EXHIBIT 23.1
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                       CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
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The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
AMLI Residential Properties Trust:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of AMLI Residential Properties Trust of our report dated
February 23, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of AMLI
Residential Properties Trust as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 1997, and the related schedule, which report appears in the December
31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of AMLI Residential Properties Trust
and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.




/S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP



Chicago, Illinois
June 18, 1998