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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the inclusion in this Form 8-K/A No.1 dated December 11,
1997 and incorporation by reference into the Registrant's previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-43641) of our report dated
December 30, 1997 on our audit of the combined historical statement of revenues
and certain expenses of the 1997 Acquisition V Properties for the year ended
December 31, 1996, of our report dated January 9, 1998 on our audit of the
combined historical statement of revenues and certain expenses of the 1997
Acquisition VI Properties for the year ended December 31, 1996 and of our
report dated January 9, 1998 on our audit of the combined historical statement
of revenues and certain expenses of the 1997 Acquisition VII Properties for the
year ended December 31, 1996.









                                                COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Chicago, Illinois
January 22, 1998









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