 CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Equity Commonwealth NYSE: EQC announced today that its shareholders approved the proposals in connection with the proposed merger with Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation NYSE: MNR, or Monmouth. Earlier today, Monmouth announced it did not receive the requisite shareholder support for the merger proposal at its special shareholder meeting. As a result, Equity Commonwealth has terminated the merger agreement and has requested reimbursement of fees and expens 