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Matthew B. Whalen rejoined AvalonBay in 2003 as Vice President of Development for the Long Island territory. He is responsible for leading the development and acquisition activity in the dynamic Long Island real estate market. He works out of the AvalonBay office in Melville, NY.
Prior to rejoining AvalonBay, Matt was Director for the Northeast Region for Cogent Communications, an optical networking company bringing fiber optics to office buildings in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. He was responsible for leading a team of professionals to build Cogent’s nationwide network of multi-tenant office buildings and was also responsible for the daily operation of Cogent’s New York office.
Prior to Cogent, Matt was a Senior Director at AvalonBay responsible for acquisitions and development in the New York region in 1999 and 2000.
In 1998, Matt was Vice President of Homestead Village; a NYSE extended stay hotel company and subsidiary of Security Capital Group. While there, Matt was responsible for the Urban Development program consisting of high-rise projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic totaling over $400 million. In 1995, Matt was Vice President of Security Capital Group in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. responsible for acquisitions and development for the eastern region. Prior to Security Capital Group, Matt was Vice President of Crimson Partners of Herndon, Virginia, a private real estate investment company acquiring and developing commercial properties. He previously worked for Toll Brothers; a NYSE residential developer based in Philadelphia. | 