Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership and operation of lifestyle-oriented properties consisting primarily of manufactured home, and recreational vehicle communities. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and currently employs 4,000 full-time employees. The firm owns a lifestyle-oriented properties consisting of property operations and home sales and rental operations within manufactured home (MH) and recreational vehicle (RV) communities and marinas. The company operates through two segments: Property Operations and Home Sales and Rentals Operations. The Property Operations segment owns and operates land lease properties and the Home Sales. The Home Sales and Rentals Operations segment purchases, sells and leases homes at the Properties. The firm owns interest in a portfolio of approximately 451 properties located throughout the United States and Canada containing approximately 172,465 individual developed areas. These properties are located in 35 states and British Columbia, with approximately 110 properties with lake, river or ocean frontage and approximately 120 properties within 10 miles of the coastal United States.