UNITED STATES

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) April 29, 2009

CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL PROPERTIES III

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            California                0-10273                 94-2653686

      (State or other jurisdiction (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer

           of incorporation)        File Number)        Identification Number)

55 Beattie Place

Post Office Box 1089

Greenville, South Carolina 29602

(Address of principal executive offices)

(864) 239-1000

(Issuer's telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Consolidated Capital Properties III (the “Registrant”) owns a 99% interest in Concap Village Green Associates, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership (the “Seller”), which owns Village Green Apartments (“Village Green”), a 164-unit apartment complex located in Altamonte Springs, Florida.  On March 20, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), the Seller entered into a Purchase and Sale Contract (the “Purchase Agreement”) with a third party, PMF Enterprises CF, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Purchaser”), to sell Village Green to the Purchaser for a total sales price of $7,600,000.

On April 29, 2009, the Seller and Purchaser entered into a First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Contract pursuant to which the loan assumption approval date was extended to May 27, 2009 and the closing was extended to June 15, 2009.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)   Exhibits

10.58       First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Contract between Concap Village Green Associates, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership and PMF Enterprises CF Inc., a Florida corporation, dated April 29, 2009.*

*Schedules and supplemental materials to the exhibit have been omitted but will be provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

SIGNATURE

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.

CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL PROPERTIES III

By:  ConCap Equities, Inc.

General Partner

By:  /s/Stephen B. Waters

Stephen B. Waters

Vice President

Date: May 5, 2009