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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2006</font></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement No. 333-______</font></b></p> </div>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AVALONBAY
COMMUNITIES, INC.</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;"><br>
</font></b><i><font style="font-style:italic;">(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></i></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Maryland</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2900 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 300<br>
  Alexandria, Virginia 22314<br>
  (703) 329-6300</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">77-0404318</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(State
  of Incorporation)</font></i></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices)</font></i></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(I.R.S.
  Employer Identification No.)</font></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AvalonBay
Communities, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></i></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bryce Blair</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AvalonBay Communities, Inc.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2900 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 300</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alexandria, Virginia&#160; 22314</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Name and address of agent for service)</font></i></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(703) 329-6300</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</font></i></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With
copy to:<br>
John J. Huber, Esq.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William
P. O&#146;Neill, Esq.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Latham
&amp; Watkins LLP</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">555
Eleventh Street, N.W.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Suite
1000</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington,
D.C. 20004-1304</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(202)
637-2200</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price&nbsp;Per&nbsp;Share<br>
  (2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Aggregate&nbsp;Offering&nbsp;Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration&nbsp;Fee&nbsp;(3)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock,
  par value $.01 per share</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,485,617 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$108.55</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$486,913,725</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$52,099.77</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1) </font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This registration statement
also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of the
registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may be required pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions
of the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, in the event of a
stock dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock
under the plan or other similar event.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2) </font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Calculated pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and
low prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June
6, 2006.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3) </font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In accordance with Rule
457(h), the filing fee is based on the maximum number of the registrant&#146;s
securities issuable under the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated, that are covered by this registration statement.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This registration
statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 registers 4,485,617 additional securities of
the same class as other securities of the Registrant for which the Registrant
previously filed registration statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933 relating to its 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
and restated (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s
registration statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File Nos. 333-56089, 333-47405,
333-16809 and 33-80249), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;4, 1998, March&nbsp;5, 1998, November&nbsp;26,
1996 and December&nbsp;11, 1995, respectively, are hereby incorporated by
reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8. After
giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of 9,135,701 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), have
been registered for issuance pursuant to the Plan.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;I<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information
required in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement is included in the
prospectus for the Plan, which the Registrant has excluded from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to Form&nbsp;S-8.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;II<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&#160;&#160;&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant
hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously
been filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for its fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2005;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for its fiscal quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on February&nbsp;14
and March&nbsp;13, 2006; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in its Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all
documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a)&nbsp;and 13(c), Section&nbsp;14 and Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of such documents (in each case, other than information in
such documents that is deemed not to be filed).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.&#160;&#160;&#160; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject to certain
limited exceptions, AvalonBay&#146;s charter and bylaws, each as amended, limit the
liability of AvalonBay&#146;s directors and officers to AvalonBay and its
stockholders for money damages for any breach of any duty owed by such director
or officer of AvalonBay to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law. The
Maryland General Corporation Law (&#147;MGCL&#148;) generally permits the liability of
directors and officers to a corporation or its stockholders for money damages
to be limited, unless it is established that (A)&nbsp;the director or officer
actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; (B)&nbsp;in
the case of a criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause
to believe that the act or omission was unlawful; or (C)&nbsp;the director&#146;s or
officer&#146;s act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active
and deliberate dishonesty. However, if the proceeding was one by or in the
right of AvalonBay, indemnification may not be made in respect of any
proceeding in which the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be
liable to AvalonBay. These provisions do not limit the ability of AvalonBay or its
stockholders to obtain other relief, such as an injunction or rescission.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
authority granted in AvalonBay&#146;s charter and bylaws, AvalonBay has also entered
into indemnification agreements with certain of its executive officers and
members of the board of directors who are not officers of AvalonBay, pursuant
to which AvalonBay has agreed to indemnify them against certain liabilities
incurred in connection with their service as executive officers and/or
directors and has agreed to advance expenses incurred by them in certain
circumstances. These provisions and contracts could reduce the legal remedies
available to AvalonBay and its stockholders against these individuals. In
addition, AvalonBay maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance
policy.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Edward
  M. Schulman,&nbsp;Esq., Senior Vice President &#151; General Counsel of the registrant, as to the legality of the
  securities being registered.*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent
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  Vice President &#151; General counsel of the registrant (included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">___________</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Filed
herewith.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.&#160;&#160;&#160; Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona
fide </font></i>offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a</font></p>


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registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Alexandria,
Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 9th day of June, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:58.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES,&nbsp;INC.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:52.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:52.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:52.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Bryce Blair</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="52%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:52.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bryce Blair<br>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints each of Bryce Blair and Thomas J. Sargeant as such person&#146;s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such person in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and (and any additional registration statement related thereto
permitted by Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or
substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. </font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Signature</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Bryce Blair</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<br>
  (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bryce Blair</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Bruce A.
  Choate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bruce A. Choate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ John J.
  Healy,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John J.
  Healy,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gilbert M.
  Meyer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
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  Sargeant</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas J.
  Sargeant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Edward
  M. Schulman,&nbsp;Esq., Senior Vice President &#151; General Counsel of the registrant, as to the legality of the
  securities being registered.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Edward M. Schulman,&nbsp;Esq., Senior
  Vice President &#151; General Counsel of the registrant (included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney (included in Part&nbsp;II of this
  Registration Statement).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">* Filed herewith.</font></p>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2006
Registration Statement No. 333-______
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVALONBAY
COMMUNITIES, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
2900 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 329-6300
77-0404318
(State
  of Incorporation)
(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices)
(I.R.S.
  Employer Identification No.)
AvalonBay
Communities, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
(Full Title of the Plan)
Bryce Blair
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
2900 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 300
Alexandria, Virginia  22314
(Name and address of agent for service)
(703) 329-6300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
With
copy to:
John J. Huber, Esq.
William
P. O'Neill, Esq.
Latham
& Watkins LLP
555
Eleventh Street, N.W.
Suite
1000
Washington,
D.C. 20004-1304
(202)
637-2200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee (3)
Common Stock,
  par value $.01 per share
4,485,617 shares
$108.55
$486,913,725
$52,099.77
(1)
This registration statement
also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of the
registrant's Common Stock as may be required pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions
of the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, in the event of a
stock dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock
under the plan or other similar event.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and
low prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June
6, 2006.
(3)
In accordance with Rule
457(h), the filing fee is based on the maximum number of the registrant's
securities issuable under the 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated, that are covered by this registration statement.
Note
This registration
statement on Form S-8 registers 4,485,617 additional securities of
the same class as other securities of the Registrant for which the Registrant
previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933 relating to its 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
and restated (the "Plan"). Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant's
registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-56089, 333-47405,
333-16809 and 33-80249), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") on June 4, 1998, March 5, 1998, November 26,
1996 and December 11, 1995, respectively, are hereby incorporated by
reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. After
giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of 9,135,701 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), have
been registered for issuance pursuant to the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information
required in Part I of this Registration Statement is included in the
prospectus for the Plan, which the Registrant has excluded from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant
hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously
been filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
·
the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31,
2005;
·
the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2006;
·
the
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 14
and March 13, 2006; and
·
the
description of the Registrant's common stock contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
In addition, all
documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a) and 13(c), Section 14 and Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of such documents (in each case, other than information in
such documents that is deemed not to be filed).
Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Subject to certain
limited exceptions, AvalonBay's charter and bylaws, each as amended, limit the
liability of AvalonBay's directors and officers to AvalonBay and its
stockholders for money damages for any breach of any duty owed by such director
or officer of AvalonBay to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law. The
Maryland General Corporation Law ("MGCL") generally permits the liability of
directors and officers to a corporation or its stockholders for money damages
to be limited, unless it is established that (A) the director or officer
actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; (B) in
the case of a criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause
to believe that the act or omission was unlawful; or (C) the director's or
officer's act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active
and deliberate dishonesty. However, if the proceeding was one by or in the
right of AvalonBay, indemnification may not be made in respect of any
proceeding in which the director or officer shall have been adjudged to be
liable to AvalonBay. These provisions do not limit the ability of AvalonBay or its
stockholders to obtain other relief, such as an injunction or rescission.
2
Pursuant to the
authority granted in AvalonBay's charter and bylaws, AvalonBay has also entered
into indemnification agreements with certain of its executive officers and
members of the board of directors who are not officers of AvalonBay, pursuant
to which AvalonBay has agreed to indemnify them against certain liabilities
incurred in connection with their service as executive officers and/or
directors and has agreed to advance expenses incurred by them in certain
circumstances. These provisions and contracts could reduce the legal remedies
available to AvalonBay and its stockholders against these individuals. In
addition, AvalonBay maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance
policy.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Edward
  M. Schulman, Esq., Senior Vice President — General Counsel of the registrant, as to the legality of the
  securities being registered.*
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
23.2
Consent of Edward M. Schulman, Esq., Senior
  Vice President — General counsel of the registrant (included in
  Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in Part II of this
  Registration Statement).
___________
*              Filed
herewith.
Item 9.    Undertakings.
(a)           The
registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
(2)           That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(3)           To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(c)           Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
3
director, officer, or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
4
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Alexandria,
Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 9th day of June, 2006.
AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Bryce Blair
Bryce Blair
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints each of Bryce Blair and Thomas J. Sargeant as such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for such person in such person's name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments and (and any additional registration statement related thereto
permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or
substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Bryce Blair
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
June 9, 2006
Bryce Blair
/s/ Bruce A.
  Choate
Director
June 9, 2006
Bruce A. Choate
/s/ John J.
  Healy, Jr.
Director
June 9, 2006
John J.
  Healy, Jr.
/s/ Gilbert M.
  Meyer
Director
June 9, 2006
Gilbert M. Meyer
/s/ Timothy J.
  Naughton
President and Director
June 9, 2006
Timothy J.
  Naughton
/s/ Lance R.
  Primis
Director
June 9, 2006
Lance R. Primis
/s/ H. Jay
  Sarles
Director
June 9, 2006
H. Jay Sarles
Director
June 9, 2006
Allan D.
  Schuster
5
Director
June 9, 2006
Amy P. Williams
/s/ Thomas J.
  Sargeant
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 9, 2006
Thomas J.
  Sargeant
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Edward
  M. Schulman, Esq., Senior Vice President — General Counsel of the registrant, as to the legality of the
  securities being registered.*
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
23.2
Consent of Edward M. Schulman, Esq., Senior
  Vice President — General Counsel of the registrant (included in
  Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included in Part II of this
  Registration Statement).
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* Filed herewith.
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