AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
               AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
                                       OF
                       McNEIL REAL ESTATE FUND XXV, L.P.


         This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment")  to the Amended and Restated Limited
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Partnership Agreement of McNeil Real Estate Fund XXV, L.P., a California limited
partnership (the  "Partnership"),  dated as of the 26th day of March,  1992 (the
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"Partnership  Agreement"),  is made as of the date  hereinafter set forth by and
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among McNeil Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,  as general partner
(the  "General  Partner")  and the  limited  partners  of the  Partnership  (the
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"Limited  Partners").  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
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the meanings ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement.

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS,  the General Partner and the Limited Partners entered into the
Partnership Agreement as of the Restructuring Date following the approval by the
Limited Partners of a restructuring of the Partnership; and

         WHEREAS,  pursuant to Paragraph 16.7 of the Partnership Agreement,  the
General Partner has the authority to amend the Partnership Agreement without the
consent of the Limited Partners to cure an ambiguity or correct or supplement an
inconsistency  in the  Partnership  Agreement and to make any other provision in
the  Partnership  Agreement  which  is not  inconsistent  with  the  Partnership
Agreement; and

         WHEREAS, the General Partner desires to amend the Partnership Agreement
to cure and correct an ambiguity/inconsistency with respect to distributions and
to add a  definition  of  "Distributable  Cash,"  a term  which  is used but not
defined in the Partnership Agreement; and

         WHEREAS,  pursuant to the authority  granted to the General  Partner in
Paragraphs 16.7 and 21 of the Partnership  Agreement,  the General  Partner,  on
behalf of all Partners, is permitted to make this Amendment, without the consent
of the Limited Partners;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Partnership Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

         1.      Paragraph 2.1.7 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:

                  "2.1.7. "Cash Flow" for any year shall mean the excess of cash
         receipts from all sources  (other than cash  receipts from  Partnership
         Advances  and from any  Sale or  Refinancing)  over the sum of (A) cash
         disbursements,   including   cash   disbursements   for   (i)   capital
         improvements,   (ii)  unscheduled   principal  reductions  and  balloon
         payments and payments upon maturity of any mortgage notes payable,  and
         (iii)  repayment  of  Partnership  Advances  and (B) an  allowance  for
         reserves as determined in the discretion of the General Partner."

         2. A new  Paragraph  2.1.13(a) shall be inserted in between Paragraphs
2.1.13 and 2.1.14 and shall read in its entirety:

                  "2.1.13(a).      "Distributable  Cash" shall mean for any year
         an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Partnership's cash balance at the
         beginning  of  the  year,  (ii) Cash Flow and (iii) Cash From Sales or
         Refinancing."

         3.      This Amendment shall be effective as of the Restructuring Date.

         4.      Except  as   modified  by  this  Amendment,  the  Partnership
Agreement  remains  in full force and effect.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the ___ day of June, 1995.


                                                       
GENERAL PARTNER:                                          LIMITED PARTNERS:

McNEIL PARTNERS, L.P.                                     All Limited Partners pursuant
                                                          to Powers of Attorney and
By:      McNEIL INVESTORS, INC.,                          authorization granted and
         its general partner                              delivered to the General Partner
                                                          pursuant to Paragraph 21 of the
By:      /s/  Donald K. Reed                              Partnership Agreement
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         Name:  Donald K. Reed
         Title: President                                 By:   McNEIL PARTNERS, L.P.

                                                          By:   McNEIL INVESTORS, INC.,
                                                                its general partner


                                                          By: /s/  Donald K. Reed
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                                                                Name:   Donald K. Reed
                                                                Title:  President