EXHIBIT 23.2


                           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Post Effective Amendment No. 
1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-56619) pertaining to the 
Great Lakes REIT Amended and Restated 1997 Equity and Performance Plan of our 
reports indicated below filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.




                 Financial Statements                   Date of Auditors' Report
                 --------------------                   ------------------------
                                                     
Consolidated financial statements and schedule of       January 29, 1998, except
Great Lakes REIT, Inc. included in its Annual Report    for Note 14 as to which
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997        the date is March 13,
                                                        1998

Statement of revenue and certain expenses of TRI-ATRIA  December 17, 1997
Office Building for the year ended December 31, 1996
included in the Current Report (Form 8-K/A) of Great
Lakes REIT, Inc. dated February 6, 1998

Statement of revenue and certain expenses of 777        December 19, 1997
Eisenhower Plaza for the year ended December 31, 1996
included in the Current Report (Form 8-K/A) of Great
Lakes REIT, Inc. dated February 6, 1998

Statement of revenue and certain expenses of Star Bank  April 9, 1998
Office Building for the year ended December 31, 1997
included in the Current Report (Form 8-K/A) of Great
Lakes REIT, Inc. dated June 18, 1998

Combined statement of revenue and certain expenses of   May 21, 1998
Milwaukee Portfolio for the year ended December 31,
1997 included in the Current Report (Form 8-K/A) of
Great Lakes REIT, Inc. dated June 18, 1998

Combined statement of revenue and certain expenses of   June 18, 1998
Inverness Properties for the year ended December 31,
1997 included in the Current Report (Form 8-K/A) of
Great Lakes REIT, Inc. dated July 24, 1998



                                   Ernst & Young LLP

Chicago, Illinois
July 28, 1998