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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the inclusion in this Form 8-K/A No.2 dated June 30, 1997
and the incorporation by reference into the Registrant's two previously filed
Registration Statements on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-21873 and 333-29879) of our
report dated October 13, 1997, on our audit of the combined historical
statement of revenues and certain expenses of the 1997 Acquisition I
Properties.









                                                COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Chicago, Illinois
October 16, 1997









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