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8-K, 1997-02-24
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  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):  February 12, 1997



                   CHARLES E. SMITH RESIDENTIAL REALTY, INC.
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Maryland                    1-13174             54-1681657
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(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission         (IRS Employer  
    of Incorporation)               File Number)    Identification Number) 
                                              

   2345 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA                      22202
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)


    The Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (703) 920-8500
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                                   SIGNATURES

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.
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          On February 12, 1997, Charles E. Smith Realty Inc. (the "Company")
entered into an Underwriting Agreement and related Pricing Agreement with
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Legg Mason Wood Walker, and
Prudential Securities Incorporated relating to the issuance and sale by the
Company of 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Offered Securities").  The Offered Securities were registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3  (No. 333-340).



ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
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Exhibit
Number    Exhibit
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1                                   Underwriting Agreement dated February 12,
                                    1997.

1.1                                 Pricing Agreement dated February 12, 1997.

5                                   Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. dated
                                    February 19, 1997 as to the validity of the
                                    offered securities.
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                                  SIGNATURES

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



Date:  February 21, 1997            CHARLES E. SMITH RESIDENTIAL REALTY, INC.
                               

                              By:   /s/ Robert D. Zimet
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                                    Robert D. Zimet
                                    Senior Vice-President and 
                                    General Counsel


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                                                                       Exhibit 1
                                                                       Conformed

                   Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.
                                  Common Stock
                           (par value $.01 per share)
                                   __________
                             Underwriting Agreement



Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
 Corporation,
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated,
Prudential Securities Incorporated,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.

                                                               February 12, 1997



Ladies and Gentlemen:

    From time to time Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the "Company"), which is the general partner of Charles E. Smith
Residential Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating
Partnership"), and such Operating Partnership propose to enter into one or more
Pricing Agreements (each a "Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto,
with such additions and deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and therein, the Company
proposes to issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the applicable
Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the "Underwriters" with respect to
such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain shares of
its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), specified in Schedule
II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the "Firm
Shares").  If specified in such Pricing Agreement, the Company may grant to the
Underwriters the right to purchase at their election an additional number of
shares, specified in such Pricing Agreement as provided in Section 3 hereof (the
"Optional Shares"). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares, if any, which the
Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein
collectively called the "Designated Shares".

    The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Shares shall
be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto.
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    1. Particular sales of Designated Shares may be made from time to time to
the Underwriters of such Shares, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Shares in the Pricing Agreement
relating thereto will act as representatives (the "Representatives"). The term
"Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of
the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act without any firm being designated
as their representative. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as
an obligation of the Company to sell any of the Shares or as an obligation of
any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares. The obligation of the
Company to issue and sell any of the Shares and the obligation of any of the
Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares shall be evidenced by the Pricing
Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares specified therein. Each Pricing
Agreement shall specify the aggregate number of the Firm Shares, the maximum
number of Optional Shares, if any, the initial public offering price of such
Firm and Optional Shares or the manner of determining such price, the purchase
price to the Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the
Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the Representatives of such
Underwriters, the number of such Designated Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter and the commission, if any, payable to the Underwriters with respect
thereto and shall set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Firm
and Optional Shares, if any, and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall
also specify (to the extent not set forth in the registration statement and
prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Shares. A Pricing
Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in
counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications
or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of
communications transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this
Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint.

    2.  The Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Underwriters that:

        (a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-340) in respect
     of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
     (the "Commission"); such registration statement and any post-effective
     amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be delivered
     to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to such registration
     statement, but including all documents incorporated by reference in the
     prospectus included therein, to the Representatives for each of the other
     Underwriters have been declared effective by the Commission in such form;
     no other document with respect to such registration statement or document
     incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed, or transmitted
     for filing, with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to
     Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") each in the form heretofore
     delivered to the Representatives); and no stop order suspending the
     effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no
     proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the
     Company or the Operating Partnership, threatened by the Commission (any
     preliminary prospectus included in such registration statement or filed
     with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act, is hereinafter
     called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of such

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     registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and the documents
     incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the registration
     statement at the time such part of the registration statement became
     effective, each as amended at the time such part of the registration
     statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the
     "Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to the Shares, in the
     form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing,
     with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is
     hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any
     Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
     include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the
     applicable form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary
     Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any
     amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
     shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date
     of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
     incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
     the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration
     Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the
     Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
     the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
     reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the
     Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the
     Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable
     Designated Shares in the form in which it is filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
     hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the
     date of such filing);

        (b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they
     became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
     conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the
     Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
     to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
     misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
     reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
     when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as
     the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
     of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
     regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
     be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
     misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
     not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
     conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
     Underwriter of Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for
     use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares;

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        (c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
     further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
     Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
     the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
     not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
     Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
     filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
     contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
     fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
     therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
     warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
     upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
     by an Underwriter of Designated Shares through the Representatives
     expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to
     such Shares;

        (d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries ("subsidiaries", as
     used herein, shall include the Operating Partnership and any other entities
     in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any partnership or other
     equity interest) has sustained since the date of the latest audited
     financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
     Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
     explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
     from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree,
     otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since
     the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
     Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital
     stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
     material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective
     material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
     financial position, stockholders' equity (or, with respect to partnership
     subsidiaries, partnership capital), or results of operations of the Company
     and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, otherwise than as set
     forth or contemplated in the Prospectus;

        (e) As of each Time of Delivery (as defined below), the Company and its
     subsidiaries will have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or good
     and marketable leasehold estates in (in each case as described in the
     Prospectus), all real property described in the Prospectus as being owned
     by them, and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by
     them which is material to the business of the Company, in each case free
     and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are
     described in the Prospectus or such as do not materially and adversely
     affect the value of such property, and do not interfere with the use made
     and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its
     subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the
     Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid and subsisting
     leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere with
     the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
     Company and its subsidiaries, in each case except as set forth in or
     contemplated by the Prospectus;

         (f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
     corporation in good standing under the laws of Maryland, with corporate

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     power and authority under its Articles of Incorporation and the Maryland
     General Corporation Law, as amended, to own its properties and conduct its
     business as described in the Prospectus and has been duly qualified as a
     foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
     (to the extent the concept of good standing applies in any such
     jurisdiction) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or
     leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such
     qualification, or is subject to no material disability by reason of the
     failure to be so qualified or in good standing in any such jurisdiction;
     and each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is validly
     existing as a partnership or corporation and is in good standing under the
     laws of its jurisdiction of organization;

         (g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
     Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
     have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-
     assessable and conform to the description of the capital stock contained in
     the Prospectus; the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
     Partnership of Charles E. Smith Residential Realty L.P., as amended (the
     "Operating Partnership Agreement"), and the partnership agreement of each
     partnership subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized, executed
     and delivered by the Company or the subsidiary of the Company that is the
     partner thereto and are valid and binding agreements, enforceable in
     accordance with their terms; the Company is the sole general partner of the
     Operating Partnership and has an ownership interest in the Operating
     Partnership as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented; all
     of the other partnership interests owned by the Company in each subsidiary
     of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
     owned directly or indirectly by the Company or the Operating Partnership
     free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; all of the
     issued shares of capital stock of the corporate subsidiaries of the Company
     shall have been duly and validly authorized and issued, shall be fully paid
     and non-assessable and (except for directors' qualifying shares and except
     as set forth in the Prospectus), to the extent owned by the Company, shall
     be owned directly or indirectly by the Company or the Operating
     Partnership, as applicable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
     equities or claims;

        (h) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and, when the Firm
     Shares are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Pricing
     Agreement with respect to such Firm Shares and, in the case of any Optional
     Shares, pursuant to Over-allotment Options (as defined in Section 3 hereof)
     with respect to such Optional Shares, such Designated Shares will be duly
     and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares conform to
     the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the
     Designated Shares will conform to the description thereof contained in the
     Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to such Designated
     Shares;

        (i) The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company and the compliance
     by the Company and the Operating Partnership with all of the provisions of
     this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement and each Over-allotment Option, if
     any, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
     therein will not conflict with or constitute a breach or violation by such

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     party of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
     any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
     or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
     by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
     the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject
     which conflict, breach, violation or default would have a material adverse
     effect on the management, consolidated financial position, prospects,
     shareholders' equity (or, with respect to partnership subsidiaries,
     partnership capital) or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, nor will such action result in
     any violation by such party of the provisions of the Articles of
     Incorporation or By-laws of the Company or the Certificate of Limited
     Partnership of the Operating Partnership or the Operating Partnership
     Agreement or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
     governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
     its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,
     authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such
     court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of
     the Shares by the Company or the consummation by the Company and the
     Operating Partnership of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
     any Pricing Agreement or any Over-allotment Option, except such as have
     been, or will have been prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in
     Section 4 hereof), obtained under the Act and such consents, approvals,
     authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under
     state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
     distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;

        (j) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
     governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of
     its subsidiaries is the subject, which, if determined adversely to the
     Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate
     have a material adverse effect on the current or, to the Company's
     knowledge, the future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity
     (or, with respect to partnership subsidiaries, partnership capital) or
     results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best
     knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, no such proceedings
     are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by
     others;

        (k) Neither the Company nor any of its corporate subsidiaries are in
violation of their respective certificates of incorporation or by-laws and
neither the Operating Partnership nor any of the Company's partnership
subsidiaries are in violation of their respective partnership agreements or any
relevant certificate of limited partnership, nor is the Company or any of its
subsidiaries in default in any material respect in the performance or observance
of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound,
which default individually or in the aggregate would have a material adverse
effect on the management, consolidated financial position, prospects,

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shareholders' equity (or, with respect to partnership subsidiaries, partnership
capital) of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise;


          (l) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the captions
     "Description of Preferred Stock", "Description of Common Stock" and
     "Description of Common Stock Warrants", insofar as they purport to
     constitute a summary of the terms of the stock, and under the caption
     "Federal Income Tax Considerations" and under the caption "Underwriting",
     insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and
     documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;

          (m) Arthur Andersen LLP, who have certified certain financial
     statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
     accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the
     Commission thereunder;

          (n) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, is or, after
     giving effect to the transactions herein contemplated, will be an
     "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company"
     within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
     "Investment Company Act");

          (o) No preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of
     the Shares; and no person or entity holds the rights to require or
     participate in the registration under the Act of the Shares pursuant to the
     Registration Statement; and

          (p) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business with
     the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba
     within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes.

    3.    Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Shares and authorization by the Representatives of the release of the
Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented.

    The Company may specify in the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Firm
Shares that the Company thereby grants to the Underwriters the right (an "Over-
allotment Option") to purchase at their election up to the number of Optional
Shares set forth in such Pricing Agreement, on the terms set forth in the
paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of
the Firm Shares.  Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised
by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, given within a period
specified in the Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of
Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are
to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives but in no event earlier
than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the
Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than or
later than the respective number of business days after the date of such notice
set forth in such Pricing Agreement.

    The number of Optional Shares to be added to the number of Firm Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing
Agreement applicable to such Designated Shares shall be, in each case, the
number of Optional Shares which the Company has been advised by the
Representatives have been attributed to such Underwriter; provided that, if the
Company has not been so advised, the number of Optional Shares to be so added
shall be, in each case, that proportion of Optional Shares which the number of
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter

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under such Pricing Agreement bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares
(rounded as the Representatives may determine to the nearest 100 shares).  The
total number of Designated Shares to be purchased by all the Underwriters
pursuant to such Pricing Agreement shall be the aggregate number of Firm Shares
set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing Agreement plus the aggregate number of
Optional Shares which the Underwriters elect to purchase.

    4.    Certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares to be
purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating
thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing Agreement and in such authorized
denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request
upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered
by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the
purchase price therefor by certified or official bank check or checks, payable
to the order of the Company in the funds specified in such Pricing Agreement,
(i) with respect to the Firm Shares, all in the manner and at the place and time
and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and time and
date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time
and date being herein called the "First Time of Delivery" and (ii) with respect
to the Optional Shares, if any, in the manner and at the time and date specified
by the Representatives in the written notice given by the Representatives of the
Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or at such other time
and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, such
time and date, if not the First Time of Delivery, herein called the "Second Time
of Delivery".  Each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of
Delivery".

    5.    The Company and the Operating Partnership agree with each of the
Underwriters of any Designated Shares:

        (a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in relation to
     the applicable Designated Shares in a form approved by the Representatives
     and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later
     than the Commission's close of business on the second business day
     following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to
     the applicable Designated Shares or, if applicable, such earlier time as
     may be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any
     supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or
     supplemented after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such
     Designated Shares and prior to any Time of Delivery for such Shares which
     shall be disapproved by the Representatives for such Shares promptly after
     reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any
     such amendment or supplement after any Time of Delivery for such Shares and
     furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all
     reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be
     filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
     14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
     is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Shares, and
     during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it
     receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration
     Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the

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     Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of
     the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing
     or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Shares, of the
     suspension of the qualification of such Shares for offering or sale in any
     jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any
     such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
     supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional
     information relating to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any
     document incorporated therein by reference; and, in the event of the
     issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or
     suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Shares or suspending
     any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the
     withdrawal of such order;

        (b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
     Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Shares for offering
     and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the
     Representatives may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as
     to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
     jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution
     of such Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not
     be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general
     consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

        (c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as amended
     or supplemented in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to
     time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required
     at any time in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at
     such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus
     as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
     the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
     were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
     other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or
     supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document
     incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act
     or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request
     to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each
     Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the
     Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended
     Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such
     statement or omission or effect such compliance;

        (d) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as
     practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
     effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
     under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its consolidated
     subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of
     the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
     (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

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        (e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement
     for such Designated Shares and continuing to and including the date that is
     90 days (or such other period as may be specified in such Pricing
     Agreement) after the last Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, not
     to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as
     provided hereunder, any Shares or any securities of the Company that are
     substantially similar to the Shares, or any other securities that are
     convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to
     receive, Shares or any such similar securities, except for (i) Shares
     issuable pursuant to employee stock option and award or dividend
     reinvestment plans existing on, or upon the conversion of convertible or
     exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of the Pricing
     Agreement for such Designated Shares or (ii) Shares issuable upon the
     exchange of securities of the Operating Partnership or for the issuance of
     securities of the Operating Partnership (which may be exchangeable for
     Shares no earlier than 90 days after the date of the Pricing Agreement for
     such Designated Shares), without the prior consent of the Representatives;

         (f) To furnish to its stockholders as soon as practicable after the end
     of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and
     statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flow of the Company and
     its consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants)
     and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three
     quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
     after the effective date of the Registration Statement), unaudited
     consolidated summary financial information of the Company and its
     subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable detail;

         (g) During a period of three years from the effective date of the
     Registration Statement, to furnish to the Representatives copies of all
     reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
     stockholders generally, and deliver to the Representatives (i) as soon as
     they are publicly available, copies of any reports and financial statements
     furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
     exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and
     (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial
     condition of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time
     reasonably request, subject in the case of confidential information to
     mutually agreed upon confidentiality arrangements (such financial
     statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the
     Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its
     stockholders generally or to the Commission);

         (h) To use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of
     the Designated Shares pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in
     the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds";

         (i) To make the elections and take the procedural steps described in
     the Prospectus under the caption "Federal Income Tax Considerations" in a
     timely fashion, and to otherwise use its best efforts to meet the

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     requirements to qualify, for its taxable year ended December 31, 1997 and
     for subsequent years, as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); and

         (j) To use its best efforts to supplementally list, subject to notice
     of issuance, the Designated Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.


    6.    The Company and the Operating Partnership covenant and agree with the
several Underwriters that the Company and the Operating Partnership will pay or
cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the
Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation,
printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of
printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any
Pricing Agreement, any Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including
compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering,
purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with
the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities
laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky survey(s); (iv) the filing fees incident to, and
the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with,
any required reviews by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of
the terms of the sale of the Shares; (v) the cost of preparing certificates for
the Shares; (vi) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or
dividend disbursing agent; and (vii) all other costs and expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations hereunder and under any Over-allotment
Options which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8
and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
Shares by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may
make.

    7.    The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Shares under the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares shall be subject, in the
discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and
warranties and other statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership in
or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such
Designated Shares are, at and as of each Time of Delivery for such Designated
Shares, true and correct, the condition that the Company and the Operating
Partnership shall have performed all of their obligations hereunder theretofore
to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

        (a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to such
     Designated Shares shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
     Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by
     the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a)
     hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
     Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for
     that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and

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     all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall
     have been complied with to the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction;

        (b) Sullivan & Cromwell, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have
     furnished to the Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated each Time
     of Delivery for such Designated Shares, with respect to the incorporation
     of the Company, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to
     the Designated Shares, the validity of the Designated Shares, the
     Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and such other related matters as
     the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have
     received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
     enable them to pass upon such matters;

        (c)(I)  Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., counsel for the Company, shall have
     furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated each Time of
     Delivery for such Designated Shares, respectively, in form and substance
     satisfactory to the Representatives, with appropriate qualifications and
     limitations satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

               (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
          existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Maryland,
          with corporate power and corporate authority under its articles of
          incorporation and the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended, to
          own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
          Prospectus as amended or supplemented;

               (ii) The Company has authorized capital stock as set forth in the
          Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and the Designated Shares being
          delivered at such Time of Delivery have been duly and validly
          authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable under the
          Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended; and the Shares conform
          as to legal matters to the description thereof contained in the
          Prospectus as amended or supplemented under the caption "Description
          of Common Stock";

               (iii)  Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
          Company's other subsidiaries is authorized to transact business as a
          foreign corporation or partnership in each jurisdiction where such
          entity maintains an office or owns or manages properties;

                (iv) The Operating Partnership has been formed and is validly
          existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the Delaware
          Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended; the Operating
          Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
          by the respective general partner(s) thereto and constitutes the valid
          and binding obligations of such general partner(s), enforceable
          against such general partner(s) in accordance with their terms, except
          as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
          moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights (including,
          without limitation, the effect of statutory and other law regarding
          fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers and preferential
          transfers) and except as may be limited by the exercise of judicial

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          discretion in applying principles of equity (regardless of whether
          such agreements are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
          and except as described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented,
          all of the partnership interests in the Operating Partnership that are
          owned of record by the Company are owned, to the knowledge of such
          counsel after such inquiry as such counsel deems appropriate, free and
          clear of all liens, charges or encumbrances;

               (v) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
          Designated Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
          by the Company and the Operating Partnership;

               (vi) The issue and sale of the Designated Shares being delivered
          at such Time of Delivery by the Company, the compliance by the Company
          and the Operating Partnership with all of the provisions of this
          Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated
          Shares and the consummation by the Company and the Operating
          Partnership of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will
          not result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of
          Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, the Operating Partnership
          Agreement or any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to
          such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
          jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the
          Company's other subsidiaries or any of their properties;

               (vii)  No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
          or qualification of or with any federal or District of Columbia,
          Maryland, Virginia or Delaware state court or governmental agency or
          body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares or the
          consummation by the Company or the Operating Partnership of the
          transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement
          or any Over-allotment Option, except such as have been, or will have
          been prior to each Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof),
          obtained under the Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
          registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
          securities (including insurance securities) or Blue Sky laws in
          connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
          Underwriters (as to which excepted matters such counsel need not
          express any opinion);

               (viii)  The statements made in the Prospectus as supplemented or
          amended under the captions "Description of Preferred Stock",
          "Description of Common Stock", "Description of Common Stock Warrants"
          and "Underwriting", to the extent they constitute or describe matters
          of law or legal conclusions, or constitute summaries of documents
          described therein, are correct in all material respects;

               (ix) The statements made in the Prospectus as supplemented or
          amended under the caption "Federal Income Tax Considerations", to the
          extent they constitute or describe matters of law or legal
          conclusions, or constitute summaries of documents described therein,
          are correct in all material respects;

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               (x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is or, after
          giving effect to the transactions herein contemplated, will be an
          "investment company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment
          company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act;

               (xi) Commencing with the Company's taxable year ending December
          31, 1994, the Company is organized in conformity with the requirements
          for qualification as a REIT, and its proposed assets, organization and
          method of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for
          qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code;

               (xii)  The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
          as amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and
          related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
          opinion), when such documents became effective or were filed with the
          Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material
          respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
          applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
          thereunder; and

               (xiii)  The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended
          or supplemented, and any further amendments and supplements thereto
          made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
          financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
          counsel need express no opinion), as of their respective effective or
          issue dates complied, and as of the date of such opinion comply as to
          form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the
          rules and regulations thereunder.

               In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that its
     opinion is based as to matters of law solely upon the (i) federal
     securities laws of the United States, (ii) to the extent set forth in
     paragraph (ix) above and under the captions "Risk Factors--Certain Tax
     Risks" and "Federal Income Tax Considerations" in the Prospectus, federal
     income tax laws; (iii) the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State
     of Maryland and the District of Columbia; and (iv) the General Corporation
     Law, as amended, of each of the State of Delaware and the State of Maryland
     and the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended, of the State
     of Delaware (but not including any statutes, ordinances, administrative
     decisions, rule or regulations of any political subdivision of Maryland,
     Virginia or Delaware) and that such counsel expresses no opinion as to any
     other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations, including without
     limitation, any state securities or tax laws or regulations, or as to any
     federal or state antitrust or unfair competition laws or regulations.  In
     rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely in respect of matters of fact
     upon certificates of officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership and
     the Company's subsidiaries. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may
     rely as to qualification and good standing of each of the Company and its
     subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership to do business in any
     jurisdiction, upon certificates of appropriate government officials in such
     jurisdictions.

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               Such counsel shall also state that no facts have come to its
     attention which cause it to believe (i) that any of the documents
     incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented,
     when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case
     may be (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other
     financial information and data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to
     which such counsel need express no views), contained, in the case of a
     registration statement which became effective under the Act, an untrue
     statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
     to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
     misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the
     Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to
     make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
     they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading; (ii)
     that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any further
     amendment thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other
     than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial
     information and data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which
     such counsel need express no views) contained an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
     therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
     that, as of its date, the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement
     thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
     financial statements and related schedules and other financial information
     and data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel
     need express no views) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
     omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
     in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, or
     that, as of such Time of Delivery, the Prospectus or any further amendment
     or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
     (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other
     financial information and data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to
     which such counsel need express no views) contains an untrue statement of a
     material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
     not misleading; (iii) that there are any contracts or other documents
     required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
     required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
     which are not filed or described as required; or (iv) that, other than as
     set forth in the Prospectus, there are any legal or governmental
     proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a
     party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
     the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
     subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected
     to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position,
     shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
     subsidiaries, or that any such proceedings are threatened or contemplated
     by governmental authorities or threatened by others.

        (c)(I)  Robert D. Zimet, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
     Secretary of the Company, shall have furnished to you his written opinion,

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     dated each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, respectively, in
     form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:

               (i) The Company has authorized capital stock as set forth in the
          Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and all of the issued shares of
          capital stock of the Company (including the Designated Shares being
          delivered at such Time of Delivery) have been duly and validly
          authorized and issued and are fully paid and nonassessable under the
          Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended;

               (ii) Each corporate subsidiary of the Company has been duly
          incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
          under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation; all of the issued
          shares of capital stock of each such corporate subsidiary have been
          duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-
          assessable under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation; and the
          ownership by the Company, the Operating Partnership and their
          respective subsidiaries of shares of capital stock of each corporate
          subsidiary is as described in the schedule attached to such opinion,
          to the knowledge of such counsel after such inquiry as such counsel
          deems appropriate, free and clear of all liens, charges or
          encumbrances;

                (iii)  Each limited partnership subsidiary of the Company (other
          than the Operating Partnership) has been formed and is validly
          existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the Delaware
          Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended; the partnership
          agreement of each other partnership subsidiary of the Company, the
          Operating Partnership or any subsidiary (partnership or otherwise) of
          the Company, the Operating Partnership or any such subsidiary has been
          duly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective general
          partner(s) thereto and constitutes the valid and binding obligations
          of such general partner(s), enforceable against such general
          partner(s) in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by
          bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
          affecting creditors' rights (including, without limitation, the effect
          of statutory and other law regarding fraudulent conveyances,
          fraudulent transfers and preferential transfers) and except as may be
          limited by the exercise of judicial discretion in applying principles
          of equity (regardless of whether such agreements are considered in a
          proceeding in equity or at law); and except as described in the
          Prospectus as amended or supplemented, all of the partnership
          interests in the Operating Partnership and each other partnership
          subsidiary of the Company are owned of record by the Company or the
          Operating Partnership, to the knowledge of such counsel after such
          inquiry as such counsel deems appropriate, free and clear of all
          liens, charges or encumbrances;

               (iv) The issue and sale of the Designated Shares being delivered
          at such Time of Delivery by the Company, the compliance by the Company
          and the Operating Partnership with all of the provisions of this

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          Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated
          Shares and the consummation by the Company and the Operating
          Partnership of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will
          not constitute a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions
          of, or constitute a default under, any agreement the form of which has
          been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, nor will such
          action result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational
          documents of any subsidiary of the Company;

               (v) To such counsel's knowledge, (a) neither the Company nor any
          of its corporate subsidiaries are in violation of their respective
          Certificates of Incorporation or By-laws and (b) neither the Operating
          Partnership nor any of the Company's partnership subsidiaries are in
          violation of their respective partnership agreements or any relevant
          certificate of limited partnership; and

               (vi) To such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth in
          the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, there are no legal or
          governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
          subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any
          of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to
          the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
          aggregate reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
          the consolidated financial position, shareholders' equity or results
          of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
          enterprise; and, to such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are
          threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened
          by others;

        (d) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Shares and
     at each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, the independent
     accountants of the Company who have certified the financial statements of
     the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in
     the Registration Statement shall have furnished to the Representatives a
     letter, dated the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date
     of the most recent report filed with the Commission containing financial
     statements and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if
     the date of such report is later than such effective date, and a letter
     dated such Time of Delivery, respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex
     II hereto, and with respect to such letter dated such Time of Delivery, as
     to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request and in
     form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;

        (e) (i)  Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
     sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
     included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended prior to
     the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares any
     loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
     calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
     court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
     or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the

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     Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares, and (ii) since the
     respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as
     amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
     Designated Shares there shall not have been any change in the capital stock
     or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change,
     or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
     general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity (or,
     with respect to partnership subsidiaries, partnership capital) or results
     of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set
     forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the
     Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares, the effect of which,
     in any such case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the
     Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
     inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
     Designated Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
     Prospectus as amended relating to the Designated Shares;

        (f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
     Designated Shares (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
     accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock, if any, by any
     "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
     defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and
     (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
     surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
     any of the Company's debt securities or preferred stock, if any;

        (g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
     Designated Shares there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a
     suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the
     New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in
     trading in the Company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a
     general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either
     Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation
     of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United
     States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event
     specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes
     it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
     delivery of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares or both on the terms and in
     the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented
     relating to the Designated Shares;

        (h) The Designated Shares at each Time of Delivery shall have been duly
     listed on the New York Stock Exchange; and

        (i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the
     Representatives at each Time of Delivery for the Designated Shares
     certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives
     as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company
     herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the

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     Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to
     such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and
     (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may
     reasonably request.

    8.    (a)  The Company and the Operating Partnership will, jointly and
severally, indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement,
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any
other prospectus relating to the Shares, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection
with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Operating
Partnership shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to
the Shares, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
of Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares.

    (b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the
Operating Partnership against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company or the Operating Partnership may become subject, under the Act
or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to
the Shares, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Shares, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; and will
reimburse the Company or the Operating Partnership for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or the Operating Partnership in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred.

    (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying

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party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection.  In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent
of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or
claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party
to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as
to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of
any indemnified party.

    (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the
Underwriters of the Designated Shares on the other from the offering of the
Designated Shares to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in
respect thereof) relates.  If, however, the allocation provided by the
immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the
indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated
Shares on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative
benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand
and such Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from such offering (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the Operating Partnership bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters.  The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the

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Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand or such Underwriters on
the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Company, the
Operating Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for
such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account
of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The
amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above
in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the applicable Designated
Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Shares in
this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations with respect to such Shares and not joint.

    (e) The obligations of the Company and the Operating Partnership under this
Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or the
Operating Partnership may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8
shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Act.

    9.    (a)  If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Firm Shares or Optional Shares which it has agreed to purchase under the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Shares, the Representatives may in their
discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase
such Shares on the terms contained herein.  If within thirty-six hours after
such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the
purchase of such Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, then the
Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which
to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to
purchase such Shares on such terms.  In the event that, within the respective
prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so
arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies the

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Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, the
Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone a Time of
Delivery for such Shares for a period of not more than seven days, in order to
effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other
documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which
in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made necessary.  The term
"Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted
under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a
party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Shares.

    (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection
(a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does
not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of the Firm Shares or Optional
Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at the respective Time of Delivery,
then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter
to purchase the number of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be,
which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating
to such Designated Shares and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Firm Shares
or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as
the case may be, of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such
arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.

    (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection
(a) above, the aggregate number of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case
may be, which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number
of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at
the respective Time of Delivery, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if
the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Firm Shares or Optional Shares,
as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Firm Shares or the Over-allotment Option
relating to such Optional Shares, as the case may be, shall thereupon terminate,
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company,
except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as
provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in
Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.

    10.   The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, the Company or the Operating Partnership, or any officer or
director or controlling person of the Company or the Operating Partnership, and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

    11.   If any Pricing Agreement or Over-allotment Option shall be terminated
pursuant to Section 9 hereof, neither the Operating Partnership nor the Company
shall then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Firm

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Shares or Optional Shares with respect to which such Pricing Agreement shall
have been terminated except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for
any other reason, Designated Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the
Company as provided herein, the Company and the Operating Partnership will
reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out-of-pocket
expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including fees and
disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such Designated Shares, but
the Company and the Operating Partnership shall then be under no further
liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Shares except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.

    12.   In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Shares shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such
Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be
designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.

     All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice
to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set
forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the
Representatives upon request.  Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

    13.   This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, the Operating
Partnership and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the
officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company,
the Operating Partnership or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any such
Pricing Agreement.  No purchaser of any of the Shares from any Underwriter shall
be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

    14.   Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement.  As used
herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office
in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

    15.   THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PRICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

    16.   This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one
or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

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<PAGE>
 
     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us six (6) counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters, the
Company and the Operating Partnership.

                    Very truly yours,



                         Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.



                         By:      /s/ ERNEST GERARDI.
                            ----------------------------------------

                            Name:  Ernest A. Gerardi, Jr.

                            Title: President



                         Charles E. Smith Residential Realty L.P.



                         By:  Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.

                              General Partner



                         By:       /s/ ERNEST GERARDI.
                            ----------------------------------------

                            Name: Ernest A. Gerardi, Jr.

                            Title: President

Accepted as of the date hereof:



Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

 Securities Corporation

Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated

Prudential Securities Incorporated



By:      /s/  GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
     -----------------------------------
          (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

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                                                                         ANNEX I

                               PRICING AGREEMENT
                               -----------------



                                         __________, 19__

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Company") which is the general partner of Charles E. Smith Residential Realty
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), and such
Operating Partnership propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein
and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated February __, 1997 (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), between the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand
and [      ] on the other hand to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Shares specified in Schedule II
hereto (the "Designated Shares") consisting of Firm Shares and any Optional
Shares the Underwriters may elect to purchase.  Each of the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations
and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of
the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty
which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall
be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting
Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a
representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Shares
which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement.  Each reference to the
Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you.  Unless otherwise
defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as
therein defined.  The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the
Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated
Shares pursuant to Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of
the Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth in Schedule II
hereto.

    An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Shares, in the form
heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.

    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement incorporated herein by reference, [(a)] the Company agrees to issue
and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in
Schedule I hereto [and, (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters
shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares, as provided below, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at
the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto that
portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have
been exercised].


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<PAGE>
 
    [The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to purchase
at their election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth opposite the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto on the terms referred to in the
paragraph above for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of
the Firm Shares.  Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised
by written notice from the Representatives to the Company given within a period
of 30 calendar days after the date of this Pricing Agreement, setting forth the
aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such
Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives, but
in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery or, unless the
Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, no earlier than two
or later than ten business days after the date of such notice].

    If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us [one for the Company and one for each of the Representatives plus
one for each counsel] counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Company and the Operating Partnership.  It is understood that your
acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be
pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters,
the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination, upon
request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the
authority of the signers thereof.



                    Very truly yours,



                         Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.



                         By:
                             ---------------------------------------------------
                             Name:

                             Title:


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<PAGE>
 
                         Charles E. Smith Residential Realty L.P.



                         By:  Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.

                              General Partner



                              By:
                                 ---------------------------------------------

                                  Name:

                                  Title:

Accepted as of the date hereof:

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette

 Securities Corporation

Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated

Prudential Securities Incorporated



By: 
   -------------------------------------------
             (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

On behalf of each of the Underwriters


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                  SCHEDULE I
                                                                         [MAXIMUM NUMBER
                                                                           OF OPTIONAL
                                                           NUMBER OF      SHARES WHICH
                                                         [FIRM] SHARES       MAY BE
UNDERWRITER                                             TO BE PURCHASED    PURCHASED]
- -----------                                             ---------------  ---------------
<S>                                                     <C>              <C>
[Goldman, Sachs & Co.]................................
 
[Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation]
 
[Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated]
 
[Prudential Securities Incorporated]
 
Total

</TABLE>


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                                  SCHEDULE II

TITLE OF DESIGNATED SHARES:

NUMBER OF DESIGNATED SHARES:

  Number of Firm Shares:

  Maximum Number of Optional Shares:

INITIAL OFFERING PRICE TO PUBLIC:

  [$........ per Share] [Formula]

PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:

  [$........ per Share] [Formula]

[COMMISSION PAYABLE TO UNDERWRITERS:

$........ per Share in [specify same form of funds as in Specified Funds below]]

FORM OF DESIGNATED SHARES:

Definitive form, to be made available for checking [and packaging] at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of [The Depository
Trust Company or its designated custodian] [the Representatives]

Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:

[New York] Clearing House (next day) funds

[DESCRIBE ANY BLACKOUT PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGNATED SHARES]

TIME OF DELIVERY:

 ......... a.m. (New York City time), .................., 19..

CLOSING LOCATION:

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:

  Designated Representatives:

  Address for Notices, etc.:

[OTHER TERMS]*:

(*)  A description of particular tax, accounting or other unusual features
(including any event risk provisions) of the Designated Shares should be set
forth, or referenced to an attached or accompanying description, if necessary,
to ensure agreement as to the terms of the Designated Shares to be purchased and
sold.  Such a description might appropriately be in the form in which such
features will be described in the Prospectus Supplement for the offering.
<PAGE>
 
    Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:

   (i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to the
Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the applicable
published rules and regulations thereunder;

   (ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary
financial information and schedules (and, if applicable, financial forecasts
and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published rules
and regulations thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in
accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements, selected
financial data, pro forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or
condensed financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the
Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports
thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the representatives of the
Underwriters (the "Representatives") and are attached hereto;

   (iii)  They have made a review in accordance with standards established by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited
condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and
consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included
in the Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into
the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies of which are
attached thereto; and on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries
of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations, nothing came to
their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange
Act and the related published rules and regulations;

   (iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the
consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company for the
five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and included or
incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after
restatement where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements
for such five fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in
the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;

   (v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under selected
captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on the basis of
limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to their attention as a
result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to believe that this
information does not conform in all material respects with the disclosure
requirements of items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation
S-K;

   (vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an examination
in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, consisting of a
reading of the unaudited financial statements and other information referred to


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<PAGE>
 
below, a reading of the latest available interim financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and
its subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials
of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting
matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such
letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:

      (A) (i) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
   consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
   included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by reference in
   the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the
   Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with the
   applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related
   published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material modifications should be
   made to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
   consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
   included in the Prospectus or included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on
   Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, for them to be in
   conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;

      (B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet items
   included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding items in the
   unaudited consolidated financial statements from which such data and items
   were derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not determined on a
   basis substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding amounts
   in the audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by
   reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent
   fiscal year;
   
      (C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in the
   Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed financial
   statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income statement data
   and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause
   (B) were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis
   for the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
   the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
   
      (D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial statements
   included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to
   form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
   the Act and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro forma
   adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the
   compilation of those statements;

      (E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of
   such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated capital stock
   (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and stock
   appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance shares and upon
   conversions of convertible securities, in each case which were outstanding on
   the date of the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in
   the Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the
   Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current
   assets or stockholders' equity or other items specified by the
   Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
   Representatives, in each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest
   balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except
   in each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
   discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such letter;
   and

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<PAGE>
 
         (F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements
      included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the specified
      date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in consolidated
      net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share amounts of
      consolidated net income or other items specified by the Representatives,
      or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in each
      case as compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and with
      any other period of corresponding length specified by the Representatives,
      except in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus
      discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
      letter; and

      (vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
   included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
   procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
   referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out certain
   specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance with
   generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain amounts,
   percentages and financial information specified by the Representatives which
   are derived from the general accounting records of the Company and its
   subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding documents
   incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or in exhibits and schedules
   to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives or in
   documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by the
   Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages and
   financial information with the accounting records of the Company and its
   subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.

    All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter delivered on
the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by
reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated Shares for purposes
of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares.

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<PAGE>
 
                                                                     EXHIBIT 1.1
                                                                      
                                                                       Conformed
                               PRICING AGREEMENT
                               -----------------



                                                          February 12, 1997



Ladies and Gentlemen:

    Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Company") which is the general partner of Charles E. Smith Residential Realty
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), and such
Operating Partnership propose, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein
and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated February 12, 1997 (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), between the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand
and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation,
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, and Prudential Securities Incorporated on
the other hand to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
(the "Underwriters") the Shares specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated
Shares") consisting of Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters may
elect to purchase.  Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a
part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set
forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth
therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing
Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the
Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in
relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and
warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Shares which are the
subject of this Pricing Agreement.  Each reference to the Representatives herein
and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to refer to you.  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined
in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined.  The
Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf
of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Shares pursuant to Section 12 of
the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in
such Section 12 are set forth in Schedule II hereto.

    A supplement to the Prospectus relating to the Designated Shares, in the
form being delivered to you, is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.

    Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement incorporated herein by reference, (a) the Company agrees to issue and
sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally
and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place and at the
purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto, the number
of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I
hereto and, (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall
exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares, as provided below, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company at
the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto that
portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have
been exercised.

    The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to purchase
at their election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth opposite the
name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto on the terms referred to in the
paragraph above for the
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sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any
such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised by written notice
from the Representatives to the Company given within a period of 30 calendar
days after the date of this Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate
number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional
Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives, but in no
event earlier than the First Time of Delivery or, unless the Representatives and
the Company otherwise agree in writing, no earlier than two or later than ten
business days after the date of such notice.

    If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us six (6) counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Company and the Operating Partnership.  It is understood that your
acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be
pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters,
the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination, upon
request, but without warranty on the part of the Representatives as to the
authority of the signers thereof.


                             Very truly yours,


                                Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.


                                By:       /c/ ERNEST GERARDI
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name: Ernest A. Gerardi, Jr.
                                     Title: President


                                Charles E. Smith Residential Realty L.P.


                                By:    Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.
                                       General Partner

                
                                By:     /c/ ERNEST GERARDI
                                     ----------------------------------
                                     Name: Ernest A. Gerardi, Jr.
                                     Title: President

                                      -2-
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Accepted as of the date hereof:

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
 Securities Corporation
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated
Prudential Securities Incorporated


By:      GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
    ----------------------------------
        (Goldman, Sachs & Co.)

On behalf of each of the Underwriters

                                      -3-
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                                  SCHEDULE I

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                       MAXIMUM NUMBER
                                                                        OF OPTIONAL
                                                         NUMBER OF      SHARES WHICH
                                                        FIRM SHARES        MAY BE
                UNDERWRITER                           TO BE PURCHASED    PURCHASED
                -----------                           ---------------  --------------
<S>                                                   <C>              <C>
Goldman, Sachs & Co.                                       675,000         101,250
                                                         
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation         675,000         101,250
                                                         
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated                       675,000         101,250
                                                         
Prudential Securities Incorporated                         675,000         101,250
                                                         
Total                                                    2,700,000         405,000

</TABLE>

                                      -4-
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                                  SCHEDULE II

TITLE OF DESIGNATED SHARES:  Common Stock (par value $.01 per share)

NUMBER OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
  Number of Firm Shares:                 2,700,000
  Maximum Number of Optional Shares:          405,000

INITIAL OFFERING PRICE TO PUBLIC:
  $28.375 per Share

PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
  $26.885 per Share

FORM OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
"Fast" balance at The Depository Trust Company or its designated custodian

SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
New York Clearing House (next day) funds

TIME OF DELIVERY:
9:30 a.m. (New York City time), February 19, 1997

CLOSING LOCATION:   Washington, D.C.

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:

  Designated Representatives:  Goldman, Sachs & Co., Donaldson, Lufkin &
                               Jenrette Securities Corporation, Legg Mason Wood
                               Walker, Incorporated, Prudential Securities
                               Incorporated

  Address for Notices, etc.:  Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York,
                              New York 10004, Attention: Registration Dept.

OTHER TERMS :

     For purposes of this Pricing Agreement, section 5(h) of the Underwriting
Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

          "(h) To use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of
     the Designated Shares pursuant to this Agreement in substantially the
     manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds", it
     being understood that the Company may use such proceeds to reduce amounts
     outstanding under the Company's secured lines of credit (as identified
     under "Use of Proceeds") prior in time to the repayment of $33 million of
     debt assumed in the Pending Acquisitions (as identified under "Use of
     Proceeds")."

                                      -5-

<PAGE>

                                                                       Exhibit 5
 
                  [LETTERHEAD OF HARTSON L.L.P. APPEARS HERE]


                               February 19, 1997



Board of Directors
Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20006


Ladies and Gentlemen:

          We are acting as counsel to Charles E. Smith Residential Realty, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with its registration
statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-340) (the "Registration Statement"),
previously declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission,
relating to the proposed public offering of securities of the Company that may
be offered and sold by the Company from time to time as set forth in the
prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement (the "Prospectus"),
and as to be set forth in one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each a
"Prospectus Supplement").  This opinion letter is rendered in connection with
the closing on this date of the issuance and sale of 2,700,000 shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), pursuant to the
terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the related Pricing Agreement dated
February 12, 1997.  This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to
be filed pursuant to Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. (S)
229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

          For purposes of the opinions expressed in this letter, we have
examined copies of the following documents:
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          1. Executed copies of the Underwriting Agreement and Pricing Agreement
             referred to above.

          2. The Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-340) filed with the
             Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") relating to
             the registration of one or more series of (i) debt securities, (ii)
             preferred stock, (iii) common stock, and (iv) common stock
             warrants, with an aggregate public offering price of up to
             $200,000,000, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
             "Securities Act"), and Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto (such
             registration statement, as so amended, and the documents
             incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as
             the "Registration Statement").

          3. The Prospectus dated February 9, 1996, and related Prospectus
             Supplement thereto dated February 12, 1997 (collectively, together
             with the documents incorporated by reference therein, the
             "Prospectus"), as filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the
             Securities Act.

          4. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and
             restated (the "Articles"), as certified by the State Department of
             Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland (the
             "Department") on February 10, 1997 and as certified by the
             Secretary of the Company on the date hereof as being complete,
             accurate and in effect.

          5. The original by-laws of the Company and the Amended and Restated
             By-laws of the Company, as amended (as so amended, the "By-laws"),
             as certified by the Secretary of the Company on the date hereof as
             being complete, accurate and in effect.

          6. Certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company
             adopted by unanimous written consent on January 2, 1996, and at a
             meeting held on January 29, 1997, and resolutions of the Pricing
             Committee of the Board of Directors adopted at a meeting held on
             February 12, 1997, as certified by the Secretary of the Company on
             the date hereof as being complete, accurate and in effect, relating
             to authorization of the preparation of the Registration Statement,
             authorization and preparation of the Prospectus Supplement,
<PAGE>
 
             authorization and issuance of the Shares and authorization of the
             Underwriting Agreement and arrangements in connection therewith.

          In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the
authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, and
the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as
certified, telecopied, photostatic, or reproduced copies.  This opinion letter
is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

          This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the
General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.  We express no opinion herein
as to any other laws, statutes, regulations, or ordinances.

          Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the
opinion that, following issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement and related Pricing Agreement and receipt by the Company
of the consideration for the Shares specified in the resolutions of the Board of
Directors and the Pricing Committee referred to above, the Shares will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable under the General Corporation Law
of the State of Maryland.

          We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing
subsequent to the delivery of this opinion letter.  This opinion letter has been
prepared solely for your use in connection with the filing by the Company of a
Current Report on Form 8-K on the date of this opinion letter, which Form 8-K
will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.  This opinion
letter should not be quoted in whole or in part or otherwise be referred to, nor
filed with or furnished to any governmental agency or other person or entity,
without the prior written consent of this firm.

          We hereby consent to the reference to this firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the Prospectus Supplement.  In giving this consent, we do not
thereby admit that we are an "expert" within the meaning of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.


                                    Very truly yours,


                                    /s/ Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
                                    -------------------------    
                                    HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.



 


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