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                                                                 Exhibit 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated January 29, 1997 with respect to the financial
statements of Corporate Realty Income Trust I in the Registration Statement
(Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Lexington Corporate Properties, Inc.

                                        Ernst & Young LLP


New York, New York
November 13, 1997