# Essex Property Trust says it has reduced on-site staff and moved to a hub model that relies on virtual apartment tours and AI leasing agents

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20260220-property-manager-2
Date: 2026-02-20 · Stage: Deployment
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/property-manager

## Scope

United States (Essex owns apartment communities on the US West Coast). In its annual report the company says it has adjusted its operating model to reduce the number of staff on-site at individual properties and instituted a hub model in which specialised staff serve multiple properties from a central location and rely on technologies such as virtual apartment tours and artificially intelligent leasing agents to further reduce the need for on-site staffing. It states this as an operating risk and gives no staff numbers.

## Source

- Essex Property Trust, Inc. — Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (filed February 20, 2026, SEC EDGAR) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/920522/000092052226000003/ess-20251231.htm (primary source)

## What this means

A large landlord says in a regulatory filing that it uses AI leasing agents to need fewer people on site.

## What it does not show yet

One company, with no numbers on how many leasing or on-site jobs changed.

## How to verify it yourself

Check whether your employer's properties now share staff from a central hub and who answers new leasing enquiries.


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