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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR
EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE
DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY
AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS
DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH
OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

                              CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST

                              5.875% NOTE DUE 2007



REGISTERED                                                      PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No.: R-1                                                            $150,000,000

CUSIP No.: 133131 AJ 1

         CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST, a real estate investment trust organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Texas (hereinafter called the "Company,"
which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & Co., or
registered assigns, upon presentation, the principal sum of One Hundred Fifty
Million Dollars ($150,000,000) on June 1, 2007 at the office or agency of the
Company referred to below, and to pay interest thereon from June 3, 2002, or
from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 in each
year, commencing December 1, 2002 at the rate of 5.875% per annum, until the
entire principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date
will, as provided for in the Indenture, be paid to the person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest which shall be May 15 or
November 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date, and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

         Payment of the principal of, or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest
on, the Securities will be made to The Depository Trust Company or its nominee
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the


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time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register or (ii) by wire transfer of funds
to an account of the Person entitled thereto maintained within the United
States.

         Securities of this series may be redeemed at any time at the option of
the Company, in whole or in part, upon notice of not more than 60 nor less than
30 days prior to the Redemption Date, at a redemption price equal to the sum of
(i) the principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued interest
thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with
respect to such Securities.

         REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SECURITY SET
FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE.

         Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by or
on behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this Security shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.

                                         CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST


Dated:  June 3, 2002                     By:
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                                             G. Steven Dawson
                                             Senior Vice President-Finance,
                                             Chief Financial Officer and
                                               Secretary



                    TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

         This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

The Bank of New York Trust Company of Florida, N.A.
as Trustee


By:                                                        Dated:  June 3, 2002
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     Authorized Officer


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                                 Reverse of Note


                              CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST

                              5.875% NOTE DUE 2007


         This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1996, as supplemented by the
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 15, 1996 (as so supplemented,
herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Bank of New York
Trust Company of Florida, N.A., (formerly known as U.S. Trust Company of Texas,
N.A.) a national banking association organized under the laws of the United
States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which
this Security is a part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one
of the series designated on the first page hereof, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $150,000,000.

         "Make-Whole Amount" means, in connection with any optional redemption
or accelerated payment of any Security, the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
present value as of the date of such redemption or accelerated payment of each
dollar of principal being redeemed or paid and the amount of interest (exclusive
of interest accrued to the date of redemption or accelerated payment) that would
have been payable in respect of such dollar if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, determined by discounting, on a semi-annual basis,
such principal and interest at the Reinvestment Rate (determined on the third
Business Day preceding the date such notice of redemption is given or
declaration of acceleration is made) from the respective dates on which such
principal and interest would have been payable if such redemption or accelerated
payment had not been made, over (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities being redeemed or paid.

         "Reinvestment Rate" means .25% (twenty-five one hundredths of one
percent) plus the arithmetic mean of the yields under the respective headings
"This Week" and "Last Week" published in the Statistical Release under the
caption "Treasury Constant Maturities" for the maturity (rounded to the nearest
month) corresponding to the remaining life to maturity, as of the payment date
of the principal being redeemed or paid. If no maturity exactly corresponds to
such maturity, yields for the two published maturities most closely
corresponding to such maturity shall be calculated pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence and the Reinvestment Rate shall be interpolated or
extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding in each of such
relevant periods to the nearest month. For purposes of calculating the
Reinvestment Rate, the most recent Statistical Release published prior to the
date of determination of the Make-Whole Amount shall be used.

         "Statistical Release" means the statistical release designated
"H.15(519)" or any successor publication which is published weekly by the
Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United
States government securities adjusted to constant maturities or, if such
statistical release is not published at the time of any determination under the
Indenture, then such other reasonably comparable index which shall be designated
by the Company.

         The covenants set forth in Section 1012 of the Indenture shall be fully
applicable to this Security.

         The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (a) the
entire indebtedness of the Company on this Security and (b) certain restrictive
covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default applicable to the
Company, in each case, upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture, which provisions apply to this Security.

         If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of, and the Make-Whole Amount, if any,
on, the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture.


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         As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee, offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and the Trustee shall have failed to institute any such
proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or any interest on and any Additional
Amounts in respect thereof on or after the respective due dates expressed
herein.

         The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding affected thereby. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, Make-Whole Amount, if
any, on, and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment where the principal of,
Make-Whole Amount, if any, on, and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.

         The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

         No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

         Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

         No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture or in this Security, or because of any indebtedness
evidenced thereby, shall be had against any promoter, as such or, against any
past, present or future shareholder, officer, trust manager or director, as
such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company
or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or
by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or
otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the
acceptance of this Security by the Holder thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities of this series.


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         All terms used in this security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING THIS SECURITY, SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused "CUSIP" numbers to be
printed on the Securities of this series as convenience to the Holders of such
Securities. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such
CUSIP numbers as printed on the Securities, and reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed hereon.



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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:


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<S>                                                     <C>
TEN COMM         --   as tenants in common              UNIF GIFT/TRANSFER MIN ACT --
TEN ENT          --   as tenants by the entireties      ________ Custodian ________
JT TEN           --   as joint tenants with right of    (Cust)                (Minor)
                      survivorship and not as tenants   Under Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act ______
                      in common                                                                     (State)
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee:



FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto


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                         (name and address of assignee)

the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing ____________________ ________________________________________,
attorney to transfer said Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:


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