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                                                                    Exhibit 10.1

                                 [FACE OF NOTE]

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE
ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & COMPANY OR SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & COMPANY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & COMPANY, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

REGISTERED                                                          $25,000,000
No. FXR-02
CUSIP: 86623XAB9

                       SUMMIT PROPERTIES PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
                                MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                                  (Fixed Rate)



ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: 10/5/98      INTEREST RATE:  6.71%        STATED MATURITY
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S):         DEFAULT RATE:  N/A           DATE: 10/5/2000
4/15 and 10/15
Other:

INITIAL REDEMPTION                INITIAL REDEMPTION           ANNUAL
DATE: N/A                         PERCENTAGE: N/A              REDEMPTION
                                                               PERCENTAGE
                                                               REDUCTION: N/A

OPTIONAL REPAYMENT                [  ]  CHECK IF AN
DATE(S): N/A                      ORIGINAL ISSUE
                                  DISCOUNT NOTE
                                    Issue Price:       %


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REPAYMENT PRICE: N/A

SPECIFIED CURRENCY:              AUTHORIZED                     EXCHANGE RATE
 [X]  United States dollars      DENOMINATION:                  AGENT: N/A
 [ ]  Other:                     [X]  $1,000 and integral
                                      multiples thereof
                                 [ ]  Other:

EXCHANGE RATE:                   ADDENDUM ATTACHED:             OTHER/
      U.S. $1.00 = ________      [ ] Yes                        ADDITIONAL
                                 [X] No                         PROVISIONS: N/A


         Summit Properties Partnership, L.P., a limited partnership duly
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as
the "Partnership," which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &
COMPANY, or registered assigns, the principal sum of $25,000,000, on the Stated
Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as
defined on the reverse hereof) (each such Stated Maturity Date, Redemption Date
or Repayment Date being hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Date" with
respect to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon, at
the Interest Rate per annum specific above, until the principal hereof is paid
or duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum specified
above on any overdue principal, premium and/or interest, including any overdue
sinking fund or redemption payment. The Partnership will pay interest in arrears
on each Interest Payment Date, if any, specified above (each, an "Interest
Payment Date"), commencing with the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding
the Original Issue Date specified above, and on the Maturity Date; provided,
however, that if the Original Issue Date occurs between a Record Date (as
defined below) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest payments
will commence on the second Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original
Issue Date to the holder of this Note on the Record Date with respect to such
second Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

         Interest on this Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest has been
paid or duly provided for) to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment
Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, an "Interest Period"). The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to
the person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or
not a Business Day, as defined below) immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date (the "Record Date"); provided, 



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however, that interest payable on the Maturity Date will be payable to the
person to whom the principal hereto and premium, if any, hereon shall be
payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for
("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be payable to the holder on any
Record Date, and shall be paid to the person in whose name this Note is
registered at the close of business on a special record date (the "Special
Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof shall be given to the holder of
this Note by the Trustee 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 this Note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided for in the Indenture.

         Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this
Note due on the Maturity Date or any prior date on which the principal or an
installment of principal of this Note becomes due and payable, whether by the
declaration of acceleration or otherwise, will be made in immediately available
funds upon presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any
applicable repayment of this Note, upon presentation and surrender of this Note
and a duly completed election form as contemplated on the reverse hereof) at the
office or agency maintained by the Partnership for that purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently the office of the Trustee or the
Designated Agent; provided, however, that if the Specified Currency specified
above is other than United States dollars and such payment is to be made in the
Specified Currency in accordance with the provisions set forth below, such
payment may be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account with a bank designated by the holder hereof at least 15 calendar days
prior to the Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities
therefor and that this Note (and, if applicable, a duly completed repayment
election form) is presented and surrendered at the aforementioned office or
agency maintained by the Partnership in time for the Trustee or the Designated
Agent to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal
procedures. Payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity Date will be made at the aforementioned office or agency maintained by
the Partnership or, at the option of the Partnership, by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register maintained by the Trustee or the Designated Agent; provided,
however, that a holder of U.S. $10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency is
other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the Specified
Currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether having
identical or different terms and provisions) will be entitled to receive
interest payments on any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date by
wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer
instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee or Designated Agent
not less than 15 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date. Any such
wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee or the Designated Agent shall
remain in effect until revoked by such holder.

         If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any,
and/or interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
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payment was due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for
the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as
the case may be, to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business
Day.

         As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close in The
City of New York, Chicago, or Charlotte, North Carolina; provided, however, that
if the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, such day is also
not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center (as
defined below) of the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is European Currency Units ("ECU"), such day is not a day
that appears as an ECU no-settlement day on the display designated as "ISDE" on
the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so designated by the ECU
Banking Association), or, if ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page
(and are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be
settled in the international interbank market). Principal Financial Center means
the capital city of the country issuing the Specified Currency, except that with
respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch
guilders, Italian lire, Swiss francs and ECU, the Principal Financial Center
shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and
Luxembourg, respectively.

         The Partnership is obligated to make payments of principal, premium, if
any, and interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal tender for the payment of such debts). If the Specified Currency is other
than United States dollars, except as provided below, any such amounts so
payable by the Partnership will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent
specified above into United States dollars for payment to the holder of this
Note.

         If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the
holder of this Note may elect to receive such amounts in such Specified
Currency. If the holder of this Note shall not have duly made an election to
receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any,
and/or interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency, any United
States dollar amount to be received by the holder of this Note will be based on
the highest bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate
Agent at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business
Day preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange
Rate Agent and approved by the Partnership for the purchase by the quoting
dealer of the Specified Currency for United States dollars for settlement on
such payment date in the aggregate amount of such Specified Currency payable to
all holders of Foreign Currency Notes scheduled to receive United States dollar
payments and at which the applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. All
currency exchange costs will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions
from such payments. If


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three such bid quotations are not available, payments on this Note will be made
in the Specified Currency.

         If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the
holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any
payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this Note
in the Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to
the Trustee or the Designated Agent at its corporate trust Office in The City of
New York on or prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days
prior to the Maturity Date, as the case may be. Such written request may be
mailed or hand delivered or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile
transmission. The holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified
portion of all future payments in the Specified Currency in respect of such
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest and need not file a separate
election for each payment. Such election will remain in effect until revoked by
written notice to the Trustee or the Designated Agent, but written notice of any
such revocation must be received by the Trustee or the Designated Agent on or
prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 15 calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be.

         If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars or a
composite currency and the holder of this Note shall have duly made an election
to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if
the Specified Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange
controls or other circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the
Partnership, the Partnership will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the
holder of this Note by making such payment in United States dollars on the basis
of the Market Exchange Rate (as defined below) on the second Business Day prior
to such payment date or, if such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on
the basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise
specified on the face hereof. The "Market Exchange Rate" for the Specified
Currency means the noon dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable
transfers for such Specified Currency as certified for customs purposes by (or
if not so certified, as otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York. Any payment made under such circumstances in United States dollars will
not constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to
this Note.

         If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the holder of
this Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a specified portion
of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this
Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite currency is unavailable due
to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the
reasonable control of the Partnership, then the Partnership will be entitled to
satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such payment in
United States dollars. The amount of each payment in United States dollars shall
be computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent of the
composite currency in United States dollars. The component currencies of the
composite currency for this purpose (collectively, the "Component Currencies"
and each, a "Component Currency") shall be the currency amounts that were
components of the composite currency as of the last day on which the composite


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currency was used. The equivalent of the composite currency in United States
dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the United States dollar equivalents
of the Component Currencies. The United States dollar equivalent of each of the
Component Currencies shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis
of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such Component
Currency, or as otherwise specified on the face hereof.

         If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of
those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is
divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component
Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies, the
sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original Component Currency.

         All determinations referred to above made by the Exchange Rate Agent
shall be at its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive for all purposes and binding on the holder of this Note.

         Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof and, if so specified above on the face hereof, in
the Addendum hereto, which further provisions shall have the same force and
effect as if set forth on the face hereof.

         Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained herein, if the
face of this Note specifies that an Addendum is attached hereto or that
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply to this Note, this Note shall be subject to
the terms set forth in such Addendum or such "Other/Additional Provisions."

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



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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Summit Properties Partnership, L.P. has caused this
Note to be duly executed under the facsimile corporate seal of its general
partner.

Dated: October 5, 1998             SUMMIT PROPERTIES PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

                                   By: Summit Properties Inc.,
                                       its General Partner


                                   By: /s/ Michael L. Schwarz
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                                       Michael L. Schwarz
                                       Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer


(SEAL)

Attest:


/s/ Michael G. Malone
----------------------------
Michael G. Malone
Secretary


                    TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

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


Dated:  October 5, 1998                    FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                                           as Trustee


                                           By: /s/ Shannon Schwartz
                                               -------------------------------
                                                    Authorized Signatory


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                                [REVERSE OF NOTE]

                       SUMMIT PROPERTIES PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
                                MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
                                  (Fixed Rate)

               This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities (the
"Securities") of the Partnership issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated as of August 7, 1997 as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture
dated as of May 29, 1998, as further amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time (the "Indenture"), between the Partnership and First Union National
Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), 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 Partnership, 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 Note is one of the series of
Securities designated as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More from Date of
Issue" (the "Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note or in an
Addendum hereto shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture
or on the face hereof, as the case may be.

               This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the
minimum Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.

               This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless
otherwise specified on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the
following two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the
Stated Maturity Date.

               This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the
Partnership on any date on and after the Initial Redemption Date, if any,
specified on the face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in
increments of U.S. $1,000 or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that
any remaining principal amount hereof shall be at least U.S. $1,000 or such
minimum Authorized Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below),
together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption
(each, a "Redemption Date"), on notice given not more than 60 nor less than 30
calendar days prior to the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions
of the Indenture. The "Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial
Redemption Percentage specified on the face hereof multiplied by the unpaid
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption Percentage
shall decline at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual
Redemption Percentage Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof until the
Redemption Price is 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be redeemed. In the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall
be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender
hereof.



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               This Note will be subject to repayment by the Partnership at the
option of the holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified
on the face hereof, in whole or in part in increments of U.S. $1,000 or the
minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal amount
hereof shall be at least U.S. $1,000 or such minimum Authorized Denomination),
at a repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be repaid,
together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for repayment
(each, a "Repayment Date"). For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee or the
Designated Agent must receive at its office in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, referred to on the face hereof, at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days prior to the Repayment Date (i) this Note and the form hereon
entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed or (ii) a telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission, or a letter from a member of a national securities
exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial
bank or trust company in the United States setting forth the name of the holder
hereof, the principal amount of this Note, the principal amount of this Note to
be repaid, the certificate number or a description of the tenor and terms of
this Note, a statement that the option to elect repayment is being exercised
thereby, and a guarantee that this Note, together with the form hereon entitled
"Option to Elect Repayment" duly completed, will be received by the Trustee or
the Designated Agent not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of
such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, provided that such
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if
this Note and duly completed form are received by the Trustee or the Designated
Agent by such fifth Business Day. Exercise of such repayment option by the
holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of repayment of this Note in
part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid portion hereof and
otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the
holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.

               If this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note as specified on
the face hereof, the amount payable to the holder of this Note in the event of
redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity of this Note will be equal to
the sum of (i) the Issue Price specified on the face hereof (increased by any
accruals of the Discount, as defined below) and, in the event of any redemption
of this Note (if applicable), multiplied by the Initial Redemption Percentage
(as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if applicable) and
(ii) any unpaid interest on this Note accrued from the Original Issue Date to
the Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity, as the
case may be. The difference between the Issue Price and 100% of the principal
amount of this Note is referred to herein as the "Discount."

               For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has
accrued as of any Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of
maturity of this Note, such Discount will be accrued using a constant yield
method. The constant yield will be calculated using a 30-day month, 360-day year
convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period (as defined
below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment Dates (with
ratable accruals within a compounding period), a coupon rate equal to the
initial coupon rate applicable to this Note and an assumption that the maturity
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accelerated. If the period from the Original Issue Date to the initial Interest
Payment Date (the "Initial Period") is shorter than the compounding period for
this Note, a proportionate amount of the yield for an entire compounding-period
will be accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than the compounding period,
then such period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a short
period, with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding
sentence.

               If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur
and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

               The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the
entire indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.

               The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Partnership and the rights of the holders of the Securities
at any time by the Partnership and the Trustee with the consent of the holders
of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Securities
at the time outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, on behalf of the
holders of all such Securities, to waive compliance by the Partnership with
certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture
permit the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on
behalf of all of the holders of Securities of such series, certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon
all future holders of this Note and other Notes issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

               No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Partnership, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if
any, and interest in respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or
formula, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

               As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the
Security Register of the Partnership upon surrender of this Note for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Partnership in any place
where the principal hereof and any premium or interest hereon are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Partnership and the Security Registrar, duly executed by,
the holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations



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and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.


               As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise
having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the holder hereof
surrendering the same.

               No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Partnership 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 Note for registration of
transfer, the Partnership, the Trustee and any agent of the Partnership or the
Trustee may treat the holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner
thereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the
Partnership, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.

               This Note and all documents, agreements, understandings and
arrangements relating to any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby have
been executed or entered into by the undersigned in his/her capacity as an
officer of the sole general partner of the Partnership which has been formed as
a Delaware limited partnership, and not individually, and neither the general
partner, officers, employees or limited partners of the Partnership shall be
bound or have any personal liability hereunder or thereunder. The holder of this
Note by accepting this Note waives and releases all such liability. This waiver
and release are part of the consideration for the issue of this Note. Each party
hereto shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for satisfaction of
any liability of the Partnership in respect of this Note and all documents,
agreements, understandings and arrangements relating to any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby and will not seek recourse or commence any action
against any of the trustees, officers or shareholders of the Partnership or any
of their personal assets for the performance or payment of any obligation
hereunder or thereunder. The foregoing shall also apply to any future documents,
agreements, understandings, arrangements and transactions between the parties
hereto.

               The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to its
principles of conflicts of laws.



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                                  ABBREVIATIONS

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

               TEN COM - as tenants in common
               TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
               JT TEN  - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
                         tenants in common 
               UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - __________ Custodian __________
                                     (Cust)              (Minor)
               Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act _____________________
                                                       (State)

               Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above
               list.



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                                   ASSIGNMENT

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee) this Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing Attorney to transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with
full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:_____________________

         NOTICE: The signature(s) on this Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.



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                            OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT

               The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Partnership to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to
its terms at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid,
together with unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the
undersigned, at


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(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)

               For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee or the Designated Agent
must receive at its corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, this Note with this "Option to Elect Repayment" form duly
completed.

               If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be
repaid, specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S. $1,000
(or, if the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the minimum
Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof)) which the holder elects
to have repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be an
Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion
of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one
such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).

Principal Amount
to be Repaid:  $
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Date:
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                                            Notice: The signature(s) on this
                                            Option to Elect Repayment must
                                            correspond with the name(s) as
                                            written upon the face of this Note
                                            in every particular, without
                                            alteration or enlargement or any
                                            change whatsoever.


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