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Equity Residential and AvalonBay: Inside the $71B Mega Multifamily Merger

On May 21, shortly before Memorial Day weekend, participants in public real estate markets awoke to a truly remarkable headline.  AvalonBay Communities, the owner of 98,000 apartments and with a marke

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On May 21, shortly before Memorial Day weekend, participants in public real estate markets awoke to a truly remarkable headline.

AvalonBay Communities, the owner of 98,000 apartments and with a market capitalization of $25 billion, would be merging with Equity Residential, one of the oldest real estate investment trusts (REITs) in America, holding 85,000 apartments […]

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