EXHIBIT 21.1 List of Subsidiaries 1. Essex Portfolio, L.P., a California limited partnership 2. Essex Management Corporation, a California corporation 3. Essex-Palisades Facilitator, a California limited partnership 4. Essex Sunpointe Limited, a California limited partnership 5. Essex Washington Interest Partners, a California general partnership 6. Essex San Ramon Partners L.P., a California limited partnership 7. Essex Bristol Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership 8. Essex Fidelity I Corporation, a California corporation 9. Essex Camarillo Corporation, a California corporation 10. Essex Camarillo L.P., a California limited partnership 11. Essex Meadowood Corporation, a California corporation 13. Essex Meadowood, L.P., a California limited partnership 12. Essex Bunker Hill Corporation, a California corporation 24. Essex Bunker Hill, L.P., a California limited partnership 14. Essex Treetops Corporation, a California corporation 15. Essex Treetops, L.P., a California limited partnership 16. Essex Bluffs, L.P., a California limited partnership 17. Essex Huntington Breakers, L.P., a California limited partnership 18. Essex Stonehedge, L.P., a California limited partnership 19. Essex Bridle Trails, L.P., a California limited partnership 20. Essex Spring Lake, L.P., a California limited partnership 21. Essex Maple Leaf, L.P., a California limited partnership 23. Fountain Court Apartment Associates, L.P., a Washington limited partnership 24. Essex Fountain Court, LLC, a Washington limited liability company 25. Essex Inglenook Court, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 26. Essex Wandering Creek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 27. Essex Fairways, LLC, a California limited liability company 28. Essex Columbus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 29. Essex Lorraine, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 30. Essex Glenbrock, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 31. Essex Euclid, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 32. Essex Lorraine, Inc. a California corporation 33. Essex Columbus, Inc. a California corporation