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Subsequent Events/Other (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |
Properties acquired | 1 eqr_PropertiesAcquired | 0 eqr_PropertiesAcquired |
Property Units Acquired | 202 eqr_PropertyUnitsAcquired | 0 eqr_PropertyUnitsAcquired |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets | $ 130,300,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets | $ 5,968,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAssets |
Disposed Properties | 1 eqr_DisposedProperties | 3 eqr_DisposedProperties |
Disposed Units | 314 eqr_DisposedUnits | 550 eqr_DisposedUnits |
Proceeds From Sale Of Property | 49,600,000 eqr_ProceedsFromSaleOfProperty | 145,400,000 eqr_ProceedsFromSaleOfProperty |
Repayments of Notes Payable | 300,000,000 us-gaap_RepaymentsOfNotesPayable |  |
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage | 6.584%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage |  |
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs |  | 100,000 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts |
Noncash Project Abandonment Costs |  | 493,000 us-gaap_NoncashProjectAbandonmentCosts | 452,000 us-gaap_NoncashProjectAbandonmentCosts
Other Expenses |  | 600,000 us-gaap_OtherExpenses | 500,000 us-gaap_OtherExpenses
Employee Benefits and Share-based Compensation |  | 2,300,000 us-gaap_EmployeeBenefitsAndShareBasedCompensation |
Owned Property Management Costs |  | 21,444,000 us-gaap_OwnedPropertyManagementCosts | 22,118,000 us-gaap_OwnedPropertyManagementCosts
General and administrative/other |  | 19,922,000 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | 17,576,000 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Litigation Settlement, Amount |  |  | 500,000 us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount
Consolidated Rental Properties [Member] |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |
Disposed Properties |  | 3 eqr_DisposedProperties / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = eqr_ConsolidatedRentalPropertiesMember |
Disposed Units |  | 550 eqr_DisposedUnits / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = eqr_ConsolidatedRentalPropertiesMember |
Proceeds From Sale Of Property |  | 145,400,000 eqr_ProceedsFromSaleOfProperty / us-gaap_SignificantAcquisitionsAndDisposalsByTransactionAxis = eqr_ConsolidatedRentalPropertiesMember |
Retail Site [Member] |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |
Proceeds From Sale Of Property | 123,300,000 eqr_ProceedsFromSaleOfProperty / us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsAxis = us-gaap_RetailSiteMember |  |
Stock Compensation Plan [Member] |  |  |
Subsequent Event [Line Items] |  |  |
Owned Property Management Costs |  | 300,000 us-gaap_OwnedPropertyManagementCosts / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_StockCompensationPlanMember |
General and administrative/other |  | $ 2,000,000 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_StockCompensationPlanMember |

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