CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Published on March 30, 2000
EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (formerly Bay Apartment Communities, Inc.) on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-16837) of our report dated March 25, 1998, on our audit of the
financial statement of the Bay Apartment Commmunities, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified
Employee Stock Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 1997, which report
is included in this Current Report on Form 11-K.
/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
San Francisco, California
March 27, 2000