Form: S-4/A

Registration of securities, business combinations

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FORM OF PROXY CARD (EQUITY RESIDENTIAL)

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EXHIBIT 99.1

Preliminary Copy

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TRUST
Two North Riverside Plaza
P Chicago, Illinois 60606
R
O
X This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the
Y Board of Trustees of Equity Residential Properties Trust.

The undersigned hereby appoints Samuel Zell and Douglas Crocker II, and
each of them, proxies, with power of substitution and revocation, acting by
majority of those present and voting or if only one is present and voting
then that one, to vote all of the common shares of beneficial interest of
Equity Residential Properties Trust which the undersigned is entitled to
vote as designated herein, at the special meeting of shareholders to be
held at One North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois, on December 23, 1997
at 10:00 a.m., local time, and at any adjournment thereof, with all the
powers the undersigned would possess if present.

Please sign and date on reverse side and return promptly in the enclosed
envelope. No postage need be affixed if mailed in the United States.

(Continued and to be signed on the reverse side)







[X] Please mark
votes as in
this example.

This Proxy, when properly executed, will be voted as
instructed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If
no instructions are given, this Proxy will be voted FOR
Item 1.

1. Approval of the merger of Evans Withycombe FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
Residential, Inc., a Maryland corporation, with and into [_] [_] [_]
Equity Residential Properties Trust, a Maryland real
estate investment trust, pursuant to an Agreement and
Plan of Merger entered into between Evans Withycombe
Residential, Inc. and Equity Residential Properties
Trust.

2. Upon any other matter which may properly come before
the meeting.





MARK HERE
FOR ADDRESS [_]
CHANGE AND
NOTE AT LEFT

Please sign exactly as name appears on this Proxy. When shares are
held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney,
executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as
such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by an
authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name
by an authorized person.

The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy or proxies heretofore given to
vote such shares at said meeting or any adjournment thereof.


Signature: _________________________ Date: ____________ Signature:________________________ Date: _______________________