Last Updated: October 7, 2025
Analyzing Management
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CEO Schall’s lack of experience threatens portfolio pivot & development execution
Analysis of AvalonBay Communities CEO Benjamin Schall
Despite his intelligence, Benjamin Schall’s lack of residential experience is validated by poor execution on the portfolio pivot and development pipeline, making him poorly aligned with AvalonBay’s need for specialized operational leadership.
ManagementTrack’s analysis focuses on Benjamin Schall’s track record and skillset against the following key factors for AVB:
- Converting low coastal supply into NOI growth amid opex headwinds.
- Executing the $900M portfolio pivot into oversupplied Sunbelt markets.
- Mitigating impact of softening high-wage job market on demand.
- Achieving target yields on the ~$3B development pipeline.
Report Available: Proprietary Interviews & Analysis on Benjamin Schall Answers Key Questions
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Question Answered #1
How is Schall’s leadership, which former colleagues believed would simply maintain a stable business, now contributing to negative performance in both the coastal portfolio and new Sunbelt acquisitions?
Question Answered #2
How does Schall’s past success in securing a crisis-saving loan at Seritage contrast with his current struggles to mitigate the impact of a softening job market?
Question Answered #3
How is Schall attempting to overcome the steep residential learning curve, given his intelligence has not yet translated into successful execution of the portfolio pivot or development pipeline?
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What is ManagementTrack’s assessment of Benjamin Schall at AVB?
ManagementTrack’s assessment of Benjamin Schall begins with its proprietary career analysis and interviews with former colleagues to build a detailed profile of his track record, key strengths, and weaknesses. This profile is then measured against AVB’s most critical current challenges: converting low coastal supply into NOI growth amid operational headwinds, executing the portfolio pivot into oversupplied Sunbelt markets, mitigating the impact of a softening high-wage job market, and achieving target yields on its multi-billion dollar development pipeline.
What additional analytical tools does ManagementTrack utilize to link executive actions to future company performance?
ManagementTrack deploys proprietary models to analyze earnings call transcripts for abnormal instances of executive evasion. The platform also scrutinizes all insider transactions to identify outlier trades that are predictive of future over- or underperformance. Combined with the ManagementTrack Rating, a predictive 1-10 score for every executive, these tools provide investors with a decisive view on management’s likely impact on future company results.
What is the scope of ManagementTrack’s coverage?
ManagementTrack maintains real-time coverage of the complete c-suite for every publicly traded company.
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Author
Colby Howard is the co-founder and President of Paragon Intel. Paragon Intel’s ManagementTrack is the premier executive analysis platform for hedge funds, asset managers, corporations, boards, and recruiters. Our proprietary data, built over a decade of analysis, allows us to analyze each public company executive to understand their fit and ability to execute at their company. We leverage our proprietary data – key quantitative research on an executive’s career plus interviews with their former colleagues – with public documents, including SEC filings (10-K, 10-Q), investor presentations, press releases, and earnings call transcripts. to build a holistic, evidence-based view of an executive’s capabilities and playbook.
Sources
- Verified Career History by ManagementTrack for Benjamin Schall
- Analysis of Capital Allocation, Performance, and Fundamentals across career by ManagementTrack
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 10Q
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. 10K
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Earnings Calls
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Press Releases
Relevant Links
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Data visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-data/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Interview & Analysis visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-reports/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Interview library visit: https://paragonintel.com/management-track-report-library/
- For more information on ManagementTrack’s Evasion Analysis visit: https://paragonintel.com/earnings-call-evasion/
- For more information on how ManagementTrack helps hedge funds and asset managers visit: https://paragonintel.com/
