CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated February 14, 1996 accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Equity Residential Properties Trust as of December 31,
1995 and for each of the two years in the period then ended. We consent to the
incorporation by reference of the above report in Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement of Equity Residential Properties Trust on Form S-4, and
to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts".
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
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GRANT THORNTON LLP
Chicago, Illinois
November 20, 1997