Vela on Ox | Woodland Hills, CA Ashton Sherman Village | Valley Village, CA ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. INVESTOR PRESENTATION MARCH 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS ESSEX AT A GLANCE 3 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TRACK RECORD & INVESTMENT THESIS 8 12 WEST COAST FUNDAMENTALS OPERATIONS UPDATE 24 ESG HIGHLIGHTS 32 2022 GUIDANCE & BALANCE SHEET 35 41 DEFINITIONS & RECONCILIATIONS " We are Essex—the proven leader in West Coast apartments. We are a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redev ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $.0001 par value (Essex Property Trust, Inc.) ESS New York Stock Exchange FORM 10-K (MARK ONE) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period ...

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Q4 2021 Earnings Conference Call February 3, 2022 2:00 PM ET Company Participants Michael Schall - President and Chief Executive Officer Angela Kleiman - Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Barb Pak - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Adam Berry - Chief Investment Officer Conference Call Participants Rich Hill - Morgan Stanley Alexander Goldfarb - Piper Sandler Nick Joseph - Citi Rich Hightower - Evercore Brad Heffern - RBC Cap ...

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Q3 2021 Earnings Conference Call October 27, 2021 2:00 PM ET Company Participants Michael Schall – President and Chief Executive Officer Angela Kleiman – Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Barbara Pak – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Adam Berry – Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Conference Call Participants Nic Joseph – Citi Haendel St. Juste – Mizuho John Kim – BMO Capital Markets Rich Hill – Morgan St ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $.0001 par value (Essex Property Trust, Inc.) ESS New York Stock Exchange FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2021 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period fr ...

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call July 30, 2021 1:00 PM ET Corporate Participants Michael Schall - President and Chief Executive Officer Angela Kleiman - Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Barbara Pak - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Adam Berry - Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Conference Call Participants Nic Joseph - Citi Rich Hill - Morgan Stanley Joshua Dennerlein - Bank of America Austin Wurschmidt ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $.0001 par value (Essex Property Trust, Inc.) ESS New York Stock Exchange FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __ ...

ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC. INVESTOR PRESENTATION JUNE 2021 Domaine | Seattle, WA Avenue 64 | Emeryville, CA Cortesia | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA TABLE OF CONTENTS ESSEX AT A GLANCE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 TRACK RECORD & INVESTMENT THESIS 6 WEST COAST FUNDAMENTALS 10 OPERATIONS UPDATE 20 2021 GUIDANCE AND BALANCE SHEET 24 DEFINITIONS & RECONCILIATIONS 30 2 ESSEX AT A GLANCE THE ONLY PUBLIC MULTIFAMILY REIT DEDICATED TO THE WEST COAST San Francisco MD 8% Oakland(2) 14% Santa Clara 20% Ventura 5% Los Angeles 17 ...

Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ESS) Q1 2021 Earnings Conference Call April 28, 2021 2:00 PM ET Company Participants Michael Schall - President, CEO & Director Angela Kleiman - Senior EVP & COO Barbara Pak - EVP & CFO Adam Berry - EVP & CIO Conference Call Participants Nicholas Joseph - Citigroup Austin Wurschmidt - KeyBanc Capital Markets Alexander Goldfarb - Piper Sandler & Co. Jeffrey Spector - Bank of America Merrill Lynch John Pawlowski - Green Street Advisors John Kim - BMO Capital Markets Richard Hi ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $.0001 par value (Essex Property Trust, Inc.) ESS New York Stock Exchange FORM 10-Q ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _ ...