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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                   SCHEDULE TO

        TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                               (AMENDMENT NO. 1)
                               (FINAL AMENDMENT)
                                       AND

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                (AMENDMENT NO. 8)

                 Winthrop Growth Investors I Limited Partnership
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                        (Name of Subject Company (Issuer)

                        AIMCO Properties, L.P. -- Offeror
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       (Names of Filing Persons (Identifying Status as Offeror, Issuer or
                                 Other Person))

                            Limited Partnership Units
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                           (Title of Class Securities)

                                      None
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                       (CUSIP Number of Class Securities)

                                 Patrick J. Foye
                            Executive Vice President
                   Apartment Investment And Management Company
                           Colorado Center, Tower Two
                   2000 South Colorado Boulevard, Suite 2-1000
                             Denver, Colorado 80222
                                 (303) 757-8081
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            Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive
       notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

                                    Copy To:
                                Gregory M. Chait
                               Katherine M. Koops
                     Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
                   191 Peachtree Street, N.E., Sixteenth Floor
                             Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                 (404) 572-6600

                            Calculation of Filing Fee




        Transaction valuation*                Amount of filing fee
        ----------------------                --------------------
                                           
        $6,514,088                            $1,303(previously paid)


*   For purposes of calculating the fee only. This amount assumes the purchase
    of 14,475.75 units of limited partnership interest of the subject
    partnership for $450.00 per unit. The amount of the filing fee equals 1/50th
    of one percent of the aggregate of the cash offered by the bidder.

[ ] Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
    0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
    previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
    number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

Amount Previously Paid:  $                    Filing Party:

Form or Registration No.:                     Date Filed:

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[ ] Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
    made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:

    [X] third-party tender offer subject   [ ] going-private transaction subject
        to Rule 14d-1                          to Rule 13e-3

    [ ] issuer tender offer subject to     [X] amendment to Schedule 13D under
        Rule 13e-4                             Rule 13d-2

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: [X]

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CUSIP No.  NONE

1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S) S.S.# OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE
    PERSONS (entities only)

        AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
        84-1275721

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF GROUP                       (a) [ ]
                                                                         (b) [X]

3.  SEC USE ONLY

4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS

        WC, BK

5.  (CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
    ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e))                                                      [ ]

6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        Delaware

7.  NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    A.  SOLE VOTING POWER

    B.  SHARED VOTING POWER
             9,045.25 Units

    C.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

    D.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
             9,045.25 Units

8.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
             9,045.25 Units

9.  CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
                                                                             [ ]

10. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)

        Approximately 39.09%

11. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

        PN

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CUSIP No.  NONE

1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S) S.S.# OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE
    PERSONS (entities only)

        AIMCO-GP, INC.

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF GROUP                       (a) [ ]
                                                                         (b) [X]

3.  SEC USE ONLY

4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS

        Not Applicable

5.  (CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
    TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e))                                                   [ ]

6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        Delaware

7.  NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    A.  SOLE VOTING POWER


    B.  SHARED VOTING POWER
                9,045.25 Units

    C.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

    D.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                9,045.25 Units

8.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                9,045.25 Units

9.  CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
                                                                             [ ]

10. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)

        Approximately 39.09%

11. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

        CO

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CUSIP No.  NONE

1.  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S) S.S.# OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE
    PERSONS (entities only)

        APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
        84-129577

2.  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF GROUP
                                                                         (a) [ ]
                                                                         (b) [X]

3.  SEC USE ONLY

4.  SOURCE OF FUNDS

        Not Applicable

5.  (CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
    TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e))                                                   [ ]

6.  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        Maryland

7.  NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    A.  SOLE VOTING POWER

    B.  SHARED VOTING POWER
                9,045.25 Units

    C.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

    D.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                9,045.25 Units

8.  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                9,045.25 Units

9.  CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (7) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
                                                                             [ ]

10. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (7)

        Approximately 39.09%

11. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

        CO

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             TENDER OFFER STATEMENT/ AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO SCHEDULE 13D

      This is the Final Amendment to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO
relating to the tender offer by AIMCO Properties, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, to purchase all of the outstanding units, or such lesser number of
units as are properly tendered, of limited partnership interest of Winthrop
Growth Investors I Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts limited partnership
(the "Partnership"), at a price of $450.00 per unit, subject to the conditions
set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated February 5, 2001, and in the related
Letter of Transmittal and Acknowledgment and Agreement, which, as amended and
supplemented from time to time, together constituted the tender offer.

      At 5:00 p.m. on March 6, 2001, the offer expired pursuant to its terms. A
total of 352 units, representing approximately 1.52% of the outstanding units,
were validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the offer.  AIMCO Properties
has accepted for payment all of those units at a price of $450 per unit.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Date: March 29, 2001
                                                 AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.

                                                 By: AIMCO-GP, INC.
                                                          (General Partner)

                                                 By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye
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                                                     Executive Vice President

                                                 AIMCO-GP, INC.

                                                 By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye
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                                                     Executive Vice President

                                                 APARTMENT INVESTMENT
                                                 AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY

                                                 By: /s/ Patrick J. Foye
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                                                     Executive Vice President