Securities and Exchange Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20547
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                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                                 (RULE 14d-101)

          SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                               (Amendment No. __)

                       Consolidated Capital Properties III
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                            (Name of Subject Company)

                       Consolidated Capital Properties III
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                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                            Limited Partnership Units
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                      None
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                      (CUSIP Number of Class of 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) 757-8101
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      (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive
     Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)

                                   Copies to:
                                Gregory M. Chait
                                  Robert Barker
                     Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
                           191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                                 Sixteenth Floor
                             Atlanta, Georgia 30303
                                 (404) 572-6600

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









        The information in the Offer to Purchase of AIMCO Properties, L.P.,
dated May 8, 2002 (the "Offer"), and Letter to Limited Partners, dated May 8,
2002, is incorporated herein by reference in answer to all of the Items of this
Schedule 14D-9 except as otherwise set forth below.

Item 2.  Identity and Background of Filing Person.

        This Schedule 14D-9 is being filed by Consolidated Capital Properties
III (the "Registrant"), a California limited partnership. The managing general
partner of the Registrant is ConCap Equities, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
AIMCO Properties, L.P. The Registrant's business address is Colorado Center,
Tower Two, 2000 South Colorado Boulevard, Suite 2-1000, Denver, Colorado 80222,
and its telephone number is (303) 757-8101. The title of the class of equity
securities to which this statement relates are the units of limited partnership
interest of the Registrant.

Item 9.  Exhibits.

(a)     Offer to Purchase of AIMCO Properties, L.P. for Units of Limited
        Partnership Interest of Consolidated Capital Properties III (Exhibit 1
        to Schedule TO of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated May 8, 2002, is
        incorporated herein by reference).

(b)     Letter to Limited Partners of Consolidated Capital Properties III, dated
        May 8, 2002 (Exhibit 4 to Schedule TO of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated
        May 8, 2002, is incorporated herein by reference).







                                    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.

Dated:  May 8, 2002


                                    CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL PROPERTIES III

                                    By:    CONCAP EQUITIES, INC.
                                           (General Partner)


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





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT NO.      DESCRIPTION
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   (a)           Offer to Purchase of AIMCO Properties, L.P. for Units of Limited
                 Partnership Interest of Consolidated Capital Properties III (Exhibit
                 1 to Schedule TO of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated May 8, 2002, is
                 incorporated herein by reference).

   (b)           Letter to Limited Partners of Consolidated Capital Properties III,
                 dated May 8, 2002 (Exhibit 4 to Schedule TO of AIMCO Properties,
                 L.P., dated May 8, 2002, is incorporated herein by reference).