SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SMITH SHANNON E (Last) (First) (Middle) 29399 U.S. HWY. 19, NORTH SUITE 320 (Street) CLEARWATER FL 33761 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICAN LAND LEASE INC [ ANL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/05/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.01	02/05/2004		A ( 1 )		20,000	A	$19.84	101,935	D
Common Stock, par value $.01	02/05/2004		A ( 2 )		4,859	A	$19.84	106,794	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$19.84	02/05/2004		A			20,000	( 3 )	02/03/2014	Common Stock, .01 par	20,000	$1.68	72,346	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares granted by the Board of Directors on February 5, 2004 constitue performance based restricted stock whereby the Company issued restricted common stock (the "HPS" shares) under the terms of the Company's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan. The HPS shares vest based upon the extent, if any, that the total return realized by the shareholders excees the ten-year average total return of the Equity REIT Index, as reported by the National Asociation of Real Estate Investment Trusts. The total return for the Company is measured over a three-year period that ends on December 31, 2006. To the extent that shares are not vested as of the final valuation date, such shares are forfeited and are returned to the Company.

2. Restricted shares awarded by the BOD on February 5, 2004. The shares have a four year vesting schedule beginning on the first year anniversary of date of grant.

3. Options awarded by the BOD on February 5, 2004. The options vest equally over a 4 year period beginning on first anniversary of date of grant.

	/s/Shannon E. Smith	02/09/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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