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EXHIBIT (a)
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF OFFER
CONTACT: River Oaks Partnership Services, Inc.
(888) 349-2005 (toll free)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DENVER, COLORADO, November 8, 2000. As previously announced,
AIMCO/Bethesda Holdings Acquisitions, Inc. ("AIMCO/Bethesda") is tendering for
all assignee units of limited partnership interest in Oxford Residential
Properties I Limited Partnership, subject to the terms of its Offer to
Purchase. AIMCO/Bethesda has extended the expiration date of its offer. The
expiration date for the tender offer has been extended to 5:00 p.m., New York
time, on Monday, November 27, 2000. The offer was previously scheduled to
expire at 5:00 p.m. on November 7, 2000.
AIMCO/Bethesda reported, based on information provided by the
Information Agent for the offer, that as of the close of business on November
7, 2000 approximately 3,762 units had been tendered pursuant to the offer.
For further information, please contact River Oaks Partnership
Services, Inc. at (888) 349-2005 (toll free), which is acting as the Information
Agent for the offer.
