Exhibit 23.8
ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Security Capital Group Incorporated:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-64979) on Form S-3 of Security Capital Group Incorporated of our reports
dated February 1, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
CarrAmerica Realty Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1999, and the related schedule, which reports appear in the
December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of CarrAmerica Realty Corporation
and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
KPMG LLP
Washington, DC
December 20, 2000
