Item 2. Properties

As of December 31, 2022, the Company, directly or indirectly through investments in title holding entities, owned all or a portion of 308 properties located in 10 states and the District of Columbia consisting of 79,597 apartment units. See Item 1, Business, for additional information regarding the Company’s properties and the markets/metro areas upon which we are focused. The Company’s properties are summarized by building type in the following table:

Garden is generally defined as properties with two and/or three story buildings while mid/high-rise is generally defined as properties with greater than three story buildings. These two property types typically provide residents with amenities, such as rooftop decks and swimming pools, fitness centers and community rooms. In addition, many of our urban properties have non-residential components, such as parking garages and/or retail spaces.

The Company’s properties are summarized by ownership type in the following table:

The following table sets forth certain information by market relating to the Company’s properties at December 31, 2022:

Note: Projects under development are not included in the Portfolio Summary until construction has been completed.

(1)

% of Stabilized Budgeted NOI - Represents original budgeted 2023 NOI for stabilized properties and projected annual NOI at stabilization (defined as having achieved 90% occupancy for three consecutive months) for properties that are in lease-up.

(2)

Average Rental Rate - Total residential rental revenues reflected on a straight-line basis in accordance with GAAP divided by the weighted average occupied apartment units for the reporting period presented.

The following tables provide a rollforward of the apartment units included in Same Store Properties (please refer to the Definitions section in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) and a reconciliation of apartment units included in Same Store Properties to those included in Total Properties for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Note: Properties are considered “stabilized” when they have achieved 90% occupancy for three consecutive months. Properties are included in same store when they are stabilized for all of the current and comparable periods presented.

(1)

Consists of two properties which were removed from the same store portfolio as discussed further below:

a.

Laguna Clara located in Santa Clara, CA containing 222 apartment units was removed from the same store portfolio in the second quarter of 2022 due to a major renovation and redevelopment project, including the demolition of 42 apartment units. As of December 31, 2022, the property had an occupancy of 65.2%. This property will not return to the same store portfolio until it is stabilized for all of the current and comparable periods presented.

b.

Pearl MDR located in Marina Del Rey, CA containing 597 apartment units was removed from the same store portfolio in the third quarter of 2022 due to a large scale repiping and renovation project in which significant portions of the property are being taken offline for extended time periods. As of December 31, 2022, the property had an occupancy of 79.6%. This property will not return to the same store portfolio until it is stabilized for all of the current and comparable periods presented.

(2)

Consists of properties in various stages of lease-up and properties where lease-up has been completed but the properties were not stabilized for the comparable periods presented. Also includes one former third-party master-leased property that was not stabilized.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s same store occupancy was 95.7% and its total portfolio-wide occupancy, which includes completed development properties in various stages of lease-up, was 95.6%. Certain of the Company’s properties are encumbered by mortgages and additional detail can be found on Schedule III – Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation.

The properties in various stages of development and lease-up at December 31, 2022 are included in the following table:

(1)

Total Budgeted Capital Cost – Estimated remaining cost for projects under development and/or developed plus all capitalized costs incurred to date, including land acquisition costs, construction costs, capitalized real estate taxes and insurance, capitalized interest and loan fees, permits, professional fees, allocated development overhead and other regulatory fees, plus any estimates of costs remaining to be funded for all projects, all in accordance with GAAP. Amounts for partially owned consolidated and unconsolidated properties are presented at 100% of the project.

(2)

All non-wholly owned projects are being partially funded with project-specific construction loans. None of these loans are recourse to the Company. As of December 31, 2022, three projects have begun drawing on their construction loans for the unconsolidated joint venture projects under development.

(3)

The land parcels under these projects are subject to long-term ground leases.