UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST INC
8-K, 1998-04-13
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 27, 1998


                       UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



            Virginia                      1-10524                54-0857512
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(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation of organization)                              Identification No.)



                   10 South Sixth Street, Virginia 23219-3802
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               (Address of principal executive offices - zip code)



                                 (804) 780-2691
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code


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Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

         Effective  as  of  the  close  of  business  on  March  27,  1998,  ASR
Investments  Corporation  ("ASR") merged with and into UDR Western  Residential,
Inc., a wholly-owned  subsidiary of the registrant, United Dominion Realty
Trust,  Inc. ("United Dominion"), pursuant to an Amended and Restated Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated as of  December  19,  1997  (the  "Merger  Agreement"),
previously filed with the Commission on January 30, 1998. Following this
transaction,  the Company's "acquisitions" were significant in the aggregate and
necessitated  the filing of this Form 8-K. The merger has been  structured as a
tax-free transaction  and will be treated as a purchase for accounting purposes.
As provided in the Merger Agreement,  each of the  4,916,199  shares of ASR
common stock  outstanding  on March 27, 1998,  was exchanged  for 1.575 shares
of United  Dominion  common  stock.  Based on United Dominion's common stock
price of $14, United Dominion issued approximately $130 million of common stock
and common stock  equivalents  and assumed approximately $175 million of debt.
The aggregate  purchase price of the merger is estimated at  approximately $330
million, including closing costs and mortgage premiums.

         ASR, a Maryland  corporation,  owned 40 apartment  communities  and one
commercial  property located in the Southwest and Northwest.  The 40 communities
contain 7,550 apartment homes with a weighted  average year built of 1984. ASR's
apartment communities are geographically distributed as follows:

                                      Number of                   Number of
City/State                       Apartment Communities         Apartment Homes
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Houston, Texas                            14                         2,261
Dallas, Texas                              8                         1,889
Tucson, Arizona                            8                         1,112
Phoenix, Arizona                           3                           928
Washington                                 4                           812
Albuquerque, New Mexico                    3                           548
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         Total                            40                         7,550
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ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         (a)      Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

                  Financial statements of the acquiree, ASR, are not provided in
this Form 8-K. Financial  statements of ASR which are deemed to be substantially
equivalent to those required in this Form 8-K were  previously  included in
United Dominion's Registration Statement ("Form S-4") filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on January 30, 1998.

         (b)      Pro Forma Financial Information.

                  It  is   impracticable  to  provide  the  required  pro  forma
financial  information  at the time of this  report.  However,  the required pro
forma  financial  information  will be filed  not later  than 60 days  after the
filing of this report.






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Signatures

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        UNITED DOMINION REALTY TRUST, INC.



Date:   April 13, 1998                  /s/ James Dolphin
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                                        James Dolphin, Senior Vice President
                                        Chief Financial Officer



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