<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
"This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Banyan
Strategic Realty Trust's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such Form 10-Q".
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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