As of December 31, 2022, the company owned or had investments in 308 properties consisting of 79,597 apartment units in Southern California, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York City, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft.

[6] At this point the team of David Neithercut CEO, Alan George CIO, and Mark Parrell CFO,and Bruce Strohm GC guided the company's growth and strategy.

[15][16] On February 27, 2013, Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities closed a $9 billion deal to acquire Archstone from Lehman Brothers.

[17] In 2013, the company sold 8,010 apartment units to a joint venture of Goldman Sachs and Greystar Real Estate Partners for $1.5 billion.

[19] Equity Residential was sued in a class action in 2017 due to allegations that it charged late payment fees in violation of California law.