Form: S-4/A

Registration of securities, business combinations

FORM OF PROXY CARD (EVANS WITHYCOMBE)

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EXHIBIT 99.2

Preliminary Copy

EVANS WITHYCOMBE RESIDENTIAL, INC.
6991 East Camelback Road
P Suite A-200
R Scottsdale, Arizona 85251
O
X
Y This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the
Board of Directors of Evans Withycombe Residential, Inc.

The undersigned stockholder of Evans Whithycombe Residential, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints Stephen O. Evans and
Richard G. Berry and each of them, proxies, with power of substitution in
each of them, to attend the special meeting of stockholders of the Company
to be held at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, 7200 North Scottsdale Road,
Scottsdale, Arizona, on December 23, 1997 at 9:00 a.m., local time, and at
any postponement or adjournment thereof, and acting by majority of those
present and voting or if only one is present and voting then that one, to
cast on behalf of the undersigned stockholder all votes that the
undersigned is entitled to cast at such meeting, with all the powers the
undersigned would possess if present at the meeting.

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 and returned,
will be voted as instructed hereinby the
undersigned shareholder or if no instructions
are given, this Proxy will be voted FOR Item 1
and in the discretion of the Proxy holder
upon any other matter which may properly come
before the meeting.


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, all
as more fully described in this accompanying Proxy
Statement.







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.



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