As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2004
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    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): August 3, 2004

                               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 7. Financial Statements, Pro forma Financial Information and Exhibits

  Exhibit
  Number                        Exhibit
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    99.1      Press Release dated August 3, 2004, announcing the results of
              operations and financial condition of Equity Residential as of
              June 30, 2004 and for the six months and quarter then ended.


ITEM 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

        On August 3, 2004, Equity Residential issued a press release announcing
its results of operations and financial condition as of June 30, 2004 and for
the six months and quarter then ended. The press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K,
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.


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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: August 3, 2004         By:     /s/  MICHAEL J. McHUGH
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                             Name:   Michael J. McHugh
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                             Its:    Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting
                                     Officer and Treasurer
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