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): January 5, 2006

 

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-12252

 

13-3675988

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Illinois

 

0-24920

 

36-3894853

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
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 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a), (b) Throughout 2005, Equity Residential, through its operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership (collectively with Equity Residential, the “Company”), acquired various real estate properties, including the Company’s previously announced acquisition on November 3, 2005 of three high-rise apartment towers, known as Trump Place, located at 140, 160 and 180 Riverside Boulevard on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  The Company is hereby filing certain financial information relating to Trump Place (see Item 9.01(d) below) indicated under Rule 3-14 and Article 11 of Regulation S-X.

 

(d)           Exhibits:

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

Number

 

 

Exhibit

23.1

 

Consents of Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

(a)

Financial Statements of Real Estate Operations Acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

Combined Statements of Revenue and Certain Expenses

 

 

 

Notes to Combined Statements of Revenue and Certain Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity Residential

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005 (unaudited) and for the year ended December 31, 2004 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERP Operating Limited Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2005 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2005 (unaudited) and for the year ended December 31, 2004 (unaudited)

 

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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: January 5, 2006

By:

/s/ Donna Brandin

 

 

 

 

Name:

Donna Brandin

 

 

 

 

Its:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: January 5, 2006

By:

/s/ Mark L. Wetzel

 

 

 

 

Name:

Mark L. Wetzel

 

 

 

 

Its:

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

BY:

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL,

 

 

ITS GENERAL PARTNER

 

 

Date: January 5, 2006

By:

/s/ Donna Brandin

 

 

 

 

Name:

Donna Brandin

 

 

 

 

Its:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: January 5, 2006

By:

/s/ Mark L. Wetzel

 

 

 

 

Name:

Mark L. Wetzel

 

 

 

 

Its:

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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