Essex's beginnings go back to 1971, when real estate entrepreneur, George M. Marcus formed Essex Property Corporation. In 1994, the Company made its public debut as Essex Property Trust, Inc. with a portfolio of 16 multifamily communities. Today Essex is an award winning, fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages marquee multifamily apartment communities, concentrated in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay and Seattle metropolitan areas. The recent acquisition and repositioning of the phenomenal Essex Skyline at MacArthur Place high-rise residential community in the South Coast Metro area of California is the first, and to date, the only Luxe List Home perfect 100 scoring property. This is the most recent example of the consistently creative, bold, innovative leadership Essex has demonstrated for decades in the multifamily industry.  It's no wonder the National Association of Home Builders [NAHB] has often declared Essex to be among the top trendsetters in the nation's multifamily housing industry. We at Luxe List Home salute Essex Property Trust as a unique multifamily Luxury leader and commend your incredibly prescient team who consistently promote excellence in apartment design, development, management, marketing, and customer  experience.

Darcey Forbes, Director of Marketing and Communication recently said, "Luxe List is more then a luxury rental resource, they are a marketing partner committed to showcasing only finest residential communities." Thank you, Darcey. We are pleased to partner with a respected management organization such as Essex Property Trust.

In honor of our Nation's birthday, Luxe List Home launched the Washington DC metro area on July 4, 2010. It turns out that DC is not only the seat of government for the world's most esteemed democracy, but that it also is home to an extraordinary number of exceptional multifamily luxury communities. The competition was fierce in the DC metro resulting in our most robust city launch to date with 18 remarkable, high scoring properties, and several outstanding management companies being featured on the initial DC Luxe List. And, we expect to expand the DC list even further as we conclude our review of the metro's many other fine options.

LuxeListHome.com remains the first and only independent on-line resource and decision engine dedicated exclusively to the "Luxury" Rental Market. As many of you know, we evaluate, identify, score, and profile only the finest apartments in America's most desirable metropolitan areas. We serve the needs of both affluent renters who rely on our research and the many stunning Luxury Apartment communities we qualify and feature. Soon we will be launching even more new cities. Stay tuned this summer for more exciting announcements. Cheers!