UDR, Inc. formerly United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., operates as a self-administered equity real estate investment trust (REIT). It owns, acquires, renovates, develops, and manages middle-market apartment communities. The company targets young professionals, blue-collar families, single parent households, older singles, immigrants, and non related parties. As of June 30, 2005, the companyÂ’s portfolio included 263 communities with 77,289 apartment homes nationwide. As a REIT, the company would not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent it distributes 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders. UDR, Inc. was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.