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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): APRIL 20, 2000





                       SUMMIT PROPERTIES PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)



         DELAWARE                        0-22411                   56-1857809
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission file number)     (IRS employer
of incorporation)                                            identification no.)


             212 SOUTH TRYON STREET, SUITE 500, CHARLOTTE, NC 28281
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (704) 334-3000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5. Other Events

On April 20, 2000, Summit Properties Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Partnership"), commenced a new Medium-Term Note Program which
provides that the Partnership may offer and sell from time to time its
Medium-Term Notes due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $250,000,000 (the "MTNs") as described in the
Partnership's Prospectus Supplement dated April 20, 2000 to the Partnership's
Prospectus dated August 6, 1999. The Partnership's Prospectus Supplement was
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Rule 424(b)(2) on April
20, 2000. The MTNs will be issued pursuant to the Partnership's existing shelf
registration statement (Registration No. 333-83781).

The MTNs will be offered and sold by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., First Union
Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated as Agents for the Partnership
(the "Agents") pursuant to that certain Distribution Agreement among the
Partnership, Summit Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation and the sole general
partner of the Partnership (the "Company"), and the Agents dated April 20, 2000.
The MTNs will be issued under an Indenture between the Partnership and First
Union National Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee").


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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(a)     Financial Statements of Business Acquired:            Not Applicable

(b)     Pro Forma Financial Information:                      Not Applicable

(c)     Exhibits:

        1.1    Distribution Agreement among the Partnership, the Company and the
               Agents, dated April 20, 2000, relating to the MTNs.

        4.1    Indenture, dated as of August 7, 1997, between the Partnership
               and the Trustee (incorporated by reference to the Form 8-K
               filed by the Partnership on August 11, 1997 (File No.
               0-22411)).

        4.2    Supplemental Indenture No. 4, dated as of April 20, 2000, between
               the Partnership and the Trustee, including a form of Floating
               Rate Medium-Term Note and a form of Fixed Rate Medium-Term Note.


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                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                        SUMMIT PROPERTIES PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

                                        By: SUMMIT PROPERTIES INC., its general
                                            partner


Dated: April 28, 2000                   By: /s/ MICHAEL G. MALONE
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                                                    Michael G. Malone
                                            Senior Vice President and Secretary