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Gables Residential Trust
2859 Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30339
December 3, 1998
Via Facsimile and EDGAR
Robert T. Plesnarski
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Gables Residential Trust:
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-64497)
Dear Mr. Plesnarski:
Pursuant to Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Gables
Residential Trust hereby requests that the above-captioned registration
statement on Form S-3 be withdrawn. Such request is being made in response to
oral instructions received from the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission based on General Instruction I.B.3 to Form S-3.
Very truly yours,
GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST
By: /s/ Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
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Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
Senior Vice President
cc: Ettore A. Santucci, P.C.
