Form: S-3

Registration statement for specified transactions by certain issuers

September 16, 1999

EXHIBIT 23.3

Published on September 16, 1999



EXHIBIT 23.3


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated January 30, 1998 relating to the
financial statements as of December 31, 1997 and for the years ended
December 31, 1997 and 1996, which appears in AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s
(formerly Bay Apartment Communities, Inc.) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1998. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts".

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
September 13, 1999