 Boston, MA      52,037    52,037  52,037    52,037    N/A 

Avalon Canton

 Canton, MA    90  20,548    20,638  20,638    20,638    N/A 

Avalon Hackensack

 Hackensack, NJ    44,270      44,270  44,270  675  43,595    N/A 

Avalon Somerset

 Somerset, NJ  18,241  57,652  1  18,241  57,653  75,894  1,230  74,664    N/A 

Avalon at Wesmont Station II

 Wood-Ridge, NJ  6,502  16,309    6,502  16,309  22,811  348  22,463    N/A 

Avalon Bloomingdale

 Bloomingsdale, NJ  1,801  17,616  9,414  1,801  27,030  28,831  105  28,726    N/A 

Avalon Wharton

 Wharton, NJ    28  20,505    20,533  20,533    20,533    N/A 

Avalon Bloomfield Station

 Bloomfield, NJ    33  12,299    12,332  12,332    12,332    N/A 

Avalon West Chelsea/AVA High Line

 New York, NY    2,502  226,448    228,950  228,950    228,950    N/A 
      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
Avalon Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA 251
 27,874
 69,156
 1,255
 27,874
 70,411
 98,285
 19,330
 78,955
 80,804
 
 2009
Avalon Irvine I Irvine, CA 279
 9,911
 67,520
 586
 9,911
 68,106
 78,017
 17,323
 60,694
 62,562
 
 2010
Avalon Irvine II Irvine, CA 179
 4,358
 40,906
 
 4,358
 40,906
 45,264
 5,729
 39,535
 41,023
 
 2013
Eaves Lake Forest Lake Forest, CA 225
 5,199
 21,134
 2,272
 5,199
 23,406
 28,605
 4,735
 23,870
 24,598
 
 1975/2011
Eaves Seal Beach Seal Beach, CA 549
 46,790
 99,999
 4,847
 46,790
 104,846
 151,636
 18,977
 132,659
 136,470
 
 1971/2013
Total Orange County, CA 2,657
 $112,811
 $364,505
 $55,949
 $112,811
 $420,454
 $533,265
 $130,260
 $403,005
 $416,164
 $7,635
  
                           
San Diego, CA                          
Eaves Mission Ridge San Diego, CA 200
 $2,710
 $10,924
 $11,846
 $2,710
 $22,770
 $25,480
 $13,784
 $11,696
 $12,004
 $
 1960/1997
AVA Cortez Hill (1) San Diego, CA 299
 2,768
 20,134
 23,568
 2,768
 43,702
 46,470
 21,927
 24,543
 26,003
 
 1973/1998
Avalon Fashion Valley San Diego, CA 161
 19,627
 44,972
 598
 19,627
 45,570
 65,197
 13,011
 52,186
 53,513
 
 2008
Eaves Rancho Penasquitos San Diego, CA 250
 6,692
 27,143
 2,679
 6,692
 29,822
 36,514
 5,787
 30,727
 31,147
 
 1986/2011
Eaves La Mesa La Mesa, CA 168
 9,490
 28,482
 1,694
 9,490
 30,176
 39,666
 5,826
 33,840
 34,813
 
 1989/2013
Total San Diego, CA   1,078
 $41,287
 $131,655
 $40,385
 $41,287
 $172,040
 $213,327
 $60,335
 $152,992
 $157,480
 $
  
                           
TOTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 12,032
 $630,104
 $1,746,747
 $295,840
 $630,104
 $2,042,587
 $2,672,691
 $569,376
 $2,103,315
 $2,164,704
 $552,693
  
                           
TOTAL ESTABLISHED COMMUNITIES 54,908
 $2,911,906
 $9,502,093
 $1,097,378
 $2,911,906
 $10,599,471
 $13,511,377
 $3,093,845
 $10,417,532
 $10,701,057
 $2,364,747
  

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2016

(Dollars in thousands)

 
  
 Initial Cost  
 Total Cost  
  
  
  
  
 
Community City and state Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs Subsequent to Acquisition / Construction Land Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
 

Avalon Garden City

 Garden City, NY  18,200  49,283    18,200  49,283  67,483  2,241  65,242    N/A 

Avalon Ossining

 Ossining, NY    64  24,704    24,768  24,768    24,768    N/A 

Avalon Huntington Station

 Huntington Station, NY    302  48,619    48,921  48,921    48,921    N/A 

Avalon Willoughby Square/AVA DoBro

 Brooklyn, NY    19  172,253    172,272  172,272    172,272    N/A 

Archstone Toscano

 Houston, TX  11,515  53,802  21,102  11,515  74,904  86,419  943  85,476    N/A 

Archstone Memorial Heights Phase 1

 Houston, TX    333  35,587    35,920  35,920    35,920    N/A 

Avalon Park Crest

 Tysons Corner, VA  13,554  63,488    13,554  63,488  77,042  2,543  74,499    N/A 

Avalon Mosaic

 Tysons Corner, VA  9,727  25,746  74,837  9,727  100,583  110,310  155  110,155    N/A 

Avalon Arlington North

 Arlington, VA    940  68,584    69,524  69,524    69,524    N/A 

AVA Ballard

 Seattle, WA  16,460  46,661    16,460  46,661  63,121  1,060  62,061    N/A 

AVA University District

 Seattle, WA  5,476  27,512  35,652  5,476  63,164  68,640  183  68,457    N/A 

Avalon Alderwood I

 Lynnwood, WA    89  31,199    31,288  31,288    31,288    N/A 
                         

    197,886  781,481  1,520,061  197,886  2,301,542  2,499,428  20,510  2,478,918  142,061    
                         

Land held for development

    300,364      300,364    300,364    300,364      

Corporate overhead

    37,362  21,323  66,447  37,362  87,770  125,132  45,603  79,529  2,600,000    
                         

   $3,618,162 $10,650,962 $2,531,197 $3,618,162 $13,182,159 $16,800,321 $2,516,112 $14,284,209 $6,029,998    
                         
                         

(1)
This community is a Fund asset which the Company consolidated beginning in 2011.


      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
OTHER STABILIZED                          
Eaves Dublin Dublin, CA 204
 $5,276
 $19,642
 $12,363
 $5,276
 $32,005
 $37,281
 $16,628
 $20,653
 $21,831
 $
 1989/1997
AVA Pacific Beach San Diego, CA 564
 9,922
 40,580
 40,819
 9,922
 81,399
 91,321
 38,097
 53,224
 55,522
 
 1969/1997
Avalon Silicon Valley Sunnyvale, CA 710
 20,713
 99,573
 31,536
 20,713
 131,109
 151,822
 66,781
 85,041
 68,714
 
 1998
AVA Little Tokyo Los Angeles, CA 280
 14,734
 93,985
 318
 14,734
 94,303
 109,037
 7,123
 101,914
 104,796
 
 2015
Eaves San Marcos San Marcos, CA 184
 3,277
 13,385
 4,601
 3,277
 17,986
 21,263
 2,961
 18,302
 15,267
 
 1988/2011
Avalon Dublin Station Dublin, CA 253
 7,772
 72,067
 
 7,772
 72,067
 79,839
 7,037
 72,802
 74,302
 
 2014
Avalon Hayes Valley San Francisco, CA 182
 12,594
 81,104
 
 12,594
 81,104
 93,698
 4,953
 88,745
 90,402
 
 2015
Avalon Vista Vista, CA 221
 12,686
 43,409
 
 12,686
 43,409
 56,095
 2,583
 53,512
 54,459
 
 2015
Avalon Baker Ranch Lake Forest, CA 430
 31,687
 98,499
 
 31,687
 98,499
 130,186
 5,744
 124,442
 126,925
 
 2015
Studio 77 North Hollywood, CA 156
 18,408
 49,485
 4,069
 18,408
 53,554
 71,962
 1,146
 70,816
 N/A
 
 2015/2016
Avalon Santa Monica on Main Santa Monica, CA 133
 32,000
 60,770
 12,677
 32,000
 73,447
 105,447
 11,230
 94,217
 95,038
 
 2007/2013
Avalon La Jolla Colony San Diego, CA 180
 16,760
 27,694
 12,222
 16,760
 39,916
 56,676
 6,293
 50,383
 43,289
 26,682
 1987/2013
Avalon Walnut Ridge I Walnut Creek, CA 106
 9,860
 19,850
 5,038
 9,860
 24,888
 34,748
 3,827
 30,921
 29,351
 
 2000/2013
Toluca Hills Apartments by Avalon Los Angeles, CA 1,151
 86,450
 161,256
 13,106
 86,450
 174,362
 260,812
 32,998
 227,814
 231,169
 
 1973/2013
Avalon Pasadena Pasadena, CA 120
 10,240
 31,558
 6,683
 10,240
 38,241
 48,481
 5,901
 42,580
 39,890
 25,805
 2004/2013
Avalon Exeter (1) Boston, MA 187
 16,313
 110,028
 147
 16,313
 110,175
 126,488
 9,744
 116,744
 120,677
 
 2014
AVA Somerville (1) Somerville, MA 250
 10,865
 56,324
 19
 10,865
 56,343
 67,208
 4,142
 63,066
 68,918
 
 2015
AVA Back Bay Boston, MA 271
 9,034
 36,540
 46,284
 9,034
 82,824
 91,858
 31,158
 60,700
 56,462
 
 1968/1998
Avalon Bear Hill Waltham, MA 324
 27,350
 94,168
 28,646
 27,350
 122,814
 150,164
 19,141
 131,023
 127,367
 
 1999/2013
Avalon Wharton Wharton, NJ 247
 2,273
 48,608
 
 2,273
 48,608
 50,881
 3,426
 47,455
 49,079
 
 2015
Avalon Roseland Roseland, NJ 136
 11,281
 34,814
 
 11,281
 34,814
 46,095
 2,017
 44,078
 45,016
 
 2015
Avalon Hoboken Hoboken, NJ 217
 37,237
 86,508
 8,660
 37,237
 95,168
 132,405
 7,970
 124,435
 N/A
 67,904
 2008/2016
Avalon Green I Elmsford, NY 105
 1,820
 10,525
 7,516
 1,820
 18,041
 19,861
 9,228
 10,633
 10,711
 
 1995
Avalon Towers Long Beach, NY 109
 3,118
 11,973
 20,790
 3,118
 32,763
 35,881
 14,106
 21,775
 22,465
 
 1990/1995
Avalon Riverview North (1) Long Island City, NY 602
 
 166,099
 9,907
 
 176,006
 176,006
 53,588
 122,418
 121,052
 
 2008
Avalon West Chelsea (1) New York, NY 305
 
 123,066
 31
 
 123,097
 123,097
 20,277
 102,820
 109,020
 
 2015
Avalon Huntington Station Huntington Station, NY 303
 21,896
 58,660
 
 21,896
 58,660
 80,556
 5,094
 75,462
 77,534
 
 2014
Archstone Lexington Flower Mound, TX 222
 4,540
 25,946
 1,937
 4,540
 27,883
 32,423
 5,754
 26,669
 27,706
 21,601
 2000/2013
Archstone Toscano Houston, TX 474
 15,607
 72,473
 
 15,607
 72,473
 88,080
 8,261
 79,819
 82,155
 
 2014
Memorial Heights Villages Houston, TX 318
 9,607
 44,587
 
 9,607
 44,587
 54,194
 5,686
 48,508
 50,311
 
 2014
Avalon Mosaic Fairfax, VA 531
 33,490
 75,802
 
 33,490
 75,802
 109,292
 7,655
 101,637
 104,300
 
 2014

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(Dollars in thousands)


      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
Avalon Potomac Yard Alexandria, VA 323
 24,225
 76,633
 7,849
 24,225
 84,482
 108,707
 5,374
 103,333
 N/A
 
 2014/2016
Avalon Clarendon Arlington, VA 300
 22,573
 89,431
 8,744
 22,573
 98,175
 120,748
 2,903
 117,845
 N/A
 
 2002/2016
Avalon Columbia Pike Arlington, VA 269
 18,830
 76,429
 6,904
 18,830
 83,333
 102,163
 1,811
 100,352
 N/A
 70,019
 2009/2016
Oakwood Arlington Arlington, VA 184
 18,850
 38,545
 2,861
 18,850
 41,406
 60,256
 7,117
 53,139
 53,844
 
 1987/2013
Avalon Alderwood I Lynnwood, WA 367
 12,294
 55,612
 
 12,294
 55,612
 67,906
 4,515
 63,391
 65,247
 
 2015
TOTAL OTHER STABILIZED 10,918
 $593,582
 $2,305,628
 $293,727
 $593,582
 $2,599,355
 $3,192,937
 $442,269
 $2,750,668
 $2,242,819
 $212,011
  
                           
LEASE-UP                          
Avalon Glendora Glendora, CA 280
 $18,311
 $64,649
 $
 $18,311
 $64,649
 $82,960
 $2,602
 $80,358
 $81,730
 $
 2016
Avalon Irvine III Irvine, CA 156
 11,607
 43,872
 
 11,607
 43,872
 55,479
 1,247
 54,232
 52,308
 
 2016
Avalon Dublin Station II Dublin, CA 252
 7,762
 76,421
 
 7,762
 76,421
 84,183
 2,077
 82,106
 80,691
 
 2016
AVA Theater District Boston, MA 398
 17,024
 163,055
 
 17,024
 163,055
 180,079
 7,692
 172,387
 175,257
 
 2015
Avalon Marlborough Marlborough, MA 350
 15,315
 60,153
 
 15,315
 60,153
 75,468
 3,129
 72,339
 73,460
 
 2015
Avalon Framingham Framingham, MA 180
 9,309
 34,554
 
 9,309
 34,554
 43,863
 1,468
 42,395
 43,101
 
 2015
Avalon Bloomfield Station Bloomfield, NJ 224
 10,701
 39,429
 
 10,701
 39,429
 50,130
 2,099
 48,031
 49,968
 
 2015
Avalon Union Union, NJ 202
 11,695
 36,014
 
 11,695
 36,014
 47,709
 1,094
 46,615
 39,456
 
 2016
Avalon Green III Elmsford, NY 68
 4,985
 17,237
 
 4,985
 17,237
 22,222
 637
 21,585
 21,103
 
 2016
Avalon Falls Church Falls Church, VA 384
 39,544
 66,202
 
 39,544
 66,202
 105,746
 3,467
 102,279
 103,438
 
 2016
AVA Capitol Hill Seattle, WA 249
 20,613
 60,276
 
 20,613
 60,276
 80,889
 1,983
 78,906
 79,008
 
 2016
Avalon Alderwood II Redmond, WA 124
 5,072
 21,390
 
 5,072
 21,390
 26,462
 347
 26,115
 14,264
 
 2016
TOTAL LEASE-UP 2,867
 $171,938
 $683,252
 $
 $171,938
 $683,252
 $855,190
 $27,842
 $827,348
 $813,784
 $
  
REDEVELOPMENT                          
Avalon Towers on the Peninsula Mountain View, CA 211
 $9,560
 $56,136
 $8,886
 $9,560
 $65,022
 $74,582
 $29,059
 $45,523
 $39,705
 $
 2002
AVA Studio City I Studio City, CA 450
 17,658
 90,715
 24,339
 17,658
 115,054
 132,712
 16,391
 116,321
 100,198
 
 1987/2013
Avalon at Edgewater (3) Edgewater, NJ 168
 5,982
 24,389
 4,681
 5,982
 29,070
 35,052
 13,929
 21,123
 27,453
 
 2002
Avalon at Arlington Square Arlington, VA 842
 22,041
 90,296
 25,065
 22,041
 115,361
 137,402
 49,956
 87,446
 84,234
 
 2001
TOTAL REDEVLOPMENT 1,671
 $55,241
 $261,536
 $62,971
 $55,241
 $324,507
 $379,748
 $109,335
 $270,413
 $251,590
 $
  
                           
TOTAL CURRENT COMMUNITIES 70,364
 $3,732,667
 $12,752,509
 $1,454,076
 $3,732,667
 $14,206,585
 $17,939,252
 $3,673,291
 $14,265,961
 $14,009,250
 $2,576,758
  
                           
                           
                           
                           

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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
December 31, 2016
(Dollars in thousands)


      2016 2015 2016  
      Initial Cost   Total Cost            
Community City and state # of homes Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Costs
Subsequent to
Acquisition /
Construction
 Land and improvements Building /
Construction in
Progress &
Improvements
 Total Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Total Cost,
Net of
Accumulated
Depreciation
 Encumbrances Year of
Completion/
Acquisition
DEVELOPMENT (4)                          
Avalon West Hollywood West Hollywood, CA 294
 $
 $1,438
 $128,735
 $
 $130,173
 $130,173
 $
 $130,173
 $81,067
 $
 N/A
Avalon Chino Hills Chino Hills, CA 331
 2,108
 15,878
 69,487
 2,108
 85,365
 87,473
 67
 87,406
 24,639
 
 N/A
Avalon Dogpatch San Francisco, CA 326
 
 362
 108,203
 
 108,565
 108,565
 
 108,565
 62,306
 
 N/A
Avalon Public Market Emeryville, CA 285
 
 83
 29,615
 
 29,698
 29,698
 
 29,698
 N/A
 
 N/A
AVA Hollywood Hollywood, CA 695
 
 181
 123,086
 
 123,267
 123,267
 
 123,267
 N/A
 
 N/A
Avalon Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, CA 378
 10,560
 86,201
 19,701
 10,560
 105,902
 116,462
 1,193
 115,269
 88,629
 
 N/A
AVA NoMa Washington, D.C. 438
 
 987
 108,213
 
 109,200
 109,200
 
 109,200
 47,794
 
 N/A
Avalon North Station Boston, MA 503
 1,633
 19,710
 227,728
 1,633
 247,438
 249,071
 49
 249,022
 142,911
 
 N/A
Avalon Quincy Quincy, MA 395
 8,586
 46,296
 29,740
 8,586
 76,036
 84,622
 490
 84,132
 34,498
 
 N/A
Avalon Easton Easton, MA 290
 
 137
 28,937
 
 29,074
 29,074
 
 29,074
 N/A
 
 N/A
AVA Wheaton Wheaton, MD 319
 
 307
 35,054
 
 35,361
 35,361
 
 35,361
 18,295
 
 N/A
Avalon Hunt Valley Hunt Valley, MD 332
 4,773
 28,466
 33,969
 4,773
 62,435
 67,208
 189
 67,019
 29,230
 
 N/A
Avalon Laurel Laurel, MD 344
 7,766
 48,128
 14,381
 7,766
 62,509
 70,275
 743
 69,532
 31,008
 
 N/A
Avalon Princeton Princeton, NJ 280
 7,832
 21,418
 59,298
 7,832
 80,716
 88,548
 188
 88,360
 50,071
 
 N/A
Avalon Maplewood Maplewood, NJ 235
 
 620
 47,833
 
 48,453
 48,453
 
 48,453
 19,180
 
 N/A
Avalon Boonton Boonton, NJ 350
 
 124
 8,168
 
 8,292
 8,292
 
 8,292
 N/A
 
 N/A
Avalon Teaneck Teaneck, NJ 248
 
 
 14,034
 
 14,034
 14,034
 
 14,034
 N/A
 
 N/A
Avalon Willoughby Square/AVA DoBro Brooklyn, NY 826
 114,499
 294,247
 44,940
 114,499
 339,187
 453,686
 5,873
 447,813
 408,812
 
 N/A
Avalon Great Neck Great Neck, NY 191
 
 424
 55,247
 
 55,671
 55,671
 
 55,671
 26,237
 
 N/A
Avalon Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, NY 180
 
 327
 58,506
 
 58,833
 58,833
 
 58,833
 20,394
 
 N/A
Avalon Rockville Centre II Rockville Centre, NY 165
 
 249
 26,547
 
 26,796
 26,796
 
 26,796
 11,302
 
 N/A
Avalon Somers Somers, NY 152
 
 38
 16,548
 
 16,586
 16,586
 
 16,586
 N/A
 
 N/A
11 West 61st Street New York, NY 172
 
 
 348,821
 
 348,821
 348,821
 
 348,821
 N/A
 
 N/A
Avalon Esterra Park Redmond, WA 482
 14,034
 69,247
 45,866
 14,034
 115,113
 129,147
 1,161
 127,986
 84,428
 
 N/A
Avalon Newcastle Commons I Newcastle, WA 378
 1,054
 12,210
 79,057
 1,054
 91,267
 92,321
 54
 92,267
 27,140
 
 N/A
Avalon Belltown Towers Seattle, WA 275
 
 50
 29,336
 
 29,386
 29,386
 
 29,386
 N/A
 
 N/A
TOTAL DEVELOPMENT 8,864
 $172,845
 $647,128
 $1,791,050
 $172,845
 $2,438,178
 $2,611,023
 $10,007
 $2,601,016
 $1,207,941
 $
  
                           
Land Held for Development   N/A $84,293
 $
 $
 $84,293
 $
 $84,293
 $
 $84,293
 $484,377
 $
 
Corporate Overhead   N/A 56,584
 8,553
 76,921
 56,584
 85,474
 142,058
 60,334
 81,724
 77,940
 4,500,000
 
2016 Disposed Communities   N/A 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 162,801
 
  
TOTAL   79,228
 $4,046,389
 $13,408,190
 $3,322,047
 $4,046,389
 $16,730,237
 $20,776,626
 $3,743,632
 $17,032,994
 $15,942,309
 $7,076,758
  

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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
December 31, 2016
(Dollars in thousands)


(1)Some or all of the land for this community is subject to a land lease.
(2)This community was under redevelopment for some or all of 2016, with the redevelopment effort primarily focused on the exterior and/or common area, with no expected material impact on community operations. This community is therefore included in the Established Community portfolio and not classified as a Redevelopment Community.
(3)The Total Cost, Net of Accumulated Depreciation as of December 31, 2015 includes the land, but excludes the net book value, of fixed assets destroyed by the Edgewater casualty loss.
(4)Development Communities excludes AVA North Point, which is being developed within an unconsolidated joint venture.



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AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (Continued)
December 31, 2016
(Dollars in thousands)


Amounts include real estate assets held for sale.


Depreciation of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. building, improvements, upgrades and furniture, fixtures and equipment (FF&E) is calculated over the following useful lives, on a straight line basis:


Building—30 years

Improvements, upgrades and FF&E—not to exceed 7 years


The aggregate cost of total real estate for federal income tax purposes was approximately $16,521,643$20,223,213 at December 31, 2013.

2016.


The changes in total real estate assets for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 20112014 are as follows:


 
 Years ended December 31, 
 
 2013 2012 2011 

Balance, beginning of period

 $10,071,342 $9,288,496 $8,661,211 

Acquisitions, construction costs and improvements

  7,157,639  934,936  864,439 

Dispositions, including impairment loss on planned dispositions

  (428,660) (152,089) (237,154)
        

Balance, end of period

 $16,800,321 $10,071,342 $9,288,496 
        
        
 For the year ended
 12/31/2016 12/31/2015 12/31/2014
Balance, beginning of period$19,268,099
 $17,849,316
 $16,800,321
Acquisitions, construction costs and improvements1,788,515
 1,667,989
 1,311,003
Dispositions, including casualty losses and impairment loss on planned dispositions(279,988) (249,206) (262,008)
Balance, end of period$20,776,626
 $19,268,099
 $17,849,316


The changes in accumulated depreciation for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20122016, 2015 and 2011,2014, are as follows:


 
 Years ended December 31, 
 
 2013 2012 2011 

Balance, beginning of period

 $2,056,222 $1,863,466 $1,705,567 

Depreciation, including discontinued operations

  573,715  260,094  250,269 

Dispositions

  (113,825) (67,338) (92,370)
        

Balance, end of period

 $2,516,112 $2,056,222 $1,863,466 
        
        
 For the year ended
 12/31/2016 12/31/2015 12/31/2014
Balance, beginning of period$3,325,790
 $2,913,576
 $2,516,112
Depreciation, including discontinued operations531,434
 477,923
 442,682
Dispositions, including casualty losses(113,592) (65,709) (45,218)
Balance, end of period$3,743,632
 $3,325,790
 $2,913,576


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