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FORM 5                                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                      OMB APPROVAL
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                                                                                                      OMB Number          3235-0362
|_| Check box if no                  ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP              Expires:     January 31, 2005
    longer subject                                                                                    Estimated average burden
    to Section 16.        Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,     hours per response........1.0
    Form 4 or Form 5           Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935       -------------------------------
    obligations may               or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
    continue.  See
    Instruction 1(b)

|_| Form 3 Holdings Reported

|X| Form 4 Transactions Reported

                                                                              
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1.Name and Address of Reporting Person*  2.Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol  6.Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
                                                                                                   (Check all applicable)
  Atkins     William           T.           AmeriVest Properties, Inc.  (AMV)             X  Director          X  10% Owner
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 (Last)      (First)        (Middle)     3.IRS or Social Security  4.Statement for        X  Officer (give        Other (specify
                                           Number of Reporting       Month/Day/Year      --- title below)     ---         below)
                                           Person, if an entity
                                          (Voluntary)                9/29/00                    CEO
 1780 South Bellaire Street, Suite 515                                                       ---------------------------
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                (Street)                                           5.If Amendment,    7.Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                     Date of Original   (Check applicable line)
                                                                     (Month/Day/Year)        Form filed by One Reporting Person
 Denver      Colorado         80222                                                      ---
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(City)       (State)          (Zip)                                                      --- Reporting Person
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                             TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                                                                                   
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1.Title of Security  2.Trans-  2A.Deemed    3.Transaction 4.Securities Acquired (A)      5.Amount of       6.Ownership  7.Nature of
  (Instr. 3)           action     Execu-      Code          or Disposed of (D)             Securities        Form:        Indirect
                       Date       tion Date   (Instr. 8)    (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            Beneficially      Direct       Beneficial
                                  (if any)                -------------------------------  Owned at the      (D) or       Ownership
                       (Month/    (Month/                                                  End of Issuer's   Indirect     (Instr. 4)
                       Day/       Day/                        Amount  (A) or    Price      Fiscal Year       (I)
                       Year)      Year)                               (D)                 (Instr. 3 and 4)   (Instr. 4)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).


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FORM 5 (continued)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
                                                                                             
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1. Title of Derivative  2. Conver-    3. Trans-   3A. Deemed   4. Trans-    5. Number of       6. Date Exer-   7. Title and Amount
   Security                sion or       action       Execu-      action       Derivative         cisable and     of Underlying
   (Instr. 3)              Exercise      Date         tion        Code         Securities         Expiration      Securities
                           Price of                   Date,       (Instr. 8)   Acquired (A) or    Date            (Instr. 3 and 4)
                           Deriv-        (Month/      if any                   Disposed of (D)    (Month/Day/
                           ative         Day/                                  (Instr. 3, 4,      Year)
                           Security      Year)        (Month/                  and 5)
                                                      Day/                  -------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Year)                                    Date     Expira-           Amount or
                                                                               (A)      (D)    Exer-    tion      Title   Number of
                                                                                               cisable  Date              Shares
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Common Stock                                                                                                      Common
Warrants                   $5.00        9/29/00                     S                    I    01/01/03  12/31/05  Stock    15,000
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FORM 5 (continued)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
                                                                        
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1. Title of Derivative  8. Price         9. Number of         10. Ownership         11. Nature of
   Security                of               Derivative            of                    Indirect
   (Instr. 3)              Deriv-           Securities            Derivative            Beneficial
                           ative            Beneficially          Security:             Ownership
                           Security         Owned at End          Direct (D) or         (Instr. 4)
                           (Insr. 5)        of Year               Indirect (I)
                                            (Instr. 4)            (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock
Warrants                     (a)            735,000                    I                   (b)
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Explanation of Responses:
(a) Warrants owned by limited liability company in which reporting person has an indirect pecuniary
    interest. Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership over 588,000 warrants.
(b) Warrants transferred to third party in connection with a severance agreement. Closing price of
    underlying common stock on last trading day before transaction on first trading day after transfer
    was $4.50 per share.




                                                                                  /s/ DEBORAH J. FRIEDMAN        February 13, 2003
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts                              ----------------------------    ------------------
   constitute Federal Criminal Violations.                                        **  Deborah J. Friedman                 Date
   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                                          Attorney-in-Fact

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