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EQR - Mergers and acquisitions
Equity Residential (EQR) mergers and acquisitions - real-time wire coverage filtered to M&A only.
Recent M&A for EQR
- Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Announce Shareholder Approvals for Merger to Create Vivmark ResidentialMerger expected to close on August 17, 2026 AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ("AvalonBay") (NYSE:AVB) and Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) today announced that at their respective special meetings, AvalonBay stockholders and Equity Residential shareholders overwhelmingly approved all of the proposals necessary to close the pending merger of equals between AvalonBay and Equity Residential (the "merger"). More than 99% of the votes cast at the AvalonBay special meeting voted to approve the merger, which represented approximately 90% of the outstanding shares of AvalonBay common stock, as of the record date, and more than 99% of the votes cast at Equity Residential’s special meeting voted to approve
- Equity Residential and AvalonBay Announce Vivmark Residential as Name of Combined CompanyAvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) and Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) today announced Vivmark Residential as the name for the combined company to be created through their merger of equals. Vivmark Residential will be the preeminent multifamily real estate company with a pro forma equity market capitalization of approximately $53 billion and an enterprise value of approximately $71 billion, with more than 180,000 rental apartments and over 10,000 apartments under construction. Vivmark Residential will have the differentiated scale, capabilities, and balance sheet strength to accelerate growth and redefine leadership in rental housing. Vivmark Residential expects to use VMRK as its New Yor