EXHIBIT 23.1
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                             CONSENT OF KPMG 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, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of AMLI Residential
Properties Trust as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, 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, 1998, and
the related financial statement schedule, which report appears in the
December 31, 1998 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 LLP



Chicago, Illinois
July 26, 1999