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                                                                EXHIBIT 4(ii)(g)
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                               CREDIT AGREEMENT

                         Dated as of November 14, 2000

                                     among

                      UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
                                 as Borrower,

                         UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P.
        and Certain Other Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower,
                                as Guarantors,

                           THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN

                                      and

                          FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                            as Administrative Agent

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                         FIRST UNION SECURITIES, INC.
                 as Joint Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager

                        BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
                            as Joint Lead Arranger

                             BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
                             as Syndication Agent

                         KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                            as Documentation Agent
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS...................................................   1
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       1.1 Definitions..................................................   1
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       1.2 Computation of Time Periods..................................  18
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       1.3 Accounting Terms.............................................  18
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SECTION 2 CREDIT FACILITIES.............................................  19
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      2.1  Loans........................................................  19
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      2.2  [Intentionally Omitted]......................................  20
      2.3  [Intentionally Omitted]......................................  20
      2.4  [Intentionally Omitted]......................................  20

SECTION 3 OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO CREDIT FACILITIES................  20
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      3.1  Default Rate.................................................  20
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      3.2  Extension and Conversion.....................................  20
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      3.3  Prepayments..................................................  21
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      3.4  [Intentionally Omitted]......................................  21
      3.5  Fees.........................................................  21
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      3.6  Capital Adequacy.............................................  22
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      3.7  Inability To Determine Interest Rate.........................  22
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      3.8  Illegality...................................................  22
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      3.9  Requirements of Law..........................................  23
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      3.10 Taxes........................................................  24
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      3.11 Indemnity....................................................  25
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      3.12 Pro Rata Treatment...........................................  25
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      3.13 Sharing of Payments..........................................  26
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      3.14 Payments, Computations, Etc..................................  26
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      3.15 Evidence of Debt.............................................  28
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      3.16 Extension of Termination Date................................  28
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SECTION 4 GUARANTY......................................................  29
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      4.1  The Guarantee................................................  29
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      4.2  Obligations Unconditional....................................  29
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      4.3  Reinstatement................................................  30
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      4.4  Certain Additional Waivers...................................  31
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      4.5  Remedies.....................................................  31
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      4.6  Rights of Contribution.......................................  31
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      4.7  Continuing Guarantee.........................................  32
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      4.8  Release of Guarantors by Administrative Agent................  32
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SECTION 5 CONDITIONS....................................................  32
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      5.1  Conditions to Closing........................................  32
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      5.2  Conditions to All Extensions of Credit.......................  34
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SECTION 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................  34
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      6.1   Financial Condition.........................................  35
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      6.2   No Material Adverse Changes.................................  35
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      6.3   Organization; Existence; Compliance with Law................  35
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      6.4   Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations...............  35
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      6.5   No Legal Bar................................................  36
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      6.6   No Material Litigation......................................  36
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      6.7   No Default..................................................  36
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      6.8   Ownership of Property; Liens................................  36
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      6.9   Taxes.......................................................  36
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      6.10  ERISA.......................................................  37
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      6.11  Governmental Regulations, Etc...............................  38
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      6.12  Subsidiaries................................................  39
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      6.13  Purpose of Extensions of Credit.............................  39
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      6.14  Environmental Matters.......................................  39
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SECTION 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.........................................  40
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      7.1   Financial Statements........................................  40
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      7.2   Certificates; Other Information.............................  41
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      7.3   Notices.....................................................  42
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      7.4   Payment of Obligations......................................  43
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      7.5   Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence............  43
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      7.6   Maintenance of Property; Insurance..........................  43
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      7.7   Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions......  43
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      7.8   Environmental Laws..........................................  44
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      7.9   Financial Covenants.........................................  44
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      7.10  Agency Fees.................................................  46
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      7.11  Additional Guaranties.......................................  46
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      7.12  Ownership of Subsidiaries...................................  47
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      7.13  Use of Proceeds.............................................  47
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SECTION 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS............................................  47
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      8.1   Limitations on Debt.........................................  47
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      8.2   Restriction on Liens........................................  47
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      8.3   Consolidations, Mergers and Sales and Purchases of Assets...  48
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      8.4   Loans and Investments.......................................  49
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      8.5   Transactions with Affiliates................................  49
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      8.6   Transactions with Other Persons regarding this Agreement....  50
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      8.7   Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries..........  50
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SECTION 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.............................................  50
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      9.1   Events of Default...........................................  50
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      9.2   Acceleration; Remedies......................................  53
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SECTION 10 AGENCY PROVISIONS............................................  53
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      10.1  Appointment.................................................  53
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      10.2  Delegation of Duties........................................  54
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      10.3  Exculpatory Provisions......................................  54
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     10.4   Reliance on Communications..................................  54
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     10.5   Notice of Default...........................................  55
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     10.6   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders......  55
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     10.7   Indemnification.............................................  56
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     10.8   Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.............  56
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     10.9   Successor Administrative Agent..............................  56
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SECTION 11 MISCELLANEOUS................................................  57
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     11.1   Notices.....................................................  57
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     11.2   Right of Set-Off............................................  58
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     11.3   Benefit of Agreement........................................  58
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     11.4   No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative..............................  60
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     11.5   Payment of Expenses, etc....................................  61
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     11.6   Amendments, Waivers and Consents............................  61
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     11.7   Counterparts................................................  63
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     11.8   Headings....................................................  63
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     11.9   Survival....................................................  63
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     11.10  Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue............  63
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     11.11  Severability................................................  64
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     11.12  Entirety....................................................  64
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     11.13  Binding Effect; Termination.................................  64
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     11.14  Source of Funds.............................................  64
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     11.15  Conflict....................................................  65
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                                   SCHEDULES

Schedule 2.1(a)          Schedule of Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 2.1(b)(i)       Form of Notice of Borrowing
Schedule 2.1(e)          Form of Note
Schedule 3.2             Form of Notice of Extension/Conversion
Schedule 5.1(e)(v)       Officer's Certificate
Schedule 6.3             Qualifications Concerning Organization, Existence and
                           Compliance with Law
Schedule 6.6             Material Litigation
Schedule 6.12            Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.2(b)          Form of Officer's Compliance Certificate
Schedule 7.11            Form of Joinder Agreement
Schedule 8.7             REMICs and Other Special Subsidiaries
Schedule 11.1            Schedule of Lender's Addresses
Schedule 11.3(b)         Form of Assignment and Acceptance

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                               CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 14, 2000 (the "Credit
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Agreement"), is by and among UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia
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corporation (the "Borrower"), UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P., a Virginia limited
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partnership and the other subsidiaries and affiliates identified on the
signature pages hereto and such other subsidiaries and affiliates as may from
time to time become Guarantors hereunder in accordance with the provisions
hereof (the "Guarantors"), the lenders named herein and such other lenders as
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may become a party hereto (the "Lenders") and FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, as
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Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").
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                              W I T N E S S E T H

     WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide $100 million
in aggregate amount of term loans to the Borrower for the purposes hereinafter
set forth;

     WHEREAS, the Guarantors acknowledge that such term loans inure to the
mutual benefit of the Borrower and the Guarantors;

     WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make the requested term loans available
to the Borrower on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

     NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                   SECTION 1
                                  DEFINITIONS
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     1.1  Definitions.
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     As used in this Credit Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings specified below unless the context otherwise requires:

          "Additional Credit Party" means each Person that becomes a Guarantor
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     after the Closing Date by execution of a Joinder Agreement.

          "Administrative Agent" means First Union National Bank and its
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     successors and assigns.

          "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (i)
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     directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
     indirect common control with such Person or (ii) directly or indirectly
     owning or holding five percent (5%) or more of the equity interest in such
     Person.  For purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect
     to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such
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     Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
     securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
     "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

          "Applicable Percentage" means for any day, the rate per annum set
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     forth below opposite the applicable rating for the Borrower's senior
     unsecured (non-credit enhanced) long term debt then in effect, it being
     understood that the Applicable Percentage for (i) Base Rate Loans shall be
     the percentage set forth under the column "Base Rate Margin", and (ii)
     Eurodollar Loans shall be the percentage set forth under the column
     "Eurodollar Margin":

       Pricing           S&P              Moody's      Eurodollar     Base Rate
        Level          Rating              Rating        Margin        Margin
        -----          ------              ------        ------      ---------
         I               A-                  A3          0.750%         0%
         II             BBB+                Baa1         0.925%         0%
         III             BBB                Baa2          1.05%         0%
         IV             BBB-                Baa3          1.20%         0%
         V           below BBB-          below Baa3       1.80%         0%
                     or unrated          or unrated

     The numerical classification set forth under the column "Pricing Level"
     shall be established based on the better of ratings by S&P and Moody's for
     the Borrower's senior unsecured (non-credit enhanced) long term debt;
     provided, however, that if the ratings of S&P and Moody's are two or more
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     pricing levels apart, then the Applicable Percentage shall be the average
     of the two Applicable Percentages corresponding to the Pricing Levels for
     the applicable ratings of S&P and Moody's.  The Applicable Percentage shall
     be determined and adjusted on the date five (5) Business Days after each
     change in debt rating.  Adjustments in the Applicable Percentage shall be
     effective as to all Loans from the date of adjustment.  The Administrative
     Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of changes in the Applicable
     Percentage.  Adjustments in the Applicable Percentage shall be effective as
     to existing Extensions of Credit as well as new Extensions of Credit made
     thereafter.

          "Attributed Principal Amount" means, on any day, with respect to any
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     Securitization Transaction entered into by any member of the Consolidated
     Group, the aggregate amount (with respect to any such transaction, the
     "Invested Amount") paid to, or borrowed by, such Person as of such date
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     under such Securitization Transaction, minus the aggregate amount received
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     by the applicable Receivables Financier and applied to the reduction of the
     Invested Amount under such Securitization Transaction.

          "Bank of America Credit Agreement" means that certain Credit Agreement
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     dated as of June 1, 2000 by and among the Borrower, United Dominion Realty,
     L.P. and certain other subsidiaries and affiliates of the Borrower, the
     lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

          "Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Code in Title 11 of the United
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     States Code, as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced from time to time.

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          "Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person, the occurrence
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     of any of the following with respect to such Person: (i) a court or
     governmental agency having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a
     decree or order for relief in respect of such Person in an involuntary case
     under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
     hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
     custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or
     for any substantial part of its Property or ordering the winding up or
     liquidation of its affairs; or (ii) there shall be commenced against such
     Person an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
     other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or any case, proceeding or
     other action for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
     custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such Person or
     for any substantial part of its Property or for the winding up or
     liquidation of its affairs, and such involuntary case or other case,
     proceeding or other action shall remain undismissed, undischarged or
     unbonded for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days; or (iii) such Person
     shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
     or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of
     an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent
     to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
     assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of such
     Person or for any substantial part of its Property or make any general
     assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (iv) such Person shall be
     unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts
     generally as they become due.

          "Base Rate" means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards,
           ---------
     if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) equal to the
     greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus  1/2 of 1%
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     or (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day.  If for any reason the
     Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
     conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable after due inquiry to
     ascertain the Federal Funds Rate for any reason, including the inability or
     failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in
     accordance with the terms hereof, the Base Rate shall be determined without
     regard to clause (a) of the first sentence of this definition until the
     circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist.  Any change in
     the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate
     shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate
     or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.

          "Base Rate Loan" means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
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     by reference to the Base Rate.

          "Borrower" means the Person identified as such in the heading hereof,
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     together with any permitted successors and assigns.

          "Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day
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     on which commercial banks in Charlotte, North Carolina or New York, New
     York are authorized or required by law to close, except that, when used in
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     connection with a Eurodollar Loan, such day shall also be a day on which
     dealings between banks are carried on in U.S. dollar deposits in London,
     England.

          "Cash Equivalents" means (a) securities issued or directly and fully
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     guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or
     instrumentality thereof (provided

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     that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged
     in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from
     the date of acquisition, (b) U.S. dollar denominated time deposits and
     certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, or (ii) any domestic commercial
     bank of recognized standing (y) having capital and surplus in excess of
     $500,000,000 and (z) whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is
     at least A-2 (and not lower than A-3) or the equivalent thereof or from
     Moody's is at least P-2 (and not lower than P-3) or the equivalent thereof
     (any such bank being an "Approved Bank"), in each case with maturities of
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     of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial
     paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by
     the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or
     guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated at least A-2 (and not lower
     than A-3) or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 (and not lower
     than P-3) or the equivalent by Moody's and maturing within six months of
     the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by a Person
     with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized
     securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for
     direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States of
     America in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security
     interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase
     thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the
     repurchase obligations, (e) obligations of any State of the United States
     or any political subdivision thereof, the interest with respect to which is
     exempt from federal income taxation under Section 103 of the Code, having a
     long term rating of at least AA- or Aa-3 by S&P or Moody's, respectively,
     and maturing within three years from the date of acquisition thereof, (f)
     Investments in municipal auction preferred stock (i) rated A- (or the
     equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or A3 (or the equivalent thereof) or
     better by Moody's and (ii) with dividends that reset at least once every
     365 days and (g) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current
     assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment
     Borrower Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered by reputable
     financial institutions having capital of at least $100,000,000 and the
     portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described
     in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (f).

          "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
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     events:  (i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall have
     acquired beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of, or shall have
     acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have entered into a contract or
     arrangement that, upon consummation, will result in its or their
     acquisition of, or control over, voting stock of the Borrower (or other
     securities convertible into such voting stock) representing 35% or more of
     the combined voting power of all voting stock of the Borrower, or (ii)
     during any period of up to 24 consecutive months, commencing after the
     Closing Date, individuals who at the beginning of such 24 month period were
     directors of the Borrower (together with any new director whose election by
     the Borrower's Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the
     Borrower's shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of
     the directors then still in office who either were directors at the
     beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
     previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of
     the directors of the Borrower then in office.  As used herein, "beneficial
     ownership" shall have the meaning provided in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities
     and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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          "Closing Date" means the date hereof.
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          "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any
           ----
     successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and regulations
     issued thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.  References
     to Sections of the Code shall be construed also to refer to any successor
     sections.

          "Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of
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     such Lender to make a Loan to the Borrower on the Effective Date in the
     principal amount specified with respect to such Lender in Schedule 2.1(a)
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     in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1(a).

          "Commitment Percentage" means, for each Lender, a fraction (expressed
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     as a decimal) the numerator of which is the Commitment of such Lender at
     such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the
     Commitments of all Lenders at such time.  The initial Commitment Percentage
     of each Lender is set out on Schedule 2.1(a).
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          "Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA" means, for any period for the
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     Consolidated Group, the sum of Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus a
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     reserve equal to $62.50 per apartment unit per quarter ($250 per apartment
     unit per year).  Except as expressly provided otherwise, the applicable
     period shall be for the single fiscal quarter ending as of the date of
     determination.

          "Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth" means at any date:
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                    (i)  the sum of (A) the consolidated shareholders' equity of
               the Consolidated Group (net of Minority Interests) plus (B)
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               accumulated depreciation of real estate owned to the extent
               reflected in the then book value of the Consolidated Assets

               minus, without duplication,
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                    (ii) the Intangible Assets of the Consolidated Group.

          "Consolidated Assets" means the assets of the members of the
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     Consolidated Group determined in accordance with GAAP on a consolidated
     basis.

          "Consolidated EBITDA" means for any period for the Consolidated Group,
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     the sum of Consolidated Net Income plus Consolidated Interest Expense plus
                                        ----
     all provisions for any Federal, state or other income taxes plus
                                                                 ----
     depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, in each case on a
     consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a
     consistent basis, but excluding in any event gains and losses on
     Investments and extraordinary gains and losses, and taxes on such excluded
     gains and tax deductions or credits on account of such excluded losses.
     Except as expressly provided otherwise, the applicable period shall be for
     the single fiscal quarter ending as of the date of determination.

          "Consolidated Funded Debt" means total Debt of the Consolidated Group
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     on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a
     consistent basis.

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          "Consolidated Group" means the Borrower and its consolidated
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     Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

          "Consolidated Interest Expense" means for any period for the
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     Consolidated Group, all interest expense, including the amortization of
     debt discount and premium, the interest component under capital leases and
     the implied interest component under Securitization Transactions, in each
     case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP applied on
     a consistent basis.

          "Consolidated Net Income" means for any period, the net income of the
           -----------------------
     Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with
     GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

          "Consolidated Net Operating Income from Realty" means, for any period
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     for any Realty of the Consolidated Group, an amount equal to (i) the
     aggregate rental and other income from the operation of such Realty during
     such period; minus (ii) all expenses and other proper charges incurred in
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     connection with the operation of such Realty (including, without
     limitation, real estate taxes and bad debt expenses) during such period;
     but, in any case, before payment of or provision for debt service charges
     for such period, income taxes for such period, and depreciation,
     amortization and other non-cash expenses for such period, all on a
     consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP on a consistent
     basis.

          "Consolidated Net Operating Income from Unencumbered Realty" means,
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     for any period, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate rental and other
     income from the operation of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty during such
     period; minus (ii) all expenses and other proper charges incurred in
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     connection with the operation of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty
     (including, without limitation, real estate taxes and bad debt expenses)
     during such period; but, in any case, before payment of or provision for
     debt service charges for such period, income taxes for such period, and
     depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses for such period, all
     on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP on a consistent
     basis; minus (iii) a reserve equal to $62.50 per apartment unit per quarter
            -----
     ($250 per apartment unit per year) for such period.

          "Consolidated Net Worth" means total stockholders' equity for the
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     Consolidated Group on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with
     GAAP applied on a consistent basis.

          "Consolidated REO" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
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     Section 7.11(a) hereof.

          "Consolidated Secured Debt" means for the Consolidated Group on a
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     consolidated basis, all secured Consolidated Funded Debt.

          "Consolidated Total Fixed Charges" means, as of the last day of each
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     fiscal quarter for the Consolidated Group, the sum of (i) the cash portion
     of Consolidated Interest Expense paid in the fiscal quarter ending on such
     day plus (ii) scheduled
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     maturities of Consolidated Funded Debt (excluding the amount by which a
     final installment exceeds the next preceding principal installment thereon
     and further excluding amortization on Insurance Company Debt which shall
     not exceed $7.5 million annually) in the fiscal quarter ending on such day
     plus (iii) all cash dividends and distributions on preferred stock or other
     ----
     preferred beneficial interests of members of the Consolidated Group paid in
     the fiscal quarter ending on such day, all on a consolidated basis
     determined in accordance with GAAP on a consistent basis.

          "Consolidated Total Realty" means, for the Consolidated Group on a
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     consolidated basis, the undepreciated cost of all Realty, whether improved
     or not.

          "Consolidated Unencumbered Realty" means, for the Consolidated Group
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     on a consolidated basis, all Realty which is not encumbered by a Lien
     securing Debt.  For purposes of the covenant contained in Section 7.9(f),
     Consolidated Unencumbered Realty, as of any date for the Consolidated
     Group, shall be valued at the sum (without duplication) of (a) with respect
     to any Consolidated Unencumbered Realty purchased or developed prior to
     January 1 of the year preceding such date, (i) Consolidated Net Operating
     Income from Unencumbered Realty for the fiscal quarter most recently ended
     prior to such date multiplied by four, divided by (ii) 9.25%; plus (b) with
                                                                   ----
     respect to any Consolidated Unencumbered Realty purchased or developed on
     or after January 1 of the year preceding such date, the actual costs of
     such Realty; plus (c) with respect to any Consolidated Unencumbered Realty
                  ----
     that also constitutes Consolidated Unimproved Realty, the sum of (i) fifty
     percent (50%) of the GAAP value of the land associated with such Realty
     plus (ii) an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the actual expenditures
     ----
     for improvements on such Realty; plus (d) fifty percent (50%) of the
                                      ----
     Consolidated Group's pro rata share of the GAAP value of any Realty
     contributed to or otherwise invested in joint ventures which is not
     encumbered by a Lien securing Debt.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
     value of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty shall be determined without
     including (or otherwise giving credit to) any Realty owned by a Non-
     Guarantor Subsidiary if (A) the inclusion of such Realty would cause the
     portion of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty represented by Non-Guarantor
     Subsidiaries, as of the relevant date of determination, to exceed five
     percent (5%) of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty or (B) such Non-Guarantor
     Subsidiary is an obligor, as of the relevant date of determination, with
     respect to any unsecured Debt (other than those items of Debt set forth in
     clauses (iii) and (iv) of the definition of Debt).

          "Consolidated Unimproved Realty" means, for the Consolidated Group on
           ------------------------------
     a consolidated basis, all raw unimproved land held for current or future
     development.  For purposes hereof, property under development where
     construction and development is in progress shall not be considered to be
     unimproved to the extent that completed buildings are available for rent
     and are at least 75% leased.

          "Consolidated Unsecured Debt" means, for the Consolidated Group on a
           ---------------------------
     consolidated basis, all unsecured Consolidated Funded Debt.

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          "Contractual Obligation" means, as to any Person, any provision of any
           ----------------------
     security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument or
     undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
     property is bound.

          "Credit Documents" means a collective reference to this Credit
           ----------------
     Agreement, the Notes, each Joinder Agreement, and all other related
     agreements and documents issued or delivered hereunder or thereunder or
     pursuant hereto or thereto.

          "Credit Party" means any of the Borrower and the Guarantors.
           ------------

          "Debt" of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (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 (other than trade accounts payable arising in the
     ordinary course of business), (iv) all obligations of such Person as lessee
     under capital leases, (v) all obligations of such Person to purchase
     securities or other property which arise out of or in connection with the
     sale of the same or substantially similar securities or property, (vi) all
     obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other person in respect
     of amounts payable under a letter of credit or similar instrument (being
     the amount available to be drawn thereunder, whether or not then drawn),
     (vii) all obligations of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such
     Person, whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person, (viii)
     all obligations of others Guaranteed by such Person, (ix) all obligations
     which in accordance with GAAP would be shown as liabilities on a balance
     sheet of such Person or which arise in connection with forward equity
     transactions, (x) the Attributed Principal Amount under any Securitization
     Transaction and (xi) all obligations of such Person owing under any
     synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or
     similar off-balance sheet financing product to which such Person is a
     party, where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for
     tax purposes, but is classified as an operating lease in accordance with
     GAAP.  Debt of any Person shall include Debt of any partnership or joint
     venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer to the
     extent of such Person's pro rata share of the ownership of such partnership
     or joint venture (except if such Debt is recourse to such Person, in which
     case the greater of such Person's pro rata portion of such Debt or the
     amount of the recourse portion of the Debt, shall be included as Debt of
     such Person).

          "Default" means any event, act or condition which with notice or lapse
           -------
     of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

          "Defaulting Lender" means, at any time, any Lender that, at such time,
           -----------------
     (i) has failed to make an Extension of Credit required pursuant to the
     terms of this Credit Agreement, (ii) has failed to pay to the
     Administrative Agent or any Lender an amount owed by such Lender pursuant
     to the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other of the Credit Documents,
     or (iii) has been deemed insolvent or has become subject to a bankruptcy or
     insolvency proceeding or to a receiver, trustee or similar proceeding.

          "Dollars" and "$" means dollars in lawful currency of the United
           -------       -
     States of America.

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          "Domestic Credit Party" means any Credit Party which is incorporated
           ---------------------
     or organized under the laws of any State of the United States or the
     District of Columbia.

          "Domestic Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is incorporated or
           -------------------
     organized under the laws of any State of the United States or the District
     of Columbia.

          "Effective Date" means the later of: (a) the Closing Date; and (b) the
           --------------
     date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 and
     5.2 shall have been fulfilled or waived in writing by the Required Lenders.

          "Eligible Assignee" means (i) a Lender; (ii) an affiliate of a Lender;
           -----------------
     and (iii) any other commercial bank, financial institution, institutional
     lender or "accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission) with (a) total assets of at least $10
     billion; (b) a long term unsecured debt rating of BBB+ or better from S&P
     or its equivalent and (c) an office in the United States.  Neither the
     Borrower nor an Affiliate of the Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible
     Assignee.

          "Environmental Laws" means any and all lawful and applicable Federal,
           ------------------
     state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules,
     judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises,
     licenses, agreements or other governmental restrictions relating to the
     environment or to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of
     pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or 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, chemicals, or
     industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes.

          "Equity Transaction" means, with respect to any member of the
           ------------------
     Consolidated Group, any issuance of shares of its capital stock or other
     equity interest, other than an issuance (i) to a member of the Consolidated
     Group or (ii) in connection with exercise by a present or former employee,
     officer or director under a stock incentive plan, stock option plan or
     other equity-based compensation plan or arrangement.

          "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
           -----
     amended, and any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the rules and
     regulations thereunder, all as the same may be in effect from time to time.
     References to Sections of ERISA shall be construed also to refer to any
     successor sections.

          "ERISA Affiliate" means an entity which is under common control with
           ---------------
     any Credit Party within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, or is
     a member of a group which includes the Borrower and which is treated as a
     single employer under Sections 414(b) or (c) of the Code.

          "ERISA Event" means (i) with respect to any Plan, the occurrence of a
           -----------
     Reportable Event or the substantial cessation of operations (within the
     meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA); (ii) the withdrawal by the Borrower,
     any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple
     Employer Plan during a plan year in which it was a substantial

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     employer (as such term is defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or the
     termination of a Multiple Employer Plan; (iii) the distribution of a notice
     of intent to terminate or the actual termination of a Plan pursuant to
     Section 4041(a)(2) or 4041A of ERISA; (iv) the institution of proceedings
     to terminate or the actual termination of a Plan by the PBGC under Section
     4042 of ERISA; (v) any event or condition which could reasonably be
     expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
     termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan;
     (vi) the complete or partial withdrawal of the Borrower, any Subsidiary of
     the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan; (vii) the
     conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA exist
     with respect to any Plan; or (viii) the adoption of an amendment to any
     Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section
     307 of ERISA.

          "Eurodollar Loan" means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined
           ---------------
     by reference to the Eurodollar Rate.

          "Eurodollar Rate" means, for the Interest Period for each Eurodollar
           ---------------
     Loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including conversions,
     extensions and renewals), a per annum interest rate determined pursuant to
     the following formula:

                    Eurodollar Rate    =         Interbank Offered Rate
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             1 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

          "Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means for any day, that percentage
           -----------------------------
     (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect from time to time under
     Regulation D as the maximum reserve requirement (including, without
     limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency, special, or marginal
     reserves) applicable with respect to Eurocurrency liabilities as that term
     is defined in Regulation D (or against any other category of liabilities
     that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate of
     Eurodollar Loans is determined), whether or not Lender has any Eurocurrency
     liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time.  Eurodollar
     Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such
     shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credits
     for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to
     time to a Lender.  The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically on
     and as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve
     Percentage.

          "Event of Default" means such term as defined in Section 9.1.
           ----------------

          "Extension of Credit" means, as to any Lender, the making of a Loan by
           -------------------
     such Lender.

          "Facility Fee" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
           ------------
     3.5(a).

          "Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the rate of interest per
           ------------------
     annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of
     1/100 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 Business Day next succeeding such day,
     provided that (A) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate
     --------
     for such day shall be such rate

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     on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day and (B) if no such
     rate is so published on such next preceding Business Day, the Federal Funds
     Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Administrative
     Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
     Agent.

          "Fees" means all fees payable pursuant to Section 3.5.
           ----

          "First Union" means First Union National Bank and its successors.
           -----------

          "Foreign Credit Party" means a Credit Party which is not a Domestic
           --------------------
     Credit Party.

          "Foreign Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary which is not a Domestic
           ------------------
     Subsidiary.

          "Funds From Operations" for any period, with respect to any Person,
           ---------------------
     shall have the meaning given to such term in, and shall be calculated in
     accordance with, the "white paper" issued in March 1995 by the National
     Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.

          "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
           ----
     States applied on a consistent basis and subject to the terms of Section
     1.3 hereof.

          "Governmental Authority" means any Federal, state, local or foreign
           ----------------------
     court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory
     body.

          "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.

          "Guaranteed Obligations" means, as to each Guarantor, without
           ----------------------
     duplication, all obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders and the
     Administrative Agent, whenever arising, under this Credit Agreement, the
     Notes or the Credit Documents (including interest accruing after a
     Bankruptcy Event, regardless of whether such interest is allowed as a claim
     under the Bankruptcy Code).

          "Guarantor" means each of those Persons identified as a "Guarantor" on
           ---------
     the signature pages hereto, and each other Person which may hereafter
     become a Guarantor by execution of a Joinder Agreement, together with their
     successors and permitted assigns.

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          "Insurance Company Debt" means Debt owed by the Borrower with respect
           ----------------------
     to the 7.98% Notes due March 2000 - 2003 pursuant to that certain Indenture
     dated as of February 24, 1993 among the Borrower, CIGNA Principal Mutual
     Life Insurance Co., and Aid Association for Lutherans, as more fully
     described in note 4 of the consolidated financial statements contained in
     the Borrower's report on form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission for fiscal year 1999.

          "Intangible Assets" of any Person means at any date the amount of (i)
           -----------------
     all write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from write-ups of assets of a
     going concern business made within twelve months after the acquisition of
     such business) in the book value of any asset owned by such Person and (ii)
     all unamortized debt discount and expense, unamortized deferred charges,
     capitalized start-up costs, goodwill, patents, licenses, trademarks, trade
     names, copyrights, organization or developmental expenses, covenants not to
     compete and other intangible items.

          "Interbank Offered Rate" means, for the Interest Period for each
           ----------------------
     Eurodollar Loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including
     conversions, extensions and renewals), a per annum interest rate (rounded
     upwards, if necessary, to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) equal
     to the rate of interest, determined by the Administrative Agent on the
     basis of the offered rates for deposits in dollars for a period of time
     corresponding to such Interest Period (and commencing on the first day of
     such Interest Period), appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or, if, for any
     reason, Telerate Page 3750 is not available, the Reuters Screen LIBO Page)
     as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days before
     the first day of such Interest Period.  As used herein, "Telerate Page
     3750" means the display designated as page 3750 by Dow Jones Telerate, Inc.
     (or such other page as may replace such page on that service for the
     purpose of displaying the British Bankers Association London interbank
     offered rates) and "Reuters Screen LIBO Page" means the display designated
     as page "LIBO" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other
     page as may replace the LIBO page on that service for the purpose of
     displaying London interbank offered rates of major banks).

          "Interest Payment Date" means (i) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last
           ---------------------
     day of each calendar month and the Termination Date and (ii) as to any
     Eurodollar Loan, the last day of each Interest Period for such Loan, the
     date of repayment of principal of such Loan and the Termination Date, and
     in addition where the applicable Interest Period is more than three months,
     then also the date three months from the beginning of the Interest Period,
     and each three months thereafter.  If an Interest Payment Date falls on a
     date which is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be
     deemed to be the next succeeding Business Day.

          "Interest Period" means as to any Eurodollar Loan, a period of one,
           ---------------
     two, three, four or six month's duration, as the Borrower may elect,
     commencing in each case, on the date of the borrowing (including
     conversions, extensions and renewals); provided, however, (A) if any
                                            --------  -------
     Interest Period would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such
     Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day
     (except that in the case of Eurodollar Loans where the next succeeding
     Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then such
     Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day), (B) no
     Interest Period shall extend beyond the Termination Date, and (C) in the
     case of Eurodollar Loans,

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     where an Interest Period begins on a day for which there is no numerically
     corresponding day in the calendar month in which the Interest Period is to
     end, such Interest Period shall end on the last day of such calendar month.

          "Invested Amount" shall have the meaning given such term in the
           ---------------
     definition of Attributed Principal Amount.

          "Investment", in any Person, means any loan or advance to such Person,
           ----------
     any purchase or other acquisition of any capital stock, warrants, rights,
     options, obligations or other securities of, or equity interest in, such
     Person, any capital contribution to such Person or any other investment in
     such Person, including, without limitation, any Guarantee incurred for the
     benefit of such Person.

          "Joinder Agreement" means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the
           -----------------
     form of Schedule 7.11 hereto, executed and delivered by an Additional
             -------------
     Credit Party in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.11.

          "Lenders" means each of the Persons identified as a "Lender" on the
           -------
     signature pages hereto, and their successors and assigns.

          "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
           ----
     arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise),
     preference, priority or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give
     any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention
     agreement, any financing or similar statement or notice filed under the
     Uniform Commercial Code as adopted and in effect in the relevant
     jurisdiction or other similar recording or notice statute, and any lease in
     the nature thereof).

          "Loan" or "Loans" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
           ----      -----
     2.1.

          "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
           -----------------------
     condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business, assets,
     liabilities or prospects of the Consolidated Group taken as a whole, (ii)
     the ability of the Credit Parties taken as a whole to perform any material
     obligation under the Credit Documents to which they are parties or (iii)
     the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Borrower under the Credit
     Documents.

          "Materials of Environmental Concern" means any gasoline or petroleum
           ----------------------------------
     (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any
     hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as
     such in or under any Environmental Laws, including, without limitation,
     polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

          "Minority Interests" means any shares of stock (or other equity
           ------------------
     interests) of any class of a Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying
     shares as required by law) that are not owned by the Borrower and/or one or
     more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.  Minority Interests constituting preferred
     stock shall be valued at the voluntary or involuntary liquidation value of
     such preferred stock, whichever is greater, and by valuing common stock at
     the book value of the capitalized surplus applicable thereto adjusted, if
     necessary,

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     to reflect any changes from the book value of such common stock required by
     the foregoing method of valuing Minority Interests in preferred stock.

          "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or any successor or
           -------
     assignee of the business of such Borrower in the business of rating
     securities.

          "Mortgage Debt" of any Person means at any date the aggregate
           -------------
     principal amount of all Debt of such Person secured by a Lien on any real
     property owned or leased by it.

          "Multiemployer Plan" means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as
           ------------------
     defined in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

          "Multiple Employer Plan" means a Plan which the Borrower, any
           ----------------------
     Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one employer
     other than the Borrower, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA
     Affiliate are contributing sponsors.

          "Non-Excluded Taxes" means such term as is defined in Section 3.10.
           ------------------

          "Note" or "Notes" means the promissory notes of the Borrower in favor
           ----      -----
     of each of the Lenders evidencing the Loans in substantially the form
     attached as Schedule 2.1(e), individually or collectively, as appropriate,
                 ---------------
     as such promissory notes may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended,
     renewed or replaced from time to time.

          "Notice of Borrowing" means a written notice of borrowing in
           -------------------
     substantially the form of Schedule 2.1(b)(i), as required by Section 5.1.
                               ------------------

          "Notice of Extension/Conversion" means the written notice of extension
           ------------------------------
     or conversion in substantially the form of Schedule 3.2, as required by
                                                ------------
     Section 3.2.

          "Operating Partnership" means United Dominion Realty, L.P., together
           ---------------------
     with any permitted successors and assigns.

          "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established
           ----
     pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA and any successor thereof.

          "Permitted Investments" means Investments which are either (i) cash
           ---------------------
     and Cash Equivalents; (ii) Investments consisting of stock, obligations,
     securities or other property received in settlement of accounts receivable
     (created in the ordinary course of business) from bankrupt obligors; (iii)
     acquisitions and other Investments permitted by Section 8.3(c)(ii) or which
     do not cause a Default or Event of Default under Section 7.9(i)(ii), as
     appropriate; (iv) Investments by a member of the Consolidated Group or an
     Affiliate of a member of the Consolidated Group in connection with a
     Permitted Securitization Transaction; and (v) Investments by a member of
     the Consolidated Group in and to a Credit Party.

          "Permitted Securitization Transaction" means any Securitization
           ------------------------------------
     Transaction which (i) the structure and documentation for such
     Securitization Transaction are reasonably satisfactory to the
     Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, (ii) the terms of such

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     Securitization Transaction, including the discount applicable to the
     Receivables which are subject of such financing and any termination events,
     are (in the good faith understanding of the Administrative Agent and the
     Required Lenders) consistent with those prevailing in the market at the
     time of commitment thereto for similar transactions involving a receivables
     originator/servicer of similar credit quality and a receivables pool or
     other similar characteristics and (iii) the documentation for such
     Securitization Transaction shall not be amended or modified in any manner
     which is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders without the
     prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

          "Person" means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm,
           ------
     corporation, limited liability company, association, trust or other
     enterprise (whether or not incorporated) or any Governmental Authority.

          "Plan" means any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
           ----
     ERISA) which is covered by ERISA and with respect to which the Borrower,
     any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan
     were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed
     to be) an "employer" within the meaning of Section 3(5) of ERISA.

          "Prime Rate" means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced
           ----------
     from time to time by First Union as its prime rate in effect at its
     principal office in Charlotte, North Carolina, with each change in the
     Prime Rate being effective on the date such change is publicly announced as
     effective (it being understood and agreed that the Prime Rate is a
     reference rate used by First Union in determining interest rates on certain
     loans and is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged on any
     extension of credit by First Union to any debtor).

          "Pro Forma Basis" means, with respect to any transaction, that such
           ---------------
     transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the
     four fiscal-quarter period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end
     preceding the date of such transaction with respect to which the
     Administrative Agent and the Lenders have received the officer's
     certificate in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2(b).  As used
     herein, "transaction" means and includes (i) any corporate merger or
     consolidation as referred to in Section 8.3(a), and (ii) any acquisition of
     capital stock or securities or any purchase, lease or other acquisition of
     property as referred to in Section 8.3(c).

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

          "Realty" means all real property and interests therein, together with
           ------
     all improvements thereon.

          "Receivables" means any right of payment from or on behalf of any
           -----------
     obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument,
     general intangible or otherwise, arising from the sale or financing by a
     member of the Consolidated Group or merchandise or services, and monies due
     thereunder, security in the merchandise and

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     services financed thereby, records related thereto, and the right to
     payment of any interest or finance charges and other obligations with
     respect thereto, proceeds from claims on insurance policies related
     thereto, any other proceeds related thereto, and any other related rights.

          "Receivables Financier" means, in connection with a Securitization
           ---------------------
     Transaction, the Person which provides financing for such transaction
     whether by purchase, loan or otherwise in respect of Receivables.

          "Register" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 11.3(c).
           --------

          "Regulation T, U, or X" means Regulation T, U or X, respectively, of
           ---------------------
     the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time
     in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof.

          "REIT" means a real estate investment trust as defined in Sections
           ----
     856-860 of the Code.

          "Release" means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
           -------
     emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing
     into the environment (including the abandonment or discarding of barrels,
     containers and other closed receptacles containing any Materials of
     Environmental Concern).

          "REMIC" means a real estate mortgage investment conduit as defined in
           -----
     Section 7701 of the Code.

          "Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section
           ----------------
     4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the notice
     requirement has been waived by regulation.

          "Required Lenders" means Lenders having at least sixty-six and two-
           ----------------
     thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans
     outstanding; provided that outstanding principal amount of Loans owing to,
                  --------
     a Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes hereof in making a
     determination of Required Lenders.

          "Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, the certificate of
           ------------------
     incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of
     such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or Regulation or determination of an
     arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case
     applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its material property
     is subject.

          "Responsible Officer" means the Chief Financial Officer, the
           -------------------
     Controller, the Senior Vice President of Finance or the Treasurer.

          "S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw
           ---
     Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor or assignee of the business of such
     division in the business of rating securities.

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          "Securitization Subsidiary" shall have the meaning provided in the
           -------------------------
     definition of "Securitization Transaction".

          "Securitization Transaction" means any financing transaction or series
           --------------------------
     of financing transactions that have been or may be entered into by a member
     of the Consolidated Group pursuant to which such member of the Consolidated
     Group may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (i) a Subsidiary or
     affiliate (a "Securitization Subsidiary"), or (ii) any other Person, or may
                   -------------------------
     grant a security interest in, any Receivables or interests therein secured
     by merchandise or services financed thereby (whether such Receivables are
     then existing or arising in the future) of such member of the Consolidated
     Group, and any assets related thereto, including without limitation, all
     security interests in merchandise or services financed thereby, the
     proceeds of such Receivables, and other assets which are customarily sold
     or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in
     connection with securitization transactions involving such assets.

          "Single Employer Plan" means any Plan which is covered by Title IV of
           --------------------
     ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan or a Multiple Employer Plan.

          "Subordinated Debt" means any Debt which by its terms is specifically
           -----------------
     subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of the obligations of
     the Credit Parties under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit
     Documents on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Required Lenders.

          "Subordinated Funded Debt" means at any date all unsecured Debt (i) no
           ------------------------
     part of the principal of which is required to be paid (whether by way of
     mandatory sinking fund, mandatory redemption or otherwise) prior to the
     payment in full of the Loans hereunder and (ii) the payment of the
     principal of and interest on which, and any other obligations to the holder
     of such Debt, is subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Loans
     hereunder (including interest accruing after the date of commencement of
     any proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law in which
     such Person is a debtor).

          "Subsidiary" means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership,
           ----------
     limited liability company or other entity of which securities or other
     ownership interest having an 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 such Person.  Unless otherwise
     provided, references to a "Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall mean a
     Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of  the Borrower.

          "Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets" means, as of any date for the
           ------------------------------------
     Consolidated Group, the sum (without duplication) of (a) with respect to
     any Realty owned by a member of the Consolidated Group and purchased or
     developed prior to January 1 of the year preceding such date, (i) the sum
     of (A) Consolidated Net Operating Income from Realty for the fiscal quarter
     most recently ended prior to such date multiplied by four, minus (B) a
                                                                -----
     reserve of $250 per apartment unit, divided by (ii) 9.25%, plus (b) with
                                                                ----
     respect to any Realty owned by a member of the Consolidated Group and
     purchased or developed on or after January 1 of the year preceding such
     date, the actual cost of such Realty, plus (c) with respect to any
                                           ----
     Consolidated Unimproved Realty, the

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     sum of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the GAAP value of the land
     associated with such Realty plus (ii) an amount equal to one hundred
                                 ----
     percent (100%) of the actual expenditures for improvements on such Realty,
     plus (d) cash and Cash Equivalents, in each case on a consolidated basis
     ----
     determined in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, plus (e)
                                                                       ----
     one hundred percent (100%) of the Consolidated Group's pro rata share of
     the GAAP value of any asset contributed to or otherwise invested in joint
     ventures; provided, however, that, in calculating Tangible Fair Market
               --------  -------
     Value of Assets, no credit shall be given to any portion of the foregoing
     components of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets that exceeds the
     corresponding maximum amount permitted for such component pursuant to
     clauses (iii) through (vii) of Section 7.9(i).

          "Termination Date" means May 14, 2003, or if extended pursuant to the
           ----------------
     terms of this Agreement, such later date as to which the Termination Date
     may be extended.

          "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" means as to any Person, any Subsidiary all
           -----------------------
     of the voting stock or other similar voting interests are owned directly or
     indirectly by such Person.  Unless otherwise provided, references to
     "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" shall mean Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the
     Borrower.

     1.2  Computation of Time Periods.
          ---------------------------

     For purposes of computation of periods of time hereunder, the word "from"
means "from and including" and the words "to" and "until" each mean "to but
excluding."

     1.3  Accounting Terms.
          ----------------

     Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms used
herein shall be interpreted, and all financial statements and certificates and
reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to the Lenders
hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis.  Financial statements, certificates and reports delivered hereunder shall
be accompanied by a description of any changes in application of accounting
principles and an estimation of the effects thereof.  All calculations made for
the purposes of determining compliance with this Credit Agreement shall (except
as otherwise expressly provided herein) be made by application of GAAP applied
on a basis consistent with the most recent annual or quarterly financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof (or, prior to the delivery
of the first financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof, consistent
with the annual audited financial statements referenced in Section 6.1 hereof);
provided, however, if (a) the Borrower shall object to determining such
--------  -------
compliance on such basis at the time of delivery of such financial statements
due to any change in GAAP or the rules promulgated with respect thereto or (b)
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so object in writing
within 30 days after delivery of such financial statements, then in either case
such calculations shall be made on a basis consistent with the most recent
financial statements delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders as to which no
such objection shall have been made.

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                                   SECTION 2
                               CREDIT FACILITIES
                               -----------------

     2.1  Loans.
          -----

          (a) Term Loans.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
              ----------
Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a "Loan") to the Borrower on the
                                                ----
Effective Date in the amount of such Lender's Commitment for the purposes
hereinafter set forth.  Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar
Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request, and if repaid, a
Loan may not be reborrowed hereunder.

          (b) Availability of Loan Proceeds.  Each Lender will make the proceeds
              -----------------------------
of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Borrower as specified in Section 3.14(a), or in such other manner as the
Administrative Agent may specify in writing, by 2:30 P.M. (Charlotte, North
Carolina time) on the Effective Date in Dollars and in funds immediately
available to the Administrative Agent.  Such proceeds will then be made
available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent by crediting the account
of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts
made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as
received by the Administrative Agent.

          (c) Repayment.  The principal amount of all Loans shall be due and
              ---------
payable in full on the Termination Date.

          (d) Interest.  Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1,
              --------

              (i)   Base Rate Loans.  During such periods as Loans shall be
                    ---------------
     comprised in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans, such Base Rate Loans
     shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the
                                                                    ----
     Applicable Percentage;

              (ii)  Eurodollar Loans.  During such periods as Loans shall be
                    ----------------
     comprised in whole or in part of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans
     shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Eurodollar Rate plus
                                                                          ----
     the Applicable Percentage.

Interest on Loans shall be payable in arrears on each applicable Interest
Payment Date (or at such other times as may be specified herein).

          (e) Notes.  The Loans shall be evidenced by a duly executed Note in
              -----
favor of each Lender.

          (f) Maximum Number of Eurodollar Loans.  The Borrower will be limited
              ----------------------------------
to a maximum number of three (3) Eurodollar Loans outstanding at any time.  For
purposes hereof, Eurodollar Loans with separate or different Interest Periods
will be considered as separate Eurodollar Loans even if their Interest Periods
expire on the same date.

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     2.2 [Intentionally Omitted].

     2.3 [Intentionally Omitted].

     2.4 [Intentionally Omitted].

                                   SECTION 3
                OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO CREDIT FACILITIES
                ----------------------------------------------

     3.1 Default Rate.
         ------------

     Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default,
the principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on the Loans and
any other amounts owing hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall bear
interest, payable on demand, at a per annum rate 2% greater than the rate which
would otherwise be applicable (or if no rate is applicable, whether in respect
of interest, fees or other amounts, then 2% greater than the Base Rate).

     3.2 Extension and Conversion.
         ------------------------

     Subject to the terms of Section 5.2, the Borrower shall have the option, on
any Business Day, to extend existing Loans into a subsequent permissible
Interest Period or to convert Loans into Loans of another interest rate type;
provided, however, that (i) except as provided in Section 3.8, Eurodollar Loans
--------  -------
may be converted into Base Rate Loans only on the last day of the respective
Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) Eurodollar Loans may be extended, and
Base Rate Loans may be converted into Eurodollar Loans, only if no Default or
Event of Default is in existence on the date of extension or conversion, (iii)
Loans extended as, or converted into, Eurodollar Loans shall be subject to the
terms of the definition of "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1 and shall
                            ---------------
be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, in the case of
Eurodollar Loans, or $1,000,000 in the case of Base Rate Loans, and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (iv) any request for extension or
conversion of a Eurodollar Loan which shall fail to specify an Interest Period
shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of one month.  Each such
extension or conversion shall be effected by the Borrower by giving a Notice of
Extension/Conversion (or telephone notice promptly confirmed in writing) to the
Administrative Agent (x) prior to 11:00 A.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on
the Business Day of, in the case of the conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into a
Base Rate Loan, and (y) on the third Business Day prior to, in the case of the
extension of a Eurodollar Loan as, or conversion of a Base Rate Loan into, a
Eurodollar Loan, the date of the proposed extension or conversion, specifying
the date of the proposed extension or conversion, the Loans to be so extended or
converted, the types of Loans into which such Loans are to be converted and, if
appropriate, the applicable Interest Periods with respect thereto; provided
                                                                   --------
that, with respect to clause (x) above, in the case of telephone notice given
prior to 11:00 A.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time), the Borrower shall have
until 12:00 Noon (Charlotte, North Carolina time) to deliver the confirmatory
written notice.  Each request for extension or conversion shall be irrevocable
and shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower of the
matters specified in subsections (a) through (e) of Section 5.2.  In the event
the Borrower fails to request the extension of any Eurodollar Loan in accordance
with this Section, then the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan shall be
automatically extended for one month at

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the end of the current Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan, so long as such
extension would otherwise be permitted by this Section. In the event any
conversion or extension of a Eurodollar Loan is not permitted or required by
this Section, then such Eurodollar Loan shall be automatically converted into a
Base Rate Loan at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall give each Lender notice as promptly as practicable of
any such proposed extension or conversion affecting any Loan.

     3.3  Prepayments.
          -----------

          (a) Voluntary Prepayments.  Loans may be repaid in whole or in part
              ---------------------
without premium or penalty; provided that (i) Eurodollar Loans may be prepaid
                            --------
only upon three (3) Business Days' prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent and must be accompanied by payment of any amounts owing under Section
3.11, (ii) partial prepayments shall be minimum principal amounts of $5,000,000,
in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and $1,000,000, in the case of Base Rate Loans,
and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; (iii) no Loan may be
voluntarily prepaid prior to the date one year following the Closing Date; and
(iv) if after giving effect to any such prepayment, the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans would be less than $25,000,000, then the Borrower
shall repay the entire outstanding principal balance of Loans.

          (b)  [Intentionally Omitted].

          (c)  Application.  Unless otherwise specified by the Borrower,
               -----------
prepayments made hereunder shall be applied first to Loans which are Base Rate
Loans, and then to Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in direct order of Interest
Period maturities.  Amounts prepaid hereunder may not be reborrowed.

     3.4  [Intentionally Omitted].

     3.5  Fees.
          ----

          (a) Facility Fee. In consideration of the Commitments hereunder, the
              ------------
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each
Lender a facility fee (collectively, the "Facility Fee") equal to three-eighths
                                          ------------
of one-percent (0.375%) of such Lender's Commitment.  The Facility Fee shall be
due and payable in full on the Effective Date.

          (b) Administrative Fees.  The Borrower agrees to pay to the
              -------------------
Administrative Agent, for its own account, an annual administrative fee and such
other fees, if any, as agreed to from time to time between the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower.

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          (c) Extension Fee.  If the Termination Date is extended pursuant to
              -------------
Section 3.16, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of each Lender an extension fee equal to one-fifteenth of one-percent
(0.15%) of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans owing to such Lender
(after giving effect to any prepayment of Loans being made by the Borrower in
connection with such extension).

     3.6  Capital Adequacy.
          ----------------

     If any Lender has determined, after the date hereof, that the adoption or
the becoming effective of, or any change in, or any change by any Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or
administration thereof in the interpretation or administration of, any
applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or compliance by
such Lender with 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 such
Lender's capital or assets as a consequence of its commitments or obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for
such adoption, effectiveness, change or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lender's policies with respect to capital adequacy), then, upon notice from
such Lender to the Borrower, the Borrower shall be obligated to pay to such
Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such
reduction.  Each determination by any such Lender of amounts owing under this
Section shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the parties
hereto.

     3.7  Inability To Determine Interest Rate.
          ------------------------------------

     If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent
shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon
the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market,
adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate
for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or
telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable
thereafter.  If such notice is given (a) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be
made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans
and (b) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such
Interest Period to or continued as Eurodollar Loans shall be converted to or
continued as Base Rate Loans.  Until such notice has been withdrawn by the
Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as
such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Base Rate Loans to
Eurodollar Loans.

     3.8  Illegality.
          ----------

     Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof
occurring after the Closing Date shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make
or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Credit Agreement, (a) such
Lender shall promptly give written notice of such circumstances to the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such
circumstances no longer exist), (b) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to
make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert a Base Rate
Loan to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and, until such time as it
shall no longer be unlawful for such Lender to make or

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or maintain Eurodollar Loans, such Lender shall then have a commitment only to
make a Base Rate Loan when a Eurodollar Loan is requested and (c) such Lender's
Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted
automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days of the then current
Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as
required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day
which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect
thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, upon demand, without
duplication, such amounts, if any, as may be reasonably required pursuant to
Section 3.11.

     3.9  Requirements of Law.
          -------------------

     If, after the date hereof, the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof applicable to any Lender,
or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having
the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, in each
case made subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date on which such
Lender becomes a Lender):

          (a) shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to any Eurodollar Loans made by it or its obligation to make Eurodollar
Loans, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect
thereof (except for (i) Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 3.10 (including
Non-Excluded Taxes imposed solely by reason of any failure of such Lender to
comply with its obligations under Section 3.10(b)) and (ii) changes in taxes
measured by or imposed upon the overall net income, or franchise tax (imposed in
lieu of such net income tax), of such Lender or its applicable lending office,
branch, or any affiliate thereof);

          (b) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits
or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other
extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of
such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the
Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or

          (c) shall impose on such Lender any other condition (excluding any tax
of any kind whatsoever);

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender,
by an amount which such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making,
converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or to reduce any
amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, upon
notice to the Borrower from such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, in
accordance herewith, the Borrower shall be obligated to promptly pay such
Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable, provided that, in
                                                             --------
any such case, the Borrower may elect to convert the Eurodollar Loans made by
such Lender hereunder to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at
least one Business Day's notice of such election, in which case the Borrower
shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon demand, without duplication, such
amounts, if any, as may be reasonably required pursuant to Section 3.11.  If any
Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this
subsection, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Borrower, through the
Administrative Agent, certifying (x) that one of the events described in this

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paragraph (a) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of
such event, (y) as to the increased cost or reduced amount resulting from such
event and (z) as to the additional amount demanded by such Lender and a
reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof.  Such a certificate
as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection submitted by
such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be
conclusive and binding on the parties hereto in the absence of manifest error.
This covenant shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and the
payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

     3.10 Taxes.
          -----

          (a) Except as provided below in this subsection, all payments made by
the Borrower under this Credit Agreement and any Notes shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present
or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees,
deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by any court, or governmental body, agency or other
official, excluding taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net income of
any Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof,
and all franchise taxes, branch taxes, taxes on doing business or taxes on the
overall capital or net worth of any Lender or its applicable lending office, or
any branch or affiliate thereof, in each case imposed in lieu of net income
taxes, imposed: (i) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender,
applicable lending office, branch or affiliate is organized or is located, or in
which its principal executive office is located, or any nation within which such
jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or (ii) by reason
of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such tax and such Lender,
applicable lending office, branch or affiliate other than a connection arising
solely from such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations,
or received payment under or enforced, this Credit Agreement or any Notes.  If
any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions
or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") are required to be withheld from any
                  ------------------
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any
Notes, (A) the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender
shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent
or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such
other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Credit Agreement and any Notes, provided, however, that the Borrower shall be
                                --------  -------
entitled to deduct and withhold any Non-Excluded Taxes and shall not be required
to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender that is not organized under
the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof if such Lender fails
to comply with the requirements of paragraph (b) of this subsection whenever any
Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by the Borrower, and (B) as promptly as possible
thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own
account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy
of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment
thereof.  If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the
required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes,
interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of any such failure.  The agreements in this subsection shall
survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and the payment of the Loans
and all other amounts payable hereunder.

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          (b) Each Lender that is not a United States person under Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery
of this Credit Agreement in the case of each Lender listed on the signature
pages hereof and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender in the
case of each other Lender, and from time to time thereafter if requested in
writing by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (but only so long as such
Lender remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with (i) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 BEN or W-8 ECI,
as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, certifying that such Lender is entitled to benefits under an income tax
treaty to which the United States is a party which reduces to zero the rate of
withholding tax on payments of interest or certifying that the income receivable
pursuant to this Credit Agreement is effectively connected with the conduct of a
trade or business in the United States, (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8
or W-9, as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue
Service, and/or (iii) any other form or certificate required by any taxing
authority (including any certificate required by Sections 871(h) and 881(c) of
the Code), certifying that such Lender is entitled to an exemption from tax on
payments pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

     3.11 Indemnity.
          ---------

     The Borrower promises to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender
harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur (other
than through such Lender's gross negligence or willful misconduct) as a
consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion
into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice
requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Credit Agreement,
(b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan after
the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of
this Credit Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a
day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  With
respect to Eurodollar Loans, such indemnification may include an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on
the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the
period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or
continue to the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, in the case of a
failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have
commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of
interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable
Percentage included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as
reasonably determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on
such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with
leading banks in the interbank Eurodollar market.  The covenants of the Borrower
set forth in this Section 3.11 shall survive the termination of this Credit
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

     3.12 Pro Rata Treatment.
          ------------------

     Except to the extent otherwise provided herein:

          (a) Loans.  Each Loan, each payment or prepayment of principal of any
              -----
Loan, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of Facility Fees, each
payment of extension fees payable under Section 3.5(c), and each conversion or
extension of any Loan, shall be allocated

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pro rata among the Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amounts
of the outstanding Loans to which such payment or prepayment is to be applied.

          (b) Advances.  No Lender shall be responsible for the failure or delay
              --------
by any other Lender in its obligation to make its ratable share of a borrowing
hereunder (and further, no Lender shall be required to fulfill any obligation of
a Defaulting Lender); provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to
                      --------  -------
fulfill its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its
obligations hereunder.

     3.13 Sharing of Payments.
          -------------------

     The Lenders agree among themselves that, in the event that any Lender shall
obtain payment in respect of any Loan or any other obligation owing to such
Lender under this Credit Agreement through the exercise of a right of setoff,
banker's lien or counterclaim, or pursuant to a secured claim under Section 506
of the Bankruptcy Code or other security or interest arising from, or in lieu
of, such secured claim, received by such Lender under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law or otherwise, or by any other means, in excess
of its pro rata share of such payment as provided for in this Credit Agreement,
such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders a participation in
such Loans and other obligations in such amounts, and make such other
adjustments from time to time, as shall be equitable to the end that all Lenders
share such payment in accordance with their respective ratable shares as
provided for in this Credit Agreement.  The Lenders further agree among
themselves that if payment to a Lender obtained by such Lender through the
exercise of a right of setoff, banker's lien, counterclaim or other event as
aforesaid shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored, each Lender which
shall have shared the benefit of such payment shall, by repurchase of a
participation theretofore sold, return its share of that benefit (together with
its share of any accrued interest payable with respect thereto) to each Lender
whose payment shall have been rescinded or otherwise restored.  The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing such a participation may, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, exercise all rights of payment, including setoff,
banker's lien or counterclaim, with respect to such participation as fully as if
such Lender were a holder of such Loan or other obligation in the amount of such
participation.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Credit Agreement,
if any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall fail to remit to the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender an amount payable by such Lender or the
Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent or such other Lender pursuant
to this Credit Agreement on the date when such amount is due, such payments
shall be made together with interest thereon for each date from the date such
amount is due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent or
such other Lender at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.  If under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, any Lender receives
a secured claim in lieu of a setoff to which this Section 3.13 applies, such
Lender shall, to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such
secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights of the Lenders under this
Section 3.13 to share in the benefits of any recovery on such secured claim.

     3.14 Payments, Computations, Etc.
          ----------------------------

          (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments
hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent in dollars in immediately
available funds, without offset, deduction, counterclaim or withholding of any
kind, at the Administrative Agent's office specified

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in Section 11.1 not later than 2:00 P.M. (Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the
date when due. Payments received after such time shall be deemed to have been
received on the next succeeding Business Day. The Administrative Agent may (but
shall not be obligated to) debit the amount of any such payment which is not
made by such time to any ordinary deposit account of the Borrower maintained
with the Administrative Agent (with notice to the Borrower). The Borrower shall,
at the time it makes any payment under this Credit Agreement, specify to the
Administrative Agent the Loans, Fees, interest or other amounts payable by the
Borrower hereunder to which such payment is to be applied (and in the event that
it fails so to specify, or if such application would be inconsistent with the
terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the
Lenders in such manner as the Administrative Agent may determine to be
appropriate in respect of obligations owing by the Borrower hereunder, subject
to the terms of Section 3.12(a)).  The Administrative Agent will distribute such
payments to such Lenders, if any such payment is received prior to 12:00 Noon
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on a Business Day in like funds as received
prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent
will distribute such payment to such Lenders on the next succeeding Business
Day.  Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is
not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (subject to accrual of interest and Fees for the period
of such extension), except that in the case of Eurodollar Loans, if the
extension would cause the payment to be made in the next following calendar
month, then such payment shall instead be made on the next preceding Business
Day.  Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, all computations of
interest and fees shall be made on the basis of actual number of days elapsed
over a year of 360 days, except with respect to computation of interest on Base
Rate Loans which (unless the Base Rate is determined by reference to the Federal
Funds Rate) shall be calculated based on a year of 365 or 366 days, as
appropriate.  Interest shall accrue from and include the date of borrowing, but
exclude the date of payment.

          (b) Allocation of Payments After Event of Default.  Notwithstanding
              ---------------------------------------------
any other provisions of this Credit Agreement to the contrary, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts
collected or received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender on account of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any other amounts  outstanding under any of the
Credit Documents shall be paid over or delivered as follows:

          FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
     expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees) of the
     Administrative Agent in connection with enforcing the rights of the Lenders
     under the Credit Documents;

          SECOND, to payment of any fees owed to the Administrative Agent;

          THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
     expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) of each
     of the Lenders in connection with enforcing its rights under the Credit
     Documents or otherwise with respect to the Loans or other Guaranteed
     Obligations hereunder owing to such Lender;

          FOURTH, to the payment of all accrued interest (pro rata based on
     proportions of accrued unpaid interest on Loans) and fees on or in respect
     of the Loans or other Guaranteed Obligations hereunder;

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          FIFTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal amount of the
     Guaranteed Obligations;

          SIXTH, to all other Loans and other obligations which shall have
     become due and payable under the Credit Documents or otherwise and not
     repaid pursuant to clauses "FIRST" through "FIFTH" above; and

          SEVENTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may be
     lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.

In carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied in the
numerical order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next
succeeding category; and (ii) each of the Lenders shall receive an amount equal
to its pro rata share (based on the proportion that the then outstanding Loans
(or in the case of application under clause "FOURTH" pro rata based on accrued
unpaid interest) held by such Lender bears to the aggregate then outstanding
Loans) of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses "THIRD", "FOURTH",
"FIFTH" and "SIXTH" above.

     3.15  Evidence of Debt.
           ----------------

           (a) Each Lender shall maintain an account or accounts evidencing the
Loan made by such Lender to the Borrower, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Credit
Agreement.  Each Lender will make reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy of
its account or accounts and to promptly update its account or accounts from time
to time, as necessary.

           (b) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
Section 11.3(c) hereof, and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register and
subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount, type and Interest
Period of each such Loan hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable to each Lender hereunder and (iii)
the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from or for
the account of the Borrower and each Lender's share thereof.  The Administrative
Agent will make reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy of the subaccounts
referred to in the preceding sentence and to promptly update such subaccounts
from time to time, as necessary.

           (c) The entries made in the accounts, Register and subaccounts
maintained pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 3.15 (and, if consistent
with the entries of the Administrative Agent, subsection (a)) shall be prima
facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower
therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the
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Administrative Agent to maintain any such account, such Register or such
subaccount, as applicable, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect
the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans made by such Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof.

     3.16  Extension of Termination Date.
           -----------------------------

           (a) The Borrower may request that the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders extend the current Termination Date by one year by executing and
delivering to the Administrative Agent at least 30 days but not more than 90
days prior to the current Termination Date, a written request for such
extension.  The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Lender a copy of any

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such request delivered to the Administrative Agent promptly upon receipt
thereof.  Subject to satisfaction of the conditions contained in the immediately
following subsection (b), the Termination Date shall be extended for one year.

          (b) The effectiveness of any extension of the Termination Date is
subject to the following conditions: (i) immediately prior to such extension, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result after giving effect to such extension; (ii) the Borrower shall have paid
the Fees payable under Section 3.5(c) hereof; (iii) if such extension is the
second extension of the Termination Date, at least 50% of the initial aggregate
balance of the Loans shall have been repaid on or prior to the effective date of
such extension; and (iv) the Termination Date may be extended only two times
pursuant to this Section.

                                   SECTION 4
                                   GUARANTY
                                   --------

     4.1  The Guarantee.
          -------------

     Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each
Lender and to the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided the prompt
payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof.
The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Guaranteed Obligations
are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration, as mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise),
the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any
demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of
payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be
promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory
prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such
extension or renewal.

     Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any
other of the Credit Documents, to the extent the obligations of a Guarantor
shall be adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason (including,
without limitation, because of any applicable state or federal law relating to
fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of each Guarantor
hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under
applicable law (whether federal or state and including, without limitation, the
Bankruptcy Code).

     4.2  Obligations Unconditional.
          -------------------------

     The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.1 hereof are joint and
several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents, or any
other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release
or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being the intent of this Section 4.2 that the obligations of the Guarantors
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
Each Guarantor

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agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity,
reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor of the
Guaranteed Obligations for amounts paid under this Section 4 until such time as
the Lenders have been irrevocably paid in full, all Commitments under the Credit
Agreement have been terminated and no Person or Governmental Authority shall
have any right to request any return or reimbursement of funds from the Lenders
in connection with monies received under the Credit Documents. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not
alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall remain
absolute and unconditional as described above:

               (i)   at any time or from time to time, without notice to any
     Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the
     Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance
     shall be waived;

               (ii)  any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any
     of the Credit Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to in
     the Credit Documents shall be done or omitted;

               (iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be
     accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified,
     supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the
     Credit Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the
     Credit Documents shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the
     Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or
     exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

               (iv)  any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative
     Agent or any Lender or Lenders as security for any of the Guaranteed
     Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

               (v)   any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be determined to be
     void or voidable (including, without limitation, for the benefit of any
     creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any
     Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any Guarantor).

With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly
waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices
whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any Lender
exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of
the Credit Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the
Credit Documents, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or
security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

     4.3  Reinstatement.
          -------------

     The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 4 shall be
automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by
or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded
or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or
reorganization or

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otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative
Agent and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against
any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent
transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

     4.4  Certain Additional Waivers.
          --------------------------

     Each Guarantor  agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse
to security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except through the exercise of the
rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.2.

     4.5  Remedies.
          --------

     The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as
between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, on the other hand, the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be
forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.2 hereof (and shall be deemed
to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in
said Section 9.2) for purposes of Section 4.1 hereof notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the
Guaranteed Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against
any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Guaranteed
Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the
Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person)
shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of said
Section 4.1.

     4.6  Rights of Contribution.
          ----------------------

     The Guarantors hereby agree, as among themselves, that if any Guarantor
shall become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below), each other
Guarantor shall, on demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the
succeeding provisions of this Section 4.6), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor
an amount equal to such Guarantor's Pro Rata Share (as defined below and
determined, for this purpose, without reference to the properties, assets,
liabilities and debts of such Excess Funding Guarantor) of such Excess Payment
(as defined below).  The payment obligation of any Guarantor to any Excess
Funding Guarantor under this Section 4.6 shall be subordinate and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of the obligations of such
Guarantor under the other provisions of this Section 4, and such Excess Funding
Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess
until payment and satisfaction in full of all of such obligations.  For purposes
hereof, (i) "Excess Funding Guarantor" shall mean, in respect of any obligations
             ------------------------
arising under the other provisions of this Section 4 (hereafter, the "Guarantied
                                                                      ----------
Obligations"), a Guarantor that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata
-----------
Share of the Guarantied Obligations; (ii) "Excess Payment" shall mean, in
                                           --------------
respect of any Guarantied Obligations, the amount paid by an Excess Funding
Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Share of such Guarantied Obligations; and
(iii) "Pro Rata Share", for the purposes of this Section 4.6, shall mean, for
       --------------
any Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the amount by which
the aggregate present fair saleable value of all of its assets and properties
exceeds the amount of all debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including
contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and unliquidated liabilities, but

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excluding the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder) to (b) the amount by
which the aggregate present fair saleable value of all assets and other
properties of the Borrower and all of the Guarantors exceeds the amount of all
of the debts and liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, and
unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Borrower and the
Guarantors hereunder) of the Borrower and all of the Guarantors, all as of the
Closing Date (if any Guarantor becomes a party hereto subsequent to the Closing
Date, then for the purposes of this Section 4.6 such subsequent Guarantor shall
be deemed to have been a Guarantor as of the Closing Date and the information
pertaining to, and only pertaining to, such Guarantor as of the date such
Guarantor became a Guarantor shall be deemed true as of the Closing Date).

     4.7  Continuing Guarantee.
          --------------------

     The guarantee in this Section 4 is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply
to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.

     4.8  Release of Guarantors by Administrative Agent.
          ---------------------------------------------

     Upon the written request (and at the expense) of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall execute a writing releasing, on behalf of the
Lenders, one or more Subsidiaries designated by the Borrower from their
obligations as Guarantors hereunder, provided that on or prior to the effective
                                     --------
date of such release the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent (x) a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying that (a) on a pro
forma basis after giving effect to such release (and the addition of any new
Guarantors pursuant to Section 7.11(a) on such effective date), the Credit
Parties would have been in compliance with the financial covenant contained in
Section 7.9(f) as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, (b)
as of such effective date, the Credit Parties will be in compliance with Section
7.11(a) and (c) no other Default or Event of Default then exists or shall occur
as a result of such release and (y) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent that the Subsidiaries to be released have been, or will be simultaneously
with their release hereunder, released as "Guarantors" under and as defined in
the Bank of America Credit Agreement.  Such certificate shall include the
calculations required to indicate compliance with Section 7.9(f).

                                   SECTION 5
                                  CONDITIONS
                                  ----------

     5.1  Conditions to Closing.
          ---------------------

     This Credit Agreement shall become effective, and the Extensions of Credit
may be made, upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

          (a) Execution of Credit Agreement and Credit Documents.  Receipt of
              --------------------------------------------------
(i) multiple counterparts of this Credit Agreement, and (ii) a Note for each
Lender.

          (b) Financial Information.  Receipt of financial information regarding
              ---------------------
the Borrower and its subsidiaries, as may be requested by, and in each case in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
including, without limitation, a Borrower-prepared consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries

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dated as of June 30, 2000, together with related consolidated statements of
operations and cash flows.

          (c)  Absence of Legal Proceedings.  The absence of any action, suit,
               ----------------------------
investigation or proceeding pending in any court or before any arbitrator or
governmental instrumentality which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.

          (d)  Legal Opinions.  Receipt of multiple counterparts of opinions of
               --------------
counsel for the Credit Parties relating to the Credit Documents and the
transactions contemplated herein, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders.

          (e)  Corporate Documents.  Receipt of the following (or their
               -------------------
equivalent) for each of the Credit Parties:

               (i)   Articles of Incorporation.  Copies of the articles of
                     -------------------------
     incorporation or charter documents certified to be true and complete by the
     appropriate governmental authority of the state of its incorporation or
     organization.

               (ii)  Resolutions.  Copies of resolutions of the Board of
                     -----------
     Directors or other governing body approving and adopting the respective
     Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated therein and authorizing
     execution and delivery thereof, certified by a secretary or assistant
     secretary as of the Closing Date to be true and correct and in force and
     effect as of such date.

               (iii) Bylaws.  Copies of the bylaws certified by a secretary or
                     ------
     assistant secretary as of the Closing Date to be true and correct and in
     force and effect as of such date.

               (iv)  Good Standing.  Copies of (A) certificates of good
                     -------------
     standing, existence or its equivalent issued by the appropriate
     governmental authorities of the respective states of incorporation or
     organization and of each other state in which the failure to qualify and be
     in good standing would have a Material Adverse Effect and (B) where
     available, certificates indicating payment of all corporate franchise taxes
     issued as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental taxing
     authorities of such states.

               (v)   Officer's Certificate.  An officer's certificate for each
                     ---------------------
     of the Credit Parties dated as of the Closing Date substantially in the
     form of Schedule 5.1(e)(v) with appropriate insertions and attachments.
             ------------------

          (f)  Fees.  Receipt of all fees, if any, owing pursuant to (i) any
               ----
prior agreement between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (ii)
Section 3.5.

          (g)  Subsection 5.2 Conditions.  The conditions specified in Section
               -------------------------
5.2 shall be satisfied.

          (h)  Notice of Borrowing.  The Administrative Agent shall have
               -------------------
received from the Borrower a Notice of Borrowing not later than 11:00 A.M.
(Charlotte, North Carolina time) on the Effective Date if the Loans are
initially to be Base Rate Loans, or on the third Business Day

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prior to the Effective Date if the Loans are initially to be Eurodollar Loans,
and if Eurodollar Loans are requested, the Interest Period(s) therefor.

          (i) Additional Matters.  All other documents and legal matters in
              ------------------
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders.

     5.2  Conditions to All Extensions of Credit.
          --------------------------------------

     The obligation of each Lender to make any Extension of Credit hereunder is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the date of
making such Extension of Credit:

          (a) Representations and Warranties.  The representations and
              ------------------------------
warranties made by the Credit Parties herein or in any other Credit Documents or
which are contained in any certificate furnished at any time under or in
connection herewith shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the date of such Extension of Credit as if made on and as of such date
(except for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).

          (b) No Default or Event of Default.  No Default or Event of Default
              ------------------------------
shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the
Extension of Credit to be made on such date unless such Default or Event of
Default shall have been waived in accordance with this Credit Agreement.

          (c) No Material Adverse Effect.  No circumstances, events or
              --------------------------
conditions shall have occurred since the date of the audited financial
statements referenced in Section 6.1 which would have or have had a Material
Adverse Effect.

          (d) Additional Conditions to Loans.  All conditions set forth in
              ------------------------------
Section 2.1 shall have been satisfied.

     Each request for Extension of Credit (including extensions and conversions)
and each acceptance by the Borrower of an Extension of Credit (including
extensions and conversions) shall be deemed to constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such Extension of Credit that the
applicable conditions in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection
have been satisfied.

                                   SECTION 6
                        REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
                        ------------------------------

     To induce the Lenders to enter into this Credit Agreement and to make
Extensions of Credit herein provided for, each of the members of the
Consolidated Group parties hereto (in the case of the Borrower, for itself and
for each of the other members of the Consolidated Group; and in the case of each
of the other Credit Parties, for itself) hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and to each Lender that:

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     6.1  Financial Condition.
          -------------------

     As to the Borrower, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
and its consolidated subsidiaries dated as of December 31, 1999, together with
related statements of operations, cash flows and shareholders' equity certified
by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors (copies of which have heretofore been
provided to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders), have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods
covered thereby, are complete and correct in all material respects and present
fairly the financial condition and results from operations of the entities and
for the periods specified, subject in the case of interim Borrower-prepared
statements to normal year-end adjustments.

     6.2  No Material Adverse Changes.
          ---------------------------

     Since the date of the audited financial statements referenced in Section
6.1, there has been no circumstance, development or event relating to or
affecting the members of the Consolidated Group which has had or would be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.3  Organization; Existence; Compliance with Law.
          --------------------------------------------

     Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.3, each of the members of the
                            ------------
Consolidated Group (a) is duly organized, validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, except
in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing
would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has the
corporate or other necessary power and authority, and the legal right to own and
operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct
the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a
foreign entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where
its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure
to be so qualified and in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law,
except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the
aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     The Borrower is a "real estate investment trust" within the meaning
provided under the Code.

     6.4  Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.
          ---------------------------------------------

     Each of the Credit Parties has the corporate or other necessary power and
authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Credit
Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of the Credit
Documents to which it is a party.  No consent or authorization of, filing with,
notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person is required in connection with acceptance of extensions of credit
or the making of the guaranties hereunder or with the execution, delivery or
performance of any Credit Documents by the Credit Parties (other than those
which have been obtained, such filings as are required by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and to fulfill other reporting requirements with
Governmental Authorities) or with

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the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document against the Credit
parties. Each Credit Document to which it is a party constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against such Credit
Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in
equity or at law).

     6.5  No Legal Bar.
          ------------

     The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents, the
borrowings hereunder and the use of the Extensions of Credit will not violate
any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of any member of the
Consolidated Group (except those as to which waivers or consents have been
obtained), and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any
Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any
Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation other than the Liens arising under
or contemplated in connection with the Credit Documents.  No member of the
Consolidated Group is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual
Obligations in any respect which would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

     6.6  No Material Litigation.
          ----------------------

     Except to the extent disclosed on Schedule 6.6, no claim, litigation,
                                       ------------
investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened
by or against, any members of the Consolidated Group or against any of their
respective properties or revenues which (a) relate to the Credit Documents or
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) if adversely
determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     6.7  No Default.
          ----------

     No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     6.8  Ownership of Property; Liens.
          ----------------------------

     Each of the members of the Consolidated Group has good title in fee simple
to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property, and good
title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material property, and
none of such property is subject to any Lien, except for liens permitted under
Section 8.2.

     6.9  Taxes.
          -----

     Each of the members of the Consolidated Group has filed or caused to be
filed all United States federal income tax returns and all other material tax
returns which, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, are required to be
filed and has paid or received extensions regarding (a) all taxes shown to be
due and payable on said returns or (b) all taxes shown to be due and payable on
any assessments of which it has received notice made against it or any of its
property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its
property by any Governmental Authority (other than any (i) taxes, fees or other
charges with respect to which the failure to pay, in the aggregate,

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would not have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) taxes, fees or other charges
the amount or validity of which are currently being contested and with respect
to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of
such Person), and no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the best knowledge of the
Credit Parties, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or
other charge.

     6.10  ERISA.
           -----

     Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:

           (a) During the five-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made: (i) no ERISA Event has occurred, and, to
the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no event or condition has occurred or
exists as a result of which any ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to
occur, with respect to any Plan; (ii) no "accumulated funding deficiency," as
such term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code,
whether or not waived, has occurred with respect to any Plan; (iii) each Plan
has been maintained, operated, and funded in compliance with its own terms and
in material compliance with the provisions of ERISA, the Code, and any other
applicable federal or state laws; and (iv) no lien in favor of the PBGC or a
Plan has arisen or is reasonably likely to arise on account of any Plan.

           (b) The actuarial present value of all "benefit liabilities" (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA), whether or not vested, under each
Single Employer Plan, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on
which this representation is made or deemed made (determined, in each case, in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement 87, utilizing the
actuarial assumptions used in such Plan's most recent actuarial valuation
report), did not exceed as of such valuation date the fair market value of the
assets of such Plan.

           (c) No member of the Consolidated Group nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred, or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, could be reasonably
expected to incur, any withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer
Plan or Multiple Employer Plan.  No member of the Consolidated Group nor any
ERISA Affiliate would become subject to any withdrawal liability under ERISA if
any member of the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate were to withdraw
completely from all Multiemployer Plans and Multiple Employer Plans as of the
valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is
made or deemed made. No member of the Consolidated Group nor any ERISA Affiliate
has received any notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization
(within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), is insolvent (within the meaning
of Section 4245 of ERISA), or has been terminated (within the meaning of Title
IV of ERISA), and no Multiemployer Plan is, to the best knowledge of the Credit
Parties, reasonably expected to be in reorganization, insolvent, or terminated.

           (d) No prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or breach of fiduciary responsibility has
occurred with respect to a Plan which has subjected or may subject any member of
the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate to any liability under Sections
406, 409, 502(i), or 502(l) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or under any
agreement or other instrument pursuant to which any member of the Consolidated
Group or any ERISA Affiliate has agreed or is required to indemnify any person
against any such liability.

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           (e) No member of the Consolidated Group nor any ERISA Affiliates has
any material liability with respect to "expected post-retirement benefit
obligations" within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
Statement 106.  Each Plan which is a welfare plan (as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA) to which Sections 601-609 of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code apply
has been administered in compliance in all material respects of such sections.

     6.11  Governmental Regulations, Etc.
           -----------------------------

           (a) No part of the proceeds of Extensions of Credit hereunder will be
used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
"margin stock" within the meaning of Regulation U, or for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying or trading in any securities.  If requested by any Lender
or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
requirements of FR Form U-1 referred to in said Regulation U.  No indebtedness
being reduced or retired out of the proceeds of Extensions of Credit hereunder
was or will be incurred for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin
stock within the meaning of Regulation U or any "margin security" within the
meaning of Regulation T.  "Margin stock" within the meanings of Regulation U
does not constitute more than 25% of the value of the consolidated assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.  None of the transactions contemplated by this
Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, the direct or indirect use of
the proceeds of the Loans) will violate or result in a violation of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or regulations issued pursuant thereto, or Regulation T, U or X.

           (b) None of the members of the Consolidated Group is subject to
regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal
Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, each as amended.  In addition,
none of the members of the Consolidated Group is (i) an "investment company"
registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and is not controlled by such a company, or (ii) a "holding
company", or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or an "affiliate" of
a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary" of a "holding company", within the
meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

           (c) Each of the members of the Consolidated Group has obtained all
material licenses, permits, franchises or other governmental authorizations
necessary to the ownership of its respective Property and to the conduct of its
business.

           (d) None of the members of the Consolidated Group is in violation of
any applicable statute, regulation or ordinance of the United States of America,
or of any state, city, town, municipality, county or any other jurisdiction, or
of any agency thereof (including without limitation, environmental laws and
regulations), which violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.

           (e) Each of the members of the Consolidated Group is current with all
material reports and documents, if any, required to be filed with any state or
federal securities commission or similar agency and is in full compliance in all
material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of such commissions.

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     6.12  Subsidiaries.
           ------------

     Set forth on Schedule 6.12 are all the Subsidiaries of the Borrower at the
Closing Date, the jurisdiction of their incorporation and the direct or indirect
ownership interest of the Borrower therein and whether or not such subsidiary is
a Guarantor.  Each "Guarantor" under and as defined in the Bank of America
Credit Agreement is a Guarantor hereunder.

     6.13  Purpose of Extensions of Credit.
           -------------------------------

     The Extensions of Credit will be used to fund acquisitions and development,
to refinance existing Debt, and to finance working capital and other corporate
purposes.

     6.14  Environmental Matters.
           ---------------------

     Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect:

           (a) Each of the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated
by the members of the Consolidated Group (the "Properties") and all operations
                                               ----------
at the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and
there is no violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or
the businesses operated by the members of the Consolidated Group (the
"Businesses"), and there are no conditions relating to the Businesses or
 ----------
Properties that could give rise to material liability under any applicable
Environmental Laws.

           (b) To the knowledge of the members of the Consolidated Group, none
of the Properties contains any Materials of Environmental Concern at, on or
under the Properties in amounts or concentrations that constitute or constituted
a violation of, or could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws.

           (c) None of the members of the Consolidated Group has received any
written notice of, or inquiry from any Governmental Authority regarding, any
violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability
regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with
regard to any of the Properties or the Businesses.

           (d) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or
disposed of from the Properties, or generated, treated, stored or disposed of
at, on or under any of the Properties or any other location, in each case by or
on behalf any members of the Consolidated Group during their ownership of the
Properties in violation of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely to
give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.

           (e) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action
is pending or, to the best knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which any member of the Consolidated Group is or will be
named as a party, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent
orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or
judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to
any member of the Consolidated Group, the Properties or the Businesses.

           (f) There has been no release or, threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties or arising from or related to
the operations (including, without

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limitation, disposal) of any member of the Consolidated Group in connection with
the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Businesses, in violation of
or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under
Environmental Laws.

                                   SECTION 7
                             AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
                             ---------------------

     Each of the Credit Parties (in the case of the Borrower, for itself and
each of the other members of the Consolidated Group, and in the case of each of
the other Credit Parties, for itself) covenants and agrees that on the Closing
Date, and so long as this Credit Agreement is in effect and until no Loans
remain outstanding and all amounts owing hereunder or in connection herewith
have been paid in full:

     7.1  Financial Statements.
          --------------------

     The Borrower shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Administrative
Agent for distribution to the Lenders:

          (a) Audited Financial Statements.  As soon as available, but in any
              ----------------------------
event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal
year and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity
and cash flows for the year, audited by Ernst & Young LLP, or other firm of
independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, reported without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or
qualification indicating that the scope of the audit was inadequate to permit
such independent certified public accountants to certify such financial
statements without such qualification.

          (b) Borrower-Prepared Financial Statements.  As soon as available, but
              --------------------------------------
in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal
quarters, a Borrower-prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries as of the end of the quarter and related Borrower-prepared
consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such quarterly period
and for the fiscal year to date, in each case setting forth in comparative form
the consolidated figures for the corresponding period or periods of the
preceding fiscal year or the portion of the fiscal year ending with such period,
as applicable, in each case subject to normal recurring year-end audit
adjustments.

All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material
respects (subject, in the case of interim statements, to normal recurring year-
end audit adjustments) and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and, in the
case of the annual and quarterly financial statements provided in accordance
with subsections (a) and (b) above, in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
throughout the periods reflected therein and further accompanied by a
description of, and an estimation of the effect on the financial statements on
account of, a change in the application of accounting principles as provided in
Section 1.3.

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     7.2  Certificates; Other Information.
          -------------------------------

     The Borrower shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Administrative
Agent for distribution to the Lenders:

          (a) Accountant's Certificate and Reports.  If the financial statements
              ------------------------------------
referred to in Section 7.1(a) above contain a qualified auditor's opinion, then
concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
subsection 7.1(a) above, a certificate of the independent certified public
accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the
examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event
of Default, except as specified in such certificate.

          (b) Officer's Certificate.  Concurrently with the delivery of the
              ---------------------
financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b) above, a
certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of such
Responsible Officer's knowledge and belief, (i) the financial statements fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition of the parties covered
by such financial statements, (ii) during such period the members of the
Consolidated Group have observed or performed in all material respects the
covenants and other agreements hereunder and under the other Credit Documents
relating to them, and satisfied in all material respects the conditions,
contained in this Credit Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by
them, and (iii) such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate.  Such
certificate shall include the calculations required to indicate (A) compliance
with Section 7.9, (B) compliance with Section 7.11(a) and (C) the portion of
Consolidated Unencumbered Realty represented by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries.  A
form of Officer's Certificate is attached as Schedule 7.2(b).
                                             ---------------

          (c) Accountants' Reports.  Promptly upon receipt, a copy of any final
              --------------------
(as distinguished from a preliminary or discussion draft) "management letter" or
other similar report submitted by independent accountants or financial
consultants to the members of the Consolidated Group in connection with any
annual, interim or special audit.

          (d) Public Information.  Within thirty days after the same are sent,
              ------------------
copies of all reports (other than those otherwise provided pursuant to
subsection 7.1) and other financial information which any member of the
Consolidated Group sends to its public stockholders, and within thirty days
after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and non-
confidential reports which any member of the Consolidated Group may make to, or
file with, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous
Governmental Authority.

          (e) Other Information.  Promptly, such additional financial and other
              -----------------
information as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may from
time to time reasonably request.

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     7.3  Notices.
          -------

     Each of the Credit Parties shall give notice (in accordance with Section
11.1) to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly transmit such notice to
each Lender) of:

          (a) Defaults.  Immediately (and in any event within two (2) Business
              --------
Days) after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party knows or has reason to
know thereof, the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default (such notice
shall expressly state that it is a "notice of default").

          (b) Contractual Obligations.  Promptly, the occurrence of any default
              -----------------------
or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of any member of the
Consolidated Group which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

          (c) Legal Proceedings.  Promptly, any litigation, or any investigation
              -----------------
or proceeding (including without limitation, any environmental proceeding) known
to any member of the Consolidated Group, or any material development in respect
thereof, affecting any member of the Consolidated Group which, if adversely
determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (d) ERISA.  Promptly, after any Responsible Officer of the Borrower
              -----
knows or has reason to know of (i) any event or condition, including, but not
limited to, any Reportable Event, that constitutes, or might reasonably lead to,
an ERISA Event; (ii) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the receipt of
notice as prescribed in ERISA or otherwise of any withdrawal liability assessed
against any of their ERISA Affiliates, or of a determination that any
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent (both within the meaning of
Title IV of ERISA); (iii) the failure to make full payment on or before the due
date (including extensions) thereof of all amounts which the members of the
Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate are required to contribute to each
Plan pursuant to its terms and as required to meet the minimum funding standard
set forth in ERISA and the Code with respect thereto; or (iv) any change in the
funding status of any Plan that reasonably could be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; together with a description of any such event or condition or a
copy of any such notice and a statement by the chief financial officer of the
Borrower briefly setting forth the details regarding such event, condition, or
notice, and the action, if any, which has been or is being taken or is proposed
to be taken by the Credit Parties with respect thereto.  Promptly upon request,
the members of the Consolidated Group shall furnish the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders with such additional information concerning any Plan as may be
reasonably requested, including, but not limited to, copies of each annual
report/return (Form 5500 series), as well as all schedules and attachments
thereto required to be filed with the Department of Labor and/or the Internal
Revenue Service pursuant to ERISA and the Code, respectively, for each "plan
year" (within the meaning of Section 3(39) of ERISA).

          (e) Other.  Promptly, any other development or event which a
              -----
Responsible Officer of the Borrower determines could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.

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Each notice pursuant to this subsection shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence
referred to therein and stating what action the relevant Credit Parties propose
to take with respect thereto.

     7.4  Payment of Obligations.
          ----------------------

     Each member of the Consolidated Group shall pay, discharge or otherwise
satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may
be, in accordance with prudent business practice (subject, where applicable, to
specified grace periods) all material obligations of each member of the
Consolidated Group of whatever nature and any additional costs that are imposed
as a result of any failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such
obligations, other than (i) obligations with respect to which the failure to
pay, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii)
obligations the amount or validity of which are being contested and with respect
to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the
appropriate members of the Consolidated Group.

     7.5  Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.
          ------------------------------------------------

     Each member of the Consolidated Group shall (a) continue to engage in
business of the same general type as now conducted by it on the date hereof and
similar or related businesses, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all
rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and
Requirements of Law applicable to it, except, with respect to each of clauses
(a) and (b) above, to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not, in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

     7.6  Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
          ----------------------------------

     Each member of the Consolidated Group shall keep all material property
useful and necessary in its business in reasonably good working order and
condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted); maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies casualty (on a full replacement cost basis),
liability and such other insurance (which may include plans of self-insurance)
with such coverage and deductibles, and in such amounts as may be consistent
with prudent business practice and in any event consistent with normal industry
practice (except to any greater extent as may be required by the terms of any of
the other Credit Documents); and furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon
written request, full information as to the insurance carried.

     7.7  Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.
          ------------------------------------------------------

     Each member of the Consolidated Group shall keep proper books of records
and account in which full, true, correct and consolidated (if applicable)
entries and are consolidated in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law
shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its businesses and
activities; and permit, during regular business hours and upon reasonable notice
by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent to visit and inspect any
of its properties and examine and make abstracts (including photocopies) from
any of

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its books and records (other than materials protected by the attorney-client
privilege and materials which the Credit Parties may not disclose without
violation of a confidentiality obligation binding upon them) at any reasonable
time, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and
other condition of the members of the Consolidated Group with officers and
employees of the members of the Consolidated Group and with their independent
certified public accountants. The cost of the inspection referred to in the
preceding sentence shall be for the account of the Lenders unless an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case the cost of such
inspection shall be for the account of the Credit Parties.

     7.8  Environmental Laws.
          ------------------

     Each member of the Consolidated Group shall:

          (a) Comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental
Laws and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain any and
all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by
applicable Environmental Laws except to the extent that failure to do so would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

          (b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful
orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental
Laws except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and the failure to do or the pendency of such
proceedings would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and

          (c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, and their respective employees, agents, officers and directors,
from and against any and all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature known or
unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to the
violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law
applicable to the operations of the members of the Consolidated Group or the
Properties, or any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental Authorities
related thereto, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's and
consultant's fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court
costs and litigation expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing
arise out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking
indemnification therefor.  The agreements in this paragraph shall survive
repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder, and termination
of the Commitments.

     7.9  Financial Covenants.
          -------------------

          (a) Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.  Consolidated Adjusted
              ----------------------------------------
Tangible Net Worth will at all times be not less than the sum of (i)
$1,500,000,000 plus (ii) 90% of the net proceeds (after customary underwriting
               ----
discounts and commissions and reasonable offering expenses) from Equity
Transactions occurring after December 31, 1999.

          (b) Consolidated Funded Debt Ratio.  Consolidated Funded Debt shall
              ------------------------------
(i) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2000, be not
more than 57.50% of

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Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets; and (ii) as of the last day of all
subsequent fiscal quarters, be not more than 55.00% of Tangible Fair Market
Value of Assets.

          (c) Consolidated Secured Debt.  Consolidated Secured Debt will at all
              -------------------------
times be not more than 35.00% of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets.

          (d) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.  As of the last day of the
              ------------------------------------
fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2000, the ratio of Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense for the fiscal quarter then ending shall
be not less than 1.90:1.0.  As of the last day of each subsequent fiscal
quarter, the ratio of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to Consolidated Interest
Expense for the fiscal quarter then ending shall be not less than 2.0:1.0.

          (e) Consolidated Total Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  As of the end of
              ----------------------------------------------
each fiscal quarter, the ratio of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to Consolidated
Total Fixed Charges for the fiscal quarter then ending shall be not less than
1.5:1.0.

          (f) Consolidated Unsecured Debt to Consolidated Unencumbered Realty.
              ---------------------------------------------------------------
The ratio of Consolidated Unsecured Debt to Consolidated Unencumbered Realty
shall : (i) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2000,
be not more than 57.50% for the fiscal quarter then ending; and (ii) as of the
last day of all subsequent fiscal quarters, be not more than 55.00% for the
fiscal quarter then ending.

          (g) Consolidated Unencumbered Interest Coverage Ratio.  As of the end
              -------------------------------------------------
of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Net Operating Income from
Unencumbered Realty to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense relating to
Consolidated Unsecured Debt for the fiscal quarter then ending shall be not less
than 2.0:1.0.

          (h) Dividend Payout.  The Borrower shall ensure that distributions on
              ---------------
common stock (excluding dividends paid resulting from extraordinary gains, which
extraordinary gains are excluded from the calculation of Funds From Operations)
during any fiscal quarter do not exceed, in the aggregate, ninety-five percent
(95.00%) of Funds From Operations attributable to such fiscal quarter; provided,
                                                                       --------
however, the Borrower may pay dividends or distributions that exceed the amount
-------
permitted by the preceding subclause if such larger distribution is required in
order for the Borrower to maintain its status as a REIT.

          (i) Investments and Acquisitions.
              ----------------------------

              (i)   The aggregate cost of all acquisitions made by the
     Consolidated Group of the assets, property and/or operations of any other
     Person shall, during any calendar year, be not more than ten percent (10%)
     of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets as of the first day of such
     calendar year.

              (ii)  The aggregate amount of all loans, advances or Investments
     (including, for purposes hereof, Guarantees) made by the Consolidated Group
     to or in respect of any other Person where, after giving effect thereto,
     such Person will not be a Subsidiary (and excluding Investments permitted
     pursuant to clauses (i),(ii),(iv), and (v) of the definition of Permitted
     Investments) shall, during any calendar year, be not more

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     than five percent (5%) of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets as of the
     first day of such calendar year.

          (iii) The aggregate cost of the actual expenditures for improvements
     on Consolidated Unimproved Realty shall, as of the end of any fiscal
     quarter, be not more than ten percent (10%) of Tangible Fair Market Value
     of Assets.

          (iv)  The GAAP value of Consolidated Unimproved Realty shall, as of
     the end of any fiscal quarter, be not more than five percent (5%) of
     Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets.

          (v)   The aggregate amount of the Consolidated Group's pro rata share
     of the GAAP value of any asset contributed to or otherwise invested in
     joint ventures shall, as of the end of any fiscal quarter, be not more than
     fifteen percent (15%) of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets.

          (vi)  The sum of (a) the aggregate cost of the actual expenditures for
     improvements on Consolidated Unimproved Realty; plus (b) the GAAP value of
                                                     ----
     Consolidated Unimproved Realty, shall, as of the end of any fiscal quarter,
     be not more than ten percent (10%) of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets.

          (vii) The sum of (a) the aggregate cost of the actual expenditures for
     improvements on Consolidated Unimproved Realty; plus (b) the GAAP value of
                                                     ----
     Consolidated Unimproved Realty; plus (c) the aggregate amount of the
                                     ----
     Consolidated Group's pro rata share of the GAAP value of any asset
     contributed to or otherwise invested in joint ventures, shall, as of the
     end of any fiscal quarter, be not more than twenty percent (20%) of
     Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets.

     7.10 Agency Fees.
          -----------

     The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the annual agency fee
and comply with the other fee agreements between the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower as agreed to from time to time.

     7.11 Additional Guaranties.
          ---------------------

          (a) Where the portion of the undepreciated value of the Realty
directly owned by the members of the Consolidated Group ("Consolidated REO")
                                                          ----------------
represented by the Realty directly owned by one or more Subsidiaries which are
not Guarantors hereunder (the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries") shall, at any time,
                               --------------------------
exceed (A) five percent (5%) of Consolidated REO in any instance (that is, with
respect to the Realty directly owned by any individual Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary), or (B) twenty-five percent (25%) of Consolidated REO collectively
as a group (that is, with respect to the Realty directly owned by all Non-
Guarantor Subsidiaries) (each such percentage is referred to herein as a
"Threshold Requirement"), then the Borrower shall promptly notify the
 ---------------------
Administrative Agent thereof, and cause one or more Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
to become a Guarantor hereunder by way of execution of a Joinder Agreement such
that immediately after the joinder of such Subsidiaries as Guarantors hereunder,
the remaining Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries shall not exceed the applicable
Threshold Requirement.

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          (b) Delivery of any such Joinder Agreement shall be accompanied by
supporting resolutions, incumbency certificates, corporation formation and
organizational documentation and opinions of counsel as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request.

     7.12 Ownership of Subsidiaries.
          -------------------------

     Except (a) to the extent otherwise permitted in Section 8.7 and to the
extent as would not cause a Change of Control and (b) as set forth on Schedule
                                                                      --------
6.12, the Borrower shall, directly or indirectly, own at all times 100% of the
----
voting stock of each of its Subsidiaries.

     7.13 Use of Proceeds.
          ---------------

     Extensions of Credit will be used solely for the purposes provided in
Section 6.13.

                                   SECTION 8
                              NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     Each of the Credit Parties (in the case of the Borrower, for itself and
each of the other members of the Consolidated Group, and in the case of each of
the other Credit Parties, for itself) covenants and agrees that on the Closing
Date, and so long as this Credit Agreement is in effect and until no Loans
remain outstanding and all amounts owing hereunder or in connection herewith,
have been paid in full, no member of the Consolidated Group shall:

     8.1  Limitations on Debt.
          -------------------

     Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except Debt the
existence or incurrence of which would not violate the financial covenants of
Section 7.9.

     8.2  Restriction on Liens.
          --------------------

     Create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any Property or asset
of any kind, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter
acquired by it or assign or subordinate any present or future right to receive
assets except:

          (a) Liens securing Debt the existence or incurrence of which would not
violate the financial covenants of Section 7.9;

          (b) Liens securing taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
levies or the claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
warehousemen, landlords and other like persons; provided that (A) with respect
                                                --------
to Liens securing state and local taxes, such taxes are not yet payable, (B)
with respect to Liens securing claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics,
carriers, warehousemen, landlords and the like, such liens are (1) unfiled and
no other action has been taken to enforce the same and (2) the cumulative effect
of all such Liens will not have a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) with respect
to taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies or claims or demand
secured by such Liens, payment is not at the time required;

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          (c) Liens not securing Debt which are incurred in the ordinary course
of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance,
unemployment insurance, social security and other like laws;

          (d) any Lien arising pursuant to any order of attachment, distraint or
similar legal process arising in connection with court proceedings so long as
the execution or other enforcement thereof is effectively stayed and the claims
secured thereto are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

          (e) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, covenants,
conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or other minor
encumbrances or irregularities of title which do not materially impair the use
of any property in the operation or business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary
or the value of such property for the purpose of such business; and

          (f) Liens on property or assets of such Subsidiary to secure
obligations of such Subsidiary solely to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary.

     8.3  Consolidations, Mergers and Sales and Purchases of Assets.
          ---------------------------------------------------------

          (a) Enter into a transaction of merger or consolidation, except
                                                                   ------

              (i)  a member of the Consolidated Group may be a party to a
     transaction of merger or consolidation with another member of the
     Consolidated Group, provided that (A) if the Borrower is a party thereto,
                         --------
     it is the surviving corporation, or (B) if a Guarantor is a party thereto,
     it shall be the surviving corporation or the surviving corporation shall be
     a Domestic Subsidiary and shall become a Guarantor hereunder as an
     Additional Credit Party pursuant to Section 7.11 concurrently therewith,
     and (C) no Default or Event of Default shall exist either immediately prior
     to or immediately after giving effect thereto; and

              (ii) a member of the Consolidated Group (other than the Borrower)
     may be a party to a transaction of merger or consolidation with any other
     Person, provided that (A) the provisions of Section 7.11 regarding joinder
             --------
     of certain Subsidiaries as Additional Credit Parties hereunder shall be
     complied with, (B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist either
     immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect thereto, and (C)
     the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section shall be complied with.

          (b) Other than as between Credit Parties, sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of assets, property and/or operations which in the aggregate
in any fiscal year shall constitute more than fifteen percent (15%) of Tangible
Fair Market Value of Assets at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year
or contributed more than fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated EBITDA for the
immediately preceding fiscal year, without the prior written consent of the
Required Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

          (c) Acquire all or any portion of the capital stock or other ownership
interest in any Person which is not a Subsidiary or all or any portion of the
assets, property and/or

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operations of a Person which is not a Subsidiary, without the prior written
consent of the Required Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), unless
                      ------

               (i)   in the case of an acquisition of capital stock or other
     ownership interest where, after giving effect thereto, such Person will not
     be a Subsidiary, then such acquisition will not cause a violation of
     Section 8.4;

               (ii)  in the case of an acquisition of capital stock or other
     ownership interest where, after giving effect thereto, such Person will be
     a Subsidiary, then

                     (A) the aggregate cost of all such acquisitions during any
          calendar year shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five percent
          (25%) of Tangible Fair Market Value of Assets at the end of the
          immediately preceding fiscal year;

                     (B) the Board of Directors (or functional equivalent) of
          the Person which is the subject of such acquisition shall have
          approved the acquisition; and

                     (C) no Default or Event of Default would exist after giving
          effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis;

               (iii) in the case of an acquisition of the assets, property
     and/or operations of a Person, then no Default or Event of Default would
     exist after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis.

          (d)  In the case of the Borrower, liquidate, wind-up or dissolve,
whether voluntarily or involuntarily (or suffer to permit any such liquidation
or dissolution).

          (e)  Alter the character of their business in any material respect
from that conducted as of the Closing Date and similar or related businesses.

          (f)  The foregoing provisions of this Section shall not apply to
leases of property and assets by members of the Consolidated Group to individual
tenants in the ordinary course of business.

     8.4  Loans and Investments.
          ---------------------

     Make loans, advances or Investments (including, for purposes hereof,
Guarantees) to or in respect of any other Person, except for Permitted
Investments.

     8.5  Transactions with Affiliates.
          ----------------------------

     Enter into any transaction, directly or indirectly, including without
limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the rendering of any
service to, any Affiliate or shareholder of the Borrower, except in the ordinary
course of business pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of
the Borrower or such Subsidiary and upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a

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comparable arms-length transaction with a person not an Affiliate or
shareholder; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to
             --------
extensions of credit by the Borrower to its officers and directors pursuant to
the Borrower's Stock Purchase and Loan Plan in an aggregate amount not to exceed
at any time 5% of Consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth.

     8.6  Transactions with Other Persons regarding this Agreement.
          --------------------------------------------------------

     Enter into any agreement with any Person whereby any of them would agree to
any restriction on the Borrower's right with the Lenders' consent to amend or
waive any of the provisions of this Credit Agreement.

     8.7  Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries.
          --------------------------------------------------

     Other than as presently exist in respect of REMICs and other special
Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.7, create or otherwise cause or suffer to
                       ------------
exist or become effective, directly or indirectly, any encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any
other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation
in its profits owned by any member of the Consolidated Group, (ii) make loans or
advances to any member of the Consolidated Group, or (iii) transfer any of its
properties or assets to any member of the Consolidated Group, except for
encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (A) applicable law
or (B) this Credit Agreement unless, after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma
Basis, the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to all such
REMICs and other special Subsidiaries shall be less than 25% of Consolidated
EBITDA.

                                   SECTION 9
                               EVENTS OF DEFAULT
                               -----------------

     9.1  Events of Default.
          -----------------

     An Event of Default shall exist upon the occurrence of any of the following
specified events (each an "Event of Default"):
                           ----------------

          (a)  Payment.  Any Credit Party shall
               -------

               (i)  default in the payment when due of any principal of any of
     the Loans, or

               (ii) default, and such default shall continue for five (5) or
     more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on the Loans or
     of any Fees or other amounts owing hereunder, under any of the other Credit
     Documents or in connection herewith or therewith; or

          (b)  Representations.  Any representation, warranty or statement made
               ---------------
or deemed to be made herein, in any of the other Credit Documents, or in any
statement or certificate delivered or required to be delivered pursuant hereto
or thereto shall prove untrue in any material respect on the date as of which it
was made or deemed to have been made; or

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          (c)  Covenants.
               ---------

               (i)  Default in the due performance or observance of any term,
     covenant or agreement contained in Section 7.3(a), 7.9, 7.11, 7.13 or 8.1
     through 8.7 (except in the case of negative covenants contained in Sections
     8.1 through 8.7, those Defaults which may occur or arise other than on
     account of or by affirmative or intentional act of the Borrower or event or
     condition which the Borrower shall with knowledge permit to exist, all of
     which shall be subject to the provisions of clause (ii) hereof), inclusive,
     or

               (ii) Default in the due performance or observance by it of any
     term, covenant or agreement (other than those referred to in subsections
     (a), (b) or (c)(i) of this Section 9.1) contained in this Credit Agreement
     and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of at least 30 days
     after the earlier of a Responsible Officer of a Credit Party becoming aware
     of such default or notice thereof by the Administrative Agent or such
     longer period not to exceed an additional 30 days provided that the
     Borrower is diligently pursuing remedy of such default; or

          (d)  Other Credit Documents. (i) Any Credit Party shall default in the
               ----------------------
due performance or observance of any material term, covenant or agreement in any
of the other Credit Documents (subject to applicable grace or cure periods, if
any), or (ii) any Credit Document shall fail to be in full force and effect or
to give the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders any material part of the
rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby; or

          (e)  Guaranties.  The guaranty given by any Guarantor hereunder or any
               ----------
material provision thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any
Guarantor hereunder or any Person acting by or on behalf of such Guarantor shall
deny or disaffirm such Guarantor's obligations under such guaranty, or any
Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term,
covenant or agreement on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any
guaranty; or

          (f)  Bankruptcy, etc. Any Bankruptcy Event shall occur with respect to
               ---------------
any member of the Consolidated Group; or

          (g)  Defaults under Other Agreements.
               -------------------------------

               (i)  Any member of the Consolidated Group shall default in the
     performance or observance (beyond the applicable grace period with respect
     thereto, if any) of any material obligation or condition of any contract or
     lease material to the Consolidated Group, taken as a whole; or

               (ii) With respect to any Debt (other than Debt outstanding under
     this Credit Agreement) in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate for the
     Consolidated Group taken as a whole, (A) (1) any member of the Consolidated
     Group shall default in any payment (beyond the applicable grace period with
     respect thereto, if any) with respect to any such Debt, or (2) the
     occurrence and continuance of a default in the observance or performance
     relating to such Debt or contained in any instrument or agreement

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     evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event or condition
     shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event
     or condition is to cause, or permit, the holder or holders of such Debt (or
     trustee or agent on behalf of such holders) to cause (determined without
     regard to whether any notice or lapse of time is required), any such Debt
     to become due prior to its stated maturity; or (B) any such Debt shall be
     declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a
     regularly scheduled required prepayment, prior to the stated maturity
     thereof.

          (h) Judgments.  Any member of the Consolidated Group shall fail within
              ---------
30 days of the date due and payable to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any
judgment, settlement or order for the payment of money which judgment,
settlement or order, when aggregated with all other such judgments, settlements
or orders due and unpaid at such time, exceeds $5,000,000, and which is not
stayed on appeal (or for which no motion for stay is pending) or is not
otherwise being executed; or

          (i) ERISA.  Any of the following events or conditions, if such event
              -----
or condition could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
shall occur: (1) any "accumulated funding deficiency," as such term is defined
in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived,
shall exist with respect to any Plan, or any lien shall arise on the assets of a
member of the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate in favor of the PBGC or
a Plan; (2) an ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Single Employer Plan,
which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, likely to
result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA; (3) an
ERISA Event shall occur with respect to a Multiemployer Plan or Multiple
Employer Plan, which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent,
likely to result in (i) the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of
ERISA, or (ii) a member of the Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate
incurring any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, reorganization of
(within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA), or insolvency of (within the
meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA) such Plan; or (4) any prohibited transaction
(within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or
breach of fiduciary responsibility shall occur which may subject a member of the
Consolidated Group or any ERISA Affiliate to any liability under Sections 406,
409, 502(i), or 502(l) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or under any
agreement or other instrument pursuant to which a member of the Consolidated
Group or any ERISA Affiliate has agreed or is required to indemnify any person
against any such liability; or

          (j) Ownership.  There shall occur a Change of Control; or
              ---------

          (k) Bank of America Credit Agreement.  An Event of Default under and
              --------------------------------
as defined in the Bank of America Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be
continuing.

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     9.2  Acceleration; Remedies.
          ----------------------

     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, and at any time thereafter, the
Administrative Agent may and, upon the request and direction of the Required
Lenders, shall by written notice to the Credit Parties take any of the following
actions:

               (i)   Termination of Commitments.  Declare the Commitments
                     --------------------------
     terminated whereupon the Commitments shall be immediately terminated.

               (ii)  Acceleration.  Declare the unpaid principal of and any
                     ------------
     accrued interest in respect of all Loans and any and all other indebtedness
     or obligations of any and every kind owing by the Credit Parties to the
     Administrative Agent and/or any of the Lenders hereunder to be due
     whereupon the same shall be immediately due and payable without
     presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
     hereby waived by each of the Credit Parties.

               (iii) Enforcement of Rights.  Enforce any and all rights and
                     ---------------------
     interests created and existing under the Credit Documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section
9.1(f) shall occur, then the Commitments shall automatically terminate and all
Loans, all accrued interest in respect thereof, all accrued and unpaid Fees and
other indebtedness or obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and/or any
of the Lenders hereunder automatically shall immediately become due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest or the giving of any notice or other action
by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, all of which are hereby waived by
the Credit Parties.

                                  SECTION 10
                               AGENCY PROVISIONS
                               -----------------

     10.1  Appointment.
           -----------

     Each Lender hereby designates and appoints First Union National Bank as
contractual representative (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") of
                                                   --------------------
such Lender to act as specified herein and the other Credit Documents, and each
such Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent as the Administrative
Agent for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of
this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers
and perform such duties as are expressly delegated by the terms hereof and of
the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. Each Lender further directs and authorizes the
Administrative Agent to execute releases (or similar agreements) to give effect
to the provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere herein and in the other
Credit Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and therein, or any
fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this
Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, or shall otherwise exist
against the Administrative Agent.  The provisions of this Section are solely for
the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the

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Lenders and none of the Credit Parties shall have any rights as a third party
beneficiary of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties
under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, the Administrative
Agent shall act solely as Administrative Agent of the Lenders and does not
assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of
agency or trust with or for any Credit Party or any of their respective
Affiliates.

     10.2  Delegation of Duties.
           --------------------

     The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties hereunder or under
the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall
be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such
duties.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.

     10.3  Exculpatory Provisions.
           ----------------------

     The Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall not be (i) liable for any action lawfully
taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection
herewith or in connection with any of the other Credit Documents (except for its
or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by any of the Credit Parties contained herein
or in any of the other Credit Documents or in any certificate, report, document,
financial statement or other written or oral statement referred to or provided
for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection herewith
or in connection with the other Credit Documents, or enforceability or
sufficiency therefor of any of the other Credit Documents, or for any failure of
any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.  The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for the
effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or
sufficiency of this Credit Agreement, or any of the other Credit Documents or
for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or
therein or made by the Borrower or any Credit Party in any written or oral
statement or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports,
certificates or any other documents in connection herewith or therewith
furnished or made by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders or by or on behalf
of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or be required
to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms,
conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained herein or therein or
as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans, the use of the Letters of Credit or
of the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default or to
inspect the properties, books or records of the Credit Parties or any of their
respective Affiliates.

     10.4  Reliance on Communications.
           --------------------------

     The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully
protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, consent,
certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype
message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person
or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
limitation, counsel to any of the Credit Parties, independent accountants and
other experts selected by the Administrative Agent

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with reasonable care). The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lenders
as the owners of their respective interests hereunder for all purposes unless a
written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been
filed with the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 11.3(b) hereof.
The Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be fully justified in failing or
refusing to take any action under this Credit Agreement or under any of the
other Credit Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence
of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified
to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense
which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such
action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under any of the other Credit
Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or to the extent
specifically provided in Section 11.6, all the Lenders) and such request and any
action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the
Lenders (including their successors and assigns).

     10.5  Notice of Default.
           -----------------

     The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the
Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or a Credit Party
referring to the Credit Document, describing such Default or Event of Default
and stating that such notice is a "notice of default." In the event that the
Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give
prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.  The Administrative Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably
directed by the Required Lenders.

     10.6  Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
           ------------------------------------------------------

     Each Lender expressly acknowledges that each of the Administrative Agent
and its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates
has not made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the
Administrative Agent or any affiliate thereof hereinafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of any Credit Party or any of their respective Affiliates,
shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the
Administrative Agent to any Lender.  Each Lender represents to the
Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, assets, operations, property, financial and
other conditions, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other
Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates and made its own decision to make
its Loans hereunder and enter into this Credit Agreement.  Each Lender also
represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Credit Agreement, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, assets, operations, property, financial and
other conditions, prospects and creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other
Credit Parties and their respective Affiliates.  Except for notices, reports and
other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, operations, assets, property, financial or other
conditions, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, the other Credit
Parties or any of

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their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of the
Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

     10.7  Indemnification.
           ---------------

     The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as
such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the
obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective
Commitments (or if the Commitments have expired or been terminated, in
accordance with the respective principal amounts of outstanding Loans), from and
against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, reasonable costs, reasonable expenses or
disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including without
limitation at any time following the final payment of all of the obligations of
the Borrower hereunder and under the other Credit Documents) be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such
in any way relating to or arising out of this Credit Agreement or the other
Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or
therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken
or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any
           --------
portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent resulting from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent.  If any
indemnity furnished to the Administrative Agent for any purpose shall, in the
opinion of the Administrative Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, the
Administrative Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not
commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is
furnished.  The agreements in this Section shall survive the repayment of the
Loans, and other obligations under the Credit Documents and the termination of
the Commitments hereunder.

     10.8  Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity.
           -----------------------------------------------

     The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept
deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower,
its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates as though the Administrative
Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.  With respect to the Loans
made by and all obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Credit Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not the Administrative Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include
the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity.

     10.9  Successor Administrative Agent.
           ------------------------------

     The Administrative Agent may, at any time, resign upon 20 days' written
notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, and may be removed, upon show of cause,
by the Required Lenders upon 30 days' written notice to the Administrative
Agent.  Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have
the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent.  If no successor
Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, and
shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the notice of
resignation or notice of removal, as appropriate, then the retiring
Administrative Agent shall select a successor Administrative Agent

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provided such successor is a Lender hereunder or a commercial bank organized
under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $400,000,000. Upon the acceptance of
any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor
Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and
the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations as Administrative Agent, as appropriate, under this Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents and the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure
to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was
Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement.

                                  SECTION 11
                                 MISCELLANEOUS
                                 -------------

     11.1  Notices.
           -------

     Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other
communications shall have been duly given and shall be effective (i) when
delivered, (ii) when transmitted via telecopy (or other facsimile device) to the
number set out below, (iii) the day following the day on which the same has been
delivered prepaid to a reputable national overnight air courier service, or (iv)
the third Business Day following the day on which the same is sent by certified
or registered mail, postage prepaid, in each case to the respective parties at
the address, in the case of the Borrower, Guarantors and the Administrative
Agent, set forth below, and, in the case of the Lenders, set forth on Schedule
                                                                      --------
11.1, or at such other address as such party may specify by written notice to
----
the other parties hereto:

          if to the Borrower or the Guarantors:

               United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
               400 East Cary Street
               Richmond, Virginia  23219-3816
               Attn:  Chief Financial Officer
               Telephone:  (804) 819-1891
               Telecopy:  (804) 780-0431

          with a copy to:

               United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
               400 East Cary Street
               Richmond, Virginia  23219-3816
               Attn:  General Counsel
               Telephone:  (804) 819-1885
               Telecopy:  (804) 788-4607

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          if to the Administrative Agent:

               First Union National Bank
               One First Union Center, DC-6
               301 South College Street
               Charlotte, North Carolina  28288-0166
               Attn:  John A. Schissel
               Telephone:  (704) 383-1967
               Telecopy:   (704) 383-6205

     11.2  Right of Set-Off.
           ----------------

     In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or
otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default, each Lender is authorized at any time and from time to
time, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind (all of
which rights being hereby expressly waived), to set-off and to appropriate and
apply (subject to Section 3.13) any and all deposits (general or special) and
any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender (including,
without limitation branches, agencies or Affiliates of such Lender wherever
located) to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party against
obligations and liabilities of such Person to such Lender hereunder, under the
Notes, the other Credit Documents or otherwise, irrespective of whether such
Lender shall have made any demand hereunder and although such obligations,
liabilities or claims, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured, and any
such set-off shall be deemed to have been made immediately upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default even though such charge is made or entered on the books
of such Lender subsequent thereto.  Any Person purchasing a participation in the
Loans and Commitments hereunder pursuant to Section 3.13 or Section 11.3(d) may
exercise all rights of set-off with respect to its participation interest as
fully as if such Person were a Lender hereunder.  It is specifically
acknowledged and agreed that no right of set-off shall be exercised against
accounts identified as holding tenant deposit accounts or transfer agent
accounts which represent obligations to third parties.

     11.3  Benefit of Agreement.
           --------------------

           (a) Generally.  This Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
               ---------
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of
the parties hereto; provided that none of the Credit Parties may assign or
                    --------
transfer any of its interests without prior written consent of the Lenders;
provided further that the rights of each Lender to transfer, assign or grant
-------- -------
participations in its rights and/or obligations hereunder shall be limited as
set forth in this Section 11.3, provided however that nothing herein shall
                                --------
prevent or prohibit any Lender from (i) pledging its Loans hereunder to a
Federal Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by such Lender from such
Federal Reserve Bank, or (ii) granting assignments or selling participations in
such Lender's Loans and/or Commitments hereunder to its parent company and/or to
any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such Lender.

           (b) Assignments.  Each Lender may with the prior written consent of
               -----------
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (provided that the consent of the
Borrower shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld and provided further that
the consent of the Borrower shall not be

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required during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default), assign
all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder, pursuant to an
assignment agreement substantially in the form of Schedule 11.3(b), to an
                                                  ----------------
Eligible Assignee provided that (i) any such assignment (other than any
                  --------
assignment to an existing Lender) shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of
$5,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Commitment of the assigning
Lender) of the Commitments and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 above such
amount and (ii) each such assignment shall be of a constant, not varying,
percentage of all such Lender's rights and obligations under this Credit
Agreement. Any assignment hereunder shall be effective upon delivery to the
Administrative Agent of written notice of the assignment together with a
transfer fee of $5,000 payable to the Administrative Agent for its own account
from and after the later of (i) the effective date specified in the applicable
assignment agreement and (ii) the date of recording of such assignment in the
Register pursuant to the terms of subsection (c) below. The assigning Lender
will give prompt notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of any such
assignment. Upon the effectiveness of any such assignment (and after notice to,
and (to the extent required pursuant to the terms hereof), with the consent of,
the Borrower as provided herein), the assignee shall become a "Lender" for all
purposes of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and, to the
extent of such assignment, the assigning Lender shall be relieved of its
obligations hereunder to the extent of the Loans and Commitment components being
assigned. Along such lines the Borrower agrees that upon notice of any such
assignment and surrender of the appropriate Note or Notes, it will promptly
provide to the assigning Lender and to the assignee separate promissory notes in
the amount of their respective interests substantially in the form of the
original Note (but with notation thereon that it is given in substitution for
and replacement of the original Note or any replacement notes thereof). If the
assignee is not a United States person under Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, it
shall deliver to the Credit Parties and the Administrative Agent certification
as to exemption from deduction or withholding of Non-Excluded Taxes in
accordance with Section 3.10. By executing and delivering an assignment
agreement in accordance with this Section 11.3(b), the assigning Lender
thereunder and the assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree
with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning
Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being
assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) except as set forth
in clause (i) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty
and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with this Credit Agreement, any of the
other Credit Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto or thereto, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Credit Agreement, any of the other
Credit Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto
or thereto or the financial condition of any Credit Party or any of their
respective Affiliates or the performance or observance by any Credit Party of
any of its obligations under this Credit Agreement, any of the other Credit
Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or
thereto; (iii) such assignee represents and warrants that it is legally
authorized to enter into such assignment agreement; (iv) such assignee confirms
that it has received a copy of this Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents
and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such assignment agreement;
(v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender, 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 action under
this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents; (vi) such assignee
appoints and

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authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf and to
exercise such powers under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document as
are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such
assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the
obligations which by the terms of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

          (c) Maintenance of Register.  The Administrative Agent shall maintain
              -----------------------
at one of its offices in Charlotte, North Carolina a copy of each Lender
assignment agreement delivered to it in accordance with the terms of subsection
(b) above and a register for the recordation of the identity of the principal
amount, type and Interest Period of each Loan outstanding hereunder, the names,
addresses and the Commitments of the Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof from
time to time (the "Register").  The Administrative Agent will make reasonable
                   --------
efforts to maintain the accuracy of the Register and to promptly update the
Register from time to time, as necessary.  The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error and the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of
this Credit Agreement.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and each Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.

          (d) Participations.  Each Lender may sell, transfer, grant or assign
              --------------
participations to any Person in all or any part of such Lender's interests and
obligations hereunder; provided that (i) such selling Lender shall remain a
                       --------
"Lender" for all purposes under this Credit Agreement (such selling Lender's
obligations under the Credit Documents remaining unchanged) and the participant
shall not constitute a Lender hereunder, (ii) no such participant shall have, or
be granted, rights to approve any amendment or waiver relating to this Credit
Agreement or the other Credit Documents except to the extent any such amendment
or waiver would (A) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on or Fees in
respect of any Loans in which the participant is participating, (B) postpone the
date fixed for any payment of principal (including extension of the Termination
Date or the date of any mandatory prepayment), interest or Fees in which the
participant is participating, or (C) except as expressly provided in the Credit
Documents, release any Guarantor from its guaranty obligations hereunder, and
(iii) sub-participations by the participant (except to an affiliate, parent
company or affiliate of a parent company of the participant) shall be
prohibited.  In the case of any such participation, the participant shall not
have any rights under this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents (the
participant's rights against the selling Lender in respect of such participation
to be those set forth in the participation agreement with such Lender creating
such participation) and all amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder shall be
determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation, provided, however,
                                                              --------
that such participant shall be entitled to receive additional amounts under
Sections 3.6, 3.9, 3.10 and 3.11 on the same basis as if it were a Lender.

     11.4 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
          ------------------------------

     No failure or delay on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit
Document and no course of dealing between the Administrative Agent or any Lender
and any of the Credit Parties shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under
any other Credit Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of

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any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and
remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies which the Administrative Agent or any Lender would otherwise have. No
notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle the Borrower
or any other Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or
other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders to any other or further action in any circumstances without
notice or demand.

     11.5  Payment of Expenses, etc.
           ------------------------

     The Borrower agrees to:  (i) pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and
expenses (A) of the Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution and delivery and administration of this Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred to
therein (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
Alston & Bird LLP, special counsel to the Administrative Agent subject to any
applicable agreement regarding such fees), and any amendment, waiver or consent
relating hereto and thereto including, but not limited to, any such amendments,
waivers or consents resulting from or related to any work-out, renegotiation or
restructure relating to the performance by the Credit Parties under this Credit
Agreement and (B) of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with
enforcement of the Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred
to therein (including, without limitation, in connection with any such
enforcement, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders); (ii) pay and hold each of the
Lenders harmless from and against any and all present and future stamp and other
similar taxes with respect to the foregoing matters and save each of the Lenders
harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting
from any delay or omission (other than to the extent attributable to such
Lender) to pay such taxes; and (iii) indemnify each Lender, its officers,
directors, employees, representatives and agents from and hold each of them
harmless against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses
incurred by any of them as a result of, or arising out of, or in any way related
to, or by reason of (A) any investigation, litigation or other proceeding
(whether or not any Lender is a party thereto) related to the entering into
and/or performance of any Credit Document or the use of proceeds of any Loans
(including other extensions of credit) hereunder or the consummation of any
other transactions contemplated in any Credit Document, including, without
limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in
connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding or (B)
the presence or Release of any Materials of Environmental Concern at, under or
from any Property owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or the failure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to
comply with any Environmental Law (but excluding, in the case of either of
clause (A) or (B) above, any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses to the extent incurred by reason of gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Person to be indemnified).

     11.6  Amendments, Waivers and Consents
           --------------------------------

     Neither this Credit Agreement nor any other Credit Document nor any of the
terms hereof or thereof may be amended, changed, waived, discharged or
terminated unless such amendment, change, waiver, discharge or termination is in
writing entered into by, or approved in writing by, the

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Required Lenders and (except in the case of a waiver granted by the Required
Lenders) the Borrower, provided, however, that:
                       --------  -------

          (a)  without the consent of each Lender affected thereby, no such
amendment may:

               (i)    extend the final maturity of any Loan, or extend or waive
     any principal amortization payment of any Loan, or any portion thereof,

               (ii)   reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest
     (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default
     increase in interest rates) thereon or Fees hereunder,

               (iii)  reduce or waive the principal amount of any Loan,

               (iv)   increase the Commitment of a Lender over the amount
     thereof in effect (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any
     Default or Event of Default (other than an Event of Default of the type
     described in Section 9.1(f) hereof) or mandatory reduction in the
     Commitments shall not constitute a change in the terms of any Commitment of
     any Lender),

               (v)    except (A) as the result of or in connection with a
     dissolution, merger or disposition of a Subsidiary permitted under Section
     8.3 or (B) in connection with the release of Guarantors pursuant to the
     terms of Section 4.8, release the Borrower or substantially all of the
     other Credit Parties from its or their obligations under the Credit
     Documents,

               (vi)   amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 11.6
     or Section 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 9.1(a), 11.2,
     11.3, 11.5 or 11.9,

               (vii)  reduce any percentage specified in, or otherwise modify,
     the definition of Required Lenders, or

               (viii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower (or
     another Credit Party) of any of its rights and obligations under (or in
     respect of) the Credit Documents except as permitted thereby; and

          (b)  without the consent of the Administrative Agent, no provision of
Section 10 may be amended.

     Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders is required in
certain circumstances as set forth above, (x) each Lender is entitled to vote as
such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the
Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein
and (y) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Credit Party to use cash
collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.

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     11.7  Counterparts.
           ------------

     This Credit Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument.  It shall not be necessary in
making proof of this Credit Agreement to produce or account for more than one
such counterpart.

     11.8  Headings.
           --------

     The headings of the Sections and subsections hereof are provided for
convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of
any provision of this Credit Agreement.

     11.9  Survival.
           --------

     All indemnities set forth herein, including, without limitation, in Section
2.2(i), 3.9, 3.11, 10.7 or 11.5 shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Credit Agreement, the making of the Loans, the repayment of the Loans and other
obligations under the Credit Documents and the termination of the Commitments
hereunder, and all representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties
herein shall survive delivery of the Notes and the making of the Loans
hereunder.

     11.10 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Venue.
           ------------------------------------------------

           (a) THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND THE
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF VIRGINIA.  Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document may be brought in the courts of the
Commonwealth of Virginia in the City of Richmond, or of the United States for
the Eastern District of Virginia, and, by execution and delivery of this Credit
Agreement, each of the Credit Parties hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and
in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of such courts.  Each of the Credit Parties further irrevocably
consents to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in
any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, to it at the address set out for notices
pursuant to Section 11.1, such service to become effective three (3) days after
such mailing.  Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal
proceedings or to otherwise proceed against any Credit Party in any other
jurisdiction.

           (b) Each of the Credit Parties hereby irrevocably waives any
objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of
the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this
Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document brought in the courts referred to
in subsection (a) hereof and hereby further irrevocably waives and agrees not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in
any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

           (c) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE LENDERS, THE BORROWER AND THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL
RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY

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ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CREDIT
AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.

     11.11 Severability.
           ------------

     If any provision of any of the Credit Documents is determined to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable and
the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
construed without giving effect  to the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions.

     11.12 Entirety.
           --------

     This Credit Agreement together with the other Credit Documents represent
the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto, and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any, including any commitment
letters or correspondence relating to the Credit Documents or the transactions
contemplated herein and therein.

     11.13 Binding Effect; Termination.
           ---------------------------

           (a) This Credit Agreement shall become effective at such time on or
after the Closing Date when it shall have been executed by the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall have
received copies hereof (telefaxed or otherwise) which, when taken together, bear
the signatures of each Lender, and thereafter this Credit Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the
Administrative Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and
assigns.

           (b) The term of this Credit Agreement shall be until no Loans or any
other amounts payable hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents shall
remain outstanding and until all of the Commitments hereunder shall have expired
or been terminated.

     11.14 Source of Funds.
           ---------------

     Each of the Lenders hereby represents and warrants to the Borrower that at
least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to the
source of funds to be used by such Lender in connection with the financing
hereunder:

           (a) no part of such funds constitutes assets allocated to any
separate account maintained by such Lender in which any employee benefit plan
(or its related trust) has any interest;

           (b) to the extent that any part of such funds constitutes assets
allocated to any separate account maintained by such Lender, such Lender has
disclosed to the Borrower the name of each employee benefit plan whose assets in
such account exceed 10% of the total assets of such account as of the date of
such purchase (and, for purposes of this subsection (b), all employee benefit
plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization are deemed to be
a single plan);

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           (c) to the extent that any part of such funds constitutes assets of
an insurance company's general account, such insurance company has complied with
all of the requirements of the regulations issued under Section 401(c)(1)(A) of
ERISA; or

           (d) such funds constitute assets of one or more specific benefit
plans which such Lender has identified in writing to the Borrower.

As used in this Section 11.14, the terms "employee benefit plan" and "separate
account" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3
of ERISA.

     11.15 Conflict.
           --------

     To the extent that there is a conflict or inconsistency between any
provision hereof, on the one hand, and any provision of any Credit Document, on
the other hand, this Credit Agreement shall control.

                          [Signature Pages to Follow]

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                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of
this Credit Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.

BORROWER:                  UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
--------
                           a Virginia corporation

                           By:______________________________________
                           Name:____________________________________
                           Title:___________________________________

GUARANTORS:                UNITED DOMINION REALTY, L.P.,
----------
                           a Virginia limited partnership

                           By:    United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., a Virginia
                                  corporation, general partner

                                  By:___________________________________________
                                  Name:_________________________________________
                                  Title:________________________________________

                           UDRT OF NORTH CAROLINA, L.L.C.,
                           a North Carolina limited liability company

                           By:    United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                  a Virginia corporation, sole member

                                  By:___________________________________________
                                  Name:_________________________________________
                                  Title:________________________________________

                           UDR SOUTH CAROLINA TRUST,
                           a Maryland real estate investment trust

                                  By:___________________________________________
                                  Name:_________________________________________
                                  Title:________________________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                         UDR WESTERN RESIDENTIAL, INC.,
                         a Virginia corporation

                              By:__________________________
                              Name:________________________
                              Title:_______________________

                         SOUTH WEST REIT HOLDING, INC.,
                         a Texas corporation

                              By:__________________________
                              Name:________________________
                              Title:_______________________

                         UDR OF TENNESSEE, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By:__________________________
                              Name:________________________
                              Title:_______________________

                         UDR TEXAS PROPERTIES, L.P.,
                         a Delaware limited partnership

                         By:_________________________
                         Name:_______________________
                         Title:______________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                    UDR CALIFORNIA PROPERTIES, LLC,
                    a Virginia limited liability company

                    By:    United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                           a Virginia corporation, sole member

                           By:____________________________________
                           Name:__________________________________
                           Title:_________________________________

                    UDR VIRGINIA PROPERTIES, LLC,
                    a Virginia limited liability company

                    By:    United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                           a Virginia corporation, sole member

                           By:____________________________________
                           Name:__________________________________
                           Title:_________________________________

                    UDR FLORIDA PROPERTIES, LLC,
                    a Virginia limited liability company

                    By:    United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                           a Virginia corporation, sole member

                           By:____________________________________
                           Name:__________________________________
                           Title:_________________________________

                    ASR INVESTMENTS CORPORATION,
                    a Maryland corporation

                           By:____________________________________
                           Name:__________________________________
                           Title:_________________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                    SWPT II ARIZONA PROPERTIES, INC.,
                    an Arizona corporation

                         By:___________________________
                         Name:_________________________
                         Title:________________________

                    SOUTH WEST PROPERTIES, L.P.,
                    a Delaware limited partnership

                    By:  UDR Holdings, LLC,
                         a Virginia limited liability company, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                              a Virginia limited partnership, sole member

                              By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                                   a Virginia corporation, general partner

                                   By:_____________________________
                                   Name:___________________________
                                   Title:__________________________

                    AMERICAN APARTMENT
                    COMMUNITIES HOLDINGS, INC.,
                    a Delaware corporation

                         By:___________________________
                         Name:_________________________
                         Title:________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                    AAC FUNDING PARTNERSHIP II,
                    a Delaware partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By:_________________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________________
                              Title:______________________________________

                    AAC FUNDING PARTNERSHIP III,
                    a Delaware partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By:_________________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________________
                              Title:______________________________________

                    FINISTERRA APARTMENTS L.L.C.,
                    an Arizona limited liability company

                    By:______________________________________
                    Name:____________________________________
                    Title:___________________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                    POLO CHASE VENTURE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                    a Delaware limited partnership

                    By:  American Apartment Communities Holdings, Inc.,
                         a Delaware corporation, general partner

                         By:_________________________________
                         Name:_______________________________
                         Title:______________________________

                    GOVERNOUR'S SQUARE OF COLUMBUS CO.,
                    an Ohio limited partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By:_________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________
                              Title:______________________________

                    NORTHBAY PROPERTIES II, L.P.
                    a California limited partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By:_________________________________
                              Name:_______________________________
                              Title:______________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                    PARKER'S LANDING VENTURE I,
                    a Florida partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By: _____________________________________________
                              Name: ___________________________________________
                              Title: __________________________________________

                    REGENCY PARK, L.P.,
                    an Indiana limited partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By: _____________________________________________
                              Name: ___________________________________________
                              Title: __________________________________________

                    WINTERLAND SAN FRANCISCO PARTNERS,
                    a California limited partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By: _____________________________________________
                              Name: ___________________________________________
                              Title: __________________________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                    WOODLAKE VILLAGE, L.P
                    a California limited partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty, L.P.,
                         a Virginia limited partnership, general partner

                         By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                              a Virginia corporation, general partner

                              By: _____________________________________________
                              Name: ___________________________________________
                              Title: __________________________________________

                    UDRT OF ALABAMA, INC.,
                    an Alabama corporation

                    By: _______________________________________
                    Name: _____________________________________
                    Title: ____________________________________

                    SUNSET COMPANY,
                    an Ohio partnership

                    By:  United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.,
                         a Virginia corporation, general partner

                         By: ____________________________________________
                         Name: __________________________________________
                         Title: _________________________________________
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

LENDERS:                 FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
-------
                         individually in its capacity as a
                         Lender and in its capacity as Administrative Agent

                         By: ____________________________________
                         Name:
                         Title:
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                         SUNTRUST BANK

                         By: ____________________________________
                         Name:
                         Title:
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                         KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                         By: ____________________________________
                         Name:
                         Title:
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                         PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                         By: ____________________________________
                         Name:
                         Title:
<PAGE>

                                                               Signature Page to
                                              United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.
                                  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000

                         BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                         By: ____________________________________
                         Name:
                         Title:
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 2.1(a)
                                ---------------
                      Schedule of Lenders and Commitments

Lender                        Commitment                  Commitment %

First Union National Bank        $ 32,000,000.00                    32.0%
Bank of America, N.A.            $ 25,000,000.00                    25.0%
KeyBank National
 Association                     $ 25,000,000.00                    25.0%
PNC Bank, National
 Association                     $ 13,000,000.00                    13.0%
SunTrust Bank                    $  5,000,000.00                     5.0%

  Total                          $100,000,000.00                   100.0%
<PAGE>

                              Schedule 2.1(b)(i)
                              ------------------

                          FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

First Union National Bank
One First Union Center, DC-6
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0166
Attn: John A. Schissel

     Re:  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000 (as amended and
          modified, the "Credit Agreement") among United Dominion Realty Trust,
                         ----------------
          Inc., the Guarantors and Lenders identified therein and First Union
          National Bank, as Administrative Agent.  Terms used but not otherwise
          defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Credit
          Agreement.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation,
being the Borrower under the above-referenced Credit Agreement hereby gives
notice pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement of a request for Loans
pursuant to the Credit Agreement as follows

(A)  Date of Borrowing
     (which is a Business Day)    _______________________

(B)  Principal Amount of
     Borrowing                    $100,000,000

(C)  Interest rate basis          _______________________

(D)  Interest Period and the
     last day thereof             _______________________

In accordance with the requirements of Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement, the
undersigned Borrower hereby certifies that:

          (a)  The representations and warranties contained in the Credit
     Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all
     material respects as of the date of this request, and will be true and
     correct after giving effect to the requested Extension of Credit (except
     for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).

          (b)  No Default or Event of Default exists, or will exist after giving
     effect to the requested Extension of Credit.

          (c)  As to any Credit Party, no involuntary action has been commenced
     under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law in effect, or
     any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment of a receiver,
     liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
<PAGE>

     sequestrator (or similar official) as to any Credit Party or as to any
     substantial part of the property of any Credit Party or for the winding up
     or liquidation of its affairs, and remains undismissed, undischarged or
     unbonded.

          (d)  No circumstances, events or conditions have occurred since the
     date of the audited financial statements referenced in Section 6.1 of the
     Credit Agreement which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

          (e)  All conditions set forth in Section 2.1 as to the making of the
     Loans have been satisfied.

                              Very truly yours,

                              UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.

                              By: ________________________________
                              Name: ______________________________
                              Title: _____________________________
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 2.1(e)
                                ---------------

                                 FORM OF NOTE

                                                               November 14, 2000

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Borrower, hereby promises to pay to the
order of ________________________, and its successors and assigns, on or before
the Termination Date to the office of the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds as provided in the Credit Agreement, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Loan made by such Lender to the Borrower, together with
interest thereon at the rates and as provided in the Credit Agreement.

     This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as
of November 14, 2000 (as amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") among
                                                    ----------------
United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., the Guarantors and Lenders identified
therein and First Union National Bank, as Administrative Agent.  Terms used but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.

     The holder may endorse and attach a schedule to reflect all payments and
prepayments on this Note; provided that any failure to endorse such information
                          --------
shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay amounts evidenced hereby.

     Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all amounts evidenced by this
Note may, or shall, become immediately due and payable as provided in the Credit
Agreement without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of
which are waived by the Borrower.  In the event payment of amounts evidenced by
this Note is not made at any stated or accelerated maturity, the Borrower agrees
to pay, in addition to principal and interest, all costs of collection,
including reasonable attorneys' fees.

     This Note and the Loan and amounts evidenced hereby may be transferred only
as provided in the Credit Agreement.

     This Note shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance
with, the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed
as of the date first above written.

                                   UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
                                   a Virginia corporation

                                   By: __________________________________
                                   Name: ________________________________
                                   Title: _______________________________
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 3.2
                                 ------------

                    Form of Notice of Extension/Conversion

First Union National Bank,
 as Administrative Agent for the Lenders

__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Attention: _________________________

     Re:  Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000 (as amended and
          modified, the "Credit Agreement") among United Dominion Realty Trust,
                         ----------------
          Inc., the Guarantors and Lenders identified therein and First Union
          National Bank, as Administrative Agent.  Terms used but not otherwise
          defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Credit
          Agreement.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The undersigned, UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC. (the "Borrower"),
                                                               --------
refers to the Credit Agreement.  The Borrower hereby gives notice pursuant to
Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement that it requests an extension or conversion
of a Loan outstanding under the Credit Agreement, and in connection therewith
sets forth below the terms on which such extension or conversion is requested to
be made:

(A)  Date of Extension or Conversion
     (which is the last day of the
     the applicable Interest Period)      _______________________

(B)  Principal Amount of
     Extension or Conversion              _______________________

(C)  Interest rate basis                  _______________________

(D)  Interest Period and the
     last day thereof                     _______________________

     In accordance with the requirements of Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement,
the undersigned Borrower hereby certifies that:

          (a)  The representations and warranties contained in the Credit
     Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all
     material respects as of the date of this request, and will be true and
     correct after giving effect to the requested Extension of Credit (except
     for those which expressly relate to an earlier date).

          (b)  No Default or Event of Default exists, or will exist after giving
     effect to the requested Extension of Credit.
<PAGE>

          (c)  As to any Credit Party, no involuntary action has been commenced
     under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law in effect, or
     any case, proceeding or other action for the appointment of a receiver,
     liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
     official) as to any Credit Party or as to any substantial part of the
     property of any Credit Party or for the winding up or liquidation of its
     affairs, and remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded.

          (d)  No circumstances, events or conditions have occurred since the
     date of the audited financial statements referenced in Section 6.1 of the
     Credit Agreement which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

                              Very truly yours,

                              UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.

                              By: ______________________________
                              Name: ____________________________
                              Title: ___________________________
<PAGE>

                              Schedule 5.1(e)(v)
                              ------------------

                             Officer's Certificate

     Pursuant to Section 5.1(e)(v) of the Credit Agreement (the "Credit
                                                                 ------
Agreement"), dated as of November 14, 2000, among UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST,
---------
INC., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors and Lenders identified therein and
First Union National Bank, as Administrative Agent, the undersigned
____________________ Secretary of _________________________ (the "Corporation")
                                                                  -----------
hereby certifies as follows:

     1.  Attached hereto as Annex I is a true and complete copy of resolutions
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on __________________,
_____.  The attached resolutions have not been rescinded or modified and remain
in full force and effect.  The attached resolutions are the only corporate
proceedings of the Corporation now in force relating to or affecting the matters
referenced to therein.

     2.  Attached hereto as Annex II is a true and complete copy of the By-laws
of the Corporation as in effect on the date hereof.

     3.  Attached hereto as Annex III is a true and complete copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and all amendments thereto as in
effect on the date hereof.

     4.  The following persons are now duly elected and qualified officers of
the Corporation, holding the offices indicated, and the signature appearing
opposite his name below is his true and genuine signature, and such officer is
duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Corporation the Credit
Agreement, the Notes to be issued pursuant thereto and the other Credit
Documents and to act as a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Corporation under
the Credit Agreement:

         Name                  Office                        Signature
         ----                  ------                        ---------

___________________    _______________________          ____________________
<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his/her name and
affixed the corporate seal of the Corporation.

                              _______________________________,
                              Secretary
                              (CORPORATE SEAL)

Date:  __________________, _____

     I, ___________________, ___________________ of ________________________,
hereby certify that ______________________, whose genuine signature appears
above, is, and has been at all times since ________________________, a duly
elected, qualified and acting _________________ of
____________________________________.

                              ___________________________________ of
                              ___________________________________
                              _________________________, _____
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 6.3
                                 ------------

   Qualifications Concerning Organization, Existence and Compliance with Law
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 6.6
                                 ------------

                              Material Litigation
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 6.12
                                 -------------

                                 Subsidiaries
<PAGE>

                                Schedule 7.2(b)
                                ---------------

                   Form of Officer's Compliance Certificate

     This Certificate is delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section
7.2(b) of that Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000 (as amended,
modified and supplemented, the "Credit Agreement") among UNITED DOMINION REALTY
                                ----------------
TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors and Lenders identified
therein, and First Union National Bank, as Administrative Agent.  Terms used but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement.

     The undersigned, being a Responsible Officer of UNITED DOMINION REALTY
TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, hereby certifies, in my official capacity
and not in my individual capacity, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:

          (a) the financial statements of the Borrower fairly present the
        financial condition of the parties covered by such financial statements
        in all material respects;

          (b) during the period the Credit Parties have observed or performed
        all of their covenants and other agreements in all material respects,
        and satisfied in all material respects every material condition,
        contained in the Credit Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied
        by them; and

          (c) the undersigned has no actual knowledge of any Default or Event of
        Default.

Detailed calculations demonstrating (A) compliance with the financial covenants
set out in Section 7.9 of the Credit Agreement, (B) compliance with Section
7.11(a) and (C) the portion of Consolidated Unencumbered Realty represented by
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, are attached to this Certificate.

          This the ___________ day of ___________________, 200___.

                                      UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.

                                      By: ______________________________
                                      Name: ____________________________
                                      Title: ___________________________
<PAGE>

                      Attachment to Officer's Certificate
                      -----------------------------------

                      Computation of Financial Covenants
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 7.11
                                 -------------

                           Form of Joinder Agreement

     THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of _____________, 200__,
                                  ---------
is by and between _____________________, a ___________________ (the "Applicant
                                                                     ---------
Guarantor"), and FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, in its capacity as Administrative
---------
Agent under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000 (as
amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") by and among UNITED DOMINION
                           ----------------
REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation, the Guarantors and Lenders
identified therein and First Union National Bank, as Administrative Agent.  All
of the defined terms in the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference.

     The Applicant Guarantor has indicated its desire to become a Guarantor or
is required by the terms of Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement to become, a
Guarantor under the Credit Agreement.

     Accordingly, the Applicant Guarantor hereby agrees as follows with the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders:

     1.  The Applicant Guarantor hereby acknowledges, agrees and confirms that,
by its execution of this Agreement, the Applicant Guarantor will be deemed to be
a party to the Credit Agreement and a "Guarantor" for all purposes of the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall have all of the obligations
of a Guarantor thereunder as if it had executed the Credit Agreement and the
other Credit Documents.  The Applicant Guarantor agrees to be bound by, all of
the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Credit Documents,
including without limitation (i) all of the affirmative and negative covenants
set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of the Credit Agreement and (ii) all of the
undertakings and waivers set forth in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing terms of this paragraph 1, the
Applicant Guarantor hereby (A) jointly and severally together with the other
Guarantors, guarantees to each Lender and the Administrative Agent as provided
in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement, the prompt payment and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a
mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or
otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof and (B) agrees that if
any of the Guaranteed Obligations are not paid or performed in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a
mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise), the Applicant Guarantor will,
jointly and severally together with the other Guarantors, promptly pay and
perform the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at
extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory
cash collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such
extension or renewal.

     2.  The Applicant Guarantor acknowledges and confirms that it has received
a copy of the Credit Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits thereto.  The
information on the Schedules to the Credit Agreement is amended to provide the
information shown on the attached Schedule A.
                                  ----------
<PAGE>

     3.  The Applicant Guarantor hereby waives acceptance by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders of the guaranty by the Applicant Guarantor under Section 4
of the Credit Agreement upon the execution of this Joinder Agreement by the
Applicant Guarantor.

     4.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall
constitute one contract.

     5.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Applicant Guarantor has caused this Joinder
Agreement to be duly executed by its authorized officers, and the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, has caused the same to be accepted by its
authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.

                              APPLICANT GUARANTOR

                              By: ____________________________________
                              Name: __________________________________
                              Title: _________________________________

                              Address for Notices:

                              Attn: __________________________________
                              Telephone: _____________________________
                              Telecopy: ______________________________

                              Acknowledged and accepted:

                              FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK,
                              as Administrative Agent

                              By: ____________________________________
                              Name: __________________________________
                              Title: _________________________________
<PAGE>

                                  Schedule A
                                  ----------
                                      to
                               Joinder Agreement

                               Address for
Applicant Guarantor              Notices
-------------------              -------

<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 8.7
                                 ------------

                     REMICs and Other Special Subsidiaries
<PAGE>

                                 Schedule 11.1
                                 -------------

                        Schedule of Lenders' Addresses

First Union National Bank            First Union National Bank
                                     One First Union Center, DC-6
                                     301 South College Street
                                     Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0166
                                     Attn: John A. Schissel
                                     Telephone: (704) 383-1967
                                     Telecopy:  (704) 383-6205

Bank of America, N.A.                100 North Tryon Street
                                     15/th/ Floor
                                     NC1-007-1508
                                     Charlotte, NC 28255
                                     Attn: Kevin M. McCullough
                                           Vice President
                                     Telephone: (704) 387-2707
                                     Facsimile: (704) 388-8841

SunTrust Bank                        8245 Boone Blvd.
                                     Suite 820
                                     Vienna, VA 22182
                                     Attn: Nancy B. Richards
                                           Vice President
                                     Telephone: (703) 902-9039
                                     Facsimile: (703) 902-9245

KeyBank National Association         127 Public Square, 6/th/ floor
                                     Cleveland, Ohio 44114
                                     Attn: Mary Ellen Fowler
                                           Vice President
                                     Telephone: (216) 689-4975
                                     Facsimile: (216) 689-4997

PNC Bank, National Association       1401 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200
                                     Washington, DC 20005
                                     Attn: Timothy P. Gleeson
                                     Telephone: (202) 393-2226
                                     Facsimile: (202) 393-1545

                                     With copies to:

                                     249 5th Avenue, 19th Floor
                                     Pittsburgh, PA 15222
                                     Attn: Denise Giacomino
                                     Telephone: (412) 762-4319
                                     Facsimile: (412) 762-5754
<PAGE>

                               Schedule 11.3(b)
                               ----------------

                       Form of Assignment and Acceptance

     THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE dated as of _________________________, 200__
is entered into between THE LENDER IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES AS THE
"ASSIGNOR" (the "Assignor") and THE PARTIES IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES AS
                 --------
"ASSIGNEES" ("Assignee").
              --------

     Reference is made to that Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2000
(as amended and modified, the "Credit Agreement") among UNITED DOMINION REALTY
                               ----------------
TRUST, INC., a Virginia corporation (the "Borrower"), the Guarantors and Lenders
                                          --------
identified therein and First Union National Bank, as Administrative Agent.
Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.

     1.   The Assignor hereby sells and assigns, without recourse, to the
Assignees, and the Assignees hereby purchase and assume, without recourse, from
the Assignor, effective as of the Effective Date shown below, those rights and
interests of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement identified below (the
"Assigned Interests"), including the Loans relating thereto, together with
--------------------
unpaid interest and fees relating thereto accruing from the Effective Date. The
Assignor represents and warrants that it owns the interests assigned hereby free
and clear of liens, encumbrances or other claims. Each of the Assignees
represents that it is an Eligible Assignee within the meaning of the term in the
Credit Agreement. The Assignor and each of the Assignees hereby makes and agrees
to be bound by all the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in
Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement, a copy of which has been received by each
such party. From and after the Effective Date (i) each Assignee, if it is not
already a Lender under the Credit Agreement, shall be a party to and be bound by
the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the interests
assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender thereunder and (ii) each Assignor shall, to the extent of the interests
assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement (other than the rights
of indemnification referenced in Section 11.9 of the Credit Agreement).

     2.   This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia.

     3.   Terms of Assignment

     (a)  Date of Assignment:                        ___________________, 200__
     (b)  Legal Name of Assignor:                    SEE SIGNATURE PAGE
     (c)  Legal Name of Assignee:                    SEE SIGNATURE PAGE
     (d)  Effective Date of Assignment:              ___________________, 200__

See Schedule I attached for a description of the Loans (and the percentage
    ----------
interests therein and relating thereto) which are the subject of this Assignment
and Acceptance.

     4.  The fee payable to the Administrative Agent in connection with this
Assignment is enclosed.
<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the execution of this
instrument by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

     ASSIGNOR:                          ASSIGNEE:
     --------                           --------

     By: ___________________________    By: _____________________________
     Name: _________________________    Name: ___________________________
     Title: ________________________    Title: __________________________

     ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
     --------------------------

     FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK          UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
     as Administrative Agent

     By: ___________________________    By: _____________________________
     Name: _________________________    Name: ___________________________
     Title: ________________________    Title: __________________________
<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE I
                                  ----------
                         TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
                      United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.

                           LOANS PRIOR TO ASSIGNMENT

                           Loan                  Commitment
                          Amount                 Percentage
                          ------                 ----------
ASSIGNOR
--------

ASSIGNEES
---------

                     __________________       __________________
                     $

                       LOANS SUBJECT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT

                              Loan                Commitment
                             Amount               Percentage
                             ------               ----------
ASSIGNOR
--------

                      ________________       ________________
                      $
<PAGE>

                                  SCHEDULE I
                                  ----------
                         TO ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
                      United Dominion Realty Trust, Inc.

                            LOANS AFTER ASSIGNMENT

                              Loan                Commitment
                             Amount               Percentage
                             ------               ----------

ASSIGNOR
--------

ASSIGNEES
---------

                          ________________       ________________
                          $<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(i)
                                                                   -------------
                                 AMENDMENT TO
                                 ------------
                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                             --------------------

     THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of
December 5, 2000, between UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC., a Virginia
corporation (the "Company") and JOHN P. McCANN (the "Executive") recites and
provides as follows:

                                R E C I T A L S

     On December 8, 1998, the Company and the Executive entered into an
employment agreement (the "Employment Agreement").  The Company and the
Executive now wish to amend the Employment Agreement as set forth herein.

                               A M E N D M E N T

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:

1.   Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms in this Amendment shall have the same
     -------------
meaning as set forth in the Agreement, unless otherwise modified hereby.  All
references in the Agreement to the Agreement shall be references to such
document as modified hereby.

2.   Severance Compensation.  Section 4(c)(i) of the Agreement is hereby amended
     ----------------------
by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

     Notwithstanding the above, in the event that this Agreement is terminated
     in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof, then the Executive shall be paid
     one-hundred and four (104) weeks of base salary and shall receive the other
     benefits described in this Section 4(c)(i) for a period of one-hundred and
     four (104) weeks.

3.   Incentive Compensation.  Section 4(c)(ii) of the Agreement is hereby
     ----------------------
amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

     Notwithstanding the above, in the event that this Agreement is terminated
     in accordance with Section 4(b) hereof, then the "Average Annual Incentive
     Compensation" shall mean the Average Annual Incentive Compensation
     multiplied by two.

4.   Agreement.   Except as herein amended, the Employment Agreement remains in
     ---------
full force and effect.

                  [Signatures appear on the following page.]
<PAGE>

WE AGREE TO THIS:

UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.,
a Virginia corporation

By:  _______________________________

Its: ________________________________

EXECUTIVE

___________________________________
JOHN P. McCANN

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