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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 1999



                              CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

           Texas                          1-12110               76-6088377
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission file number)    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                           Identification Number)


             Three Greenway Plaza, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77046
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 354-2500



                                 Not applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

     On February 23, 1999, Camden Property Trust, a Texas real estate investment
trust  ("Camden"),  Camden Operating,  L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership the
general partner of which is an indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary of Camden (the
"Operating  Partnership"),  Belcrest Realty Corporation,  a Delaware corporation
("Belcrest"),  and Belair Realty Corporation,  a Delaware corporation  (together
with Belcrest,  the "Contributors"),  entered into a Contribution  Agreement,  a
copy of which is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K, pursuant to which,  among
other things,  the  Contributors  contributed  to the Operating  Partnership  an
aggregate of  $100,000,000 in return for an aggregate of 4,000,000 8 1/2% Series
B  Cumulative  Redeemable  Perpetual  Preferred  Units (the "Series B Units") of
limited  partnership  interest  in  the  Operating   Partnership.   The  rights,
limitations  and  preferences  of the  Series  B Units  are set  forth  in First
Amendment to Third  Amended and Restated  Agreement  of Limited  Partnership  of
Camden Operating, L.P., dated as of February 23, 1999 (the "Amendment"),  a copy
of which is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

     The Series B Units will be  exchangeable in whole or in part at any time on
or after  February  23,  2009 at the option of the  holders  thereof  for 8 1/2%
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest
of Camden (the "Series B Shares") at an exchange  rate of one Series B Share for
one Series B Unit,  subject to adjustment as set forth in the Amendment,  and at
certain  earlier  times  pursuant  to the terms of the  Amendment.  The  rights,
limitations  and  preferences  of the  Series  B  Shares  are set  forth  in the
Statement of  Designation,  Preferences and Rights of 8 1/2% Series B Cumulative
Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest,  the form of which
is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K. Camden has granted certain registration
rights to the  Contributors  relating to Camden's  common  shares of  beneficial
interest that may be issued to the Contributors in an exchange of units pursuant
to a Registration Rights Agreement,  dated as of February 23, 1999, among Camden
and the  unitholders  named  therein,  a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to
this Form 8-K.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

     4.1     Form of Statement of Designation of Series B Cumulative  Redeemable
             Perpetual Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

    99.1     Contribution Agreement, dated as of February 23, 1999, by and among
             Belcrest Real Estate Corporation, Belair Realty Corporation, Camden
             Operating, L.P. and Camden Property Trust

    99.2     First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Agreement of  Limited
             Partnership of Camden Operating, L.P., dated as of February 23,1999

    99.3     Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of February 23, 1999, by
             and between Camden Property Trust and the unitholders named therein

    99.4     Press Release, dated February 24, 1999

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SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  March 2, 1999

                                    CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST



                            By: /S/ G. STEVEN DAWSON
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                                         G. Steven Dawson
                                         Senior Vice President - Finance
                                         Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and
                                         Secretary



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                              CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST
                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT 

 4.1     Form  of  Statement  of  Designation of  Series B Cumulative Redeemable
         Perpetual Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

99.1     Contribution  Agreement, dated  as  of  February 23, 1999, by and among
         Belcrest Real Estate  Corporation, Belair  Realty  Corporation,  Camden
         Operating, L.P. and Camden Property Trust

99.2     First  Amendment  to Third  Amended and  Restated  Agreement of Limited
         Partnership of Camden Operating, L.P., dated as of February 23, 1999

99.3     Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated as of February 23, 1999, by and
         between Camden Property Trust and the unitholders named therein

99.4     Press Release, dated February 24, 1999