2016 Developer List

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Developer Rank 2016	Developer Rank 2015	Company Name	Units Started 2016	Units Started 2015	Corporate Officer	HQ City	HQ State
1	1	Alliance Residential Company	7765	7500	Bruce Ward and V. Jay Hiemenz	Phoenix	AZ
2	2	Mill Creek Residential Trust LLC	6567	5397	Charles R. Brindell and William C. MacDonald	Dallas	TX
3	3	Wood Partners, LLC	5824	4700	Joe Keough	Atlanta	GA
4	7	Trammell Crow Residential	4841	3983	Kenneth J. Valach	Dallas	TX
5	8	Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC	4699	3896	Robert A. Faith	Charleston	SC
6	5	Lennar Multifamily Communities	4582	4565	Todd Farrell	Charlotte	NC
7	6	AvalonBay Communities, Inc.	3758	4044	Timothy J. Naughton	Arlington	VA
8	15	Holland Partner Group	3536	1790	Clyde Holland	Vancouver	WA
9	10	Lincoln Property Company	3449	2557	Tim Byrne	Dallas	TX
10	18	Forest City Residential Group, Inc.	3352	1596	Ronald A. Ratner	Cleveland	OH
11	9	The NRP Group LLC	3251	2658	J. David Heller and T. Richard Bailey	Cleveland	OH
12		Hanover Company	3017	3470	John H. Nash	Houston	TX
13	16	The Michaels Organization	2880	1766	John J. O'Donnell	Marlton	NJ
14	20	AMLI Residential	2561	1525	Greg Mutz	Chicago	IL
15		Pollack Shores Real Estate Group	2554	1389	Marc Pollack and Steven Shores	Atlanta	GA
16	17	StreetLights Residential	2259	1610	Tom Bakewell	Dallas	TX
17		The Wolff Company	2134	2685	Fritz H Wolff	Scottsdale	AZ
18		The JBG Companies	2081	589	Brian Coulter and David Paul	Chevy Chase	MD
19		The Richman Group Affordable Housing Corporation	1908	792	Richard Paul Richman	Greenwich	CT
20		Crescent Communities	1863	1205	Brian Natwick	Charlotte	NC
21		JPI	1840	1240	Mark Bryant	Irving	TX
22	25	Woodfield Development	1776	1422	Greg Bonifield	Arlington	VA
23		ZOM, Inc.	1770	1376	Greg T. West	Orlando	FL
24	23	The Dinerstein Companies	1748	1458	Brian Dinerstein	Houston	TX
25	14	The Calida Group	1700	2220	Eric Cohen	Las Vegas	NV

Developer rankings are produced using the number of units started by the company for its own account in 2015, as reported by the company’s responsible party completing the survey.

Who is a Developer?

A Developer is the firm responsible for the entire process related to the development of a new multifamily (defined as five or more units) rental community (including independent living and age-restricted housing). The developer controls everything from preliminary planning to obtaining financing to preparing the community for delivery to the market, and typically is responsible for selection of the builder. Units are started for the developer's own account, and upon completion of units, the developer will be the owner of the units. This includes developers who may sell their property after the units have been leased.

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