Swap Transaction


Date:    28 September 1998


The purpose of this agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Swap
Transaction entered into between:

                    MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK

                                       and

                        GABLES REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


on the Trade Date and identified by the Morgan Deal Number  specified below (the
'Swap  Transaction').  This letter  agreement  constitutes a  'Confirmation'  as
referred to in the agreement specified below.

The definitions and provisions contained in the 1991 ISDA Definitions subject to
the 1998  ISDA  Supplement  (as  published  by the  International  Swap  Dealers
Association,  Inc.) are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any
inconsistency  between those  definitions and provisions and this  Confirmation,
this Confirmation will govern.

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York is, together with other United Kingdom
listed  institutions,  subject  to the Bank of  England's  Code of  Conduct.  In
connection   therewith,   this  and  certain  future   wholesale   money  market
transactions  will be outside the Financial  Services Act, but you will have the
benefit of the Code of Conduct.

1. If MORGAN  GUARANTY  TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK  ('Morgan')  and GABLES REALTY
LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP  (the  'Counterparty')  are parties to a Master  Agreement,
Interest  Rate and Currency  Exchange  Agreement or other  similar  Agreement (a
'Swap  Agreement'),  this  Confirmation  supplements,  forms a part  of,  and is
subject to such Swap  Agreement.  In the event that Morgan and the  Counterparty
are  parties to more than one Swap  Agreement,  this  Confirmation  supplements,
forms a part of, and is subject to the Swap  Agreement  most  recently  executed
between the parties.

If Morgan and the  Counterparty  are not yet  parties to a Swap  Agreement,  the
parties agree that this  Transaction will be documented under a master agreement
to be  entered  into  on the  basis  of the  printed  form of  Master  Agreement
(Multicurrency-Cross   Border)   published  by  the   International   Swaps  and
Derivatives  Association,  Inc.,  together  with such changes as shall be agreed
between the parties (the 'Master Agreement'). Upon execution and delivery by the
parties of the Master Agreement, this Confirmation shall supplement, form a part
of, and be subject to such  Master  Agreement.  Until the  parties  execute  and
deliver the Master Agreement,  this Confirmation  shall supplement,  form a part
of, and be subject to the printed form of Master Agreement published by ISDA, as
if the parties had executed that agreement (but without any Schedule thereto) on
the Trade Date of this Transaction.

2. The terms of the  particular  Swap  Transaction  to which  this  Confirmation
relates are as follows:




Morgan Deal Number:                252704

Trade Date:                        25 September 1998

Effective Date:                    30 November 1998

Termination Date:                  29 September 2000, subject to adjustments
                                   in accordance with the Modified Following
                                   Business Day Convention

Fixed Amounts:

Fixed Rate Payer:                  Counterparty

Notional Amount:                   40,000,000.00 USD

Fixed Rate Payer Payment Dates:    Monthly on day 30 starting with 30
                                   December 1998 up to, and including
                                   30 August 2000, subject to adjustment
                                   in accordance with the Modified Following
                                   Business Day Convention and there will be
                                   an adjustment to the Calculation Period.

Fixed Rate:                        4.785000 percent

Fixed Rate Day Count Fraction:     Actual/360

Final Calculation Period:          From 30 August 2000 to 29 September
                                   2000, subject to adjustments in accordance
                                   with the Modified Following Business Day
                                   Convention.

Fixed Rate:                        4.785000 percent


Floating Amounts:

Floating Rate Payer:               Morgan

Notional Amount:                   40,000,000.00 USD

Floating Rate Payer Payment Dates: Monthly on day 30 starting with 30
                                   December 1998 up to, and including,
                                   30 August 2000, subject to adjustment
                                   in accordance with the Modified Following
                                   Business Day Convention and there will be
                                   and adjustment to the Calculation Period.

Floating Rate Option:              USD - LIBOR - BBA

Designated Maturity:               1 Month

Spread:                            None


Floating Rate Day Count Fraction:  Actual/360

Reset Dates:                       The first day of each Calculation Period.

Compounding:                       Inapplicable


Final Calculation Period:          From 30 August 2000 to 29 September
                                   2000, subject to adjustment in accordance
                                   with the Modified Following Business Day
                                   Convention.

Designated Maturity:               1 Month

Floating Rate Option:              USD - LIBOR - BBA

Spread:                            None

Payment Business Day Locations for 
     Counterparty:                 London,  New York

Payment Business Day Locations for 
     Morgan:                       London,  New York

Payments will be:                  Net

i.   The cross  default  provision of section 5 (a)(vi) of the  Agreement  shall
     apply to both parties with regard to any  obligation in respect of borrowed
     money and  commitments to lend in an aggregate  amount of not less than the
     threshold  amount  which  for  Morgan  shall  be 3  percent  of  the  total
     stockholders  equity of Morgan and which for the  counterparty  shall be an
     amount reflective of its credit as agreed to by the parties.

ii.  The  credit  event  upon  merger  provisions  of  section 5 (b)(iv)  of the
     Agreement shall not apply to Morgan.

3.  Account Details

Payment to Morgan:

Account for payments in USD:       Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York
                                   23 Wall Street
                                   New York
Favour:                            Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York-
                                   London Office

ABA/Bank No.:
Account No.:                       670 07 054
Reference:                         Further Credit to Swaps Group Account:
                                   10005035
                                   Please send MT 100 cover cable to MGT
                                   London



Payments to Counterparty:

Accounts for payments in USD:

Favour:                            GABLES REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
ABA/Bank No.:                      061000010
Account No.:                       12-653-546
Reference:


4.  Offices:

(a)      The Office of Morgan for the Swap Transaction is LONDON; and
(b)      The Office of the Counterparty for the Swap Transaction is ATLANTA.

All inquiries regarding payments and/or rate resettings only should be sent to:

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
60 Victoria Embankment
London, EC4Y 0JP

Attention:                 Derivatives Processing Center
Telephone:                 011 44 171 325 3783
Facsimile:                 011 44 171 325 7400
Telex:                     896631 MGT G
Cable:                     Morganbank

Please quote the Morgan Deal Number indicated above.

All inquiries regarding confirmations should be sent to:

Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
60 Wall Street
New York,  New York  10260

Attention:                 Amy Harris

Telephone:                 1-212-648-8882
Facsimile:                 1-212-648-5117

Please quote the Morgan Deal Number indicated above.

JP MORGAN SECURITIES  INCORPORATED is acting solely as agent for Morgan and will
have no obligations under this Swap Transaction.

Each party  represents  that (i) it is entering into the  transaction  evidenced
hereby as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity);  (ii) the other
party is not acting as a  fiduciary  for it;  (iii) it is not  relying  upon any
representations  except  those  expressly  set  forth in the  Agreement  or this
Confirmation;  (iv) it has  consulted  with  its  own  legal,  regulatory,  tax,
business,  investment,  financial,  and accounting advisors to the extent it has
deemed  necessary,  and it has made its own  investment,  hedging,  and  trading
decisions  based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisors as
it has deemed  necessary and not upon any view expressed by the other party; and
(v) it is entering into this transaction with a full understanding of the terms,
conditions  and risks  thereof and it is capable of and willing to assume  those
risks.


Please  confirm  that  the  foregoing  correctly  sets  forth  the  terms of our
agreement by executing a copy of this  Confirmation and returning it to us or by
sending to us a letter, telex or facsimile substantially similar to this letter,
which  letter,  telex or  facsimile  sets forth the  material  terms of the Swap
Transaction to which this Confirmation  relates and indicates agreement to those
terms. When referring to this Confirmation, please indicate: Morgan Deal Number:
252704.



Your sincerely,


JP MORGAN SECURITIES INCORPORATED,
as Agent for and signing on behalf of:

MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK

By:      /s/ Jason P. Manske 
         ----------------------------                
Name:    Jason P. Manske
Title:   Vice President



Confirmed as of the date first above written:

GABLES REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


By:      /s/ Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
         -----------------------------           
Name:    Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
Title:   Senior Vice President