EXHIBIT 99.17
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           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                  AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                   OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Banyan Strategic Realty
Trust (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2002
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report)"), I, Joel L. Teglia, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that I believe that:

     (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
           13(a) or (15) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
           material respects, the net assets in liquidation and the
           changes in net assets in liquidation of the Company.





                                  /s/ Joel L. Teglia
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                                  JOEL L. TEGLIA
                                  Executive Vice President and
                                  Chief Financial Officer