SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              
                   Washington, D.C. 20549
                              
                              
                          FORM 8-K
                              
                              
                       CURRENT REPORT
                              
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
           THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              
                              
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)  August 15, 1997
                              
                              
        AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
   (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
                              
                     State of Minnesota
      (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
                        Organization)
                              
                              
                              
                              
           0-16555                      41-1571166
   (Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employer
                                   Identification No.)
                              
                              
   1300 Minnesota World Trade Center, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                              
                              
                       (612) 227-7333
    (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                              
                              
                              
    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                              


Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

       On August 15, 1997, the Partnership purchased a newly
constructed  Caribou Coffee restaurant in Marietta,  Georgia
from  Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.  The total cash  purchase
price of the land and building was approximately $1,235,000.
Caribou  Coffee  Company, Inc. is not  affiliated  with  the
Partnership.

       The  cash, used in purchasing the property, was  from
the proceeds of sale of properties.

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

          (a)  Financial statements of businesses acquired.  -
               Not Applicable.  Property was newly constructed.
          
          (b)  A limited  number of proforma adjustments  are
               required  to  illustrate  the  effects  of  the
               transaction  on  the balance sheet  and  income
               statement.      The     following     narrative
               description  is  furnished  in  lieu   of   the
               proforma statements:
          
             Assuming  the  Partnership  had  acquired   the
             property  on January 1, 1996, the Partnership's
             Investments   in   Real   Estate   would   have
             increased by $1,235,000 and its Current  Assets
             (cash)  would  have decreased by  approximately
             $1,235,000  at December 31, 1996 and  June  30,
             1997.
          
             The  Total  Income  for the  Partnership  would
             have  increased from $1,050,609  to  $1,192,634
             for  the year ended December 31, 1996 and  from
             $495,921  to  $566,934  for  six  months  ended
             June 30, 1997 if the Partnership had owned  the
             property during the periods.
          
             Depreciation  Expense would have  increased  by
             $20,449   and  $10,225  for  the   year   ended
             December  31,  1996 and the  six  months  ended
             June 30, 1997, respectively.
          
             The  net  effect of these proforma  adjustments
             would  have caused Net Income to increase  from
             $496,478  to  $618,054  and  from  $211,451  to
             $272,239,  which  would have  resulted  in  Net
             Income   of  $43.46  and  $19.26  per   Limited
             Partnership  Unit  outstanding  for  the   year
             ended  December  31, 1996 and  the  six  months
             ended June 30, 1997, respectively.
          
          (c)Exhibits
          
               Exhibit  10.1 - Net Lease Agreement
                               dated  August 15, 1997 between  the
                               Partnership   and  Caribou   Coffee
                               Company,  Inc.  relating   to   the
                               property  at  1275  Johnson   Ferry
                               Road, Marietta, Georgia.


                         SIGNATURES
                              
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act  of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report  to
be  signed  on  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto  duly
authorized.

                          AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                          By:  AEI Fund Management XVI, Inc.
                          Its: Managing General Partner


Date:  August 21, 1997    By:  /s/ Mark E Larson
                                   Mark E. Larson
                                   Its Chief Financial Officer
                                   (Principal Accounting and
                                    Financial Officer)