Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  FARALLON PARTNERS L L C/CA
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/21/2006		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES INC [ARC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C., ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Member of Group Owning 10%
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 1,713,000
D (1) (2) (3)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 2,057,600
D (1) (2) (4)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 118,700
D (1) (2) (5)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 146,200
D (1) (2) (6)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 54,600
D (1) (2) (7)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 262,890
D (1) (2) (8)
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 4,352,990
I
See footnotes (1) (2) (9) (10)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 199,010
I
See footnotes (1) (2) (11)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 4,552,000
I
See footnotes (1) (2) (12)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
FARALLON PARTNERS L L C/CA
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
FARALLON CAPITAL PARTNERS LP
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group owning 10%
FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS L P
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS II LP
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
FARALLON CAPITAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS III LP
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
TINICUM PARTNERS LP FARALLON
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P.
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
DING CHUN R
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
DUHAMEL WILLIAM F
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%
FRIED RICHARD B
C/O FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, SUITE 1325
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111		     X   Member of Group Owning 10%

Signatures

/s/ Monica R. Landry, as attorney-in-fact and/or authorized signer for each of the reporting persons listed in footnotes (3) through (9) of this Form 3 and Chun R. Ding, William F. Duhamel and Richard B. Fried 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
. 10/02/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The entities and individuals identified in the footnotes of this Form 3 may be deemed members of a group holding equity securities of the Issuer. The filing of this Form 3 shall not be deemed to be an admission that such entities and individuals are members of such group.
(2) Since the number of reporting persons that may be listed on a Form 3 is limited, the entity listed in footnote (11) of this Form 3 and Monica R. Landry, William F. Mellin, Stephen L. Millham, Jason E. Moment, Rajiv A. Patel, Derek C. Schrier, Mark C. Wehrly and Thomas F. Steyer, each as listed in footnote (12) of this Form 3, are filing a separate Form 3 on the same date as the filing of this Form 3 as reporting persons with respect to the holdings described in this Form 3 relating to such entity and individuals. Information regarding this entity and these individual filers is included on this Form 3 for purposes of clarification and convenience only, and is duplicative of the information reported in such other Form 3.
(3) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Partners, L.P. ("FCP").
(4) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P. ("FCIP").
(5) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P. ("FCIP II").
(6) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Institutional Partners III, L.P. ("FCIP III").
(7) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Tinicum Partners, L.P. ("Tinicum").
(8) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P. ("FCOI II").
(9) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, Tinicum and FCOI II (collectively, the "Partnerships"). As the general partner to each of the Partnerships, Farallon Partners, L.L.C. ("FPLLC") may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by the Partnerships.
(10) FPLLC disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or excluded herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "'34 Act"), or otherwise, except as to securities representing FPLLC's pro rata interest in, and interest in the profits of, the Partnerships.
(11) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by an entity (the "Managed Entity") managed by Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. ("FCMLLC"). FCMLLC, as manager to such entity, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by such entity. FCMLLC disclaims any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the '34 Act or otherwise.
(12) The amount of securities shown in this row is owned directly by either the Partnerships or the Managed Entity. Each of Chun R. Ding, William F. Duhamel, Richard B. Fried, Monica R. Landry, William F. Mellin, Stephen L. Millham, Jason E. Moment, Rajiv A. Patel, Derek C. Schrier and Mark C. Wehrly (collectively, the "Managing Members") and Thomas F. Steyer (the "Senior Managing Member"), as either a managing member or the senior managing member of FPLLC and FCMLLC, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the Issuer's securities held by each of the Partnerships as referenced in footnotes (3) through (8) of this Form 3 and by the Managed Entity as referenced in footnote (11) of this Form 3. The Managing Members and the Senior Managing Member disclaim any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities reported or excluded herein for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a) under the '34 Act or otherwise.

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