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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                            /s/ Geoffrey Button
                                             -------------------------------
                                                       Geoffrey Button



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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                            /s/ Ngaire E. Cuneo
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                        Ngaire E. Cuneo


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                          /s/ Howard L. Feinsand
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      Howard L. Feinsand



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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                           /s/ L. Ben Lytle
                                           ---------------------------------
                                                       L. Ben Lytle



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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 3, 2000                             /s/ James E. Rogers
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                          James E. Rogers




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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                             /s/ Jay J. Strauss
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                         Jay J. Strauss



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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                           /s/ A. Ray Weeks, Jr.
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                       A. Ray Weeks, Jr.



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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Darell E. Zink, Jr. and Dennis D. Oklak,
and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                           /s/ Thomas L. Hefner
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                       Thomas L. Hefner



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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner and Dennis D. Oklak, and
each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Registration
Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks Realty
Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                          /s/ Darell E. Zink, Jr.
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      Darell E. Zink, Jr.


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  January 25, 2000                       /s/ Barrington H. Branch
                                           ---------------------------------
                                                   Barrington H. Branch


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 7, 2000                         /s/ William Cavanaugh III
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                     William Cavanaugh III


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                          /s/ Charles R. Eitel
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      Charles R. Eitel


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  January 31, 2000                          /s/ William O. McCoy
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      William O. McCoy


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                          /s/ John W. Nelley, Jr.
                                            ---------------------------------
                                                      John W. Nelley, Jr.


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                                                                     Exhibit 24


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Hefner, Darell E. Zink, Jr. and
Dennis D. Oklak, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to
sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Registration Statement") for the registration of Common Stock of Duke-Weeks
Realty Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the Company's Direct Stock
Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, any or all pre-effective amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement (which amendments may
make such changes in and additions to the Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate), and any registration
statement for the offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or
his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  February 1, 2000                        /s/ Thomas D. Senkbeil
                                          ---------------------------------
                                                    Thomas D. Senkbeil