BEWARE!!! I have been living in a building managed by Equity Residential for the past two years and just recently got my rent renewal and my rent had gone up by 20%!! When I called to see if there was anything at all that they could do, I was simply told that there wasn't much and that was the going rate in NYC. It is definitely above the going rate and I'm not really sure in what world people could swing a 20% rent hike, but according to Equity Residential and their agents who take 2-3 weeks to respond to calls, this is completely... read full review »