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Thomas Toomey

Thomas W. Toomey is chairman and chief executive officer of UDR, a publicly traded apartment REIT. He joined the company as CEO in 2001 and became board chair in 2018. His tenure has included a large-scale reshaping of UDR’s multifamily portfolio through acquisitions, dispositions and development. UDR’s 2025 proxy and 2026 industry coverage place its portfolio above 60,000 apartment homes. UDR 2024 proxy statement · Connect CRE profile

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Known For

  • Repositioning UDR’s apartment portfolio over a 25-year leadership tenure. In a 2017 proxy, the company credited his leadership with more than $16 billion in multifamily acquisitions and dispositions and $3 billion in development during the period covered.
  • Holding executive roles at AIMCO, including COO and CFO, before joining UDR; earlier he was a senior vice president at Lincoln Property Company.
  • Industry leadership through the Urban Land Institute, Nareit and the National Multifamily Housing Council. The 2024 UDR proxy records his appointment as chairman effective January 2018 and describes company objectives in operating performance, balance-sheet strength and portfolio diversification. UDR 2017 proxy · UDR 2024 proxy

Career

Before UDR, Toomey held senior operating and finance positions at AIMCO and spent five years as a senior vice president at Lincoln Property Company. He joined UDR in 2001 as president and CEO and became chairman in 2018. A company proxy from 2017 reported that, during his tenure to that point, UDR had acquired and disposed of more than $16 billion of communities and developed $3 billion of multifamily properties. Those are company-level totals. Recent coverage describes UDR’s portfolio as exceeding 60,000 apartments. Toomey has also held leadership roles with the Urban Land Institute, Nareit and NMHC. UDR 2017 proxy · UDR 2024 proxy

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