Equity Residential

About Equity Residential

Equity Residential is a real estate operator headquartered in Chicago, IL. Equity Residential operates in Atlanta, Georgia, Austin, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts. Its investment focus is on Multifamily - Core, Multifamily - Ground-up and Multifamily - Value-Add.

Equity Residential is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) established in 1969 by Sam Zell. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the enterprise has completed 57 years of operation. The trust runs under the executive leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Mark J. Parrell, supported by a workforce of over 2,400 real estate professionals. The company focuses its real estate strategy on high-density urban and suburban rental communities. Its operational platform manages property acquisition, ground-up development, and asset management—targeting affluent, long-term renters across high-barrier-to-entry gateway submarkets and high-growth expansion regions. The S&P 500 member controls a national footprint of 312 properties comprising 85,211 apartment units. Generating over 2.9 billion dollars in annual revenues with a market capitalization of approximately 28 billion dollars, its geographic focus spans Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California, Denver, Atlanta, Dallas, and Austin.

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