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Share Incentive Plans (Details 2) (USD $)
In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 7,030,620us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 5 years 6 months 24 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 46.16us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
Options Exercisable, Options 5,011,784us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 42.18us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
Options, Vested and expected to vest 6,590,486us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingNumber
Options, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 5 years 4 months 2 days
Options, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 45.50us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestOutstandingWeightedAverageExercisePrice
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 18.70us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 62.32us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Exercisable, Aggregate Intrinsic Value $ 180.5us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsVestedAndExpectedToVestExercisableAggregateIntrinsicValue
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Intrinsic Value $ 148.7us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableIntrinsicValue1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term 4 years 7 months 5 days
Market value of common shares $ 71.84eqr_MarketValueOfCommonShares
Exercise Price Range One [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 988,826us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 4 years 1 month 2 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 23.07us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Options Exercisable, Options 988,826us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 23.07us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 18.70us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 24.93us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Exercise Price Range Two [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 24.94us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 31.16us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Exercise Price Range Three [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 1,091,358us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 3 years 7 months 11 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 32.61us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Options Exercisable, Options 1,091,358us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 32.61us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 31.17us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 37.39us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Exercise Price Range Four [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 702,568us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 2 years 4 months 10 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 40.12us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Options Exercisable, Options 702,568us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 40.12us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 37.40us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 43.62us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Exercise Price Range Five [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 24,628us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 5 years 9 months 29 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 48.63us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Options Exercisable, Options 24,628us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 48.63us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 43.63us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 49.86us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Exercise Price Range Six [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 2,343,836us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 6 years 2 months 15 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 53.93us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Options Exercisable, Options 1,387,110us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 53.85us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 49.87us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 56.09us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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Exercise Price Range Seven [Member]  
Information regarding options outstanding and exercisable  
Options Outstanding, Options 1,879,404us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfOutstandingOptions
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Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life in Years 7 years 10 months 13 days
Options Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 58.72us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeOutstandingOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePriceBeginningBalance1
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Options Exercisable, Options 817,294us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeNumberOfExercisableOptions
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Options Exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price $ 59.84us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeExercisableOptionsWeightedAverageExercisePrice1
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Lower Range Limit $ 56.10us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeLowerRangeLimit
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Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range, Upper Range Limit $ 62.32us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationSharesAuthorizedUnderStockOptionPlansExercisePriceRangeUpperRangeLimit
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