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Type
  
Public

Founded
  
1969

Revenue
  
2.744 billion USD

Industry
  
Apartments

Founder
  
Samuel Zell

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Traded as
  
NYSE: EQR S&P 500 Component

Key people
  
David Neithercut (CEO) Samuel Zell (Chairman)

Stock price
  
EQR (NYSE) US$ 61.96 -0.17 (-0.27%)10 Mar, 4:01 PM GMT-5 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Chicago, Illinois, United States

CEO
  
David Neithercut (Jan 2006–)

Parent organization
  
ERP OPERATING LTD PARTNERSHIP

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Equity Residential is a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in Chicago, Illinois.

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As of January 31, 2016, the company owned or had investments in 316 properties consisting of 85,391 apartments located primarily in Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco, and Southern California.

The company was added to the S&P 500 in 2001. The company has paid a dividend to its common stock shareholders in every year since 1993.

Equity residential celebrates 20 years of trading


History

The company was founded in 1969 by real-estate investor Sam Zell, who is also the current chairman.

On February 27, 2013, Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities closed a $9 billion deal to acquire Archstone from Lehman Brothers.

References

Equity Residential Wikipedia