Rank
Company
Headquarters / Contact Info
(P) = Public
Top
Executive
2012 Units Owned
(vs. ’11)
2012 Revenue From MF Operations (in millions)
What They Owned*
Where They Owned*
1 Boston Capital
Boston, MA • 617-624-8999
Website
Jack Manning 155,521
-1%
N/A AFF, MR National
2 Hunt Cos.
El Paso, TX • 915-533-1122
Website
Woody L. Hunt 144,000
25%
$643 AFF, MR, MIL P, PL, WSC, M, NE, ESC, GL, SA
3 Centerline Capital Group (P)
New York, NY • 212-317-5700
Website
Robert L. Levy 142,359
-5%
N/A AFF National
4 SunAmerica Affordable Housing Partners (P)
Los Angeles, CA • 310-772-6000
Website
Douglas S. Tymins 136,634
1%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL, AL National
5 Boston Financial Investment Management
Boston, MA • 800-782-7890
Website
Kenneth J. Cutillo 130,895
-7%
N/A AFF National
6 Equity Residential (P)
Chicago, IL • 312-474-1300
Website
David J. Neithercut 115,370
-5%
$2,123 AFF, MR P, M, NE, MA, SA
7 National Equity Fund
Chicago, IL • 312-697-6460
Website
Joseph S. Hagan 109,771
4%
$600 AFF, MR, IL, AL, CCRC National
8 The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corp.
Greenwich, CT • 203-869-0900
Website
Richard P. Richman 104,572
6%
N/A AFF, MR National
9* Enterprise Community Investment, Inc.
Columbia, MD. • 202-649-3916
Website
Charles R. Werhane 99,013
1%
N/A AFF, MR, IL National
9 Aimco (P)
Denver, CO • 303-757-8101
Website
Terry Considine 67,977
-11%
$1,033 AFF, MR National
10 Edward Rose Building Enterprise
Bloomfield Hills, MI • 248-686-5500
Website
Warren Rose 57,132
1%
$366 AFF, MR PL, GL, SA
11 AvalonBay Communities (P)
Arlington, VA • 703-329-6300
Website
Timothy Naughton 56,910
4%
$1,046 AFF, MR P, NE, MA, GL, SA
12 Camden Property Trust (P)
Houston, TX • 713-354-2500
Website
Richard J. Campo 55,083
9%
$728 MR P, WSC, M, SA
13 MAA (P)
Memphis, TN • 901-682-6600
Website
H. Eric Bolton Jr. 49,591
1%
$497 MR PL, WSC, M, ESC, SA
14 WNC & Associates
Irvine, CA • 714-662-5565
Website
Mia Chikamori 49,488
-3%
$310 AFF National
15 JRK Property Holdings
Los Angeles, CA • 310-268-8344
Website
James Lippman 49,340
4%
N/A AFF, MR P, PL, WSC, M, MA, ESC, GL, SA
16 Bell Partners
Greensboro, NC • 336-232-5529
Website
Steven D. Bell 48,127
7%
$631 MR WSC, NE, MA, ESC, SA
17 Irvine Co. Apartment Communities
Irvine, CA • 949-720-5600
Website
Kevin Baldridge 47,329
6%
N/A AFF, MR P
18 Lincoln Property Co.
Dallas, TX • 214-740-3300
Website
Tim Byrne 46,968
-1%
$2,253 MR, MIL P, PL, WSC, M, NE, MA, GL, SA
19 Raymond James Tax Credit Funds (P)
St. Petersburg, FL • 800-438-8088
Website
Steven J. Kropf 46,699
0%
N/A AFF PL, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
20 The Michaels Development Co.
Marlton, NJ • 856-596-3008
Website
Michael J. Levitt 45,960
1%
$35 AFF, MR, MIL P, PL, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, SA
21 Archstone
Englewood, CO • 720-448-6553
Website
R. Scot Sellers 45,824
-10%
N/A AFF, MR P, WSC,
M, NE, MA, SA
22 UDR (P)
Highlands Ranch, CO • 720-348-7647
Website
Thomas W. Toomey 45,223
-6%
$697 AFF, MR P, WSC,
M, NE,
MA, ESC, SA
23 DRA Advisors
New York, NY • 212-697-4740
Website
David Luski 43,077
1%
N/A MR P, PL, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
24 Home Properties (P)
Rochester, NY • 585-546-4900
Website
Edward J. Pettinella 42,635
2%
$644 MR NE, MA, GL, SA
25 Holiday Retirement
Lake Oswego, OR • 503-370-7071
Website
Jack R. Callison Jr. 37,396
1%
$934 IL, AL P, PL, WSC, M, NE, ESC, GL, SA
26 BH Equities
Des Moines, IA • 515-244-2622
Website
Harry Bookey 37,001
11%
N/A MR, ST, IL P, PL, WSC, NE, MA, ESC, SA
27* Weidner Apartment Homes
Kirkland, WA  • 425-821-3844
Website
Jack O’Connor 35,603
9%
N/A MR M, P
27 Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management
Dallas, TX • 214-515-7000
Website
Joseph G. Beard 35,278
9%
N/A AFF, MR, ST PL, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
28 Colonial Properties Trust (P)
Birmingham, AL • 205-250-8700
Website
Thomas H. Lowder 35,252
4%
$368 MR WSC, M, ESC, SA
29 Essex Property Trust (P)
Palo Alto, CA • 650-849-1636
Website
Michael Schall 33,470
2%
$532 MR, ST P
30 Sentinel Real Estate Corp.
New York, NY • 212-408-5000
Website
John H. Streicker 32,588
-3%
N/A MR National
31 Greystar Real Estate Partners
Charleston, SC • 843-579-9400
Website
Robert A. Faith 31,949
58%
N/A MR P, PL,
WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, SA
32 American Campus Communities (P)
Austin, TX • 512-732-1000
Website
Bill Bayless 31,854
37%
$476 ST National
33 Concord Management
Maitland, FL • 407-691-5949
Website
Edward O. Wood Jr. 30,716
-5%
N/A AFF, MR, IL MA, ESC, GL, SA
34 Highridge Costa Investors
Gardena, CA • 424-258-2800
Website
Michael A. Costa 26,056
-1%
$134 AFF, MR, IL P, PL,
WSC, M, MA, ESC, GL, SA
35 Morgan Properties
King of Prussia, PA • 610-265-2800
Website
Mitchell L. Morgan 25,842
18%
$313 AFF, MR MA
36 Forest City Enterprises (P)
Cleveland, OH • 216-621-6060
Website
David LaRue 24,729
-29%
$270 AFF, MR, IL, AL P, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
37 MIlestone Management
Dallas, TX • 214-561-1200
Website
Steve Lamberti 24,094
13%
N/A MR WSC, M, MA, ESC, SA
38 The Lynd Co.
San Antonio, TX • 210-733-6125
Website
A. David Lynd 23,587
0%
N/A MR, ST P, WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
39 Harbor Group International
Norfolk, VA • 757-640-0800
Website
Jordan Slone 23,114
19%
N/A MR PL, WSC, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
40 Post Properties (P)
Atlanta, GA • 404-846-6000
Website
David Stockert 22,218
3%
$335 MR WSC, MA, SA
41 GID Investment Advisers
Boston, MA • 617-854-6665
Website
Robert E. DeWitt 21,822
3%
N/A AFF, MR P, WSC,
M, NE, MA, SA
42 IMT Residential
Sherman Oaks, CA • 818-784-4700
Website
John Tesoriero 21,556
22%
N/A MR P, WSC, M, SA
43 The Bascom Group
Irvine, CA • 949-955-0888
Website
Jerome Fink 21,500
-16%
$197 AFF, MR P, WSC,
M, ESC, SA
44 Dominium
Plymouth, MN • 763-354-5500
Website
Armand Brachman 20,195
20%
$192 AFF, MR, AL P, PL,
WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
45 Picerne Real Estate Group
Phoenix, AZ • 602-279-8484
Website
David R. Picerne 20,146
0%
N/A AFF, MR, ST, IL, AL, CCRC PL, WSC, M, NE, MA, ESC, GL, SA
46 Alliance Residential Co.
Phoenix, AZ • 602-778-2800
Website
Bruce Ward 20,125
12%
$21 MR P, WSC,
M, MA, ESC, SA
47 AMLI Residential
Chicago, IL • 312-283-4800
Website
Greg Mutz 19,638
4%
$299 MR P, WSC, M, MA, GL, SA
48 Cottonwood Residential
Salt Lake City, UT • 801-449-3352
Website
Chad Christensen 18,364
N/A
N/A MR P, PL,
WSC, M, ESC, GL, SA
49 Mercy Housing
Denver, CO • 303-830-3300
Website
Sister Lillian Murphy, RSM 16,413
N/A
$171 AFF, MR, IL P, PL, M, ESC, GL, SA
50 Gables Residential
Atlanta, GA • 404-923-5500
Website
Susan Ansel 15,389
6%
$167 MR P, WSC,
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