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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 8.01</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Other Events.</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On September&nbsp;11,
2008, AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;AvalonBay&#148;) announced </font>that it will call for redemption all
outstanding shares of its 8.70% Series&nbsp;H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Stock (&#147;Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock&#148;) (AVB PrH &#150; CUSIP No.&nbsp;053484705) on
October&nbsp;15, 2008 at a price of $25.00 per share, plus $0.1752 per share in
accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date, for an aggregate
redemption price of $25.1752 per share of Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
press release announcing the redemption of the Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock is
attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>

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9.01</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b>Financial Statements and Exhibits</b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exhibits.</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press
  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Release of AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc. dated September&nbsp;11,
  2008</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">. (Filed herewith)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:10.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AVALONBAY
  COMMUNITIES, INC.</font></p>
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  Thomas J. Sargeant</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>Exhibits.</p>

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  </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Release of AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc. dated September&nbsp;11,
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas J. Sargeant</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">703-317-4635</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in .5in .0001pt 2.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For
Immediate Release</font></u></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AVALONBAY
COMMUNITIES ANNOUNCES REDEMPTION OF</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">8.70%
SERIES H CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Alexandria,
VA (September&nbsp;11, 2008) - AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc. (NYSE: AVB) </font></b>announced today that it is giving notice that
it will redeem all outstanding shares of its 8.70% Series&nbsp;H Cumulative
Redeemable Preferred Stock (&#147;Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock&#148;) (AVB PrH &#150; CUSIP No.&nbsp;053484705)
on October&nbsp;15, 2008 at a price of $25.00 per share, plus $0.1752 per share
in accrued and unpaid dividends to the redemption date, for an aggregate
redemption price of $25.1752 per share of Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From the redemption date
forward, dividends on the Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock will no longer accrue,
and holders of the Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock will have no rights other than
the right to receive the redemption price of $25.1752, without interest, upon
surrender of certificates representing the Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock.&#160; Payment of the redemption price will be made
only upon presentation and surrender of certificates representing the Series&nbsp;H
Preferred Stock pursuant to the instructions contained in or accompanying the
Notice of Redemption to Mellon Investment Services LLC, which will serve as
redemption agent for the Series&nbsp;H Preferred Stock, during its usual
business hours at the addresses specified in the Notice of Redemption.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notice of Redemption and
related materials will be mailed to holders of record of the Series&nbsp;H
Preferred Stock on or about September&nbsp;12, 2008.&#160; Questions relating to the Notice of
Redemption and related materials should be directed to Mellon Investor Services
LLC, the redemption agent, at 1-800-777-3674 or to AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc.
Investor Relations at (703) 317-4747.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 24.7pt .0001pt 0in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About
AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of June&nbsp;30, 2008, AvalonBay Communities,&nbsp;Inc.,
headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, owned or held an ownership interest in
180 apartment communities containing 51,118 apartment homes in ten states and
the District of Columbia, of which 20 communities were under construction and
10 communities were under reconstruction.&#160;
AvalonBay is in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring, and
managing apartment communities in high barrier-to-entry markets of the United
States. More information on AvalonBay, an S&amp;P 500 listed company, may be
found on AvalonBay&#146;s Web site at http://www.avalonbay.com.</font></p>

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