UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 1, 2005

                               EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

             Maryland                     1-12252            13-3675988
   (State or other jurisdiction         (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)       File Number)    Identification No.)

  Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 400
           Chicago, Illinois                                    60606
(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 474-1300

                                 Not applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On November 1, 2005, Equity  Residential  issued a press release announcing
its results of operations  and financial  condition as of September 30, 2005 and
for the nine months and quarter then ended. The press release is attached hereto
as Exhibit  99.1.  The  information  contained in this Section  2.02,  including
Exhibit  99.1,  is being  furnished  and shall not be  deemed  "filed"  with the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  nor  incorporated  by  reference  in  any
registration  statement filed by Equity  Residential under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    Exhibit
    Number                                  Exhibit
  ------------      ------------------------------------------------------------
     99.1           Press Release dated November 1, 2005, announcing the results
                    of operations and financial  condition of Equity Residential
                    as of September 30, 2005 and for the nine months and quarter
                    then ended.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                         EQUITY RESIDENTIAL

Date: November 1, 2005   By:        /s/ Mark L. Wetzel
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                         Name:      Mark L. Wetzel
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                         Its: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
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