EXHIBIT 23.1
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                          CONSENT OF KPMG LLP




The Board of Trustees
AMLI Residential Properties Trust:

We consent to the use of our report related to the consolidated financial
statements and schedules of AMLI Residential Properties Trust as of
December 31, 2000 and 1999 and for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000 contained in the Company's Annual Report of
Form 10-K, incorporated by reference herein, and to the reference to our
Firm under the heading "Experts" in this Form S-3 Registration Statement.


/s/  KPMG LLP

Chicago, Illinois
October 10 , 2001











































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