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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                        ARDEN REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                               7.00% Note due 2007

No. 001                                                             $150,000,000
CUSIP No. 03979GAJ4

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

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

        ARDEN REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Maryland limited partnership (herein
referred to as the "Issuer," which term includes any successor issuer under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of One Hundred Fifty
Million Dollars on November 15, 2007 (the "Stated Maturity Date") or the date
fixed for earlier redemption (the "Redemption Date," and together with the
Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on such date, the
"Maturity Date"), and to pay interest thereon from November 9, 2001, or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing May 15, 2002, and on the Maturity
Date at the rate of 7.00% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly
provided for.

        The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on
any Interest Payment Date and on the Maturity Date will, as provided in such
Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such payment, which shall be the date 15 calendar days
(regardless of whether such day is a Business Day), next preceding such Interest
Payment Date or the Maturity Date at the office or agency of the Issuer
maintained for such purpose. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this

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Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof shall be given
to Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes
of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest on this Note
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

        The principal of this Note payable on the Maturity Date will be paid
against presentation and surrender of this Note at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of
New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

        Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date and on the
Maturity Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest accrued during
the applicable Interest Period (as defined below).

        An "Interest Period" is each period from and including the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or
duly provided for (or from and including November 9, 2001, if no interest has
been paid on this Note) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity Date, as the case may be. If any Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, as defined below, principal and
interest payable with respect to such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as
the case may be, will be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no
interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. "Business Day"
means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday that is neither a legal holiday
nor a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized
or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

        Payments of principal and interest in respect of this Note will be made
by U.S. dollar check or by wire transfer (such a wire transfer to be made only
to a Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Securities in excess of
$5,000,000, and only if such Holder shall have furnished wire instructions in
writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date
and acknowledged that a wire transfer fee shall be payable) of immediately
available funds in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

        This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes, bonds
or other evidences of indebtedness of the Issuer (herein called the
"Securities") of the series hereafter specified, all issued or to be issued
under an Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2000 (herein called the "Indenture"),
duly executed and delivered by the Issuer to The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities of which this Note is a
part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the rights,

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limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be
issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times,
may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different
redemption provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the
Indenture. This Note is one of a series of Securities designated as the 7.00%
Notes due 2007 (the "Notes"), and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to
be issued under such series is unlimited.

        In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal hereof and the Make-Whole Amount (if
any) may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable,
in the manner, with the effect, and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

        The Issuer may redeem the Securities at any time, in whole or in part,
at the election of the Issuer, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (1) the
principal amount of the Securities being redeemed plus accrued interest thereon
to the Redemption Date, and (2) the Make-Whole Amount, if any, with respect to
such Securities (the "Redemption Price"). Notice of optional redemption of any
Securities will be given to Holders at their addresses, as shown in the security
register for the Notes, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the
Redemption Price and the principal amount of the Securities held by such Holder
to be redeemed. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed at the option of
the Issuer, the Issuer will notify the Trustee at least 45 days prior to giving
notice of redemption to the Holders (or such shorter period as is satisfactory
to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and
their redemption date. The Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem
fair and appropriate, Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part.

        In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or
Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

        The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee,
with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be
affected, evidenced as provided in the Indenture, to execute supplemental
Indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental Indenture or modifying
in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series;
provided, however, that no such supplemental Indenture shall, without the
consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, (i) change the final
maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium
thereon, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest
thereon, or impair or affect the rights of any Holder to institute suit for the
payment on any Security, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities,
the Holders of which are required to consent to any such supplemental Indenture,
or (iii) reduce the percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required
to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture
or any waiver of certain defaults thereunder. It is also provided in the
Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events of Default regarding
the Securities of any series,

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the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the
Securities of such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of
Default, all series of Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series (or all of the Securities, as the case may be) waive
any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences, prior to any
declaration accelerating the maturity of such Securities, or, subject to certain
conditions, may rescind a declaration of acceleration and its consequences with
respect to such Securities. The preceding sentence shall not, however, apply to
a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any of the Securities. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security
(unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any
securities that may be issued in exchange or substitution hereof, irrespective
of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other
securities.

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

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

        This Security is not subject to a sinking fund requirement.

        The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of (i) the
entire indebtedness of this Security (ii) certain restrictive covenants with
respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth therein.

        No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in the Indenture, in any Security or coupon appertaining thereto, or
because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby or thereby (including, without
limitation, any obligation or indebtedness relating to the principal of, or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, interest or any other amounts due, or
claimed to be due, on this Security), or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had (i) against the General Partner or
any other partner, or any Person which owns an interest, directly or indirectly,
in any partner, in the Issuer, or (ii) against any promoter, as such, or against
any past, present or future shareholder, officer, trustee or partner, as such,
of the Issuer or the General Partner or of any successor, either directly or
through the Issuer

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or the General Partner or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or
constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal
or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived
and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the
issue hereof.

        The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and herein
set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the same terms
and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering the same. No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

        Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and
treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the absolute owner
of this Security (whether or not this Security shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon), for the
purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal hereof and
Make-Whole Amount, if any, and subject to the provisions herein and on the face
hereof; interest hereon and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

        THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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

        Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings given to such terms in the Indenture.

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

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be signed
manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

Dated: November 9, 2001            ARDEN REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                   By:  Arden Realty, Inc.,
                                        its sole general partner

                                        By:
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                                           Richard S. Davis
                                           Senior Vice President,
                                           Co-Chief Financial Officer
                                           and Treasurer

Attest:

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David A. Swartz
General Counsel and Secretary

TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

                                   THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                                   as Trustee

                                   By:
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                                      Authorized Signatory

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                         FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE

        To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and
transfer this Security to ____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number)

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint_________________________________________________________
as agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.

________________________________________________________________________________

Date:__________________

Your Signature:_________________________________________________________________
                     (Sign exactly as name appears on the face of this Security)

Signature Guarantee:____________________________________________________________
              (Participant in a Recognized Signature Guaranty Medallion Program)

        [Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan association and credit unions) with
membership in an approved guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

                              OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE

                PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 301 AND 303 OF THE INDENTURE

        The undersigned, Daniel S. Bothe, the Senior Vice President and Co-Chief
Financial Officer of Arden Realty, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"),
the sole general partner of Arden Realty Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited
partnership (the "Issuer"), and Richard S. Davis, the Senior Vice President,
Co-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, herein certify on
behalf of the Issuer as follows:

        The undersigned, having read the Indenture, dated as of March 14, 2000
(the "Indenture"), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), including Sections 201, 301 and 303 thereof, and the definitions in
such Indenture relating thereto and certain other corporate documents and
records, and having made such examination or investigation as each considers
necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion, certify that
(1) the form, title and terms of the series of Securities (as defined in the
Indenture) established under the Indenture to be entitled "7.00% Notes due 2007"
were established by resolutions (the "Pricing Resolutions") of the Pricing
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Pricing Committee")
adopted at a meeting on November 6, 2001 and as are set forth in Exhibit 1
hereto, (2) the Pricing Committee was established by resolutions (the "Board
Resolutions") of the Board of the Directors of the Company adopted at a meeting
on September 20, 2001 and as are set forth in Exhibit 2 hereto, (3) all
conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to the issuance of
and establishment of the form, title and terms of such series, including those
set forth in Sections 201, 301 and 303 of the Indenture, have been complied with
and (4) to the best knowledge of the undersigned, no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities of those series.

        As of the date hereof the Pricing Resolutions and Board Resolutions
remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto signed their names as
of this November 9, 2001.

                                            /s/ Daniel S. Bothe
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                                            Daniel S. Bothe
                                            Senior Vice President and
                                            Co-Chief Financial Officer

                                            /s/ Richard S. Davis
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                                            Richard S. Davis
                                            Senior Vice President, Co-Chief
                                            Financial Officer and Treasurer

        I, David A. Swartz, the General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, do
hereby certify that (i) Daniel S. Bothe is on the date hereof, and has been at
all times since July, 2000, the duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting
Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and (ii)
Richard S. Davis is on the date hereof, and has been at times since July, 2000,
the duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting Senior Vice President,
Co-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, and that the signatures
set forth above are the genuine signatures of such officers.

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                                            David A. Swartz
                                            General Counsel and Secretary

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                                    EXHIBIT 1

                               PRICING RESOLUTIONS
                      RESOLUTIONS OF THE PRICING COMMITTEE
                          OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                               ARDEN REALTY, INC.

                           ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2001

        WHEREAS, in resolutions adopted on September 20, 2001 (the
"Resolutions"), the Board of Directors of Arden Realty, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company"), acting in its capacity as the sole general partner
of Arden Realty Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (the
"Partnership"), authorized the Partnership to issue and sell senior notes in a
public offering pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, in one or more tranches in an aggregate principal amount of not more
than $200 million (the "Notes"); and

        WHEREAS, pursuant to the Resolutions the Board of Directors established
a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors for the purpose of approving,
among other things, the amount, manner and terms of the issuance and sale of the
Notes and appointed Richard S. Ziman and Victor J. Coleman, Directors of the
Company, to serve on such committee.

        NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Sections 201 and
301 of the Indenture dated March 14, 2000, between the Partnership and The Bank
of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), relating to, among other things, the
Notes (the "Indenture"), the form and terms of the Notes are hereby established
(capitalized terms used in these resolutions and not otherwise defined herein
having the same definitions as in the Indenture):

       1.      The Notes shall constitute a separate series of Securities under
               the Indenture having the title "7.00% Notes due 2007."

       2.      The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that shall be
               authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be
               $150,000,000. The series may be reopened for the issuance of
               additional securities of the series.

       3.      The entire outstanding principal of the Notes shall be payable on
               November 15, 2007 (the "Maturity Date").

       4.      The rate at which the Notes shall bear interest shall be 7.00%
               per annum; the date from which such interest shall accrue shall
               be November 9, 2001, the Interest Payment Dates on which such
               interest will be payable shall be May 15 and November 15 of each
               year, beginning May 15, 2002; the Regular Record Dates for the
               interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall
               be the May 1 or November 1, as applicable, immediately preceding
               the Interest Payment Date (regardless of whether such date is a
               Business Day); and the basis upon which interest shall be
               calculated shall be that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve
               30-day months.

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       5.      The place where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
               on the Notes shall be payable, where Notes may be surrendered for
               the registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices or
               demands to or upon the Partnership in respect of the Notes and
               the Indenture may be served shall be the office or agency
               maintained by the Partnership for such purpose in the Borough of
               Manhattan, The City of New York, which shall initially be the
               Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee at 101 Barclay St., Floor
               21 West, New York, New York 10286.

       6.      The Notes shall be redeemable at any time at the option of the
               Partnership, in whole or from time to time in part, at a
               Redemption Price (payable in Dollars) equal to the sum of (i) the
               principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued
               interest thereon to the Redemption Date and (ii) the Make-Whole
               Amount (as defined in the form of Notes attached hereto as
               Exhibit B), if any, with respect to such Notes.

       7.      The Notes shall not be redeemable at the option of any Holder
               thereof. The Notes will not have the benefit of any mandatory
               sinking fund.

       8.      The Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any
               integral multiples thereof.

       9.      The Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar, transfer
               agent and Paying Agent for the Notes.

       10.     The entire outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall be
               payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the
               Notes pursuant to Section 502 of the Indenture.

       11.     The Notes shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars. Payment of the
               principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be
               made in U.S. Dollars, and Holders have no right to elect the
               currency in which such payments are made.

       12.     The amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and
               interest on the Notes shall not be determined with reference to
               an index, formula or other similar method.

       13.     The Notes shall be issuable only as Registered Securities without
               coupons and shall initially be issued in permanent global form.
               Beneficial owners of interests in the global notes may exchange
               such interests for Notes of like tenor of any authorized
               denomination only under the circumstances provided in Section 305
               of the Indenture. The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") shall be
               the initial depository with respect to the global notes.

       14.     The Notes will not be issuable as Bearer Securities, and a
               temporary global certificate will not be issued.

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       15.     Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture and in these
               resolutions with respect to the payment of Defaulted Interest,
               interest on any Note shall be payable only to the Person in whose
               name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
               registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
               for such interest. Payments of principal, premium, if any, and
               interest in respect of the Notes will be made by the Partnership
               by Dollar check or by wire transfer of immediately available
               funds (such a wire transfer to be made only to a Holder of an
               aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of $5,000,000, and
               only if such Holder shall have furnished wire instructions in
               writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the
               relevant Interest Payment Date and acknowledged that a wire
               transfer fee shall be payable).

       16.     Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture shall be applicable to
               the Notes.

       17.     The Notes will be authenticated and delivered as provided in
               Section 303 of the Indenture.

       18.     The Partnership shall not be required to pay Additional Amounts
               with respect to the Notes as contemplated by Section 1012 of the
               Indenture.

       19.     The Notes shall not be convertible into any other security.

       20.     The Notes will be direct, senior unsecured obligations of the
               Partnership and will rank equally with all other senior unsecured
               indebtedness of the Partnership from time to time outstanding.

       21.     The provisions of Section 1013 of the Indenture shall be
               applicable with respect to any term, provision or condition set
               forth in Sections 1004 to 1011, inclusive, of the Indenture.

       22.     The Notes shall have such additional terms as are set forth in
               the form of Notes attached hereto as Exhibit B, which terms are
               hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of these
               resolutions and the Indenture as if set forth in full herein and
               therein.

        RESOLVED, that the offering price of the Notes shall be 100% of the
principal amount thereof, and the Notes shall be sold to Lehman Brothers Inc.,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, A.G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc., Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., and Deutshe Banc Alex. Brown
(collectively, the "Underwriters"), at a price equal to 99.375% of the principal
amount thereof.

        RESOLVED, that the form and terms of the Underwriting Agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit A and the Note attached hereto as Exhibit B, and each of them
hereby is, approved, and the execution and delivery thereof of each of the
foregoing documents by officers of the Company on behalf of the Partnership are
hereby authorized, approved, ratified and reconfirmed in all respects.

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        RESOLVED, that each of the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer and any Executive or Senior Vice
President of the Company be, and each of them acting singly, hereby is,
authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, and
(where required) attested by the Company's Secretary, to execute and deliver the
Notes and the Underwriting Agreement in substantially the forms approved hereby,
with such changes as shall have been approved by the executing officer, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof (it being
understood that any signatures and attestations appearing on the Notes may be
facsimiles thereof).

        RESOLVED, that the prospectus supplement dated November 6, 2001 relating
to the Notes be, and the same hereby is, ratified and approved in all respects.

        RESOLVED, that all officers of the Company be, and each of them hereby
is, authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, to make, execute
and deliver or cause to be made, executed and delivered, and to evidence the
approval of the Board of Directors of, all such officers' certificates,
depository agreements, letters of representation or other agreements or
arrangements necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration of
any book-entry arrangements for the Notes, and such other agreements,
undertakings, documents or instruments, and to perform all such acts and make
all such payments, as may, in the judgment of such officer, be necessary,
appropriate or desirable to effectuate the purpose of these resolutions,
including the performance of the obligations of the Partnership under the
Indenture, the Notes, the Underwriting Agreement and any other agreement,
undertaking, document or instrument referred to herein or therein.

        RESOLVED, that any and all actions heretofore taken by the officers of
the Company on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to the authority conferred by
the preceding resolutions and consistent therewith is ratified, approved and
confirmed.

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                                    EXHIBIT 2

                                BOARD RESOLUTIONS

                               RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
                               SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
                                     BY THE
                               BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                       OF
                               ARDEN REALTY, INC.,
                             A MARYLAND CORPORATION

OFFERING OF DEBT SECURITIES

        WHEREAS, it has been proposed to the Board of Directors of Arden Realty,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), acting in its capacity as the
general partner of Arden Realty Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited
partnership (the "Partnership"), to cause the Partnership to issue and sell up
to $200 million in aggregate principal amount of one or more series of senior
unsecured debt securities of the Partnership (the "Notes") in a public offering
to be underwritten by Lehman Brothers Inc. for themselves or as representative
of a group of investment banking firms, or by one or more other investment
banking firms which the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary,
the Treasurer or one of the Senior Vice Presidents, and their successors, (the
"Authorized Officers"), or any of them, may approve (the "Underwriters"); and

        WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the
issuance and sale of the Notes is in the best interests of the Partnership; and

        WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it desirable and in the best
interests of the Partnership to create a pricing committee of the Board of
Directors with respect to the proposed public offering of the Notes; and

        WHEREAS, it is accordingly in the best interests of the Partnership to
authorize certain actions, filings and documents, as more fully set forth below,
necessary or appropriate to effect the issuance and sale of the Notes.

AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE NOTES

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the issuance and sale to the
Underwriters for resale to the public in an underwritten public offering of up
to $200 million aggregate principal amount of Notes, in such series, and at such
interest rate or rates, underwriting discounts, maturity dates and other terms
as may be approved by the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors (as herein
defined) be, and hereby are, authorized and approved.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that such Notes be issued pursuant to that certain
indenture between the Partnership and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the

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"Trustee"), dated March 14, 2000, as the same may be supplemented by a
supplemental indenture setting forth additional terms of the Notes
(collectively, the "Indenture"), any supplemental indenture to be in such form
as may be approved by the Authorized Officers, with such approval to be
conclusively evidenced by the execution of the same by an Authorized Officer.

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

        WHEREAS, the Partnership filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 on June 27,
2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on June 29, 2001, and as further amended by
Amendment No. 2 on July 19, 2001, and a prospectus dated July 24, 2001 (the
"Prospectus") pursuant to which the Partnership registered for issuance from
time to time up to $400,000,000 of debt securities;

        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and
they hereby are, authorized and directed to cause to be prepared a prospectus
supplement to the Prospectus covering the offer and sale of up to $200 million
aggregate principal amount of the Notes and containing disclosures which are
necessary and appropriate to comply with applicable federal and state securities
laws.

TRUSTEE AND TRUST INDENTURE ACT MATTERS

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and hereby are,
authorized and directed to execute, deliver and, as appropriate, file all
agreements, certificates, exhibits, documents, letters, and other instruments in
connection with the Indenture or the Trustee's service as Trustee under the
Indenture as such officers may determine to be necessary or advisable, with such
determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution, delivery or filing
of such agreements, certificates, exhibits, documents, letters and other
instruments.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them
hereby is, authorized and directed to execute, deliver and, as appropriate, file
all certificates, exhibits, documents, letters, and other instruments and take
such other action as such Authorized Officers may determine to be necessary or
advisable to effect compliance with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes, with such determination to
be conclusively evidenced by the execution, delivery or filing of such
certificates, exhibits, documents, letters and other instruments or the taking
of such other action.

BLUE SKY

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Notes, to the extent not already qualified or
registered, be qualified or registered for sale in such states as the Authorized
Officers or any of them may in their sole discretion determine, and that such
Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is authorized and empowered to
take, in the name

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and on behalf of the Partnership, all such actions as they or any of them
determine to be necessary or appropriate to effect such qualification and
registration, or to obtain exemptions therefrom, under the state securities or
Blue Sky laws of such states, with such determination to be conclusively
evidenced by the qualification or registration of the Notes in such states or
the taking of such actions.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that each resolution required to be adopted in each
such state in order to effect such registration or qualification or to obtain
such an exemption therefrom is hereby adopted, and the Secretary of the Company
is directed to attach a copy of each resolution so adopted to these resolutions.

APPROVAL, SIGNATURE AND AUTHENTICATION OF THE NOTES

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Notes, in the form presented to the
Authorized Officers, subject to such changes and additional terms and conditions
as the Pricing Committee shall approve be, and they hereby are, adopted and
approved.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them
hereby is, authorized, directed and empowered, on behalf and in the name of the
Partnership, to approve the definitive forms of the Notes, and the same are
hereby ratified, approved and adopted for use by the Partnership, and that
Authorized Officers or any of them be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to
execute and deliver, on behalf and in the name of the Partnership, the Notes in
the manner and form required in, or contemplated by, the Indenture; provided,
however, that any such signature may be manual or by facsimile and that the
Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who are at any
time the Authorized Officers shall bind the Partnership, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the
date of the Notes.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them
hereby is, authorized, directed, and empowered to adopt and approve the
facsimile signatures to be used on the Notes.

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that subject to action by the Pricing Committee as
hereinafter authorized, the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is,
authorized to execute and deliver an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting
Agreement") between the Partnership and the Underwriters, providing for, among
other things, the sale by the Partnership to the Underwriters and the purchase
by the Underwriters from the Partnership of the Notes, all upon the terms and
subject to the conditions, as such Authorized Officer executing the same shall
approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by such execution and
delivery.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the firms to act as Underwriters and as
representatives of the Underwriters are to be determined by the Authorized
Officers, such

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determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution of the Underwriting
Agreement.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them
hereby is, authorized, empowered and directed, for and on behalf of the
Partnership, subject to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and the
closing of the offering of the Notes, to cause the Notes to be issued and sold
to the Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Registration Statement and the Underwriting
Agreement and having such other rights and limitations as set forth in the
Registration Statement and the Underwriting Agreement.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and they hereby are,
authorized, empowered and directed upon payment to the Partnership pursuant to
the Underwriting Agreement of the purchase price of the Notes to issue and
deliver the Notes to the purchasers of such Notes pursuant to the terms set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Underwriting Agreement.

PRICING COMMITTEE

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors
(the "Pricing Committee") is hereby created for the purpose of approving the
amount, manner and terms of the issuance and sale of the Notes.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the following Directors are hereby appointed to
serve on the Pricing Committee:

                                Richard S. Ziman
                                Victor J. Coleman

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO THE PRICING COMMITTEE

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Board hereby delegates to the Pricing
Committee the full power, authority and discretion of the Board with respect to
the approval of the terms of the underwritten public offering of the Notes,
including without limitation authority as to the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes to be sold to the public (not to exceed $200,000,000), the interest
rate, maturity date, redemption provisions and all other terms of the Notes.

ANCILLARY POWERS

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are, and each of them
hereby is, authorized, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership or otherwise
to make all such arrangements, to do and perform all such acts and things and to
execute and deliver all such officers' certificates and such other instruments
and documents as they may deem necessary or appropriate in order to fully
effectuate the purpose of each and all of the foregoing resolutions (hereby
ratifying and confirming any and all actions taken heretofore and hereafter to
accomplish such purposes).

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EXPENSES

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers and counsel to the
Partnership are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to pay, on
the behalf of and in the name of the Partnership, any and all expenses and fees
arising in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the registration of the
Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), the filing of
applications under the securities and blue sky laws of the various States and
jurisdictions of the United States and otherwise in connection with these
resolutions.

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers are hereby authorized and
directed, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, to pay the expenses
incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership in connection with the public
offering, including any and all expenses and fees arising in connection with the
registration of the Notes under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, and the filing of
applications under the securities and blue sky laws of the various States and
jurisdictions of the United States.

GENERAL AUTHORITY

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them
hereby is, authorized and directed on behalf of the Partnership and in its name:
(i) to execute such documents and instruments; (ii) to make and effect all such
filings, applications and registrations; and (iii) to take such actions as he
may deem necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and intents of the
foregoing resolutions.

RATIFICATION OF PRIOR ACTS

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that all acts and things heretofore done by any such
officers, or by any other employees or agents of the Company or the Partnership,
on or prior to the date of this meeting of the Board, in connection with the
transactions contemplated by the foregoing resolutions be, and the same hereby
are, in all respects ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted as acts on behalf
of the Partnership.

CERTIFICATION OF RESOLUTIONS

        RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Secretary of the Company and each of the
assistant secretaries, if any, are hereby authorized to certify and attach
hereto any and all specific resolutions consistent with the matters discussed in
these minutes, which specific resolutions shall be deemed a part of these
minutes as if originally contained herein.

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