Rank
Company / CEO / Headquarters / Contact Info
(P) = Public
Top
Executive
Number
Of Units
Managed In 2012 (vs. '11)
2012 Revenue From MF Operations (in millions)
What They Managed*
Where They Managed*
1 Greystar Real Estate Partners
Charleston, SC • 843-579-9400
Website
Robert A. Faith 198,534
3%
N/A AFF, MR, MIL, ST, IL National
2 Riverstone Residential Group
Dallas, TX • 214-965-6000
Website
Walt Smith 174,838
3%
N/A AFF, MR National
3 Lincoln Property Co.
Dallas, TX • 214-740-3300
Website
Tim Byrne 144,542
0%
$2,253 AFF, MR, MIL, ST National
4 Pinnacle
Addison, TX • 214-981-1402
Website
Rick L. Graf 138,638
0%
$44 AFF, MR, MIL, ST, IL P, PL, WSC, M, MA, ESC, GL, SA
5 Equity Residential (P)
Chicago, IL • 312-474-1300
Website
David J. Neithercut 115,370
-5%
$2,123 AFF, MR P, M, NE, MA, SA
6 WinnCompanies
Boston, MA • 617-742-4500
Website
Samuel Ross 92,988
1%
N/A AFF, MR, MIL P, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, SA
7 Bell Partners
Greensboro, NC • 336-232-5529
Website
Steven D. Bell 69,112
8%
$631 MR PL, WSC, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
8 AIMCo (P)
Denver, CO • 303-757-8101
Website
Terry Considine 66,076
-25%
$1,033 AFF, MR National
9 Camden Property Trust (P)
Houston, TX • 713-354-2500
Website
Richard J. Campo 65,775
-2%
$728 MR P, WSC, M, SA
10 Alliance Residential Co.
Phoenix, AZ • 602-778-2800
Website
Bruce Ward 65,116
16%
$21 AFF, MR, ST P, WSC, M, MA, ESC, SA
11 FPI Management
Folsom, CA • 916-357-5300
Website
Dennis Treadaway 63,000
2%
$650 AFF, MR, ST, IL P, PL, WSC, M, NE, MA
12 AvalonBay Communities (P)
Arlington, VA • 703-329-6300
Website
Timothy Naughton 59,391
1%
$1,046 AFF, MR P, NE, MA, GL, SA
13 Edward Rose Building Enterprise
Bloomfield Hills, MI • 248-686-5500
Website
Warren Rose 57,132
1%
$366 AFF, MR PL, GL, SA
14 Archstone
Englewood, CO • 720-448-6553
Website
R. Scot Sellers 57,041
-26%
N/A AFF, MR, ST P, WSC, M, NE, MA, SA
15 UDR (P)
Highlands Ranch, CO • 720-348-7647
Website
Thomas W. Toomey 54,195
-10%
$697 AFF, MR P, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, SA
16 MAA (P)
Memphis, TN • 901-682-6600
Website
H. Eric Bolton Jr. 49,591
1%
$497 MR PL, WSC, M, ESC, SA
17 JRK Property Holdings
Los Angeles, CA • 310-268-8344
Website
James Lippman 49,340
9%
N/A AFF, MR P, PL, WSC, M, MA, ESC, GL, SA
18 Hunt Cos.
El Paso, TX • 915-533-1122
Website
Woody L. Hunt 49,001
-4%
$643 AFF, MR, MIL, ST, IL P, PL, WSC, M, NE, ESC, GL, SA
19 BH Management Services
Des Moines, IA • 515-244-2622
Website
Harry Bookey 46,491
1%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL P, PL, WSC, MA, ESC, GL, SA
20 Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management
Dallas, TX • 214-515-7000
Website
Joseph G. Beard 46,064
5%
N/A AFF, MR, ST P, PL, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
21 ConAm Group
San Diego, CA • 858-614-7200
Website
Brad Forrester 44,200
-4%
N/A AFF, MR, IL P, PL, WSC, M, GL, SA
22 The Michaels Development Co.
Marlton, NJ • 856-596-3008
Website
Michael J. Levitt 43,141
6%
$35 AFF, MR, MIL National
23 Home Properties (P)
Rochester, NY • 585-546-4900
Website
Edward J. Pettinella 42,635
2%
$644 MR NE, MA, GL, SA
24 Irvine Co. Apartment Communities
Irvine, CA • 949-720-5600
Website
Kevin Baldridge 41,698
7%
N/A MR P
25 Village Green
Farmington Hills, MI • 248-851-9600
Website
Jonathan Holtzman 41,138
8%
N/A AFF, MR PL, WSC, MA, ESC, GL, SA
26 American Campus Communities (P)
Austin, TX • 512-732-1000
Website
Bill Bayless 40,946
24%
$476 MIL, ST National
27 Asset Plus Cos.
Houston, TX • 713-782-5800
Website
Michael S. McGrath 39,887
23%
N/A AFF, MR, ST P, PL, M, MA, ESC, GL, SA
28 Holiday Retirement
Lake Oswego, OR • 503-370-7071
Website
Jack R. Callison Jr. 37,396
1%
$934 IL, AL National
29 MIlestone Management
Dallas, TX • 214-561-1200
Website
Steve Lamberti 37,345
8%
N/A MR WSC, M, MA, ESC, SA
30 Colonial Properties Trust (P)
Birmingham, AL • 205-250-8700
Website
Thomas H. Lowder 35,797
3%
$368 MR WSC, M, ESC, SA
31 Gables Residential
Atlanta, GA • 404-923-5500
Website
Susan Ansel 35,180
-5%
$167 MR P, WSC, M, NE, MA, GL, SA
32 Essex Property Trust (P)
Palo Alto, CA • 650-849-1636
Website
Michael Schall 34,370
1%
$532 MR, ST P
33 Cottonwood Residential
Salt Lake City, UT • 801-449-3352
Website
Chad Christensen 34,248
83%
N/A AFF, MR P, PL, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
34 McKinley
Ann Arbor, MI • 734-769-8520
Website
Albert M. Berriz 34,177
0%
$300 MR, ST, IL WSC, M, MA, GL, SA
35 The Lynd Co.
San Antonio, TX • 210-733-6125
Website
A. David Lynd 33,935
-3%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL P, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
36 The Bozzuto Group
Greenbelt, MD • 301-220-0100
Website
Thomas S. Bozzuto 33,580
10%
$587 AFF, MR, ST, IL NE, MA
37 Sentinel Real Estate Corp.
New York, NY • 212-408-5000
Website
John H. Streicker 32,588
-3%
N/A MR P, PL, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, SA
38 Capstone Real Estate Services
Austin, TX • 512-646-6700
Website
James W. Berkey 32,253
4%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL PL, WSC, M, ESC, SA
39 Concord Management
Maitland, FL • 407-691-5949
Website
Edward O. Wood Jr. 30,716
-5%
N/A AFF, MR, IL MA, ESC, GL, SA
40 The John Stewart Co.
San Francisco, CA • 415-345-4400
Website
Jack D. Gardner 30,181
-1%
$28 AFF, MR, IL P
41 Morgan Properties
King of Prussia, PA • 610-265-2800
Website
Mitchell L. Morgan 30,051
7%
$313 AFF, MR MA
42 Eugene Burger Management Corp.
Rohnert Park, CA • 707-584-5123
Website
Eugene J. Burger 29,599
18%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL P, M, ESC
43 Laramar Communities
Greenwood Village, CO • 303-991-6532
Website
Jeff Elowe 28,500
-29%
$39 AFF, MR P, WSC, GL, SA
44 Harbor Group International
Norfolk, VA • 757-640-0800
Website
Jordan Slone 27,539
21%
N/A MR PL, WSC, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
45 Drucker & Falk
Newport News, VA • 757-245-1541
Website
Kellie Falk-Tillett 27,522
6%
N/A AFF, MR SA
46 Orion Real Estate Services (P)
Houston, TX • 713-622-5844
Website
Kirk Tate 26,956 N/A N/A AFF, MR, IL PL, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
47 CAPREIT
Rockville, MD • 301-231-8700
Website
Dick Kadish 26,500
-6%
N/A AFF, MR, IL PL, WSC, MA, ESC, GL, SA
48 Western National Property Management
Irvine, CA • 949-862-6200
Website
Michael K. Hayde 25,422
6%
$352 AFF, MR, ST, IL WSC
49 Picerne Real Estate Group
Phoenix, AZ • 602-279-8484
Website
David R. Picerne 24,359
8%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL, AL, CCRC PL, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
50 Edgewood Management Corp.
Germantown, MD • 301-562-1600
Website
Cindy Sanquist 22,283
N/A
$15 AFF, IL P, MA, ESC, GL, SA
AFF= Affordable | AL= Assisted Living | CCRC= Continuing Care Retirement Community | IL= Independent Living | MIL= Military | MR= Market Rate | ST= Student Housing | ESC= East South Central | GL= Great Lakes | M= Mountain | MA= Mid-Atlantic | NE= New England | P= Pacific | PL = Plains | SA= South Atlantic | WSC= West South Central