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                          REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT


                         dated as of December 18, 1996


                                     among


                    Security Capital Atlantic Incorporated,


                            The Banks Listed Herein


                                      and


                  Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
                                   as Agent


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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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                                   ARTICLE I
                                  DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01.  Definitions..............................   1
SECTION 1.02.  Accounting Terms and Determinations......  20
SECTION 1.03.  Types of Borrowings......................  21

                                   ARTICLE II
                                  THE CREDITS
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SECTION 2.01.  Commitments to Lend......................  21
SECTION 2.02.  Notice of Borrowing......................  25
SECTION 2.03.  Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans........  26
SECTION 2.04.  Notes....................................  27
SECTION 2.05.  Method of Electing Interest Rates........  27
SECTION 2.06.  Interest Rates...........................  29
SECTION 2.07.  Fees.....................................  31
SECTION 2.08.  Optional Termination or Reduction of
                 Commitments............................  32
SECTION 2.09.  Maturity; Mandatory Termination or
                 Reduction of Commitments...............  33
SECTION 2.10.  Optional Prepayments.....................  34
SECTION 2.11.  General Provisions as to Payments........  35
SECTION 2.12.  Funding Losses...........................  36
SECTION 2.13.  Computation of Interest and Fees.........  36

                                  ARTICLE III
                                   CONDITIONS

SECTION 3.01.  Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness
                 of Agreement...........................  36
SECTION 3.02.  Borrowings...............................  39
SECTION 3.03.. Conditions Precedent to New Acquisitions
                 and Additional Real Property Assets....  41

                                   ARTICLE IV
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.01.  Corporate Existence and Power............  42
SECTION 4.02.  Corporate and Governmental Authoriza-
                 tion; No Contravention.................  42
SECTION 4.03.  Binding Effect...........................  42
SECTION 4.04.  Financial Information....................  42
SECTION 4.05.  Litigation...............................  43
SECTION 4.06.  Compliance with ERISA....................  43
SECTION 4.07.  Environmental Matters....................  43
SECTION 4.08.  Taxes....................................  44
SECTION 4.09.  Subsidiaries.............................  44

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SECTION 4.10.  Investments..............................  45
SECTION 4.11.  Not an Investment Company................  45
SECTION 4.12.  Full Disclosure..........................  45
SECTION 4.13.  Relationship of Borrower and Its
                 Affiliates.............................  45
SECTION 4.14.  Contracts................................  45
SECTION 4.15.  Qualification as a REIT..................  46
SECTION 4.16.  No Plan Assets...........................  46
SECTION 4.17.  Subsidiary Debt..........................  46
SECTION 4.18.  Ownership of Property....................  46

                                   ARTICLE V
                                   COVENANTS

SECTION 5.01.  Information..............................  47
SECTION 5.02.  Payment of Obligations...................  50
SECTION 5.03.  Maintenance of Property; Insurance.......  50
SECTION 5.04.  Conduct of Business and Maintenance of
                 Existence..............................  50
SECTION 5.05.  Compliance with Laws.....................  51
SECTION 5.06.  Inspection of Property, Books and Re51
                 cords..................................  51
SECTION 5.07.  Debt to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth..  51
SECTION 5.08.  EBITDA to Interest Expense Coverage......  52
SECTION 5.09.  EBITDA to Debt Service Coverage..........  52
SECTION 5.10.  Unencumbered Cash Flow...................  52
SECTION 5.11.  Unencumbered Asset Pool Value............  52
SECTION 5.12.  Minimum Consolidated Tangible............  52
                 Net Worth..............................  52
SECTION 5.13.  Secured Debt Ratio.......................  53
SECTION 5.14.  Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio..........  53
SECTION 5.15.  Investments in Unimproved Real...........  53
                 Property...............................  53
SECTION 5.16.  Minority Holdings........................  53
SECTION 5.17.  Joint Ventures...........................  53
SECTION 5.18.  Restricted Payments......................  53
SECTION 5.19.  Certain Requirements for the
                 Unencumbered Asset Pool................  54
SECTION 5.20.  Investments..............................  54
SECTION 5.21.  Consolidations, Mergers and Sales
                 of Assets..............................  55
SECTION 5.22.  Use of Proceeds..........................  55
SECTION 5.23.  Sale of Unencumbered Asset Pool..........  55
SECTION 5.24.  Liens; Release of Liens..................  56
SECTION 5.25.  Limitations on Recourse Debt.............  56
SECTION 5.26.  Limitations on Subsidiary Debt...........  56
SECTION 5.27.  Other Debt Instruments...................  56
SECTION 5.28.  Hedging Requirements.....................  57
SECTION 5.29.  Restriction on Intercompany Debt;
                 Subordination..........................  57
SECTION 5.30.  Affiliate Transactions...................  57
SECTION 5.31.  Contracts................................  58

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SECTION 5.32.  Real Estate Investment Trust.............  58
SECTION 5.33.  No Plan Assets...........................  59
SECTION 5.34.  Environmental Matters....................  59

                                   ARTICLE VI
                                    DEFAULTS

SECTION 6.01.  Events of Default........................  59
SECTION 6.02.  Notice of Default........................  63

                                  ARTICLE VII
                                   THE AGENT


SECTION 7.01.  Appointment and Authorization............  63
SECTION 7.02.  Agent and Affiliates.....................  63
SECTION 7.03.  Action by Agent..........................  63
SECTION 7.04.  Consultation with Experts................  63
SECTION 7.05.  Liability of Agent.......................  63
SECTION 7.06.  Indemnification..........................  64
SECTION 7.07.  Credit Decision..........................  64
SECTION 7.08.  Successor Agent..........................  64
SECTION 7.09.  Agent's Fee..............................  65


                                  ARTICLE VIII
                            CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES


SECTION 8.01.  Basis for Determining Interest Rate
                 Inadequate or Unfair...................  65
SECTION 8.02.  Illegality...............................  66
SECTION 8.03.  Increased Cost and Reduced Return........  66
SECTION 8.04.  Taxes....................................  68
SECTION 8.05.  Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected
                 Fixed Rate Loans.......................  70


                                   ARTICLE IX
                                 MISCELLANEOUS


SECTION 9.01.  Notices..................................  70
SECTION 9.02.  No Waivers...............................  71
SECTION 9.03.  Expenses; Indemnification................  71
SECTION 9.04.  Sharing of Set-Offs......................  72
SECTION 9.05.  Amendments and Waivers...................  73
SECTION 9.06.  Successors and Assigns...................  73
SECTION 9.07.  Collateral...............................  75
SECTION 9.08.  Governing Law; Submission to
                 Jurisdiction...........................  75
SECTION 9.09.  Counterparts; Integration;
                 Effectiveness..........................  75
SECTION 9.10.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.....................  76
SECTION 9.11.  Survival.................................  76
SECTION 9.12.  Domicile of Loans........................  76

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SECTION 9.13.  Limitation of Liability..................  76
SECTION 9.14.  Recourse Obligation......................  76
SECTION 9.15.  Further Assurances.......................  76
SECTION 9.16.  Confidentiality; Disclosure of
                 Information............................  77

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                          REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT


          THIS REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 18, 1996, among
SECURITY CAPITAL ATLANTIC INCORPORATED, the BANKS listed on the signature pages
hereof and MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Agent.


                              W I T N E S S E T H:
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                     The parties hereto agree as follows:


                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS


          SECTION 1.01.  Definitions.  The following terms, as used herein, have
the following meanings:

          "Adjusted EBITDA" means EBITDA less an amount equal to (i) the Unit
Amount for each unit for each Real Property Asset which is 100% owned in fee or
leasehold directly or indirectly by the Borrower and its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries and (ii) the Borrower's pro-rata share of the Unit Amount for each
unit for each Real Property Asset which is not 100% owned or leased, directly or
indirectly, by the Borrower and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Unit Amount shall not be applied
to any Construction Assets.

          "Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.06(b).

          "Adjusted Net Operating Income" means, when used with respect to any
parcel of real property, Net Operating Income less an amount equal to the Unit
Amount for each unit in the subject property.

          "Administrative Questionnaire" means, with respect to each Bank, an
administrative questionnaire in the form prepared by the Agent and submitted to
the Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) duly completed by such Bank.

          "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person.  An Affiliate of the Borrower

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or any Subsidiary includes, without limitation, (i) any officer or director of
such Person and (ii) any record or beneficial owner of more than 10% of any
class of Equity Interests of such Person; provided that, for purposes of this
clause (ii), so long as Group owns beneficially more than 45% of each class of
Equity Interests of the Borrower, an Affiliate of the Borrower for purposes of
clause (ii) shall not include any record or beneficial owner of less than 20% of
any class of Equity Interests of the Borrower. For purposes of this definition
"control" of any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of Equity
Interests, by contract or otherwise, and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

          "Agent" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York in its
capacity as agent for the Banks hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.

          "Agreement" means this Revolving Credit Agreement, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

          "Applicable Lending Office" means, with respect to any Bank, (i) in
the case of its Base Rate Loans, its Domestic Lending Office and (ii) in the
case of its Euro-Dollar Loans, its Euro-Dollar Lending Office.

          "Applicable Margin" means, with respect to each Loan, the respective
percentages per annum determined, at any time, based on the range into which the
Borrower's Credit Rating then falls, in accordance with the table set forth
below.  Any change in the Borrower's Credit Rating causing it to move to a
different range on the table shall effect an immediate change in the Applicable
Margin.  In the event that the Borrower receives two (2) Credit Ratings that are
not equivalent, the Applicable Margin shall be determined by the lower of such
two (2) Credit Ratings.  In the event that the Borrower receives more than two
(2) Credit Ratings, and such ratings are not equivalent, the Applicable Margin
shall be determined by the lower of the two (2) highest ratings, provided that
each of said two (2) highest ratings shall be Investment Grade Ratings and at
least one of which shall be an Investment Grade Rating from S&P or Moody's.  In
the event that only one of the Rating Agencies shall have set the Borrower's
Credit Rating, then the Applicable Margin shall be based on such rating only.

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                               Applicable
Range of Borrower's            Margin for            Applicable
Credit Rating                  Base Rate           Margin for Euro
(S&P/Moody's                     Loans              Dollar Loans   
 Ratings)                    (% per annum)          (% per annum)
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BBB+/Baa1                         0.0                   1.000
 
BBB/Baa2                          0.0                   1.125
 
BBB-/Baa3                         0.0                   1.250
 
Non-Invest-
ment Grade
or not rated                      0.0                   1.375
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          "Assignee" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(c).

          "Available Commitment" means, with respect to each Bank, at any time,
the amount obtained by multiplying such Bank's Commitment at such time by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the Total Available Commitments at such time
and the denominator of which is $350,000,000.

          "Bank" means each bank listed on the signature pages hereof, each
Assignee which becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 9.06(c), and their respective
successors.

          "Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher
of (i) the Prime Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of 1/2 of 1% plus the
Federal Funds Rate for such day.

          "Base Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at the Base Rate
pursuant to the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate
Election or the provisions of Section 2.05(c) or Article VIII.

          "Benefit Arrangement" means at any time an employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a
Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any
member of the ERISA Group.

          "Borrower" means Security Capital Atlantic Incorporated, a Maryland
corporation, and its successors.

          "Borrowing" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.

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          "Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, the sum of all
expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability) by the Borrower
which are capitalized on the balance sheet of the Borrower in conformity with
GAAP.

          "Closing Date" means the date on or after the Effective Date on which
the conditions set forth in Section 3.01 shall have been satisfied to the
satisfaction of the Lead Agent.

          "Combined Debt Service" means, as of any date of determination, the
sum of (i) Debt Service payable in connection with Real Property Assets owned
100% by the Borrower or any wholly-owned Subsidiary, and (ii) Borrower's pro
rata share (such share being based upon the Borrower's percentage ownership
interest) of Debt Service payable in connection with investments in joint
ventures, whether consolidated or unconsolidated of Borrower or its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries.

          "Combined Interest Expense" means, as of any date of determination,
the sum of (i) Interest Expense of the Borrower or any wholly-owned Subsidiary,
and (ii) the Borrower's pro rata share (such share being based upon the
Borrower's percentage ownership interest) of Interest Expense with respect to
investments in joint ventures, whether consolidated or unconsolidated of the
Borrower or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.

          "Commitment" means, with respect to each Bank, the amount set forth
opposite the name of such Bank on the signature pages hereof, as such amount may
be reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 2.09.

          "Commitment Fee" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).

          "Commitment Reduction Date" means the last day of each of six
consecutive six-month periods, the first such day being the last day of the six-
month period immediately following the Conversion Date and the last such day
being the third anniversary of the Conversion Date.

          "Consolidated Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, the product
of (A) the Unit Amount, and (B) the sum of the number of units contained in all
completed properties as of the last day of each month during the applicable
twelve month period, divided by 12, except to the extent that actual capital
expenditures in the aggregate exceed for such period amounts raised by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to (x) equity offerings, (y) borrowings
from third parties (including borrowings pursuant to this Agreement) and (z)
undistributed Funds From Operations, in which
                           
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case the excess shall also be deemed to be Consolidated Capital Expenditures.

          "Consolidated Subsidiary" means, at any date, any Subsidiary or other
entity which the Borrower owns the majority economic interest in or property of,
the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in its
consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such
date.
                                    
          "Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means, at any date, the consolidated
stockholders' equity of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, plus any
accumulated depreciation, less their consolidated Intangible Assets, all
determined as of such date.  For purposes hereof, "Intangible Assets" means the
amount (to the extent reflected in determining such consolidated stockholders'
equity) of (i) all write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from foreign
currency translations and write-ups of assets of a going concern business made
within twelve months after the acquisition of such business) subsequent to March
31, 1995 in the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or a Consolidated
Subsidiary and (ii) all unamortized debt discount and expense, unamortized
deferred charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
anticipated future benefit of tax loss carry-forwards, copyrights, organization
expenses and other intangible assets.

          "Construction Asset Costs" shall mean, with respect to Construction
Assets, the aggregate, good faith estimated cost of construction of such
Construction Assets (including land acquisition costs).

          "Construction Assets" shall mean, as of any date, the Real Property
Assets listed on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof, subject to
adjustment, each of which is not subject to any Lien, unless the same is being
contested in good faith and the same is discharged, bonded or paid off within
sixty (60) days of the filing of such Lien, on which construction of
improvements has begun (as evidenced by foundation excavation) but have not yet
been substantially completed (as such completion shall be evidenced by (i) being
not less than 90% complete, (ii) the issuance of a permanent certificate of
occupancy or its equivalent, (iii) the commencement of the payment of rent by
tenants of such Real Property Asset and (iv) being more than 85% leased to
tenants).

          "Conversion Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).
                              
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          "Conversion Option" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(d).

          "Credit Rating" means the rating assigned by the Rating Agencies to
Borrower's senior unsecured long term indebtedness.

          "D&P" means Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.

          "Debt" of any Person means, at any date, without duplication, as shown
on such Person's balance sheet as prepared in accordance with GAAP (i) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii)
all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business, (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee which are capitalized in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (v) all Debt secured
by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is otherwise an
obligation of such Person, (vi) all Debt of others guaranteed by such Person,
(vii) accounts payable, dividends of any kind or character or other proceeds
payable with respect to any stock and accrued expenses which in the aggregate
are in excess of five percent (5%) of the undepreciated value of the assets of
the Borrower determined in accordance with GAAP, (viii) all contingent
obligations of such Person and (ix) all guaranty obligations of such Person,
whether for Debt or otherwise, not shown on such Person's balance sheet.

          "Debt Service" shall mean, measured as of the last day of each
calendar quarter, an amount equal to the sum of (i) Interest Expense actually
payable by Borrower for the previous four consecutive quarters including the
quarter then ended, plus (ii) regularly scheduled payments of principal on such
Debt, whether or not paid by Borrower (excluding balloon payments and scheduled
balloon amortization payments) for the previous four consecutive quarters
including the quarter then ended.

          "Default" means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of
Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would,
unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

          "Domestic Business Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City and Los Angeles are
authorized by law to close.
                                                    
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          "Domestic Lending Office" means, as to each Bank, its office located
at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in
its Administrative Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office) or such other
office as such Bank may hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office by
notice to the Borrower and the Agent.

          "EBITDA" means an amount derived from (i) net earnings plus (ii)
depreciation, amortization, interest expense and income taxes plus or minus
(iii) any losses or gains resulting from sales, write-downs, write-ups, write-
offs or other valuation adjustments of assets or liabilities, in each case, as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          "Effective Date" means the date this Agreement becomes effective in
accordance with Section 9.09.

          "Eligible Assignee" means (a) a commercial bank, trust company,
insurance company, investment bank or pension fund organized under the laws of
the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having total assets in
excess of $5,000,000,000; (b) a savings and loan association or savings bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof,
and having a tangible net worth of at least $500,000,000; (c) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD"), or a political
subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess of
$10,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency
located in the United States of America; or (d) the central bank of any country
which is a member of the OECD.

          "Environmental Claim" means, with respect to any Person, any written
notice, claim, demand or similar communication by any other Person alleging
potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental
response costs, natural resources damage, property damages, personal injuries,
fines or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence,
or release into the environment, of any Hazardous Substances at any location,
whether or not owned by such Person or (ii) circumstances forming the basis of
any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law, in each case as
to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination with
respect thereto and which, if adversely determined, could have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          "Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local and
foreign statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules,
judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants,
franchis-
                                                                 
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es, licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to the
environment, the effect of the environment on human health or to emissions,
discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, Hazardous Substances or
wastes into the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface
water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of pollutants, contaminants, Hazardous Substances or wastes or the
clean-up or other remediation thereof.

          "Equity Interests" means any and all shares of common stock or
equivalent equity or ownership interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents, however designated (other than warrants or other options which have
not been exercised) in a corporation or in any other Person (including, without
limitation, equivalent general or limited partnership interests in any
partnership).

          "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, or any successor statute.

          "ERISA Group" means the Borrower, any Subsidiary and all members of a
controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal
Revenue Code.

          "Euro-Dollar Business Day" means any Domestic Business Day on which
commercial banks are open for international business (including dealings in
dollar deposits) in London.

          "Euro-Dollar Lending Office" means, as to each Bank, its office,
branch or affiliate located at its address set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as its Euro-
Dollar Lending Office) or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Bank as
it may hereafter designate as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office by notice to the
Borrower and the Agent.

          "Euro-Dollar Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at a rate
calculated by reference to the London Interbank Offered Rate pursuant to the
applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election.

          "Euro-Dollar Reference Bank" means the principal London office of
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York.

          "Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(b).

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          "Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.

          "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Domestic Business Day
next succeeding such day; provided that (i) if such day is not a Domestic
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business Day as so published on the
next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published
on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day shall be the average rate quoted to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New
York on such day on such transactions as determined by the Agent.

          "Fitch" means Fitch Investors Service Inc.

          "Fixed Rate Loans" means Euro-Dollar Loans.

          "Funds From Operations" means an amount derived from (i) net earnings
plus (ii) depreciation and amortization plus or minus (iii) any losses or gains
resulting from sales, write-downs, write-ups, write-offs or other valuation
adjustments of assets or liabilities, in each case, as determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles recognized as
such in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Board or in such
other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession, which are applicable to the circumstances
as of the date of determination.

          "Group" means Security Capital Group Incorporated, a Maryland
corporation, and its successors.

          "Gross Asset Value" shall mean the sum of (x) the aggregate book value
of the Real Property Assets which are multifamily residential property and are
at least 85% leased to tenants, plus any accumulated depreciation, and (y) 50%
of the aggregate book value of the Construction Assets which are multifamily
residential property, all determined in accordance with GAAP as of the
applicable date.

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          "Guarantee" by any Person means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other
obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Debt or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any
other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof
or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in
part); provided that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The term "Guarantee"
used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

          "Hazardous Substances" means any toxic, radioactive, caustic or
otherwise hazardous substance, including petroleum, its derivatives, by-products
and other hydrocarbons, asbestos or any substance having any constituent
elements displaying any of the foregoing characteristics.
 
          "Historical Value"  means the purchase price of any Property
(including improvements) and ordinary related purchase transaction costs, plus
the cost of subsequent capital improvements made by the Borrower, less any
provision for losses, all determined in accordance with GAAP.  If the Property
is purchased as part of a group of properties, the Historical Value shall be
calculated based upon a reasonable allocation of the aggregate purchase price by
the Borrower for all purposes, consistent with GAAP.

          "Homestead Investment" means an Investment in Homestead Village
Incorporated ("Homestead"), which Investment when made shall not exceed (a) 30%
of the common stock of Homestead, (b) 30% in warrants of Homestead, (c)
$115,000,000 in convertible mortgages with respect to the assets of Homestead,
or (d) 20% of the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower.

          "Indemnitee" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
 
          "Interest Expense" means, measured as of the last day of any calendar
quarter, an amount equal to the interest (whether accrued, paid or capitalized)
actually payable by Borrower on its Debt for the previous four consecutive
quarters including the quarter then ended, exclusive of capital-

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ized interest relating to Construction Assets and development activity.

          "Interest Period" means (1) with respect to each Euro-Dollar
Borrowing, the period commencing (x) on the date of such Borrowing specified in
the applicable Notice of Borrowing or (y) on the date specified in the
applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and ending in either case 1, 2, 3 or
6 months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable notice;
provided that:

               (a)  any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which
     is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding
     Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in
     another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
     next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day;

               (b)  any Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar
     Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
     numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such
     Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (c) below, end on the last Euro-
     Dollar Business Day of a calendar month; and

               (c)  if any Interest Period includes a date on which a payment of
     principal of the Loans is required to be made under Section 2.09 but does
     not end on such date, then (i) the principal amount (if any) of each Euro-
     Dollar Loan required to be repaid on such date shall have an Interest
     Period ending on such date and (ii) the remainder (if any) of each such
     Euro-Dollar Loan shall have an Interest Period determined as set forth
     above, and

     (2)  with respect to each Base Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the
date of such Borrowing and ending 30 days thereafter or any subsequent period of
30 days, in each case commencing on the last day of the preceding Interest
Period; provided that:

               (a)  any Interest Period (other than an Interest Period
     determined pursuant to clause (b)(i) below) which would otherwise end on a
     day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next
     succeeding Euro-Dollar  Business Day; and

               (b)  if any Interest Period includes a date on which a payment of
     principal of the Loans is required to be made under Section 2.09 but does
     not end

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     on such date, then (i) the principal amount (if any) of each Base Rate Loan
     required to be repaid on such date shall have an Interest Period ending on
     such date and (ii) the remainder (if any) of each such Base Rate Loan shall
     have an Interest Period determined as set forth above.

          "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, or any successor statute.

          "Investment" means any investment in any Person, whether by means of
share purchase, capital contribution, loan, time deposit or otherwise, other
than any Permitted Investment.

          "Lien" means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of
preferential arrangement that has the practical effect of creating a security
interest, in respect of such asset.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset
which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor
under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement relating to such asset.

          "Loan" means a Base Rate Loan, a Euro-Dollar Loan or a Swing Loan and
"Loans" means Base Rate Loans, Euro-Dollar Loans or Swing Loans or any
combination of the foregoing.

          "Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, each Notice of
Borrowing and each Notice of Interest Rate Election.

          "London Interbank Offered Rate" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.06(c).

          "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of the
Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.

          "Material Plan" means at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate
Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $5,000,000.

          "Minority Holdings" means partnerships, limited liability companies,
corporations and other Persons held or

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owned by the Borrower which are not consolidated with the Borrower on the
Borrower's financial statements.

          "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Services, Inc. or any successor
thereto.

          "Multiemployer Plan" means at any time an employee pension benefit
plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of
the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions
or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for
these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during
such five year period.

          "Net Offering Proceeds" means all cash or other assets received by
Borrower as a result of the sale of common shares, preferred shares, partnership
interests, limited liability company interests, convertible securities or other
ownership or equity interests in Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary less
customary costs and discounts of issuance paid by Borrower or by a Consolidated
Subsidiary.

          "Net Operating Income" means, when used with respect to any parcel of
real property, the revenues, less operating expenses recorded in accordance with
GAAP for such property that are related to the ownership, operation or
maintenance of such property, but specifically excluding interest expense and
fees paid to the REIT Manager and similar general overhead expenses.

          "New Acquisitions" means real property assets (or interests therein)
acquired by Borrower after November 1, 1996, excluding the Homestead Investment.

          "Non-Recourse Debt" means Debt of the Borrower on a consolidated basis
for which the right of recovery of the obligee thereof is limited to recourse
against the Real Property Assets securing such Debt (subject to such limited
exceptions to the non-recourse nature of such Debt such as fraud,
misappropriation, misapplication and environmental indemnities, as are usual and
customary in like transactions at the time of the incurrence of such Debt).

          "Notes" means promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A-1 hereto with respect to the Swing Lender and Exhibit A-2
hereto with respect to any other Bank, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Loans, and "Note" means any one of such promissory notes issued
hereunder.

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          "Notice of Borrowing" is defined in Section 2.02.

          "Notice of Interest Rate Election" has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.05.

          "Other Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 8.04(b).

          "Outstanding Working Capital Amount" means the aggregate outstanding
and unpaid principal balance of all Loans used for working capital purposes from
time to time; provided, that any cash flow from the Real Property Assets used by
the Borrower to purchase New Acquisitions, fund the Homestead Investment or for
Development Activity may be applied by the Borrower to reduce the Outstanding
Working Capital Amount; and provided, further, that all payments and prepayments
of principal made hereunder shall be applied first to reduce the Outstanding
Working Capital Amount.

          "Parent" means, with respect to any Bank, any Person controlling such
Bank.

          "Participant" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(b).

          "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.

          "Permitted Intercompany Debt" means (i) loans from the Borrower to any
Subsidiary, and (ii) loans between Subsidiaries, all of which loans shall be
unsecured loans, which:

          (A)  are evidenced by a written agreement which provides that payment
of any amounts in respect of such indebtedness shall be made only to the extent
that Net Operating Income is available to pay such amounts after the payment of
all amounts then due and payable on all other indebtedness of the borrower
(subject, however, to the accrual of unpaid amounts under such indebtedness) and
further provides that any amounts paid in violation hereof shall be held in
trust by the payee thereof for the benefit of the Banks and disgorged to the
Banks upon demand; and

          (B)  are evidenced by a written agreement which prohibits such Person
from exercising any remedies, including accelerating any indebtedness and
commencing any action (including the filing of a bankruptcy petition or similar
proceeding) against the borrower for collection of interest, principal or other
charges while any Note or any other amounts due hereunder are outstanding and
prohibits such

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Person from filing a claim in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding commenced by
the Borrower or, in whole or in part, by one or more Affiliates of the Borrower
and requires that such Affiliate shall vote against any plan presented in such
proceeding which would alter the terms of the Notes or the Loan Documents
(provided that such Person may file a claim in a bankruptcy or similar
proceeding commenced by an independent Person other than itself) unless such
plan is endorsed by the Banks.

          "Permitted Investments" means (i) loans, equity investments and
capital contributions to Atlantic Development Services Incorporated, (ii) land
and building loans to unaffiliated, third party real estate developers to fund
the costs of the development and construction of improvements on properties
which are subject to purchase contracts with the Borrower, and which loans are
secured by mortgages on such properties, (iii) cash or Temporary Cash
Investments received in an exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue
Code and (iv) the investment in the ordinary course of the Borrower's business
of undistributed Net Operating Income after payment of Debt Service on all Debt.

          "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an
association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government
or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

          "Plan" means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than
a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the
minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and
either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group
for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within
the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which
was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which
was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.

          "Prime Rate" means the rate of interest publicly announced by Morgan
Guaranty Trust Company of New York in New York City from time to time as its
Prime Rate.

          "Property" means any interest in any kind of property or asset,
whether real, personal, tangible or intangible.

          "Property Management Contract" means the contract between the Borrower
and the Property Manager, dated as of September 1, 1996, as the same may be
amended and restated from time to time.

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          "Property Manager" means SCG Realty Services Atlantic Incorporated, a
Delaware corporation, and its successors.

          "Rating Agencies" means, collectively, S&P, Moody's, D&P and Fitch.

          "Real Property Assets" means as of any time, the real property assets
(including interests in participating, convertible or other mortgages in which
Borrower's interest therein is characterized as equity according to GAAP), owned
directly or indirectly by the Borrower at such time, cash received in an
exchange under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Homestead
Investment, as such may be modified from time to time to reflect sales,
conveyances, assignments, acquisitions or other transfers of Real Property
Assets.

          "Recourse Debt" shall mean Debt of the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary that is not Non-Recourse Debt.

          "Refunded Swing Loan" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a)(iii).

          "Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

          "REIT" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.

          "REIT Management Contract" means the REIT Management Agreement by and
between the Borrower and the REIT Manager, dated as of June 30, 1996, as the
same may be amended and restated from time to time.

          "REIT Manager" means Security Capital (Atlantic) Incorporated, a
Nevada corporation, and its successors.

          "Request to Extend" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(c).

          "Required Banks" means at any time Banks having at least 66-2/3% of
the aggregate amount of the Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have been
terminated, holding Notes evidencing at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Loans.

          "Revolver Termination Date" means December 18, 1998 or any subsequent
anniversary of the Closing Date to which the Revolver Termination Date has been
extended pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or any prior anniversary to which the
Revolver Termination Date has been advanced pursuant to Sec-

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tion 2.01(d), or, if any such day is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the next
succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls
in another calendar month, in which case the Revolver Termination Date shall be
the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day.

          "Revolving Credit Period" means the period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding the Revolver Termination Date.

          "Secured Debt" means Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

          "Stabilized" shall mean, with respect to any Real Property Asset, the
earlier of (i) twelve (12) months after substantial completion of construction
or development of any new construction or development Real Property Asset, and
(ii) the date on which the occupancy level is at least eighty-five percent
(85%).

          "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.

          "Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity of which securities
or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the
time directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower.

          "Swing Lender" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, in its
capacity as the Swing Lender under the Swing Loan Facility described in Section
2.01(a)(ii), and its successors in such capacity.

          "Swing Loan" means a Loan made by the Swing Lender pursuant to Section
2.01(a)(ii).

          "Swing Loan Commitment" means $25,000,000 or if less, the aggregate
amount of the Commitments.

          "Swing Loan Refund Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.01(a)(iii).

          "Temporary Cash Investment" means any Investment in (i) direct
obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, or obligations
guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof, (ii) commercial paper
rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's, (iii) demand and time deposits
with, including certificates of deposit issued by, any office located in the
United States of any bank or trust company which is organized or licensed under
the laws of the

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United States or any state thereof and has capital, surplus and undivided
profits aggregating at least $1,000,000,000, (iv) cash received in an exchange
under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code or (v) repurchase agreements
with respect to securities described in clause (i) above entered into with an
office of a bank or trust company meeting the criteria specified in clause (iii)
above, provided in each case described in clauses (i) - (v) above that such
Investment matures within one year from the date of acquisition thereof by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary, or (vi) money market funds that invest primarily in
Investments of the kind described in clauses (i) - (v) above.

            "Total Asset Value"  shall mean the sum of (a) the Borrower's
aggregate Net Operating Income (based on the immediately preceding calendar
quarter and annualized, and adjusted to exclude the Net Operating Income from
any Real Property Assets not owned for the full quarter and the Real Property
Assets described in (iii) below) divided by eight and three-fourths percent
(8.75%), plus (b) the total book value of (i) Real Property Assets acquired
during the immediately preceding calendar quarter, (ii) land not yet being
developed and (iii) land (and any improvements being constructed thereon) on
which the construction of new income producing improvements has been commenced
and is continuing and for up to six (6) months after completion of all
improvements thereon, plus (c) the amount of any cash and cash equivalents,
excluding tenant security and other restricted deposits, plus (d) the total book
value of all of the Borrower's other assets not described in (a), (b) or (c)
above, excluding intangibles and equity investments in joint ventures.  Total
Asset Value shall be calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

          "Total Available Commitments" means, at any time of determination, the
least of (i) if Borrower shall not have received an Investment Grade Rating from
both S&P and Moody's, the maximum aggregate principal amount of Loans that could
have been outstanding during the most recent four quarters, as to which a
certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c), in order for the
ratio of Unencumbered Asset Pool Cash Flow to Unsecured Interest Expense for
such period to exceed 1.75:1, (ii) the maximum aggregate principal amount of
Loans that could have been outstanding during the most recent preceding four
quarters as to which a certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(c) in order for the ratio of the sum of (x) the Unencumbered Asset Pool
Value and (y) 50% of the aggregate book value of the Construction Assets which
are multifamily residential property to Unsecured Debt outstanding as of the
date of determination for such period to exceed 1.75:1 and the ratio of the
aggregate amount of the Unencumbered Asset Pool Value

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to Unsecured Debt outstanding as of the date of determination to exceed 1.5:1,
(iii) the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time less the amount by
which Interest Expense payable on Construction Assets and development activity
exceeds EBITDA, if any, or (iv) $350,000,000 less the amount by which Interest
Expense payable on Construction Assets and development activity exceeds EBITDA,
if any.  For purposes of clause (iii) and (iv) of this definition, Interest
Expense shall be calculated based on what would be included in Interest Expense
as defined herein other than the exclusion for capitalized interest relating to
Construction Assets and development activity.

          "Unencumbered Asset Pool" means, as of any date, the Real Property
Assets listed on Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof, subject to
adjustment as set forth herein, each of which is 100% owned in fee (or leasehold
in the case of assets listed as such on Exhibit B) by the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower and each of which is not subject to any
Lien, unless the same is being contested in good faith and the same is
discharged, bonded or paid off within sixty (60) days of the filing of such
Lien, together with all New Acquisitions or Real Property Assets, excluding the
Homestead Investment, which have become part of the Unencumbered Asset Pool as
of such date in accordance with Section 3.03 and excluding any Real Property
Asset which has been released from the Unencumbered Asset Pool under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of such date in accordance with
Sections 5.23 and 5.24 and all other terms of this Agreement.

          "Unencumbered Asset Pool Cash Flow" shall mean, as of any date of
determination, Adjusted Net Operating Income but only with respect to the
Unencumbered Asset Pool.

          "Unencumbered Asset Pool Value"  means, with respect to Real Property
Assets in the Unencumbered Asset Pool, for the period being measured, the lesser
of (a) the aggregate Historical Value of such Real Property Assets; and (b) the
sum of (i) for those Real Property Assets that (1) have been Stabilized for more
than the preceding twelve calendar months or (2) have been Stabilized for one,
two or three full preceding calendar quarters, the sum of the Net Operating
Income for the preceding twelve months in the case of (1) and the Net Operating
Income for the one, two or three preceding Stabilized calendar quarters, as
annualized, in the case of (2) divided by nine and one-fourth percent (9.25%),
plus (ii) the Historical Value of the remaining Real Property Assets, excluding
Construction Assets.

          "Unfunded Liabilities" means, with respect to any Plan at any time,
the amount (if any) by which (i) the value

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of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination
basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044
of ERISA, exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to
such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid
contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for
such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential
liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under
Title IV of ERISA.

          "Unit Amount" means $200 for each period of twelve months (or a pro
rata portion thereof for any shorter period).

          "Unsecured Debt" means Debt which is not secured by a Lien.

          "Unsecured Interest Expense" means Interest Expense of the Borrower,
its Consolidated Subsidiaries and Minority Holdings in connection with Unsecured
Debt of such parties.

          "United States" means the United States of America, including the
States and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and
possessions.

          SECTION 1.02.  Accounting Terms and Determinations.  Unless otherwise
specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements
required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied
on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by the Borrower's
independent public accountants) with the most recent consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the
Banks; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Agent that the Borrower
wishes to amend any covenant in Article V to eliminate the effect of any change
in generally accepted accounting principles on the operation of such covenant
(or if the Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Banks wish to amend
Article V for such purpose), then the Borrower's compliance with such covenant
shall be determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in
effect immediately before the relevant change in generally accepted accounting
principles became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such
covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required
Banks.

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          SECTION 1.03.  Types of Borrowings.  The term "Borrowing" denotes the
aggregation of Loans of one or more Banks to be made to the Borrower pursuant to
Article II (or a Swing Loan made solely by the Swing Lender) on the same date
and for the same Interest Periods.  Borrowings are classified for purposes of
this Agreement by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such Borrowing
(e.g., a "Euro-Dollar Borrowing" is a Borrowing comprised of Euro-Dollar Loans).


                                  ARTICLE II

                                  THE CREDITS


          SECTION 2.01.  Commitments to Lend.
    
          (a)  During Revolving Credit Period.  (i) During the Revolving Credit
Period, each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, to make loans to the Borrower pursuant to this Section from time
to time in amounts such that the aggregate principal amount of Loans by such
Bank at any one time outstanding shall not exceed the amount of its Available
Commitment.  Each Borrowing under this Section 2.01 (a)(i) shall be in an
aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or any larger multiple of $250,000
(except that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount available) and
shall be made from the several Banks ratably in proportion to their respective
Commitments.  Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow under this
Section 2.01(a)(i), prepay Loans to the extent permitted by Section 2.10, and
reborrow at any time during the Revolving Credit Period under this subsection
(a).

          (ii) Swing Loans.  During the Revolving Credit Period, the Swing
Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make
loans to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.01(a)(ii) from time to time in
amounts such that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Loans does not at
any time exceed the Swing Loan Commitment, and (ii) the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Swing Loans at such time does not
exceed the aggregate Available Commitments.  Each Borrowing under this Section
2.01(a)(ii) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or any
larger multiple of $250,000 (except that any such Borrowing may be in the
aggregate available amount of Swing Loans determined in accordance with the
immediately preceding sentence).  Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may
borrow under this Section 2.01(a)(ii), repay or, to the extent permitted

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by Section 2.10, prepay Swing Loans and reborrow at any time during the
Revolving Credit Period under this Section 2.1(a)(ii).

          (iii)  Conversion of Swing Loans to Loans.  The Swing Lender shall, on
behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Lender to act
on its behalf), on notice given by the Swing Lender no later than 1:00 P.M. (New
York City time), on the Domestic Business Day immediately following the funding
of any Swing Loan, request each Bank to make, and each Bank hereby agrees to
make, a Base Rate Loan, in an amount (with respect to each Bank, its "Swing Loan
Refund Amount") equal to such Bank's ratable share of the aggregate Commitments
with respect to the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Loans (the "Refunded
Swing Loans") outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swing Lender.
Unless any of the events described in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.01 with
respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing (in which case the
procedures of Section 2.01(a)(iv) shall apply), each Bank shall make such Base
Rate Loan available to the Agent at its address specified in or pursuant to
Section 9.01 in immediately available funds, not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York
City time), on the Domestic Business Day immediately following the date of such
notice.  The Agent shall pay the proceeds of such Loans to the Swing Lender,
which shall immediately apply such proceeds to repay Refunded Swing Loans.
Effective on the day such Loans are made, the portion of the Swing Loans so paid
shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Loans, shall no longer be due as Swing
Loans under the Note held by the Swing Lender, and shall be due as Base Rate
Loans under the respective Notes issued to the Banks (including the Swing
Lender) in accordance with their ratable share of the aggregate Commitments.
The Borrower authorizes the Swing Lender to charge the Borrower's accounts with
the Agent (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to
immediately pay the amount of such Refunded Swing Loans to the extent amounts
received from the Banks are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swing
Loans.

          (iv) Purchase of Participations in Swing Loans.  If, prior to the time
Loans would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iii), one of
the events described in clause (f) or (g) of Section 6.01 with respect to the
Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing, each Bank shall, on the date
such Loans were to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section
2.01(a)(iii) (the "Refunding Date"), purchase an undivided participating
interest in the Swing Loans in an amount equal to such Bank's Swing Loan Refund
Amount.  On the Refunding Date, each Bank shall transfer to the Swing Lender, in
immediately

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available funds, such Bank's Swing Loan Refund Amount, and upon receipt thereof
the Swing Lender shall deliver to such Bank a Swing Loan participation
certificate dated the date of the Swing Lender's receipt of such funds and in
the Swing Loan Refund Amount of such Bank.

          (v) Payments on Participated Swing Loans.  Whenever, at any time after
the Swing Lender has received from any Bank such Bank's Swing Loan Refund Amount
pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iv), the Swing Lender receives any payment on
account of the Swing Loans in which the Banks have purchased participations
pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iv), the Swing Lender will promptly distribute to
each such Bank its ratable share (determined on the basis of the Swing Loan
Refund Amounts of all of the Banks) of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in
the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Bank's participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however,
that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Lender is required to
be returned, such Bank will return to the Swing Lender any portion thereof
previously distributed to it by the Swing Lender.

          (vi) Obligations to Refund or Purchase Participations in Swing Loans
Absolute.  Each Bank's obligation to transfer the amount of a Loan to the Swing
Lender as provided in Section 2.01(a)(iii) or to purchase a participating
interest pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(iv) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i)
any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Bank,
the Borrower or any other Person may have against the Swing Lender or any other
Person, other than the Swing Lender's gross negligence or willful misconduct in
connection with making any such Swing Loan, (ii) the occurrence or continuance
of a Default or an Event of Default or the termination or reduction of the
Commitments, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Borrower or any other Person, (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the
Borrower, any other Bank or any other Person, or (v) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

          (b)  After Revolving Credit Period.  If the Borrower has elected the
Conversion Option, each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, to maintain its Loans outstanding on the Conversion
Date for a maximum term of three years; provided that the principal amount of
such Bank's Loans shall not exceed the principal amount of its Loans outstanding
on the Conversion Date; and provided, further, that the aggregate principal
amount of such Bank's outstanding Loans shall at no time

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exceed the amount of its Available Commitment.  On and after the Conversion
Date, amounts prepaid or required to be repaid pursuant to Article II shall not
be reborrowed, and amounts repaid pursuant to Section 8.02 shall not be
reborrowed except as provided therein.

          (c)  Extension of Revolver Termination Date.  The Borrower may request
a one-year extension of the Revolver Termination Date then in effect by
delivering a written request therefor to the Agent not less than sixty (60) days
prior to such Revolver Termination Date (a "Request to Extend").  The Agent
shall notify the Banks of the receipt of such request and each Bank shall give
notice in writing to the Agent not less than thirty (30) days prior to the
Revolver Termination Date of such Bank's acceptance or rejection of such
request.  If all the Banks shall have notified the Agent on or prior to the date
which is thirty (30) days prior to the Revolver Termination Date that they
accept such request, the Revolver Termination Date shall be extended for one
year.  If any Bank shall not have notified the Agent on or prior to the date
which is thirty (30) days prior to the Revolver Termination Date that it accepts
such request, the Revolver Termination Date shall not be extended.  The Agent
shall notify the Borrower whether the Request to Extend has been accepted or
rejected as well as which Bank or Banks rejected the Borrower's Request to
Extend (each such Bank a "Rejecting Bank").
 
          Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, within ten (10) days after
notification from the Agent that the Request to Extend has been rejected (a
"Notice of Rejection"), and provided that the aggregate amount of Commitments of
the Rejecting Banks do not exceed 20% of the total aggregate amount of
Commitments then outstanding, the Borrower may by written notice to the Agent
and any Rejecting Bank exercise either or a combination of the following
options:  (i) require any Rejecting Bank to assign all of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to any
transferee selected by the Borrower and approved by the Agent (a "Transferee"),
or (ii) prepay the entire amount of the outstanding Loan from each such
Rejecting Bank, in which case each such Rejecting Bank's Commitment shall be $0,
in each of clause (i) and (ii) pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
below.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event the aggregate of all
Commitments of all Banks (including any Transferee pursuant to clause (i) above)
shall be less than $280,000,000.

          In the event the Borrower elects the option set forth in clause (i)
above, the assignment shall occur pursuant to the terms of a Transfer Supplement
in substantially

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the form of Exhibit D hereto, effective no later than the tenth (10th) day after
the Borrower receives a Notice of Rejection from the Agent, and otherwise
pursuant to Section 9.06(c) hereof.  On such effective date the Transferee shall
pay to such Rejecting Bank the principal amount outstanding of the Loans
assigned to it by such Rejecting Bank, together with accrued interest thereon,
as well as the accrued Commitment Fee with respect to the Commitment of such
Rejecting Bank, and, if such effective date is not the last day of the Interest
Period for each of the Loans being assigned, the Borrower shall reimburse to the
Rejecting Bank the losses and expenses specified in Section 2.12.  The Borrower
shall also deliver to the Agent on such effective date (y) an executed copy of
such Assignment and Assumption Agreement and (z) written confirmation from such
Transferee that it accepts the Request to Extend, and, upon such receipt with
respect to all Transferees, the Agent shall notify the Borrower that the Request
to Extend has been accepted.

          (d)  Conversion Option.  If the Borrower delivers a Request to Extend
as provided in Section 2.01(c), any Bank shall not have notified the Agent on or
prior to the date which is thirty (30) days prior to the Revolver Termination
Date that it accepts such request, and such Bank has not been paid in full to
the extent of its outstanding Commitment or replaced by a Transferee accepting
such extension pursuant to Section 2.01(c), then not later than ten (10) days
after the Agent has notified the Borrower that the Request to Extend has been
rejected, if (x) no Default has then occurred and is continuing, provided that
if the Agent shall have actual notice of such Default, it shall have provided
notice thereof to the Borrower and (y) no Event of Default has then occurred and
is continuing, the Borrower may notify the Agent that it elects both to
terminate the Revolving Credit Period as of the Revolver Termination Date then
in effect (the date of such termination being the "Conversion Date") and
effective as of the Conversion Date to maintain its Loans then outstanding
pursuant to Section 2.01(b) (the "Conversion Option").

          SECTION 2.02.  Notice of Borrowing.  The Borrower shall give the Agent
notice (a "Notice of Borrowing") not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time)
on (x) the Domestic Business Day before each Base Rate Borrowing, (y) the third
Euro-Dollar Business Day before each Euro-Dollar Borrowing and (z) the date of
each Borrowing of a Swing Loan, specifying:

          (a)  the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business
Day in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing or Swing Borrowing, or a Euro-Dollar
Business Day in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing,

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          (b)  the aggregate amount of such Borrowing,

          (c)  whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be initially
Base Rate Loans, Swing Loans or Euro-Dollar Loans, provided that, all Swing
Loans shall bear interest based on the Base Rate,

          (d)  in the case of a Fixed Rate Borrowing, the duration of the
initial Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the
definition of Interest Period, and

          (e) if the proceeds of the Loans are to be used for working capital
purposes, and if so, the Outstanding Working Capital Amount both immediately
before and after such Borrowing.

          No more than four (4) Swing Loans may be borrowed during any calendar
month.

          SECTION 2.03.  Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans.

          (a)  Upon receipt of a Notice of Borrowing, the Agent shall promptly
notify each Bank of the contents thereof and of such Bank's share (if any) of
such Borrowing and such Notice of Borrowing shall not thereafter be revocable by
the Borrower.

          (b)  Not later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of each
Borrowing (including, without limitation, each Swing Borrowing), each Bank (or,
in the case of a Swing Loan, the Swing Lender) participating therein shall make
available its share of such Borrowing, in Federal or other funds immediately
available in New York City, to the Agent at its address referred to in Section
9.01.  Unless the Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in
Article III has not been satisfied, the Agent will make the funds so received
from the Banks available to the Borrower at the Agent's aforesaid address not
later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time).

          (c)  Unless the Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to
the date of any Borrowing that such Bank will not make available to the Agent
such Bank's share of such Borrowing, the Agent may assume that such Bank has
made such share available to the Agent on the date of such Borrowing in
accordance with subsection (b) of this Section 2.03 and the Agent may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a
corresponding amount.  If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so
made such share available to the Agent, such Bank and the Borrower severally
agree to repay to the Agent forthwith on

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demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day
from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such
amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, a rate per
annum equal to the higher of the Federal Funds Rate and the interest rate
applicable thereto pursuant to Section 2.06 and (ii) in the case of such Bank,
the Federal Funds Rate.  If such Bank shall repay to the Agent such
corresponding amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Bank's Loan
included in such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.

          SECTION 2.04.  Notes.

          (a)  The Loans of each Bank shall be evidenced by a single Note
payable to the order of such Bank for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such
Bank's Loans.

          (b)  Each Bank may, by notice to the Borrower and the Agent, request
that its Loans of a particular type, including Swing Loans, be evidenced by a
separate Note in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
such Loans.  Each such Note shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1
hereto with respect to the Swing Lender and Exhibit A-2 hereto and with respect
to any other Bank, with appropriate modifications to reflect the fact that it
evidences solely Loans of the relevant type.  Each reference in this Agreement
to the "Note" of such Bank shall be deemed to refer to and include any or all of
such Notes, as the context may require.

          (c)  Upon receipt of each Bank's Note pursuant to Section 3.01(a), the
Agent shall forward such Note to such Bank.  Each Bank shall record the date,
amount and type of each Loan made by it and the date and amount of each payment
of principal made by the Borrower with respect thereto, and may, if such Bank so
elects in connection with any transfer or enforcement of its Note, endorse on
the schedule forming a part thereof appropriate notations to evidence the
foregoing information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding; provided
that the failure of any Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall
not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes.  Each
Bank is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrower so to endorse its Note and
to attach to and make a part of its Note a continuation of any such schedule as
and when required.

          SECTION 2.05.  Method of Electing Interest Rates.  (a)  The Loans
included in each Borrowing shall bear inter-

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est initially at the type of rate specified by the Borrower in the applicable
Notice of Borrowing.  Thereafter, the Borrower may from time to time elect to
change or continue the type of interest rate borne by all the Loans comprised in
such Borrowing (subject in each case to the provisions of Article VIII and
except for any Swing Loans), as follows:

               (i)  if such Loans are Base Rate Loans, the Borrower may elect to
     convert such Loans to Euro-Dollar Loans as of any Euro-Dollar Business Day;

               (ii)  if such Loans are Euro-Dollar Loans, the Borrower may elect
     to convert such Loans to Base Rate Loans or elect to continue such Loans as
     Euro-Dollar Loans for an additional Interest Period, in each case effective
     on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such
     Loans.

     Each such election shall be made by delivering a notice (a "Notice of
Interest Rate Election") to the Agent at least three Euro-Dollar Business Days
before the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective
(unless the relevant Loans are to be converted from Euro-Dollar Loans to Base
Rate Loans or continued as Base Rate Loans of the same type for an additional
Interest Period, in which case such notice shall be delivered to the Agent at
least three Domestic Business Days before such conversion or continuation is to
be effective).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any conversion of
a Euro-Dollar Loan to a Base Rate Loan, or the continuation of a Base Rate Loan,
such notice need only be delivered to the Agent at least one Domestic Business
Day before such conversion or continuation is to be effective.  During the
Revolving Credit Period a Notice of Interest Rate Election may, if it so
specifies, divide the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Borrowing into
two or more portions, each of which shall thereafter be deemed a "Borrowing";
provided that each such portion is allocated ratably among the Loans comprising
such Borrowing and is at least $1,000,000 or any larger multiple of $250,000.

          (b)  Each Notice of Interest Rate Election shall specify:

               (i)  the Borrowing to which such notice applies;

               (ii)  the date on which the conversion or continuation selected
     in such notice is to be effective, which shall comply with the applicable
     clause of subsection (a) above;

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               (iii)  if the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be
     converted, the new type of Loans and, if such Loans of a new type are Fixed
     Rate Loans, the duration of the next Interest Period applicable thereto;
     and

               (iv)  if such Loans are to be continued as  Euro-Dollar Loans for
     an additional Interest Period, the duration of such additional Interest
     Period,

and, if requested by the Agent, shall be accompanied by a certificate of the
Borrower satisfactory to the Agent showing the calculation of Total Available
Commitments as of the commencement of such Interest Period.

          Each Interest Period specified in a Notice of Interest Rate Election
shall comply with the provisions of the definition of Interest Period.

          (c)  Upon receipt of a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the
Borrower pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Agent shall promptly notify each
Bank of the contents thereof and such notice shall not thereafter by revocable
by the Borrower.  If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Notice of Interest
Rate Election to the Agent for any Borrowing consisting of Fixed Rate Loans,
such Loans shall be converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day of the then
current Interest Period applicable thereto.

          SECTION 2.06.  Interest Rates.

          (a)  Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made until it
becomes due, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin for Base Rate Loans for such day.  Such interest shall be payable for
each Interest Period on the last day thereof.  Any overdue principal of or
interest on any Base Rate Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each
day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of four percent (4%) plus
the rate otherwise applicable to Base Rate Loans for such day.

          (b)  Each Euro-Dollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof, for each day during each Interest Period applicable
thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for Euro-
Dollar Loans for such day plus the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate
applicable to such Interest Period.  Such interest shall be payable for each
Interest Period on the last day thereof and, if such Interest Period is longer
than three months, at intervals of three months after the first day thereof.

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          The "Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate" applicable to any
Interest Period means a rate per annum equal to the quotient obtained (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) by dividing (i) the
applicable London Interbank Offered Rate by (ii) 1.00 minus the Euro-Dollar
Reserve Percentage.

          The "London Interbank Offered Rate" applicable to any Interest Period
means the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next higher 1/16 of 1%)
of the respective rates per annum at which deposits in dollars are offered to
the Euro-Dollar Reference Bank in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Euro-Dollar Business Days before the first day of
such Interest Period in an amount approximately equal to the principal amount of
the Euro-Dollar Loan of the Euro-Dollar Reference Bank to which such Interest
Period is to apply and for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period.

          "Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage" means for any day that percentage
(expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member bank of the Federal
Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding five billion dollars in
respect of "Eurocurrency liabilities" (or in respect of any other category of
liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on
Euro-Dollar Loans is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other
assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of any Bank to United
States residents). The Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Euro-Dollar
Reserve Percentage.

          (c)  Any overdue principal of or interest on any Euro-Dollar Loan
shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day from and including the date
payment thereof was due to but excluding the date of actual payment, at a rate
per annum equal to the sum of four percent (4%) plus the rate applicable to Base
Rate Loans for such day.

          (d) Each Swing Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount thereof, and in the case of any amount of overdue Swing Loan, overdue
interest thereon at a rate per annum for each day equal to the sum of four
percent (4%) plus the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for such day.

          (e)  The Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the
Loans hereunder.  The Agent shall give

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prompt notice to the Borrower and the participating Banks of each rate of
interest so determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error.

          (f)  Each Euro-Dollar Reference Bank agrees to use its best efforts to
furnish quotations to the Agent as contemplated by this Section.  If any Euro-
Dollar Reference Bank does not furnish a timely quotation, the Agent shall
determine the relevant interest rate on the basis of the quotation or quotations
furnished by the remaining Euro-Dollar Reference Bank or Banks or, if none of
such quotations is available on a timely basis, the provisions of Section 8.01
shall apply.

          SECTION 2.07.  Fees.

          (a) Upfront Fee.  On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay to the
Agent for the account of the Banks an upfront fee equal to .10% of the
Commitments of each Bank.

          (b)  Unused Commitment Fee.  During the Revolving Credit Period, the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks ratably in
proportion to their respective Commitments a commitment fee (the "Commitment
Fee")  on the amount by which the aggregate amount of the Commitments exceeds
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and the Swing Loans in
any given quarter at the respective percentages per annum based upon (i) the
range into which the Borrower's Credit Rating then falls and (ii) the range into
which the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the daily average undrawn and
uncancelled Commitments to the Loan Amount for the preceding quarter falls, in
accordance with the following table. The Commitment Fee shall accrue from and
including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolver Termination Date (or
such earlier date that the Commitments terminate in their entirety).  The
Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on each January 1, April 1, July 1
and October 1 during the Term and any extension thereof.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             Applicable               
                                             commitment fee          Applicable                          
                     Applicable              if average undrawn      commitment fee             
                     commitment fee          Commitments are         if average         
                     if average undrawn      greater than            undrawn Commit-           
Range of             Commitments are         33% of Loan             ments are equal
Borrower's           equal to or less        Amount and              to or greater
Credit rating        than 33% of             less than 66%           than 66% of
(S&P/Moody's         Loan Amount             of Loan Amount          Loan Amount
Ratings)             (% per annum)           (% per annum)           (% per annum)       
-------------        ------------------      -----------------       --------------     
<S>                   <C>                     <C>                     <C> 
BBB+/Baa1 to
  BBB-/Baa3              .1250                    .1875                  .2500
Unrated                  .1875                    .1875                  .1875
</TABLE>

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Any change in the Borrower's Credit Rating causing it to move into a different
range on the table shall effect an immediate change in the applicable percentage
per annum.  In the event that the Borrower's Credit Rating is such that the
Rating Agencies' ratings are split between a higher and a lower range on the
table, the applicable percentage per annum shall be based upon the lower of such
two (2) Credit Ratings.  In the event that only one (1) Rating Agency has set
the Borrower's Credit Rating, then the applicable percentage per annum shall be
based on such single rating.

          (c) Extension Fee.  Within one week of the notification by the Agent
to the Borrower that a Request to Extend has been accepted pursuant to Section
2.01(c), the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks
ratably in proportion to their Commitments an extension fee of 1/4 of 1% of the
Commitments; provided, that if Borrower shall have received and maintains an
Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and Moody's, the extension fee payable
hereunder shall be in an amount equal to .15% of the Commitments then
outstanding.

          (d)  Conversion Fee.  On the date that pursuant to Section 2.01(d) the
Borrower notifies the Agent of its election of the Conversion Option, the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks ratably in
proportion to their Commitments of the then outstanding principal balance of the
Loans a conversion fee of 1/4 of 1% of the Commitments that will be outstanding
as of the Conversion Date; provided, that if Borrower shall have received and
maintains an Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and Moody's, the conversion
fee payable hereunder shall be in an amount equal to .15% of the Commitments
then outstanding.

          (e) Fees Non-Refundable.  All fees set forth in this Section 2.07
shall be deemed to have been earned on the date payment is due in accordance
with the provisions hereof and shall be non-refundable.  The obligation of the
Borrower to pay such fees in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be
binding upon the Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of the Agent and the
Banks regardless of whether any Loans are actually made.

          SECTION 2.08.  Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
During the Revolving Credit Period, the Borrower may, upon at least three
Domestic Business Days' notice to the Agent prior to the end of any Interest
Period, (i) terminate the Commitments at any time, if no Loans or Swing Loans
are outstanding at such time or (ii) ratably

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reduce from time to time by an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any larger
multiple of $250,000, the aggregate amount of the Commitments in excess of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and the Swing Loans.

          SECTION 2.09.  Maturity; Mandatory Termination or Reduction of
Commitments.

          (a) The Commitments and Swing Commitment shall terminate on the
Revolver Termination Date or, if pursuant to Section 2.01(d) the Borrower has
exercised the Conversion Option, except with respect to the Swing Loans, on the
third anniversary of the Conversion Date, and any Loans then outstanding
(together with accrued interest thereon) shall mature and be due and payable on
such date.

          (b)  On any date on or after the Conversion Date on which the
Commitment of any Bank shall be greater than the principal amount of the Loan or
Loans or Swing Loans of such Bank outstanding on such date (after giving effect
to any repayment, prepayment and borrowing on such date), the Commitment of such
Bank shall be automatically reduced to an amount equal to such outstanding
principal amount.

          (c)  The Commitment of each Bank shall be further reduced, on (x) each
of the first five Commitment Reduction Dates, by an amount equal to fifteen
percent (15%) of the amount of such Bank's Commitment in effect on the
Conversion Date (after giving effect to any reduction pursuant to subsection (e)
on such date), and (y) the sixth Commitment Reduction Date, by an amount equal
to twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of such Bank's Commitment in effect
on the Conversion Date (after giving effect to any reduction pursuant to
subsection (e) on such date).  No reduction of any Commitment pursuant to
subsection (c), (d) or (e) shall reduce the amount of any subsequent mandatory
reduction of such Commitment pursuant to this subsection (f).

          (d)  On each date of reduction of any Commitment, the Borrower shall
repay such principal amount (together with accrued interest thereon) of each
Bank's outstanding Loans or Swing Loans, if any, as may be necessary so that
after such repayment the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Bank's
Loans or Swing Loans does not exceed the amount of such Bank's Available
Commitment as then reduced.  In connection with the prepayment of a Euro-Dollar
Loan prior to the maturity thereof, the Borrower shall also pay any applicable
expenses pursuant to Section 2.12.

          (e)  If at any time the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary sells,
transfers, assigns or conveys any Real Property Asset which shall cause the
Borrower to fail to be in compliance with any covenant contained in Article V

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hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Banks,
within ten (10) days of the date such Real Property Asset is sold, transferred,
assigned or conveyed, an amount such that the Borrower subsequent to such
payment shall be in compliance with the covenants contained in Article V hereof.
Borrower shall make such prepayment together with interest accrued to the date
of the prepayment on the principal amount prepaid.  In connection with the
prepayment of a Euro-Dollar Loan prior to the maturity thereof, the Borrower
shall also pay any applicable expenses pursuant to Section 2.12.  Each such
prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the Loans of the Banks.  As used
in this Section 2.09(e) only, the phrase "sells, transfers, assigns or conveys"
shall not include (i) sales or conveyances among Borrower and any wholly-owned
Subsidiaries, or (ii) mortgages secured by Real Property Assets.

          (f)  If at any time the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall
issue shares of capital stock or other equity interest, the Borrower shall pay
to the Agent, for the account of the Banks, within ten (10) days after the date
of such issuance, an amount equal to the Net Offering Proceeds of such issuance
less any such proceeds which shall be used to make any Permitted Investment
which occurs within ten (10) days after the date of such issuance of shares of
capital stock or other equity interest.  The Borrower shall make such prepayment
together with interest accrued to the date of the prepayment on the principal
amount prepaid.  In connection with the prepayment of a Euro-Dollar Loan prior
to the maturity thereof, the Borrower shall also pay any applicable expenses
pursuant to Section 2.12.  Each such prepayment shall be applied to prepay
ratably the Loans of the Banks.

          SECTION 2.10.  Optional Prepayments.

          (a)  The Borrower may, upon at least one (1) Domestic Business Days'
notice to the Agent, prepay any Base Rate Borrowing or Swing Loan in whole at
any time or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating $1,000,000 or any
larger multiple of $250,000, by paying the principal amount to be prepaid
together with accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment.  Each such
optional prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the Loans of the several
Banks included in such Borrowing.

          (b)  The Borrower may, upon at least three Euro-Dollar Business Days'
notice to the Agent, in case of a Borrowing comprised of Euro-Dollar Loans,
prepay the Loans comprising such Borrowing, on the last day of any Interest
Period applicable to such Borrowing, in whole at any time, or from time to time
in part in amounts aggregating $1,000,000 or any larger multiple of $250,000, by
paying the

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principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the
date of prepayment.  Each such optional prepayment shall be applied to prepay
ratably the Loans of the several Banks included in such Borrowing.

          (c)  Upon receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section,
the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof and of such
Bank's ratable share (if any) of such prepayment and such notice shall not
thereafter be revocable by the Borrower.

          SECTION 2.11.  General Provisions as to Payments.

          (a)  The Borrower shall make each payment of principal of, and
interest on, the Loans and of fees hereunder, not later than 12:00 Noon (New
York City time) on the date when due, in Federal or other funds immediately
available in New York City, to the Agent at its address referred to in Section
9.01.  The Agent will promptly distribute to each Bank its ratable share of each
such payment received by the Agent for the account of the Banks.  If and to the
extent that the Agent shall receive any such payment for the account of the
Banks on or before 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on any Domestic Business Day,
and Agent shall not have distributed to any Bank its applicable share of such
payment on such Domestic Business Day, Agent shall distribute such amount to
such Bank together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount
should have been distributed to such Bank until the date Agent distributes such
amount to such Bank, at the Federal Funds Rate.  Whenever any payment of
principal of, or interest on, the Base Rate Loans or of fees shall be due on a
day which is not a Domestic Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business Day.  Whenever any payment of
principal of, or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Loans shall be due on a day which
is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment
thereof shall be the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day.  If the date for
any payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest
thereon shall be payable for such extended time.

          (b)  Unless the Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Agent may assume that the
Borrower has made such payment in full to the Agent on such date and the Agent
may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on
such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Bank.  If and to the
extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such payment, each Bank

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shall repay to the Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such
Bank together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is
distributed to such Bank until the date such Bank repays such amount to the
Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate.

          SECTION 2.12.  Funding Losses.  If the Borrower makes any payment of
principal with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan or any Fixed Rate Loan is
converted to a Base Rate Loan (pursuant to this Article II or Article VI or VIII
or otherwise) on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period
applicable thereto, or the last day of an applicable period fixed pursuant to
Section 2.06(c), or if the Borrower fails to borrow or prepay any Fixed Rate
Loans after notice has been given to any Bank in accordance with Section 2.03(a)
or 2.10(c), the Borrower shall reimburse each Bank within 15 days after demand
for any resulting loss or expense incurred by it (or by an existing or
prospective Participant in the related Loan), including (without limitation) any
loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from third
parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period after any such payment or
conversion or failure to borrow or prepay; provided that such Bank shall have
delivered to the Borrower a certificate as to the amount of such loss or
expense, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the matters
certified therein.

          SECTION 2.13.  Computation of Interest and Fees.  Interest based on
the Prime Rate hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days
(or 366 days in a leap year) and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).  All other interest and
fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the
actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last
day if and only if such payment is made in accordance with the provisions of the
first sentence of Section 2.11(a)).


                                  ARTICLE III

                                  CONDITIONS


          SECTION 3.01.  Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of Agreement.
The Closing as contemplated hereunder shall occur upon receipt by the Agent of
the following documents, each dated as of the Closing Date (or dated as
otherwise provided below) or a date otherwise satisfactory to the Agent and in
each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent:

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     (a) a duly executed Note for the account of each Bank, complying with the
provisions of Section 2.04;

     (b) a duly executed copy of this Agreement;

     (c) an opinion of Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for the Borrower,
satisfactory to the Agent;

     (d) all documents the Agent may reasonably request relating to the
existence of the Borrower, the authority for and the validity of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and any other matters relevant hereto, all in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. Such documentation shall
include, without limitation, the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the
Borrower, as amended, modified or supplemented to the Closing Date, each
certified to be true, correct and complete by a senior officer of the Borrower,
as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together
with a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent
thereof) of Maryland and a good standing certificate from the Secretary of State
(or the equivalent thereof) from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent
thereof) of each other State in which the Borrower is required to be qualified
to transact business, each to be dated not more than ten (10) days prior to the
Closing Date;

     (e) all certificates, agreements and other documents and papers referred to
in this Section 3.01 and Section 3.02, unless otherwise specified, in sufficient
counterparts, satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent in its sole
discretion;

     (f) the Borrower shall have taken all actions required to authorize the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
performance thereof by the Borrower;

     (g) an unaudited consolidated balance sheet and income statement of the
Borrower for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1996;

     (h) wire transfer instructions in connection with the Loans to be made
on the Closing Date;

     (i) all fees due and payable pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof on or before
the Closing Date;

     (j) copies of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower, and the
validity and enforceability, of the Loan Documents, or in connection with any of

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the transactions contemplated thereby, and such consents, licenses and approvals
shall be in full force and effect;

     (k) satisfactory reports of Uniform Commercial Code filing searches
conducted by a search firm acceptable to the Agent with respect to the Borrower,
such searches to be conducted in each of the locations specified by the Agent;

     (l) no material defaults or events of default (as defined therein) shall
exist under any existing agreement entered into by Borrower in connection with
any Debt of Borrower;

     (m) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this
Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
Closing Date both before and after giving effect to the making of any Loans;

     (n) certificates of insurance with respect to the Unencumbered Asset Pool
demonstrating the coverages required under this Agreement;

     (o) with respect to each Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered Asset Pool
which was not previously mortgaged in connection with the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 1996, among Borrower, Agent and
the banks party thereto:

          (i) a satisfactory environmental report indicating that (A) the Real
Property Asset complies with all Environmental Laws in all material respects,
(B) is free of

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all Materials of Environmental Concern in all material respects and (C) is not
subject to any Environmental Claim, or if any of the foregoing is not satisfied,
Agent shall have received from the Borrower either (1) a satisfactory
indemnification indemnifying the Agent and the Banks and guaranteeing the
remediation of the applicable Material of Environmental Concern from a party
acceptable to the Agent, (2) evidence satisfactory to the Agent in its sole
discretion that the Borrower has adequate rights as an indemnitee pursuant to an
environmental indemnity pursuant to which a party acceptable to the Agent
indemnifies the Borrower or which guarantees the remediation of Materials of
Environmental Concern or (3) cash or Temporary Cash Investments, letters of
credit or evidence that the Borrower has access to such items, equal to an
amount satisfactory to the Agent to be used for remediation of the applicable
Material of Environmental Concern;

          (ii) evidence of compliance with zoning and other local laws, together
with copies of the certificates of occupancy for each thereof (or evidence
satisfactory to the Agent as to why no certificate of occupancy is required);

          (iii) (A) a description of the Real Property Asset, (B) two years of
historical cash flow operating statements, if available, (C) three years of cash
flow projections (including capital expenditures), if available, (D)  a
satisfactory engineer's property/structural inspection report of the Real
Property Asset (other than Construction Assets), (E) an investment memorandum
prepared by the Borrower in connection with the acquisition of such Real
Property Asset by Borrower and (F) such additional information regarding the
Real Property Asset as the Agent may reasonably request; and

     (p) a certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief accounting
officer of the Borrower certifying that the Borrower is in compliance with all
covenants of the Borrower contained in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the requirements of Section 5.07 through 5.19, inclusive, as of the
Closing Date.

The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Banks of the Closing Date,
and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.

          SECTION 3.02.  Borrowings.   The obligation of any Bank to make a
Loan, other than a Refunding Swing Loan, on the occasion of any Borrowing is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

            (a)  receipt by the Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by
Section 2.02;

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          (b)  if requested by the Agent or the Required Banks, receipt by the
Agent of a certificate of the Borrower satisfactory to the Agent showing the
calculation of Total Available Commitments as of the date of such Borrowing;

          (c)  the fact that, immediately after such Borrowing, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans and Swing Loans will not exceed the
amount of the Total Available Commitments;

          (d)  the fact that, immediately before and after such Borrowing, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

          (e)  the fact that the representations and warranties of the Borrower
contained in this Agreement and any other Loan Document (except those that
relate specifically to an earlier date) shall be true in all material respects
on and as of the date of such Borrowing;

          (f)  there shall not be more than twelve (12) Borrowings (including
Swing Loans) outstanding at any time;

          (g)  receipt by the Agent of a certificate of the Borrower
satisfactory to the Agent showing the calculation of the aggregate Borrowings
hereunder (determined on a cumulative basis);

          (h)   no law or regulation shall have been adopted, no order, judgment
or decree of any governmental authority shall have been issued, and no
litigation shall be pending or threatened, which does or, with respect to any
threatened litigation, seeks to enjoin, prohibit or restrain, the making or
repayment of the Loans, or any participations therein or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby; and

          (i)   no event, act or condition shall have occurred after the Closing
Date which, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent or the Required Banks, as
the case may be, has had or is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
 
          Each Borrowing hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing as to the facts specified
in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (h) and (i) of this Section.

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          SECTION 3.03.  Conditions Precedent to New Acquisitions and Additional
Real Property Assets.

          (a) All New Acquisitions or Real Property Assets to be added to the
Unencumbered Asset Pool shall be approved by the Required Banks; provided, that
if Borrower shall have received an Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and
Moody's, and for so long as Borrower shall maintain both such Investment Grade
Ratings, no such approval shall be required to include any New Acquisition or
Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered Asset Pool, which is (i) 100% owned in
fee or leasehold by Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary of Borrower, (ii)
not subject (nor is any equity interest therein subject) to any Lien, negative
pledge, stock pledge or pledge of partnership interest and (iii) in compliance
with the provisions of Section 5.19 hereof.

          (b) If Borrower shall not have received or shall not maintain an
Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and Moody's, Borrower shall submit to the
Agent and the Banks as provided in subsection (c) below the materials set forth
below (the "Due Diligence Package") relating to each potential New Acquisition
or Real Property Asset to be added to the Unencumbered Asset Pool.  The Due
Diligence Package shall include (i) a description of the Real Property Asset or
New Acquisition, (ii) two years of historical cash flow operating statements, if
available, (iii) three years of cash flow projections (including capital
expenditures), if available, (iv) an environmental report in compliance with
Section 3.01(p), (v) a satisfactory engineer's property/structural inspection
report (other than Construction Assets), (vi) evidence of compliance with zoning
and other local laws, (vii) a final investment memorandum prepared by the
Borrower in connection with the New Acquisition or Real Property Asset and
(viii) such additional information regarding the Real Property Asset or New
Acquisition as the Agent may reasonably request.  The Borrower shall permit the
Agent at all reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to make an
inspection of such New Acquisition or Real Property Asset.

          (c) If Borrower shall not have received or shall not maintain an
Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and Moody's, the Borrower shall distribute
a copy of each item constituting the Due Diligence Package by overnight mail to
each of the Banks for their review and approval.  Failure to respond to the
Agent in writing by any Bank within ten (10) Domestic Business Days after
receipt of the Due Diligence Package, shall be deemed to be an approval by such
Bank of such potential New Acquisition or Real Property Asset.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES


            The Borrower represents and warrants that:

          SECTION 4.01.  Corporate Existence and Power.  The Borrower is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of Maryland, and has all corporate powers and all material governmental
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its
business as now conducted.

          SECTION 4.02.  Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No
Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of each
Loan Document to which it is or will be a party are within its corporate powers,
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action
by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official
and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of
applicable law or regulation, or of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws
of the Borrower or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or
other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or result
in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries, except as contemplated by the Loan Documents.

          SECTION 4.03.  Binding Effect.  Each Loan Document constitutes, or
when duly executed and delivered will constitute a valid and binding obligation
of the Borrower.

            SECTION 4.04.  Financial Information.
                           

          (a)  The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of September 30, 1996 and the related unaudited
consolidated statement of earnings and statement of cash flows for the three
months then ended, a copy of which has been delivered to each of the Banks,
fairly present, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, the
consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results of operations and
cash flows for such three month period.

          (b)  Since September 30, 1996 there has been no material adverse
change in the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

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          SECTION 4.05.  Litigation.  There is no action, suit or proceeding
pending against, or to the knowledge of the Borrower threatened against or
affecting, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries before any court or
arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official in which there is a
reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which could have a Material
Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 4.06.  Compliance with ERISA.  Each member of the ERISA Group
has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and
the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in compliance in all
material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the
Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan.  No member of the ERISA Group
has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any
contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any
Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement,
which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of
a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code or (iii)
incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the
PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.

          SECTION 4.07.  Environmental Matters.  Except as indicated in the
environmental reports delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 3.01(o)(i), (i)
the Borrower, each Subsidiary, the Property Manager and the REIT Manager (x) is
in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except to the extent non-
compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect, (y) has all material
permits, licenses, approvals, rulings, variances, exemptions or other
authorizations under applicable Environmental Laws to operate each Real Property
Asset as presently conducted or as reasonably anticipated to be conducted, (z)
has received no written communication, from a governmental authority, alleging
that the Borrower, any such Subsidiary, the Property Manager or the REIT Manager
is not in full compliance with all Environmental Laws, and there are no events
or circumstances, to the Borrower's, any Subsidiary's, the Property Manager's or
the REIT Manager's knowledge, that may prevent or interfere with such full
compliance in the future, except to the extent non-compliance would not have a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) there is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the
Borrower's, any such Subsidiary's, the Property Manager's or the REIT Manager's
knowledge, threatened against the Borrower, any such Subsidiary, the Property
Manager or the REIT Manager, (iii) to the Borrower's or any such Subsidiary's,
the Property Manager's or the REIT Manager's knowledge, there are no past or
present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents

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including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge or disposal of
any Hazardous Substances, that could form the basis of any Environmental Claim
against the Borrower, any such Subsidiary, the Property Manager or the REIT
Manager, (iv) to the Borrower's or any such Subsidiary's, the Property Manager's
or the REIT Manager's knowledge, without in any way limiting the generality of
the foregoing (A) there are no sites on any Real Property Asset in which the
Borrower, any such Subsidiary, the Property Manager or the REIT Manager, has
stored (except in full compliance with Environmental Laws), disposed or arranged
for the disposal of any Hazardous Substances, (B) there are no underground
storage tanks located on any Real Property Asset, other than propane tanks, (C)
there is no asbestos contained in or forming a part of any improvement on any
Real Property Asset, other than non-friable materials that are the subject of an
operations and maintenance program, and (D) no polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
are used or stored on any Real Property Asset, other than transformers owned by
utility companies. To the extent that the foregoing representation and warranty
applies solely to the Property Manager or REIT Manager, as the case may be, and
not to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, this representation and warranty applies
to the Property Manager or such REIT Manager, as the case may be, solely in its
capacity as Property Manager or REIT Manager with respect to the Real Property
Assets.

          SECTION 4.08. Taxes. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all
United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns
which are required to be filed by them and have paid all taxes due pursuant to
such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, except if such assessment is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves have been established with respect
thereto. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of taxes or other governmental charges are, in the
opinion of the Borrower, adequate.

          SECTION 4.09. Subsidiaries. Each of the Borrower's corporate
Subsidiaries, the Property Manager and the REIT Manager is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, each of the Borrower's partnership Subsidiaries
is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and each such entity has all
corporate or partnership powers, as applicable, and all material governmental
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its
business as now conducted.

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          SECTION 4.10. Investments. Neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated
Subsidiary has any Investment in any Person other than Investments specified in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Section 5.20.

          SECTION 4.11. Not an Investment Company. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower is an "investment company" within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

          SECTION 4.12. Full Disclosure. All information heretofore furnished by
the Borrower to the Agent or any Bank for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby is, and all such information
hereafter furnished by the Borrower to the Agent or any Bank will be, true and
accurate, taken as a whole, in all material respects on the date as of which
such information is stated or certified. The Borrower has disclosed to the Banks
in writing any and all facts which materially and adversely affect or may so
affect (to the extent the Borrower can now reasonably foresee) the business,
operations, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the value of any Real Property
Asset, or the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under any Loan
Document.

          SECTION 4.13. Relationship of Borrower and Its Affiliates. The
Borrower is an Affiliate of Group and is controlled by Group. At the date
hereof, at least 55% of each class of Equity Interests of the Borrower is owned
beneficially by Group. Each of the Property Manager and the REIT Manager is an
Affiliate of Group and is controlled by Group.

          SECTION 4.14. Contracts. Except as indicated on Schedule 4.14 or has
been previously delivered to the Agent in connection with the Second Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 1996, among Borrower, Agent and
the banks party thereto, there are no material leasing, asset management,
property management or advisory contracts in connection with the Real Property
Assets other than the Property Management Contract and the REIT Management
Contract. All contracts in connection with the operation of the Real Property
Assets (other than the Property Management Contract, the REIT Management
Contract and the Investor Agreement between Group and the Borrower) are (i) to
the Borrower's knowledge, market rate contracts with third parties on customary
terms for similar contracts and (ii) in each case (except for contracts set
forth on Schedule 4.14) terminable by the Borrower on no more than 30 days'
notice.

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          SECTION 4.15. Qualification as a REIT. The Borrower qualifies, and
intends to maintain its status as a "real estate investment trust" for purposes
of the Internal Revenue Code (a "REIT").

          SECTION 4.16. No Plan Assets. The Borrower does not hold "plan assets"
within the meaning of Section 2510.3-101 of the Regulations of the Department of
Labor.

          SECTION 4.17. Subsidiary Debt. No Subsidiary has any Debt outstanding
other than Debt permitted under Section 5.26.

          The Borrower shall also be deemed to represent and warrant that as of
the first day of each Interest Period of each Borrowing (x) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans does not exceed the amount of the
Total Available Commitments, (y) no Default has occurred and is continuing and
(z) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this
Agreement and any other Loan Document (except (i) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4.05 as to any matter which has theretofore been
disclosed in writing by the Borrower to the Banks, (ii) the representation and
warranty set forth in Section 4.14 to the extent such contracts are otherwise
permitted by this Agreement and (iii) the representation and warranty set forth
in Section 4.07 to the extent a breach thereof would by virtue of the proviso to
Section 6.01(c) not give rise to an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.34)
are true in all material respects on and as of such day.

          SECTION 4.18. Ownership of Property. Schedule 4.18 attached hereto and
made a part hereof sets forth all the real property owned or leased by the
Borrower and Persons in which the Borrower, directly or indirectly, owns an
interest as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, Borrower and such
Persons have good and insurable fee simple title (or leasehold title if so
designated on Schedule 4.18) to all of such real property, subject to customary
encumbrances and liens as of the date of this Agreement. As of the date of this
Agreement, there are no mortgages, deeds of trust, indentures, debt instruments
or other agreements creating a Lien against any of the Real Property Assets
except as disclosed on Schedule 4.18.

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                                   ARTICLE V

                                   COVENANTS


          The Borrower agrees that, so long as any Bank has any Commitment
hereunder or any amount payable under any Note or hereunder remains unpaid:

          SECTION 5.01. Information. The Borrower will deliver to each of the
Banks:

          (a) as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and
the related consolidated statement of earnings and statement of cash flows for
such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous fiscal year, all reported on (in a manner acceptable to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, if the Borrower is required to file reports
with the Securities and Exchange Commission), by Arthur Andersen, Coopers &
Lybrand, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG Peat Marwick, Price Waterhouse
or Kenneth Leventhal & Co.;

          (b) as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end
of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of the end of such quarter and the related consolidated statement of earnings
and statement of cash flows for such quarter and for the portion of the
Borrower's fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting forth in the
case of such financial statements in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of the Borrower's previous
fiscal year, all certified (subject to normal year-end or audit adjustments) as
to fairness of presentation, generally accepted accounting principles and
consistency by the controller of the Borrower;

          (c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial
statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of the chief
financial officer or the chief accounting officer of Borrower (i) setting forth
in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower
was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 5.07 through 5.19 on the
last day of the preceding quarter; (ii) stating whether any Default exists on
the date of such certificate and, if any Default then exists, setting forth the
details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto; and (iii) certifying (x) that such financial statements

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fairly present the financial condition and the results of operations of the
Borrower on the dates and for the periods indicated, on the basis of GAAP, with
respect to the Borrower subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to
normally recurring year-end adjustments, and (y) that such officer has reviewed
the terms of the Loan Documents and has made, or caused to be made under his or
her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the business and condition of
the Borrower during the period beginning on the date through which the last such
review was made pursuant to this Section 5.01(c) (or, in the case of the first
certification pursuant to this Section 5.01(c), the Closing Date) and ending on
a date not more than ten (10) Domestic Business Days prior to the date of such
delivery and that (1) on the basis of such financial statements and such review
of the Loan Documents, no Event of Default existed under Section 6.01(b) with
respect to Sections 5.07 through 5.19, inclusive, at or as of the date of said
financial statements, and (2) on the basis of such review of the Loan Documents
and the business and condition of the Borrower, no Default or Event of Default
under any other provision of Section 6.01 occurred or, if any such Default or
Event of Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and, if
continuing, the action the Borrower proposes to take in respect thereof.  Such
certificate shall, set forth the calculations required to establish the matters
described in clause (1) above;

          (d)  simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial
statements referred to in clause (a) above, a statement of the firm of
independent public accountants which reported on such statements (i) whether
anything has come to their attention to cause them to believe that any Default
existed on the date of such statements and (ii) confirming the calculations set
forth in the most recent officer's certificate delivered pursuant to clause (c)
above;

          (e)  within five days after any executive officer of the Borrower
(including without limitation any member of the board of directors, any managing
director, any senior vice president, the secretary or the controller) obtains
knowledge of any Default, if such Default is then continuing, a certificate of
the controller of the Borrower setting forth the details thereof and the action
which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;

          (f)  within five days after any executive officer of the Borrower
(including without limitation any member of the board of directors, any managing
director, any senior vice president, the secretary or the controller) obtains
knowledge of any Environmental Claim against the Borrower, any Subsidiary, the
Property Manager or the REIT Manager, a certificate of the controller of the
Borrower setting forth

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the details thereof and the action which such Person is taking or proposes to
take with respect thereto;

          (g)  promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the
Borrower generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so mailed;

          (h) promptly upon the filing thereof, if any, copies of all
registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration
statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 
8-K (or their equivalents) which the Borrower shall have filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission;

          (i)  if and when any member of the ERISA Group (i) gives or is
required to give notice to the PBGC of any "reportable event" (as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds
for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan
administrator of any Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such
reportable event, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or
required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete or partial
withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice that any Multiemployer
Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been terminated, a copy of such
notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent
to terminate, impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of
ERISA) in respect of, or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, a copy of
such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, a copy of such application; (v) gives
notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of
such notice and other information filed with the PBGC; (vi) gives notice of
withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063 of ERISA, a copy of such
notice; or (vii) fails to make any payment or contribution to any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement or makes any
amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement which has resulted or could result
in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security, a
certificate of the controller of the Borrower setting forth details as to such
occurrence and action, if any, which the Borrower or applicable member of the
ERISA Group is required or proposes to take;

          (j) simultaneously with delivery of the certificate required pursuant
to Section 5.01(c), an updated Schedule 4.18, certified by the chief financial
or accounting officer or any senior vice president or vice president of the
Borrower as true, correct and complete as of the date such updated schedules are
delivered;

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          (k)  within fifteen (15) days after filing of the annual income tax
return with the Internal Revenue Service, a certificate of the chief financial
or accounting officer of Borrower certifying that Borrower is properly
classified and continues to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the
Internal Revenue Code and has taken all actions consistent with maintaining such
status; and

          (l)  from time to time such additional information regarding the
financial position or business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as the
Agent, at the request of any Bank, may reasonably request.

          SECTION 5.02.  Payment of Obligations.  The Borrower will pay and
discharge, and will cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge, at or before
maturity, all their respective material obligations and liabilities, including,
without limitation, any obligation pursuant to any agreement by which it or any
of its properties, or any Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries' properties, may
be bound and any tax liabilities, impositions, assessments, and public charges
of every character, except where the same may be contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, and will maintain, and will cause each Subsidiary to
maintain, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.

            SECTION 5.03.  Maintenance of Property; Insurance.

          (a)  The Borrower will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep,
all property useful and necessary in its business in good order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted.

          (b)  The Borrower shall or shall cause the Subsidiaries to maintain
"all risk" insurance covering 100% replacement cost of its real property assets
with insurers having an A.M. Best policyholder's rating of not less than A- and
financial size category of not less than X which insurance shall in any event
not provide for materially less coverage than the insurance in effect on the
Closing Date.  The Borrower will deliver to the Banks (i) upon request of any
Bank through the Agent from time to time full information as to the insurance
carried, (ii) within five days of receipt of notice from any insurer a copy of
any notice of cancellation or material change in coverage from that existing on
the date of this Agreement and (iii) forthwith, notice of any cancellation or
nonrenewal of coverage by the Borrower.

          SECTION 5.04.  Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.  The
Borrower will (x) continue to engage in business of the same general type as now
conducted by the Borrower, and will preserve, renew and keep in full force

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and effect its corporate existence and its  rights, privileges and franchises
necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of business and (y) except to the
extent that a failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, cause
each Subsidiary to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted
by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect their respective corporate or partnership existence and their
respective rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the
normal conduct of business; provided that nothing in this Section 5.04 shall
prohibit (i) the merger of a Subsidiary into the Borrower or the merger or
consolidation of a Subsidiary with or into another Person if the corporation
surviving such consolidation or merger is a Subsidiary and if, in each case,
after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
(ii) the termination of the corporate existence of any Subsidiary if the
Borrower in good faith determines that such termination is in the best interest
of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Banks, or (iii) the
Homestead Investment.

          SECTION 5.05.  Compliance with Laws.  The Borrower will comply, and
cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations, and requirements of governmental authorities (including, without
limitation, Environmental Laws, land use laws, all zoning and building codes
with respect to the Real Property Assets and ERISA and the rules and regulations
thereunder) except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and except to the extent non-compliance
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

          SECTION 5.06.  Inspection of Property, Books and Records.  The
Borrower will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper books of
record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all
dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will
permit, and will cause each Subsidiary to permit, representatives of any Bank at
such Bank's expense and risk to visit and inspect any of their respective
properties, including without limitation the Real Property Assets, to examine
and make abstracts from any of their respective books and records and to discuss
their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers,
employees and independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times, upon
reasonable prior notice and as often as may reasonably be desired.

          SECTION 5.07. Debt to Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.  As of the last
day of each calendar quarter, the ratio as of the date of determination of (i)
the sum of (x)

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the aggregate Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries and (y) the
Borrower's pro rata share of the Debt of any Subsidiaries of the Borrower which
are not Consolidated Subsidiaries, at the time of determination, to (ii)
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries will be equal to or less than 1.0:1.

          SECTION 5.08.  EBITDA to Interest Expense Coverage.   As of the last
day of each calendar quarter, the ratio of EBITDA to Combined Interest Expense
will not, for the previous four (4) consecutive quarters including the quarter
then ended, be less than 2.0:l.

          SECTION 5.09.  EBITDA to Debt Service Coverage. As of the last day of
each calendar quarter, the ratio of (x) Adjusted EBITDA to (y) Combined Debt
Service for the previous four (4) consecutive quarters including the quarter
then ended, will not be less than 1.5:1; provided, that if Borrower shall have
received an Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and Moody's, then for so long
as Borrower maintains such Investment Grade Rating, the ratio of (x) EBITDA to
(y) Combined Debt Service for the previous four (4) consecutive quarters
including the quarter then ended, will not be less than 1.4:1.

          SECTION 5.10.  Unencumbered Cash Flow. If Borrower shall not have
received or shall not maintain an Investment Grade Rating from both S&P and
Moody's, as of the last day of each calendar quarter, the ratio of (x)
Unencumbered Asset Pool Cash Flow to (y) Unsecured Interest Expense for the
previous four (4) consecutive quarters including the quarter then ended, will
not be less than 1.75:1.

          SECTION 5.11.  Unencumbered Asset Pool Value. (a) At no time shall the
ratio, calculated on a quarterly basis by the Borrower as of the last day of
each calendar quarter, of the sum of (i) the Unencumbered Asset Pool Value and
(ii) 50% of the aggregate book value of the Construction Assets which are
multifamily residential property, as of the date of determination, to the
aggregate amount of Unsecured Debt outstanding as of the date of determination,
be less than 1.75:1.

          (b)  At no time shall the ratio, calculated on a quarterly basis by
the Borrower as of the last day of each calendar quarter, of the Unencumbered
Asset Pool Value to the aggregate amount of Unsecured Debt outstanding as of the
date of determination, be less than 1.5:1.

          SECTION 5.12.  Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.  Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth will at no time be less than the sum of (x) $500,000,000 and
(y) seventy-five percent (75%) of all Net Offering Proceeds received by Bor-

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rower after the date hereof, but less seventy-five percent (75%) of the cost of
any repurchases of any shares or other equity interests in Borrower.

          SECTION 5.13.  Secured Debt Ratio. Secured Debt of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries shall at no time exceed forty (40%) percent of
Gross Asset Value.

          SECTION 5.14.  Debt to Total Asset Value Ratio. After the Conversion
Date, at no time shall the ratio, calculated on a quarterly basis by the
Borrower as of the last day of each calendar quarter, of the aggregate amount of
Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries outstanding as of the
date of determination, to Total Asset Value exceed fifty-five percent (55%)
during the first year after the Conversion Date, if any, and fifty percent (50%)
thereafter.

          SECTION 5.15.  Investments in Unimproved Real Property.  The aggregate
amount of the investments of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in
unimproved real property, excluding Construction Assets, will at no time exceed
10% of Gross Asset Value.

          SECTION 5.16.  Minority Holdings. The value of the Borrower's Minority
Holdings, exclusive of the Homestead Investment, shall at no time exceed ten
(10%) percent of Gross Asset Value.

          SECTION 5.17.  Joint Ventures. The value of the Borrower's interest in
any joint ventures, whether consolidated or unconsolidated, shall at no time
exceed ten (10%) percent of Gross Asset Value.

          SECTION 5.18.  Restricted Payments.  The Borrower will not make any
Restricted Payment during any of its fiscal quarters which, when added to all
Restricted Payments made during the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters,
exceeds 95% of the Funds From Operations during its four fiscal quarters then
most recently ended; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Borrower
from making the minimum amount of Restricted Payments required to be made in
order for the Borrower to comply with the provisions of Section 5.32.
Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Section 5.18, the
Borrower may declare or make Restricted Payments during the fiscal quarter in
which the Borrower shall contribute the Homestead Assets to Homestead, which
Restricted Payments shall consist of a portion of the Homestead Investment
consisting of common stock and/or warrants with respect to Homestead received by
the Borrower in connection with such contributions.  Notwithstanding anything
contained to the contrary in this Section 5.18, the Borrower may declare or make
Restricted Payments

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during the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 1996 which, when added to all
Restricted Payments made during the three immediately preceding fiscal quarters,
do not exceed 97% of the Funds From Operations during its four fiscal quarters
then most recently ended.  Such provision shall apply only with respect to
Restricted Payments made on or before December 31, 1996 and shall have no effect
with respect to the provisions of this Section 5.18 as to any Restricted
Payments made from and after January 1, 1997.  For purposes of this provision
"Restricted Payment" means (i) any dividend or other distribution on any shares
of the Borrower's capital stock (except dividends payable solely in shares of
its capital stock or in rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of its
capital stock) or (ii) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement or acquisition of (a) any shares of the Borrower's capital stock or
(b) any option, warrant or other right to acquire shares of the Borrower's
capital stock.

          SECTION 5.19.  Certain Requirements for the Unencumbered Asset Pool.

          (a) At all times, (i) the Real Property Assets in the Unencumbered
Asset Pool shall be on average during any consecutive twelve-month period at
least 85% leased to tenants and (ii) no Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered
Asset Pool shall be less than 85% leased to tenants during any consecutive six-
month period.  In the event that the requirements of this Section 5.19 are not
satisfied and if Borrower would not be in compliance with the covenants
contained in this Article V if such Real Property Asset were not in the
Unencumbered Asset Pool based on pro forma calculations as of the last day of
the previous calendar quarter, the Borrower shall be prohibited from further
Borrowings unless Borrower adds a New Acquisition or Real Property Asset to the
Unencumbered Asset Pool in accordance with this Agreement in order to restore
compliance with the requirements of this provision.  Failure to restore
compliance with the requirements of this Section 5.19 within thirty (30) days of
such non-compliance shall be an Event of Default.

          (b)  Any Subsidiary which owns any of the Real Property Assets in the
Unencumbered Asset Pool shall not at any time incur any Recourse Debt for
borrowed money which in the aggregate exceeds $100,000 unless such Subsidiary
guaranties Borrower's obligations under this Agreement.

          SECTION 5.20.  Investments.  Neither the Borrower nor any Consolidated
Subsidiary will make or acquire any Investment in any Person other than:

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          (i)   Investments in Subsidiaries made primarily for the purpose of
(A) prudent tax planning as disclosed to the Agent in writing at least ten (10)
days prior to such transaction or (B) assuming or refinancing Debt described in
Sections 5.26 (i) and (ii),

          (ii)  Temporary Cash Investments,

          (iii) Permitted Investments,

          (iv)  the Homestead Investment, and

          (v)   any Investment not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses
of this Section if, immediately after such Investment is made or acquired, the
aggregate net book value of all Investments permitted by this clause (v) does
not exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth.

          SECTION 5.21.  Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets.  The
Borrower will not (i) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or (ii)
sell, lease or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, all or any
substantial part of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any other Person.

          SECTION 5.22.  Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loans made under
this Agreement will be used by the Borrower to directly or indirectly acquire
and develop parcels of real property improved or to be improved by income-
producing multifamily buildings, to refinance the acquisition costs thereof, for
the Homestead Investment and for working capital purposes, provided, however,
the Outstanding Working Capital Amount shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any one
time.  None of such proceeds will be used, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying any
"margin stock" within the meaning of Regulation U.

          SECTION 5.23. Sale of Unencumbered Asset Pool.  Prior to the sale or
transfer of any Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered Asset Pool or any
interest in any Subsidiary owning any Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered
Asset Pool, the Borrower shall (i) deliver prior written notice to the Agent and
the Banks, (ii) deliver to the Agent and the Banks a certificate from its chief
financial or accounting officer certifying that at the time of such sale or
other disposal (based on pro-forma calculations for the previous period assuming
that such Real Property Asset or interest was not owned by Borrower for the
relevant period) all of the covenants contained in Sections 5.07 through 5.19
are and after giving effect to the transaction shall continue to be true and
accurate in all respects, and (iii) pay to the

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Lead Agent an amount equal to that required pursuant to Section 2.09(e).

          SECTION 5.24.  Liens; Release of Liens. Neither the Borrower nor any
of its Subsidiaries shall at any time during the Term directly or indirectly
create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien for borrowed monies or any
other Lien unless the same is being contested in good faith and the same is
discharged, bonded off or paid within sixty (60) days of filing of such Lien, on
or with respect to any Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered Asset Pool.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may obtain a release from the terms
of this Agreement of any Real Property Asset in the Unencumbered Asset Pool
provided that the Borrower has complied with Section 2.09(e) and prior to or
simultaneously with such release (i) Borrower shall pay to the Agent any amounts
due pursuant to Section 2.09(e), and (ii) Borrower delivers to the Agent and the
Banks a certificate from its chief financial or accounting officer certifying
that at the time of the release all of the covenants contained in Sections 5.07
through 5.19 are and after giving effect to the transaction shall continue to be
true and accurate in all respects.

          SECTION 5.25.  Limitations on Recourse Debt. Neither the Borrower nor
any Consolidated Subsidiary shall at any time create, incur or guaranty any
Recourse Debt, except for (i) Recourse Debt existing on the date of this
Agreement, (ii) the assumption of up to $50,000,000 of Recourse Debt in
connection with New Acquisitions and (iii) Unsecured Debt with an Investment
Grade Credit Rating.

          SECTION 5.26.  Limitations on Subsidiary Debt.  The Borrower will not
permit any Subsidiary to have or incur any Debt other than (i) Debt incurred or
assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring or
developing an asset, provided that the amount of Debt so incurred or assumed
does not exceed the acquisition or development cost of such asset, (ii) Debt
consisting, or in respect, of existing tax-exempt bonds or the refinancing
thereof, (iii) Debt the sole obligee of which is the Borrower and (iv) Permitted
Intercompany Debt.

          SECTION 5.27.  Other Debt Instruments. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any Subsidiary to enter into any agreement containing any provision
(a) which would be violated or breached by any Borrowings hereunder or by the
performance by the Borrower of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, or (b) which is materially more restrictive upon the Borrower than the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. The Borrower will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement (other than this
Agreement and the other Loan Docu-

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ments) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties
(other than with respect to any mortgage on a particular property), revenues or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or restricting the ability of
the Borrower to amend or modify this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  From
and after the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall enter into any agreements with the holder of any Debt of the Borrower or
such Subsidiaries whereby the stated maturity date thereof is scheduled for any
date prior to the first anniversary of the Revolver Termination Date, as the
same may be extended in accordance with the provisions hereof, except in
connection with the assumption of up to $50,000,000 of Debt in connection with
New Acquisitions.

          SECTION 5.28. Hedging Requirements.  The Borrower shall maintain
Interest Rate Hedges on a notional amount of the Debt of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries which, when added to the aggregate principal amount of
the Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries which bears interest
at a fixed rate, equals or exceeds 100% of the aggregate principal amount of all
Debt, exclusive of the Loans, of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries,
except in connection with the assumption of up to $50,000,000 of Debt in
connection with New Acquisitions and the Obligations and principal reserve funds
required to be maintained in connection with tax-exempt bonds.

          SECTION 5.29.  Restriction on Intercompany Debt; Subordination.  The
Borrower (x) will cause each Subsidiary not to, and (y) as lender to Homestead
will not, modify or waive in any manner the terms of the Permitted Intercompany
Debt, and will cause each Subsidiary to comply with the terms of the
subordination provisions thereof.  The Borrower will not, and will not permit
any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, assign or pledge any Permitted Intercompany
Debt of which it is the obligee.

          SECTION 5.30.  Affiliate Transactions.  The Borrower will not enter
into any transaction with or make any payment to any Affiliates of the Borrower,
other than the Property Management Contract, the REIT Management Contract, the
Investor Agreement between Group and the Borrower or Permitted Intercompany Debt
or any payments made in accordance therewith or dividends on shares of capital
stock to the extent not prohibited hereby.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary may enter into transactions with Affiliates (other
than purchases or sales of real property, loan transactions or transactions for
services provided pursuant to the Property Management Contract) which involve
(i) underwriting or placement agent agreements as to which no amounts are
payable by the Borrower other than expenses payable to third parties or
indemnity obliga-

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tions, in each case not less favorable to the Borrower or any Subsidiary than
those which are generally available in the market, (ii) stock purchase, option
or warrant agreements in which the Borrower is selling or agreeing to sell
Equity Interests thereunder, (iii) collective insurance agreements, (iv) the
Homestead Investment or (v) any other contract as to which the Borrower gives
the Agent 30 days prior notice of the terms thereof and, in the reasonable
judgment of the Required Banks, such terms are not less favorable to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary than those which are generally available in the
market.  In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may enter into
(i) temporary or bridge loan transactions with Group or any wholly-owned
subsidiary thereof, which loans shall be unsecured and subordinate (on the same
terms and conditions as set forth in clauses (A) and (B) of the definition of
"Permitted Intercompany Debt") to any and all Loans made by any Bank and
terminable upon thirty (30) days' notice and (ii) any and all transactions with
or through Atlantic Development Services Incorporated which are permitted by,
and in accordance with the terms of, this Agreement.  No such transaction with
or through Atlantic Development Services Incorporated ("ADS") shall be
permitted, unless (i) all loans or advances to ADS are secured by first priority
liens and security interests (subject only to prior liens and security interests
securing performance guaranties granted in the ordinary course of ADS' business)
in real properties developed or acquired by ADS, (ii) the Borrower shall, at all
times, beneficially own at least ninety percent (90%) of the economic interests
in ADS, and (iii) the financial condition and results of operation of ADS shall
be consolidated with those of the Borrower for purposes of the financial
statements.

          SECTION 5.31.  Contracts.  The Borrower will not, and will cause each
Subsidiary not to, modify the Property Management Contract or the REIT
Management Contract in any manner that (i) increases fees payable thereunder
(except, in the case of the Property Management Agreement, increases consistent
with market rates), (ii) adversely affects the Borrower's termination rights or
(iii) reduces the duties of the REIT Manager or the Property Manager.

          SECTION 5.32.  Real Estate Investment Trust.  At all times prior to
electing treatment as a REIT, the Borrower (including without limitation its
organization and method of operations and those of its subsidiaries) will
satisfy the conditions specified in Sections 856 through 859 of the Internal
Revenue Code in order to elect treatment as a REIT.  Borrower will timely elect
treatment as a REIT for the tax year 1994 and will for each tax year thereafter
continue to qualify as, and maintain its election under Section 856(c)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Code to be a REIT.

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          SECTION 5.33.  No Plan Assets.  The Borrower will at no time hold
"plan assets" within the meaning of Section 2510.3-101 of the Regulations of the
Department of Labor.

          SECTION 5.34.  Environmental Matters. At its sole cost and expense,
the Borrower will comply with, and will cause each Subsidiary, the Property
Manager and the REIT Manager to comply with, all Environmental Laws, except to
the extent non-compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower will not, and will cause
each Subsidiary, the Property Manager and the REIT Manager not to, use, store,
discharge, install or transport on any Real Property Asset, or permit to be
used, stored, discharged, installed or transported on any Real Property Asset,
any Hazardous Substances other than Hazardous Substances of such types and in
such quantities as are customarily used or stored in or at comparable, 
prudently-managed multifamily buildings. Furthermore, the Borrower will (i)
immediately commence any and all remedial action needed according to the
environmental reports delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 3.01(a)(xvii),
(ii) diligently pursue such action to completion and (iii) promptly deliver to
the Agent notice of initiation as well as notice of completion of such action.


                                  ARTICLE VI

                                   DEFAULTS


          SECTION 6.01.  Events of Default.  If one or more of the following
events ("Events of Default") shall have occurred and be continuing:

          (a)  (i) the Borrower shall fail to pay when due any principal of or
interest on any Loan, or (ii) shall fail to pay for five (5) Business Days after
written notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the Agent, any fees or
any other amount payable hereunder;

          (b)  the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant
contained in Sections 5.07 through 5.19, 5.21 through 5.29, 5.32, or 5.33,
inclusive;

          (c)  the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform the covenant
contained in Section 5.20, 5.30, 5.31 or 5.34 for five (5) days after the
Borrower shall have knowledge thereof; or the Borrower shall fail to observe or
perform any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than
those covered by clause (a) or (b) above) or the Borrower or any Subsidiary
shall fail to perform any covenant or agreement contained in any other Loan
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which it is a party for 30 days (or such shorter period as may be provided for
therein) after written notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the
Agent at the request of any Bank; provided, however, that, in the event a
Default hereunder arises due to a breach of the covenant contained in Section
5.34, which breach is caused by non-compliance with Environmental Laws affecting
a Real Property Asset (the "Contaminated Property") due solely to the action or
inaction of one or more third parties, then the Borrower shall have up to sixty
(60) days to (i) cure such breach (the "Cure Period") and (ii) provide the Agent
with a report of an environmental consultant, reasonably acceptable to the
Required Banks, which report demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Required Banks that such breach has been cured and that the Contaminated
Property is in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws (satisfaction of
(i) and (ii) collectively a "Cure").  In the event the breach of Section 5.34
shall not have been Cured by the end of the Cure Period, then such breach shall
constitute an Event of Default hereunder;

          (d)  any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by
the Borrower in any Loan Document or in any certificate, financial statement or
other document delivered pursuant to any Loan Document shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made);

          (e) the Borrower shall default in the payment when due (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) of
any amount owing in respect of any Debt (other than the Obligations and Non-
Recourse Debt for which the aggregate outstanding principal amount is
$25,000,000 or less) and such default shall continue beyond the giving of any
required notice and the expiration of any applicable grace period and such
default has not been waived, in writing, by the holder of any such Debt; or the
Borrower shall default in the performance or observance of any obligation or
condition with respect to any such Debt or any other event shall occur or
condition exist beyond the giving of any required notice and the expiration of
any applicable grace period, if the effect of such default, event or condition
is to accelerate the maturity of any such indebtedness or to permit (without any
further requirement of notice or lapse of time) the holder or holders thereof,
or any trustee or agent for such holders, to accelerate the maturity of any such
indebtedness;

          (f)  the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or
other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a

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trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case
or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they
become due, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the
foregoing;

          (g)  an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced
against the Borrower or any Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or
other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any
substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding
shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 90 days; or an order for
relief shall be entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary under the federal
bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect;

          (h)  any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when due an
amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $5,000,000 which it shall have become
liable to pay under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a
Material Plan shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by any member of the ERISA
Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC
shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose
liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of,
or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan; or a
condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a
decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated; or there shall
occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of
Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans
which could cause one or more members of the ERISA Group to incur a current
payment obligation in excess of $5,000,000;

          (i)  a judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of
$5,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary and such
judgment or order shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of 30
days (excluding any judgment as to which, and only to the extent, a reputable
insurance company has acknowledged coverage of such claim in writing);

          (j)  (i) the Borrower is no longer an Affiliate of Group, is no longer
controlled by Group, or Group no longer owns beneficially, and either of record
or through a wholly-owned subsidiary of Group which holds of record, at least

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20% of each class of Equity Interests of the Borrower having the right to vote
on the election of directors and any other material actions, proposals, issues
or activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the REIT Manager is no
longer an Affiliate of Group or (iii) the Property Manager is no longer an
Affiliate of Group or is no longer controlled by Group;

          (k)  any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13
or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) other than Group shall
have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act) of a percentage of any
class of Equity Interests of the Borrower having the right to vote on the
election of directors and any other material actions, proposals, issues or
activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, equal to the percentage of such
class then owned beneficially by Group minus 10% or, during any period of 24
consecutive calendar months commencing on or after October 18, 1996, individuals
who were directors of the Borrower on the first day of such period (and
directors appointed or nominated by any number of such individuals) shall cease
to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower;

          (l)  any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be in full force
and effect, or the material rights, powers and privileges purported to be
created thereby; or

          (m)  Borrower shall cease at any time to qualify as a REIT under the
Internal Revenue Code;

then, and in every such event, the Agent shall (i) if requested by Banks having
more than 50% in aggregate amount of the Commitments, by notice to the Borrower
terminate the Commitments and they shall thereupon terminate, or (ii) if
requested by Banks holding Notes evidencing more than 50% in aggregate principal
amount of the Loans, by notice to the Borrower declare the Notes (together with
accrued interest thereon) to be, and the Notes shall thereupon become,
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; provided that in
the case of any of the Events of Default specified in clause (g) or (h) above
with respect to the Borrower, without any notice to the Borrower or any other
act by the Agent or the Banks, the Commitments shall thereupon terminate and the
Notes (together with accrued interest thereon) shall become immediately due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

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          SECTION 6.02.  Notice of Default.  The Agent shall give notice to the
Borrower under Section 6.01(c) promptly upon being requested to do so by any
Bank and shall thereupon notify all the Banks thereof.


                                  ARTICLE VII

                                   THE AGENT


          SECTION 7.01.  Appointment and Authorization.  Each Bank irrevocably
appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and
to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are
delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with all such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

          SECTION 7.02.  Agent and Affiliates.  Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
New York shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other
Bank and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as though it were not
the Agent, and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York and its affiliates may
accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Borrower as if
it were not the Agent hereunder.

          SECTION 7.03.  Action by Agent.  The obligations of the Agent
hereunder are only those expressly set forth herein.  Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall not be required to take any action
with respect to any Default, except as expressly provided in Article VI.

          SECTION 7.04.  Consultation with Experts.  The Agent may consult with
legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent public
accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.

          SECTION 7.05.  Liability of Agent.  Neither the Agent nor any of its
affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees
shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in connection herewith
(i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Banks or of a lesser
number of Banks requesting action pursuant to Section 6.01 or (ii) in the
absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Neither the Agent
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sponsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement or
any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants or agreements of the Borrower; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition
specified in Article III, except receipt of items required to be delivered to
the Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement,
the Notes, any other Loan Documents or any other instrument or writing furnished
in connection herewith or therewith.  The Agent shall not incur any liability by
acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other
writing (which may be a bank wire, telex or similar writing) believed by it to
be genuine or to be signed by the proper party or parties.

          SECTION 7.06.  Indemnification.  Each Bank shall, ratably in
accordance with its Commitment, indemnify the Agent, its affiliates and their
respective directors, officers, agents and employees (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense (including counsel fees
and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as
result from such indemnitees' gross negligence or willful misconduct) that such
indemnitees may suffer or incur in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitees hereunder or
thereunder.

          SECTION 7.07.  Credit Decision.  Each Bank acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Bank, and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.  Each Bank also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or
any other Bank, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking any action under this Agreement.

          SECTION 7.08.  Successor Agent.  The Agent may resign at any time by
giving notice thereof to the Banks and the Borrower.  Upon any such resignation,
the Required Banks shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent, which
successor Agent, provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, shall be subject to approval by the Borrower, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  If no successor Agent shall have been
so appointed by the Required Banks, and shall have accepted such appointment,
within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of resignation, then the
retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Agent.  The
Agent, whether appointed by the Required Banks or by the retiring

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Agent, shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital
and surplus of at least $500,000,000.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as
Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring
Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder.  After any retiring Agent's resignation hereunder as
Agent, the provisions of this Article shall inure to its benefit as to any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent.  In addition, if
Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York ("Morgan"), as Agent, shall at any
time hold Commitments equal to less than $25,000,000 in the aggregate, it shall
promptly notify the Banks and the Borrower thereof and shall offer to resign as
Agent.  If such offer shall be accepted by the Required Banks (for this purpose
only, Morgan shall be deemed to have accepted its own offer to resign), a
successor Agent shall be appointed in accordance with this Section 7.08.

          SECTION 7.09.  Agent's Fee.  The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for
its own account fees in the amounts and at the times previously agreed upon
between the Borrower and the Agent.


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                            CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES


          SECTION 8.01.  Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or
Unfair.  If on or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any Fixed
Rate Borrowing:

          (a)  the Agent is advised by the Euro-Dollar Reference Bank that
deposits in dollars (in the applicable amounts) are not being offered to the
Euro-Dollar Reference Bank in the relevant market for such Interest Period, or

          (b)  Banks having 50% or more of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments advise the Agent that the Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate, as
the case may be, as determined by the Agent will not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to such Banks of funding their Euro-Dollar Loans for such
Interest Period,

the Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Banks,
whereupon until the Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving
rise to such suspension no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Banks to
make Euro-Dollar Loans, as the case may be, or to convert

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outstanding Loans into Euro-Dollar Loans shall be suspended and (ii) each
outstanding Euro-Dollar Loan shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan on the
last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto.  Unless the
Borrower notifies the Agent at least two Domestic Business Days before the date
of any Fixed Rate Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing has previously been
given that it elects not to borrow on such date, such Borrowing shall instead be
made as a Base Rate Borrowing.

          SECTION 8.02.  Illegality.  If, on or after the date of this
Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change
in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation
or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or
compliance by any Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) with any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for any
Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its Euro-
Dollar Loans and such Bank shall so notify the Agent, the Agent shall forthwith
give notice thereof to the other Banks and the Borrower, whereupon until such
Bank notifies the Borrower and the Agent that the circumstances giving rise to
such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Bank to make Euro-Dollar
Loans, or to convert outstanding Loans into Euro-Dollar Loans, shall be
suspended.  Before giving any notice to the Agent pursuant to this Section, such
Bank shall designate a different Euro-Dollar Lending Office if such designation
will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of such
Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.  If such notice is given, each
Euro-Dollar Loan of such Bank then outstanding shall be converted to a Base Rate
Loan either (a) on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable
to such Euro-Dollar Loan if such Bank may lawfully continue to maintain and fund
such Loan to such day or (b) immediately if such Bank shall determine that it
may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund such Loan to such day.

          SECTION 8.03.  Increased Cost and Reduced Return.

          (a)  If, on or after the date hereof, the adoption of any applicable
law, rule or regulation, or any change in any applicable law, rule or
regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Bank (or its
Applicable Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable

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agency shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without
limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, but excluding with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan any
such requirement included in an applicable Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage),
special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Bank (or its
Applicable Lending Office) or shall impose on any Bank (or its Applicable
Lending Office) or on the United States market for certificates of deposit or
the London interbank market any other condition affecting its Fixed Rate Loans,
its Note or its obligation to make Fixed Rate Loans, and the result of any of
the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Bank (or its Applicable Lending
Office) of making or maintaining any Fixed Rate Loan, or to reduce the amount of
any sum received or receivable by such Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office)
under this Agreement or under its Note with respect thereto, by an amount deemed
by such Bank to be material, then, within 15 days after demand by such Bank
(with a copy to the Agent), and provided such Bank is generally exercising
rights similar to those set forth in this Section 8.03 (a) against other
borrowers similarly situated to the Borrower, the Borrower shall pay to such
Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank for such
increased cost or reduction.

          (b)  If any Bank shall have determined that, after the date hereof,
the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital
adequacy, or any change in any such law, rule or regulation, or any change in
the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority,
central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy
(whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or
comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return
on capital of such Bank (or its Parent) as a consequence of such Bank's
obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Bank (or its Parent)
could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive (taking
into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount
deemed by such Bank to be material, then from time to time, within 15 days after
demand by such Bank (with a copy to the Agent), and provided such Bank is
generally exercising rights similar to those set forth in this Section 8.03(b)
against other borrowers similarly situated to the Borrower, the Borrower shall
pay to such Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank
(or its Parent) for such reduction.

          (c)  Each Bank will promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent of any
event of which it has knowledge, occur-

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ring after the date hereof, which will entitle such Bank to compensation
pursuant to this Section and will designate a different Applicable Lending
Office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of,
such compensation and will not, in the judgment of such Bank, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Bank.  A certificate of any Bank claiming compensation
under this Section and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid
to it hereunder shall be prima facie evidence of the matters certified therein.
In determining such amount, such Bank may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.

          SECTION 8.04.  Taxes.

          (a)  Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any
Bank or the Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made free and clear of
and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect
thereto, excluding, in the case of each Bank and the Agent, taxes imposed on its
income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction under the laws of
which such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be) is organized or any political
subdivision thereof and, in the case of each Bank, taxes imposed on its income,
and franchise or similar taxes imposed on it, by the jurisdiction of such Bank's
Applicable Lending Office or any political subdivision thereof (all such non-
excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being hereinafter referred to as "Taxes").  If the Borrower shall be
required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder or under any Note to any Bank or the Agent, (i) the sum payable shall
be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section
8.04) such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to
the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the
Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with applicable law and (iv) the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent,
at its address referred to in Section 9.01, the original or a certified copy of
a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

          (b)  In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future
stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, or charges or
similar levies, including without limitation documentary, intangibles,
recording, mortgage recording and transfer taxes, which arise from any extension
of credit hereunder, any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the
execution or delivery or performance of, or the exercise of remedies

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under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(hereinafter referred to as "Other Taxes").

          (c)  The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Bank and the Agent for the
full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section 8.04) paid by such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be) and any
liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with
respect thereto.  This indemnification shall be made within 15 days from the
date such Bank or the Agent (as the case may be) makes demand therefor.

          (d)  Each Bank organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this
Agreement in the case of each Bank listed on the signature pages hereof and on
or prior to the date on which it becomes a Bank in the case of each other Bank,
and from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by the Borrower (but
only so long as such Bank remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the
Borrower with Internal Revenue Service form 1001 or 4224, as appropriate, or any
successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such
Bank is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United
States is a party which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of
interest or certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States.  If the form provided by a Bank at the time such Bank first becomes a
party to this Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate
in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded
from "Taxes" as defined in Section 8.04(a).

          (e)  For any period with respect to which a Bank has failed to provide
the Borrower with the appropriate form pursuant to Section 8.04(d) (unless such
failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation occurring subsequent to
the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Bank
shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 8.04(a) with respect to
Taxes imposed by the United States; provided that, should a Bank, which is
otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax, become
subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder,
the Borrower shall take such steps as such Bank shall reasonably request to
assist such Bank to recover such Taxes.

          (f)  If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to or for
the account of any Bank pursuant to this

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Section 8.04, then such Bank will change the jurisdiction of its Applicable
Lending Office so as to eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which
may thereafter accrue if such change, in the judgment of such Bank, is not
otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.

          SECTION 8.05. Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Fixed Rate
Loans. If (i) the obligation of any Bank to make or maintain Euro-Dollar Loans
has been suspended pursuant to Section 8.02 or (ii) any Bank has demanded
compensation under Section 8.03 or 8.04 with respect to its Euro-Dollar Loans
and the Borrower shall, by at least five Euro-Dollar Business Days' prior notice
to such Bank through the Agent, have elected that the provisions of this Section
shall apply to such Bank, then, unless and until such Bank notifies the Borrower
that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation
no longer exist:

          (a)  all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Bank as (or
continued as or converted into) Euro-Dollar Loans shall be Base Rate Loans (on
which interest and principal shall be payable contemporaneously with the related
Fixed Rate Loans of the other Banks), and

          (b)  after each of its Euro-Dollar Loans has been repaid (or converted
into a Base Rate Loan), all payments of principal which would otherwise be
applied to repay such Fixed Rate Loans shall be applied to repay its Base Rate
Loans instead.

          If such Bank notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise
to such notice no longer apply, the principal amount of each such Base Rate Loan
shall be converted into a Euro-Dollar Loan on the first day of the next
succeeding Interest Period applicable to the related Euro-Dollar Loans of the
other Banks.


                                   ARTICLE IX

                                 MISCELLANEOUS


          SECTION 9.01.  Notices.  All notices, requests and other
communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire,
telex, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such
party:  (x) in the case of the Borrower or the Agent, at its address or telex
number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (y) in the case of any Bank, at
its address or telex number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or (z)
in the case of any party, such other address or telex number as such

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party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Agent and the
Borrower.  Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective
(i) if given by telex, when such telex is transmitted to the telex number
specified in this Section and the appropriate answer back is received, (ii) if
given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with
first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any
other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided
that notices to the Agent under Article II or Article VIII shall not be
effective until received.

          SECTION 9.02.  No Waivers.  No failure or delay by the Agent or any
Bank in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or under any Note, and no
course of dealing with respect thereto, shall operate as a waiver thereof nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under
any Note or under any other Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.  The rights and remedies
provided herein, under any Note or in any other Loan Document are cumulative and
may be exercised independently or concurrently and are not exclusive of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.

          SECTION 9.03.  Expenses; Indemnification.

          (a)  The Borrower shall pay (i) all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Agent, including reasonable fees and disbursements of special counsel and local
counsel for the Agent, in connection with the preparation and administration of
this Agreement and each other Loan Document, any waiver or consent hereunder or
thereunder or any amendment hereof or thereof or any Default or alleged Default
hereunder, (ii) all appraisal fees, recording and filing fees, taxes, brokerage
fees and commissions, abstract fees, title insurance premiums and fees, Uniform
Commercial Code and other search fees, escrow fees, environmental report fees,
engineering report fees, and all other costs and expenses of every character
incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, filing,
recordation or performance of any Loan Document and (iii) if an Event of Default
occurs, all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent and each Bank,
including fees and disbursements of counsel, in connection with such Event of
Default, and collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement
proceedings resulting therefrom.

          (b)  The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Agent and each Bank, their
respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, agents and
employees of the foregoing (each an "Indemnitee") and hold each Indemnitee
harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses,

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damages, costs and expenses of any kind, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, which may be incurred by such
Indemnitee in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto)
brought or threatened relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or any
Loan Document or any actual or proposed use of proceeds of Loans hereunder, (ii)
any violation by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the Property Manager or the
REIT Manager of any applicable Environmental Law or other law, (iii) any
Environmental Claim or other claim arising out of the management, use, control,
ownership or operation of property or assets by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
or the Property Manager or the REIT Manager, including, without limitation, all
on-site and off-site activities involving Hazardous Substances, (iv) the breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant set forth herein or in any Loan
Document, (v) the grant to the Agent of any Lien on any property or assets of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or (vi) the exercise by the Agent and the Banks
of their rights and remedies (including, without limitation, foreclosure) under
any agreement creating any such Lien, provided that no Indemnitee shall have the
right to be indemnified hereunder for such Indemnitee's own gross negligence or
willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

          SECTION 9.04.  Sharing of Set-Offs.  Each Bank agrees that if it
shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive
payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due
with respect to any Note held by it which is greater than the proportion
received by any other Bank in respect of the aggregate amount of principal and
interest due with respect to any Note held by such other Bank, the Bank
receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such
participations in the Notes held by the other Banks, and such other adjustments
shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal and
interest with respect to the Notes held by the Banks shall be shared by the
Banks pro rata; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair the right of
any Bank to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and to
apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness of the
Borrower other than its indebtedness under the Notes.  The Borrower agrees, to
the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
holder of a participation in a Note, whether or not acquired pursuant to the
foregoing arrangements, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim and other
rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a
participation were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.  If any Rejecting Bank shall be repaid pursuant

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to Section 2.01(c), then, from and after the Conversion Date, the provisions of
this Section 9.04 shall not apply as to such Rejecting Bank.

          SECTION 9.05.  Amendments and Waivers.  Except as expressly provided
in any other Loan Document, any provision of this Agreement or the Notes or any
other Loan Document may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or
waiver is in writing and is signed by the Borrower and the Required Banks (or by
the Agent after receiving approval therefor from the Required Banks) (and, if
the rights or duties of the Agent are affected thereby, by the Agent); provided
that no such amendment or waiver shall, unless signed by all the Banks, (i)
increase or decrease the Commitment of any Bank (except for a ratable decrease
in the Commitments of all Banks) or subject any Bank to any additional
obligation (other than any Bank signing such amendment or waiver), (ii) reduce
the principal of or rate of interest on any Loan or any fees hereunder, except
as provided below, (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal of
or interest on any Loan or any fees hereunder or for any reduction or
termination of any Commitment, (iv) change the aggregate amount by which or to
which the Commitments are required to be reduced on or prior to any Commitment
Reduction Date, or (v) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes, or the number of Banks, which
shall be required for the Banks or any of them to take any action under this
Section or any other provision of this Agreement.  In addition, no such
amendment or waiver shall, unless signed by the Swing Lender and each other Bank
affected thereby, increase the Swing Loan Commitment, postpone the date fixed
for the termination of the Swing Loan Commitment or otherwise affect any of its
rights or obligations hereunder relating to the Swing Loan Commitment or the
Swing Loans.

          SECTION 9.06.  Successors and Assigns.

          (a)  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of
its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of all Banks.

          (b)  Any Bank may at any time grant to one or more banks or other
institutions (each a "Participant") participating interests in its Commitment on
any or all of its Loans.  In the event of any such grant by a Bank of a
participating interest to a Participant, whether or not upon notice to the
Borrower and the Agent, such Bank shall remain responsible for the performance
of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower and the Agent shall continue to
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solely and directly with such Bank in connection with such Bank's rights and
obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement pursuant to which any Bank may
grant such a participating interest shall provide that such Bank shall retain
the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower
hereunder including, without limitation, the right to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
participation agreement may provide that such Bank will not agree to any
modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement described in clause (i),
(ii), (iii), (iv) or (vi) of Section 9.05 without the consent of the
Participant.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall, to the extent
provided in its participation agreement, be entitled to the benefits of Article
VIII with respect to its participating interest.  An assignment or other
transfer which is not permitted by subsection (c) or (d) below shall be given
effect for purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a participating
interest granted in accordance with this subsection (b).

          (c)  Any Bank may at any time assign to one or more banks or other
institutions (each an "Assignee") all, or a proportionate part of all, of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes and the other Loan
Documents, and such Assignee shall assume such rights and obligations, pursuant
to a Transfer Supplement in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto executed
by such Assignee and such transferor Bank, with (and subject to) the subscribed
consent of the Agent and, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Borrower, which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld
(the withholding of such consent shall not be deemed unreasonable if such
Assignee is not an Eligible Assignee); provided that if an Assignee is an
affiliate of such transferor Bank, no such consent shall be required; and
provided further that if the Assignee is not an Affiliate of the transferor Bank
and not a Bank, the amount of the Commitment being assigned shall not be less
than the lesser of (i) the entire Commitment of the transferor Bank or (ii)
$10,000,000.  Upon execution and delivery of such instrument and payment by such
Assignee to such transferor Bank of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed
between such transferor Bank and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a Bank
party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Bank
with a Commitment as set forth in such instrument of assumption, and the
transferor Bank shall be released from its obligations hereunder to a
corresponding extent, and no further consent or action by any party shall be
required.  Upon the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this subsection
(c), the transferor Bank, the Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate
arrangements so that, if required, a new Note is issued to the Assignee.  In
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assignment, the transferor Bank shall pay to the Agent an administrative fee for
processing such assignment in the amount of $2,500.  If the Assignee is not
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof,
it shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent certification as to exemption
from deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes in
accordance with Section 8.04.

          (d)  Any Bank may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights
under this Agreement and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank.  No such assignment
shall release the transferor Bank from its obligations hereunder.

          (e)  No Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any Bank's rights
shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 8.03 or 8.04 than
such Bank would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights
transferred, unless such transfer is made with the Borrower's prior written
consent (provided no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing) or
by reason of the provisions of Section 8.02, 8.03 or 8.04 requiring such Bank to
designate a different Applicable Lending Office under certain circumstances or
at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater payment did not
exist.

          SECTION 9.07.  Collateral.  Each of the Banks represents to the Agent
and each of the other Banks that it in good faith is not relying upon any
"margin stock" (as defined in Regulation U) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or Affiliate as collateral in the extension or maintenance of the
credit provided for in this Agreement.

          SECTION 9.08.  Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction.  This
Agreement and each Loan Document, including, without limitation, each Note,
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.  The Borrower hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any
New York State court sitting in New York City for purposes of all legal
proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.  The Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that
any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.

          SECTION 9.09.  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.  This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument.  This Agreement constitutes the

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entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes any
and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the
subject matter hereof.  This Agreement shall become effective upon receipt by
the Agent of counterparts hereof signed by each of the parties hereto (or, in
the case of any party as to which an executed counterpart shall not have been
received, receipt by the Agent in form satisfactory to it of telegraphic, telex
or other written confirmation from such party of execution of a counterpart
hereof by such party).

          SECTION 9.10.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE AGENT
AND THE BANKS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

          SECTION 9.11.  Survival.  All indemnities set forth herein shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and the making and repayment of the Loans and the termination of the
Commitments hereunder.

          SECTION 9.12.  Domicile of Loans.  Each Bank may transfer and carry
its Loans at, to or for the account of any domestic or foreign branch office,
subsidiary or affiliate of such Bank.

          SECTION 9.13.  Limitation of Liability.  No claim may be made by the
Borrower or any other Person acting by or through Borrower against the Agent or
any Bank or the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agent
of any of them for any consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim
for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or
related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the other Loan
Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and
the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any claim for
any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected
to exist in its favor.

          SECTION 9.14.  Recourse Obligation. This Agreement and the Obligations
hereunder are fully recourse to the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant, or agreement contained in this
Agreement shall be had against any officer, director, shareholder or employee of
the Borrower except in the event of fraud or misappropriation of funds on the
part of such officer, director, shareholder or employee.

          SECTION 9.15.  Further Assurances.  At any time or from time to time
upon the request of the Agent, the Borrow-

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er will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge, and deliver such further
documents and do such other acts and things as shall be necessary or advisable,
in the Agent's discretion, in order to effect fully the purposes of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.  The Borrower will pay all fees
and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the Agent in
connection therewith.

          SECTION 9.16.  Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information.  Each party
hereto shall treat the transactions contemplated hereby and all financial and
other information furnished to it about the Banks, the Borrower, any Subsidiary
or any of the Real Property Assets, as applicable, as confidential; provided,
however, that such confidential information may be disclosed (a) as required by
law or pursuant to generally accepted accounting procedures, (b) to officers,
directors, employees, agents, partners, attorneys, accountants, engineers and
other consultants of the parties hereto who need to know such information,
provided such Persons are instructed to treat such information confidentially,
or (c) by any Bank to any Participant or Assignee or any prospective transferee
(provided such prospective transferee agrees to treat such information
confidentially), which disclosure to prospective transferees may include any and
all information which has been delivered to such Bank by the Borrower pursuant
to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or which has been delivered to
such Bank in connection with such Bank's credit evaluation of the Borrower prior
to entering into this Agreement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section
9.16 shall not apply to any Bank so long as any Event of Default hereunder or
under any other Loan Documents shall have occurred and be continuing and, in any
such event, such Bank shall be entitled to disclose any information furnished to
it in connection with this Agreement as it deems necessary or appropriate in its
sole and absolute discretion.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.

                    BORROWER:

                    SECURITY CAPITAL ATLANTIC
                      INCORPORATED


                    By:    /s/ Constance B. Moore
                       _______________________________________________
                       Name:   Constance B. Moore
                       Title:  Co-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer

                    7777 Market Center Avenue
                    El Paso, Texas  79912
                    Attention:   Anne Schumacher
                    Fax number:  (915) 877-3301


Commitments         BANKS:






$40,000,000         MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
                      OF NEW YORK



                    By:  /s/ Timothy V. O'Donovan
                       ______________________________________________    
                       Name: Timothy V. O'Donovan
                       Title: Vice President


$35,000,000         THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
                      BOSTON



                    By:  /s/ Daniel J. Sullivan
                       ______________________________________________    
                       Name: Daniel J. Sullivan
                       Title: Vice President



$35,000,000         TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
                      ASSOCIATION



                    By:  /s/ Brian M. Koune
                       ______________________________________________ 
                       Name: Brian M. Koune
                       Title: Vice President

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$40,000,000                                 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
                                            ASSOCIATION


                                            By: /s/ Mary Ann Kelly
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Name:  Mary Ann Kelly
                                                Title: Vice President


$35,000,000                                 BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST &
                                              SAVINGS ASSOCIATION


                                            By: /s/ Kelly M. Allred
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Name:   Kelly M. Allred
                                                Title:  Vice President


$40,000,000                                 FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF
                                              GEORGIA


                                            By: /s/ Authorized Signatory
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Name:   Authorized Signatory
                                                Title:  Vice President  


$30,000,000                                 NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.


                                            By: /s/ Authorized Signatory
                                                ------------------------------
                                                Name:   Authorized Signatory
                                                Title:  Senior Vice President


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$25,000,000                             DRESDNER BANK AG NEW YORK AND
                                          GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES



                                        By: /s/     Johannes Boeckman
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   Johannes Boeckman
                                            Title:  Vice President

                                        By: /s/     Jody Harrison
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   Jody Harrison
                                            Title:  Assistant Treasurer



$20,000,000                             DG BANK DEUTSCHE GENOSSENSCHAFTSBANK



                                        By: /s/     Linda J. O'Connell
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   LINDA J. O'CONNELL
                                            Title:  Vice President

                                        By: /s/     Pamela D. Ingram
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   PAMELA D. INGRAM
                                            Title:  Assistant Vice President



$15,000,000                             CORESTATES BANK, N.A.



                                        By: /s/     R. Scott Relick
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   R. Scott Relick
                                            Title:  Vice President






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$35,000,000                            COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT,
                                         LOS ANGELES BRANCH



                                        By: /s/     Wolter Mehring
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   Wolter Mehring
                                            Title:  Vice President

                                        By: /s/     Steve F. Larsen
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name:   Steve F. Larsen
                                            Title:  Vice President



Total Commitments
-----------------

$350,000,000



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                                    AGENT:
        
                                    MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
                                      OF NEW YORK, as Agent



                                    By: /s/     Timothy V. O'Donovan
                                        ---------------------------- 
                                        Name:   Timothy V. O'Donovan
                                        Title:  Vice President

                                    60 Wall Street
                                    New York, New York 10260-0060
                                    Attention:   William R. Barrett
                                    Fax Number:  (212) 648-5748

                                    Domestic Lending Office:
                                    J.P. Morgan Services Inc.
                                    500 Stanton-Christiana Road
                                    Newark, Delaware  19713
                                    Attention:   Jeannie Mattson
                                    Fax Number:  (302) 634-4222

                                    Euro-Currency Lending Office:
                                    Nassau, Bahamas Office
                                    c/o J.P. Morgan Services Inc.
                                    Euro-Loan Servicing Unit
                                    500 Stanton-Christiana Road
                                    Newark, Delaware  19713
                                    Attention:   Jeannie Mattson
                                    Fax Number:  (302) 634-4222


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