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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0607</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-08-17</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000906107</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>VMRK</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol></issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001627576</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Brown Terry S.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>false</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4040 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 1000</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ARLINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>22203</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>58247</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2026, by and among AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (&quot;AVB&quot;), Vivmark Residential (f/k/a Equity Residential), a Maryland real estate investment trust  (&quot;VMRK&quot;), ERP Operating Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the &quot;Operating Partnership&quot;), and Canopy Merger Sub LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (&quot;Merger Sub&quot;), AVB and VMRK combined in a merger of equals on August 17, 2026, with AVB merging with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of VMRK (the &quot;Merger&quot;).  Merger Sub subsequently merged with and into the Operating Partnership, with the Operating Partnership continuing as the surviving entity.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">At the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &quot;AVB Common Stock&quot;), of AVB and deferred stock unit held by the Reporting Person was automatically converted into the right to receive 2.793 (the &quot;Exchange Ratio&quot;) common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share (&quot;VMRK Common Shares&quot;), of VMRK, plus, in the case of AVB Common Stock, the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional VMRK Common Shares, if any, into which such AVB Common Stock would have been converted.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Total reflects the Reporting Person's shares of AVB Common Stock and deferred stock units that were converted into VMRK Common Shares pursuant to the Merger.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Samantha Thompson, Attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-08-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
