BMO REIT Conference Panel Including ELS CFO to be Webcast

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) today announced that Michael B. Berman, ELS' Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the "Shelter from the Storm” panel at the BMO North American REIT Conference on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. Central time.

The live panel discussion will be webcast at www.bmocm.com/conferences/NARealEstate2008/webcast/. This will be a listen only broadcast. An archive of the webcast will be available for a period of six months after the conference.

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. owns or has an interest in 309 quality properties in 28 states and British Columbia consisting of 111,997 sites. The Company is a self-administered, self-managed, real estate investment trust (REIT) with headquarters in Chicago.