EXHIBIT 23.5


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS 
 


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption  "Experts" in
the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 dated December 19, 1996,  pertaining to
the Employee Stock Option Plan and the Director Stock Option Plan of Cali Realty
Corporation and to the  incorporation  by reference  therein of our report dated
October 16, 1996, with respect to the combined  statement of revenue and certain
expenses of the  International  Court at Airport Business Center included in the
Current  Report on Form 8-K of Cali Realty  Corporation  dated October 29, 1996,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.



                                                            /s/Ernst & Young LLP
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                                                               Ernst & Young LLP


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 17, 1996