CONSENT OF COOPERS & LYBRAND, LLP
Published on November 26, 1996
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration of Bay
Apartment Communities, Inc. on Form S-8 (File No. 333- ), of our report dated
January 22, 1996, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule of Bay Apartment Communities, Inc. as of December
31, 1995 and 1994, and for the year ended December 31, 1995, the period from
March 17, 1994 to December 31, 1994, and the period January 1, 1994 to March 16,
1994, for the Greenbriar Group, which report is included in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K, of our reports dated July 3, 1996, on our audits of the Historical
Summary of Gross Income and Direct Operating Expenses of Countrybrook Apartments
for the three months ended March 31, 1996, and the year ended December 31, 1995,
the Historical Summary of Gross Income and Direct Operating Expenses of Parkside
Commons Apartments for the three months ended March 31, 1996, and the year ended
December 31, 1995, the Historical Summary of Gross Income and Direct Operating
Expenses of Villa Marguerite Apartments for the three months ended March 31,
1996, and the year ended December 31, 1995, and the Historical Summary of Gross
Income and Direct Operating Expenses of Sunset Towers Apartments for the three
months ended March 31, 1996, and the year ended December 31, 1995, which reports
are included in the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 23, 1996, as amended
by the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated May 23, 1996, and of our reports dated
July 30, 1996 and September 17, 1996 on our audits of the Historical Summary of
Revenues and Direct Operating Expenses of The Fountains Apartments and Channing
Heights Apartments for the year ended December 31, 1995, respectively, which
reports are included in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 26, 1996.
/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
San Francisco, California
November 25, 1996