AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Declares Third Quarter 2014 Dividends

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend on the Company’s Common Stock (par value $0.01 per share) for the third quarter of 2014. The Common Stock dividend is $1.16 per share and is payable October 15, 2014 to all Common Stockholders of Record as of September 30, 2014.

About AvalonBay Communities

As of June 30, 2014, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 275 apartment communities containing 82,348 apartment homes in eleven states and the District of Columbia, of which 32 communities were under construction and six communities were under reconstruction. The Company is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in high barrier-to-entry markets of the United States. More information may be found on the Company’s website at http://www.avalonbay.com.

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Jason Reilley
Director
Investor Relations
703-317-4681

Source: AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Released September 4, 2014