EXHIBIT 23.1
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                          CONSENT OF KPMG LLP





The Board of Trustees
AMLI Residential Properties Trust:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(Nos. 333-74300 and 333-70076) on Form S-3 of AMLI Residential Properties
Trust of our report dated February 4, 2002, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of AMLI Residential Properties Trust as of December 31, 2001
and 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2001, and the related schedule, which report
appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of AMLI
Residential Properties Trust.

The audit report covering the December 31, 2001 consolidated financial
statements contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the Company
has restated its previously issued Consolidated Balance Sheet and
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity to reflect its Series B
Preferred shares outside of its permanent equity for all prior periods
presented.








                              KPMG LLP



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March 22, 2002