POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each Charlotte A. Sparrow and Charles C.
Kraft, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-
in-fact to:

1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director
of AMLI Residential Properties Trust, a Maryland
real estate investment trust (the Company"), Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4, or 5 and timely file such form with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

3.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the forgoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused the
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of October,
2004.

/s/ BRUCE P. BICKNER
Bruce P. Bickner