Equity Residential, based in Chicago, is one of the largest apartment real estate investment trusts in the U.S. The company focuses on high-quality properties and has benefited from the high cost of home ownership. Prior to the pandemic, the company's properties were primarily in large coastal cities in four core states. Its new growth strategy is focused on 12 Sunbelt and other non-coastal markets, including expansion projects in suburban Raleigh, Atlanta, Austin, and Denver. The average EQR tenant is a professional in his or her early 30s; a group that has enjoyed recent strong employment demographics. Current average rental rates are about $3,061. About 42% of the portfolio is in California, 20% is in New York and Boston, and 8% in expansion markets. EQR owns or has interests in 299 communities with about 80,000 apartment units. About 92% of these communities are wholly owned. The shares are a component of the S&P 500. The company's market cap is about $25 billion.

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Equity Residential owns a portfolio of 302 apartment communities with around 80,000 units and is developing two additional properties with 537 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle, and Boston.

Equity Residential owns a portfolio of 302 apartment communities with around 80,000 units and is developing two additional properties with 537 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in the urban and suburban submarkets of Southern California, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York, Seattle, and Boston.