SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K




                CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                        Date of Report: January 14, 1999





                         GLOBE BUSINESS RESOURCES, INC.




                      Incorporated under the laws of Ohio




Commission File No. 0-27682                       RS Employer Identification No.
                                                            31-1256641



             11260 Chester Road , Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
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              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)



                                 (513) 771-8287
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)













        ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

        On January  14,  1999 Globe  Business  Resources,  Inc.  ("Globe" or the
"Company")  acquired  substantially  all the assets of privately owned Corporate
Condominiums,  Inc.  ("Corporate  Condominiums")  pursuant to an Asset  Purchase
Agreement dated as of January 14, 1999 among Globe, Corporate Condominiums, Inc.
and Gary D. Bacon.

        The purchase  price for the  business  consists of  $3,125,000  in cash,
$1,462,500  to be paid by a 6%  four-year  non-negotiable  promissory  note  and
133,601 shares of Globe common stock.  Additional cash payments,  payable by May
1,  2000 and May 1,  2001,  may be  earned  contingent  upon  certain  levels of
operating income for the twelve months ending February 29, 2000 and February 28,
2001.

        At  closing,   Globe  paid  $3,125,000  in  cash,  issued  a  $1,462,500
promissory note and delivered 133,601 shares of common stock. The funds required
for the cash component of the purchase price were derived from borrowings  under
the Company's  Credit  Agreement with The Fifth Third Bank, PNC Bank and Norwest
Bank.

        Corporate Condominiums, with operations in Connecticut, New York and New
Jersey,  provides  short-term  housing to transferring  or temporarily  assigned
corporate personnel, new hires, trainees and consultants. Corporate Condominiums
maintains an inventory in excess of 200 housing units and had revenues in excess
of $6 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.



                                   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, thereunto duly authorized.

                                           Globe Business Resources, Inc.



                                                /s/ David D. Hoguet
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                                            By:    David D. Hoguet
                                                   Chief Executive Officer

Signed:  January 22, 1999