Exhibit 24
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
                             
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Geoffrey Button 
                                   ----------------------
                                   Geoffrey Button
                                        
                                        

                                        Exhibit 24



                      POWER OF ATTORNEY

                             
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Ngaire E. Cuneo 
                                   ---------------------
                                   Ngaire E. Cuneo





                                        Exhibit 24


                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
          
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Howard L. Feinsand 
                                   ------------------------
                                   Howard L. Feinsand





                                        Exhibit 24

      
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
      
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  John D. Peterson 
                                   ----------------------
                                   John D. Peterson



                                           

                                        Exhibit 24



                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
     
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  James E. Rogers 
                                   ---------------------
                                   James E. Rogers

                                   


                                        Exhibit 24

      
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and Dennis D.
Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him
in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  L. Ben Lytle 
                                   ------------------
                                   L. Ben Lytle

                

                                        Exhibit 24

      
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
      
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Daniel C. Staton 
                                   ----------------------
                                   Daniel C. Staton

                                             
                                        Exhibit 24

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Jay J. Strauss 
                                   --------------------
                                   Jay J. Strauss





                                        Exhibit 24

                                        
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                        
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him in any all capacities, to sign the annual report on
Form 10-K of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. for the year
ended December 31, 1996, and any amendment thereof, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection
with such matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of such attorneysin-fact and agents or his
substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  John W. Wynne 
                                   -------------------
                                   John W. Wynne



      
                                        Exhibit 24

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Darell E. Zink, Jr., John Gaskin and Dennis D. Oklak, and
each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any all
capacities, to sign the annual report on Form 10-K of Duke
Realty Investments, Inc. for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment thereof, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such
matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
such attorneysin-fact and agents or his substitute or
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Thomas L. Hefner 
                                   ---------------------
                                   Thomas L. Hefner





                                        Exhibit 24

                                        
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                        
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, John Gaskin and Dennis D. Oklak, and each
of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for him in any all
capacities, to sign the annual report on Form 10-K of Duke
Realty Investments, Inc. for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment thereof, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of such
attorneysin-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes
may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Darell E. Zink, Jr.
                                   -------------------------
                                   Darell E. Zink, Jr.




      
                                        Exhibit 24
      

                      POWER OF ATTORNEY
      
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr., and John Gaskin, and
each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any all
capacities, to sign the annual report on Form 10-K of Duke
Realty Investments, Inc. for the year ended December 31,
1996, and any amendment thereof, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such
matters and hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
such attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Dated:  January 30, 1997

                                   /s/  Dennis D. Oklak 
                                   ---------------------
                                   Dennis D. Oklak