Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Essex Property Trust manages multifamily residential properties mainly along the US West Coast.

Essex Property Trust
Essex Property Trust is a real estate investment trust that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages residential apartment communities along the West Coast of the United States. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company focuses its property portfolio on supply-constrained coastal submarkets within Southern California, Northern California, and the Seattle metropolitan area. Its operating holdings encompass multi-family residential developments featuring individual apartment units as well as integrated street-level retail and commercial spaces. The organization conducts property acquisition, asset repositioning, ground-up development, and structured equity investment operations to maintain and expand its regional footprint across primary West Coast markets.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Essex Property Trust
- Multifamily Residential Leasing: Direct ownership, operation, and management of multi-family residential apartment communities in supply-constrained coastal markets, offering flexible leasing options across major urban submarkets in Southern California, Northern California, and the Seattle metropolitan area.
- Commercial and Retail Space Leasing: Commercial property management and leasing for ground-floor retail spaces, neighborhood services, and mixed-use facilities attached to residential apartment communities situated in dense, high-traffic metropolitan centers across California and Washington.
- Residential Property Development: Ground-up construction, land entitlement, and architectural development of modern high-density multifamily apartment communities and mixed-use real estate assets within high-barrier-to-entry West Coast metropolitan markets.
- Asset Redevelopment and Capital Improvement: Comprehensive physical renovation, structural modernization, and interior upgrades of existing apartment properties to upgrade facility quality, enhance property values, and improve overall operational performance across the portfolio.
- Structured Finance and Joint Venture Investments: Provision of preferred equity funding, co-investment capital, and structured joint venture financing solutions to third-party developers and real estate partners acquiring or constructing West Coast residential properties.
- In-Home Technology and Utility Services: Implementation and management of property-wide smart home automation platforms, high-speed fiber internet infrastructure, and modern resident utility services installed throughout multi-family residential units in the portfolio.
Essex Property Trust executive team
- Ms. Angela L. KleimanPresident, CEO & Director
- Ms. Barbara M. Pak CFAExecutive VP & CFO
- Mr. Rylan K. BurnsExecutive VP & Chief Investment Officer
- Ms. Anne M. MorrisonExecutive VP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel & Secretary
- Mr. Brennan McGreevyGroup VP & Chief Accounting Officer
- Dmitry TaraschanskySenior Vice President of Transactions
- Angela KralovecSenior Vice President of Investment Management