|UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange
Act of 1934



Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 24, 2005


COLONIAL PROPERTIES
TRUST(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
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|Alabama                                        | 1-12358                  | 59-7007599                          
|(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number)

|2101 Sixth Avenue
North, Suite 750, Birmingham, Alabama 35202(Address of
principal executive offices) (Zip Code)





(205) 250-8700(Registrants
telephone number, including area code)


Not
applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 1.01 Entry into a
Material Definitive Agreement.


On
August 24, 2005, Colonial Office JV LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Colonial Properties
Trust (Colonial or the Company), entered into a joint venture
agreement (the Joint Venture Agreement) with DRA G&I V LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of DRA Advisors LLC (DRA). Pursuant to the Joint Venture
Agreement, the Company and DRA agreed to acquire CRT Properties, Inc. (CRT),
which owns a portfolio of 137 office buildings on 26 properties located primarily in
southeastern United States, in accordance with a merger agreement previously entered into
between DRA and CRT on June 17, 2005 (the Merger Agreement). Pursuant to the
Joint Venture Agreement, Colonial will have a 15% interest and DRA will have an 85%
interest in the joint venture.


Under
the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement, the Company and DRA are obligated to invest up
to 35% of the aggregate value of the CRT properties (excluding the Sale Properties, as
defined below) in the joint venture as equity contributions for their interests in the
joint venture. The aggregate value of the CRT properties (excluding the Sale Properties)
is approximately $1.4 billion. In addition, the Company is obligated to provide mezzanine
level financing to the joint venture with respect to the Sale Properties in an amount not
to exceed 25% of the value of the Sale Properties or provide a guaranty of at least $50
million (not to exceed 25% of the value of the Sale Properties) if a third-party loan is
available for such financing. Pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement, any mezzanine level financing provided by the Company or third party debt guaranteed by the
Company will be secured by the cash flows and capital proceeds of the joint venture.
The acquisition of CRT Properties is expected to close late in the third quarter of 2005.


The
joint ventures total transaction cost of $1.8 billion, or approximately $157 per
square foot, includes the assumption of $369 million of mortgage debt. In addition to
funds provided by the equity contributions of the Company and DRA, the joint venture
expects to place additional secured debt of approximately $1.1 billion on the assets to
fund the acquisition.


The
joint venture has identified 10 properties (the Sale Properties) totaling
approximately $363 million which it expects to sell in the first 12 months of the venture.
The assets will be marketed for sale beginning in the fourth quarter of 2005.


Upon
consummation of the acquisition of CRT, the Company will assume management of
substantially all of the office properties included in the CRT portfolio, adding 11.7
million square feet of managed office space to the Companys office portfolio of 8.3
million square feet for a total of 20 million square feet.


The
consummation of certain transactions contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement are
subject to completion of the merger transactions pursuant to the Merger Agreement.


In
addition to the Joint Venture Agreement, the Company has an existing joint venture
relationship with DRA in connection with its multifamily portfolio of managed properties.



Safe Harbor Statement
under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements in this
Item 1.01 of Current Report on Form 8-K may constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
the Companys actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward looking
statements. Factors that impact such forward looking statements include, among others,
real estate conditions and markets; performance of affiliates or companies in which we
have made investments; changes in operating costs; legislative or regulatory decisions;
our ability to continue to maintain our status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes;
the cost and availability of new debt financings; volatility of interest rates or capital
market conditions; effect of any terrorist activity; or other factors affecting the real
estate industry generally.


Except as otherwise required by
the federal securities laws, the Company assumes no liability to update the information in
this Item 1.01 of Current Report on Form 8-K.


The Company refers you to the
documents filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, specifically the section titled Business-Risk Factors in the
Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, which
discuss these and other factors that could adversely affect the Companys results.


Item 2.03 Creation of a
Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.


The
description of the Companys financing and potential guaranty obligations with
respect to the Sale Properties are incorporated by reference from Item 1.01 of this
Current Report on Form 8-K.


Item 7.01 Regulation FD
Disclosure.


A
summary of certain supplemental information regarding the DRA joint venture transaction is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on form 8-K.


The
information included in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission nor incorporated by
reference in any registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, unless specified otherwise.







Item 9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.


(c) Exhibits


Attached
as exhibits to this form are the documents listed below:


Exhibit Document
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|99.1 |  | A summary of certain supplemental information regarding the joint venture transactions.

|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.
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|                       |  | COLONIAL PROPERTIES TRUST                                                              
|Date:  August 30, 2005 |  | By: /s/    John E.Tomlinson                                                            
|                       |  | Name:        John E. Tomlinson                                                         
|                       |  | Title:          Executive Vice President and                   Chief Accounting Officer

|EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Document
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|99.1 |  | A summary of certain supplemental information regarding the joint venture transactions.

|Exhibit
99.1



Colonial/DRA Joint
Venture Transaction Supplemental
Information
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| | * | Leasing and management fees for year one are expected to be $4.7 million, which is
expected to be offset by approximately $2.2 million in additional G&A
expense anticipated as a result of the transaction, all of which is included in year one
in Colonials Funds From Operations projections for the transaction.
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| | * | Colonials modeling for the venture assumes approximately $33 million in capital expenditures in the
first year for the joint venture and $15 million in succeeding years split roughly 70%
for tenant improvements and 30% for leasing commissions.
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| | * | Management fees are expected to
range from 2.5% to 3.0% of effective gross revenue depending on the asset.
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| | * | Colonial expects to earn between $1 million to $1.5 million in fees for transaction
management activities in the first 2 years.
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