Exhibit 5

                               BOSE McKINNEY & EVANS
                              2700 First Indiana Plaza
                           135 North Pennsylvania Street
                            Indianapolis, Indiana  46240
                                   (317) 684-5000
                                          

April 6, 1998

Duke Realty Investments, Inc.
Duke Realty Limited Partnership
8888 Keystone Crossing, Suite 1200
Indianapolis, Indiana  46240

Dear Sirs:

We are acting as counsel to Duke Realty Investments, Inc., an Indiana
corporation (the "Company"), and Duke Realty Limted Partnership, an Indiana
limited Partnership (the "Partnership"), in connection with the shelf
registration by the Company and the Partnership of $650,000,000 in maximum
aggregate offering price of (i)shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) shares of the Company's preferred
stock ("Preferred Stock") and (iii) shares of Preferred Stock represented by
depositary shares ("Depositary Shares") and $350,000,000 in maximum aggregate
offering price of debt securities of the Partnership ("Debt Securities").  The
Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares and Debt Securities are the
subject of a Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") filed by the
Company and the Partnership on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

We have examined photostatic copies of the Company's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws and of the
Partnership's Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended
to date, and such other documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary to
enable us to render the opinion set forth below.  We have assumed the conformity
to the originals of all documents submitted to us as photostatic copies, the
authenticity of the originals of such documents, and the genuineness of all
signatures appearing thereon.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

(1) The Common Stock has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
of the Company and when (a) the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of
1933 and such state "blue sky" or securities laws as may be applicable have been
complied with and (b) the shares of Common Stock have been issued, delivered,
and paid for, such shares of Common Stock will be legally issued, fully paid,
and nonassessable.




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Duke Realty Limited Partnership
April 6, 1998
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(2) The Preferred Stock and the representation of such Preferred Stock by
Depositary Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of
the Company and when (a) the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933
and such state "blue sky" or securities laws as may be applicable have been
complied with, (b) the Company's board of directors has adopted and the Company
has duly filed with the Indiana Secretary of State an amendment to its amended
and restated articles of incorporation establishing the preferences, limitations
and relative voting and other rights of each series of Preferred Stock prior to
issuance thereof and (c) the shares of Preferred Stock and, if applicable,
Depositary Shares, have been issued, delivered, and paid for, such shares of
Preferred Stock and, if applicable, Depositary Shares will be legally issued,
fully paid, and nonassessable.

(3) The Debt Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership
action of the Partnership and when (a) the applicable provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and such state "blue sky" or securities laws as may be
applicable have been complied with and (b) the Debt Securities have been issued
and delivered for value as contemplated in the Registration Statement, such Debt
Securities will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the
Partnership.

We do not hold ourselves out as being conversant with the laws of any
jurisdiction other than those of the United States and the State of Indiana and,
therefore, this opinion is limited to the laws of those jurisdictions.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the
Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities and Guarantees.

Very truly yours,

/s/  BOSE McKINNEY & EVANS