UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)     March 31, 2005       
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                        BNP RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

          Maryland                     1-9496                 56-1574675
(State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)                                    Identification No.)
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          301 S. College Street, Suite 3850
               Charlotte, North Carolina                            28202
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         (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (704) 944-0100            
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition of Assets

     Effective March 31, 2005, BNP Residential Properties, Inc. completed the
acquisition of a portfolio of four apartment properties pursuant to exchange
agreements entered into in December 2004. (We previously reported entry into
these agreements in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 7, 2004.) Each
selling entity is an affiliate of Grover F. Shugart, Jr. and/or Brian D.
Shugart. Prior to the acquisitions, BNP provided third-party management services
for these properties.

     The four apartment properties are as follows:

o Canterbury Apartments, located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - 630 apartment
units; 

o Laurel Springs - Phase I Apartments, located in High Point, North Carolina -
240 apartment units;

o Laurel Springs - Phase II Apartments, located in High Point, North Carolina -
96 apartment units; and

o Salem Ridge Apartments, located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina - 120
apartment units.

         We acquired the four apartment properties, containing 1,086 apartment
units, for an aggregate contract purchase price of $51.8 million, including
issuance of 689,947 units in our operating partnership with an imputed value of
$9.3 million and assumption of $42.8 million in debt. We also received
approximately $0.3 million in net operating assets, composed primarily of escrow
funds held by lenders.

         We issued 615,873 operating partnership units to the selling entities
on March 31, 2005. We will issue the remaining 74,074 operating partnership
units on March 31, 2006.

         BNP Residential Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust
focused on owning and operating apartment communities. As a result of this
acquisition, BNP now owns and operates 29 apartment communities containing 7,199
apartments. We also have an economic interest in, and are general partner of,
entities owning three apartment communities containing 713 apartments for which
we provide management services. In addition, we own 40 restaurant properties
that we lease on a triple-net basis to a restaurant operator. We currently
operate in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

         BNP Residential Properties, Inc. is structured as an UpREIT, or
umbrella partnership real estate investment trust. The company is the sole
general partner and owns a controlling interest in BNP Residential Properties
Limited Partnership, to which we refer as the operating partnership. All of our
operations are conducted through the operating partnership.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a) Financial statements of business acquired

         We will file the audited financial statements required to be filed with
         this report on Form 8-K as soon as practicable, but no later than June
         14, 2005.

     (b) Pro forma financial information

         We will file the pro forma financial information required to be filed
         with this report on Form 8-K as soon as practicable, but no later than
         June 14, 2005.

     (c) Exhibits

             10.1        Exchange Agreement among BNP Residential Properties,
                         Inc., BNP Residential Properties Limited Partnership,
                         and Beach Investment Properties, LLC and members
                         thereof, dated as of December 7, 2004 (filed as Exhibit
                         10.9 to BNP Residential Properties, Inc. Annual Report
                         on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and
                         incorporated herein by reference)
             10.2        Exchange Agreement among BNP Residential Properties,
                         Inc., BNP Residential Properties Limited Partnership,
                         and Timberline Ventures, LLC and members thereof, dated
                         as of December 7, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.10 to BNP
                         Residential Properties, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K
                         for the year ended December 31, 2004, and incorporated

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                         herein by reference)
             10.3        Exchange Agreement among BNP Residential Properties,
                         Inc., BNP Residential Properties Limited Partnership,
                         and Laurel Springs II, LLC and members thereof, dated
                         as December 7, 2004 (filed as Exhibit 10.11 to BNP
                         Residential Properties, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K
                         for the year ended December 31, 2004, and incorporated
                         herein by reference)
             10.4        Exchange Agreement among BNP Residential Properties,
                         Inc., BNP Residential Properties Limited Partnership,
                         and Salem Ridge/Shugart, LLC and members thereof, dated
                         as of December 7, 2004(filed as Exhibit 10.12 to BNP
                         Residential Properties, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K
                         for the year ended December 31, 2004, and incorporated
                         herein by reference)
             99.1        Press release dated April 1, 2005, issued by BNP 
                         Residential Properties, Inc. to announce completion of
                         the acquisition of four apartment communities

                                   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.


                                     BNP Residential Properties, Inc.
                                     (Registrant)


April 4, 2005                           /s/ Pamela B. Bruno               
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                                     Pamela B. Bruno
                                     Vice President, Treasurer and
                                     Chief Accounting Officer

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