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                          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 (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): May 13, 1997
                                           
                                           
                                           
                           DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                           
                                           
               Indiana                    0-20625              35-1898425
      (State or jurisdiction of        (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)      File Number)         Identification No.)


     8888 KEYSTONE CROSSING, SUITE 1200
             INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA                                46240
  (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code) 


         REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE:   (317) 574-3531


                                    Not applicable
            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                           



ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

    The following exhibits are filed with this report pursuant to Regulation 
S-K Item 601(b) in lieu of filing the otherwise required exhibits to the 
registration statement on Form S-3 of the Registrant and Duke Realty 
Investments, Inc., file no. 333-04695-01, under the Securities Act of 1933, 
as amended (the "Registration Statement"), and which, as this Form 8-K filing 
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, are set forth in 
full in the Registration Statement.

Exhibit
Number   Exhibit
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    1    Distribution Agreement dated as of May 13, 1997.

    4    Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 13, 1997 between Duke
         Realty Limited Partnership and The First National Bank of Chicago,
         with attached exhibits of form of Fixed Rate Note and form of Floating
         Rate Note.

    5    Opinion of Bose McKinney & Evans, including consent.

    8    Tax Opinion of Bose McKinney & Evans, including consent.


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.

                                    DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                    By:  DUKE REALTY INVESTMENTS, INC.
                                         General Partner


Date: May 19, 1997                     By:   /s/ Dennis D. Oklak
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                                            Dennis D. Oklak
                                            Vice President


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