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Equity Residential Presentation at Harris Nesbitt REIT Conference to Be Web Cast

Company Release - 5/11/2006

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2006--Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) today announced that the company's presentation at the Harris Nesbitt REIT Conference on Tuesday, May 16 will be web cast. Donna Brandin, Equity Residential's CFO, will make the presentation at 10:15 a.m. CT.

The listen-only web cast will be available on the Harris Nesbitt website at www.harrisnesbitt.com/conferences/reit2006.

Equity Residential, an S&P 500 company, is the largest publicly traded apartment company in America. Nationwide, Equity Residential owns or has investments in 911 properties in 31 states and the District of Columbia, consisting of 191,753 units. For more information on Equity Residential, please visit our website at www.equityresidential.com.

    CONTACT: Equity ResidentialMarty McKenna, 312-928-1901

    SOURCE: Equity Residential