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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
                                          
                                          
                                      FORM 8-K
                                          
                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                        THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                          
                                          
           DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): May 27, 1998
                                          
                                          
                                          
                          DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                          

         Indiana                       0-20625                 35-1898425
  (State or jurisdiction of          (Commission            (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)       File Number)          Identification No.)


     8888 KEYSTONE CROSSING, SUITE 1200
     INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA                                       46240
  (Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)


REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE:   (317) 574-3531


                                   Not applicable
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                                          
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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

    The following exhibits are filed with this Report pursuant to Regulation 
S-K Item 601 in lieu of filing the otherwise required exhibits to the 
registration statement on Form S-3 of the Registrant, file no. 333-26845, 
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), 
and which, as this Form 8-K filing is incorporated by reference in the 
Registration Statement, are set forth in full in the Registration Statement.

Exhibit
Number    Exhibit
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  1       Form of Terms Agreement dated May 27, 1998.

  4       Form of Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated May 27, 1998, including
          form of global note evidencing 6-3/4% Notes due May 30, 2008.

  5       Opinion of Bose McKinney & Evans, including consent.


                               SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   DUKE REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                   By:  DUKE REALTY INVESTMENTS, INC.,
                                        General Partner


Date: June 1, 1998                      By:    /s/ Dennis D. Oklak
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                                             Dennis D. Oklak
                                             Executive Vice President,
                                             Chief Administrative
                                             Officer and Treasurer

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