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-3 of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation and Mack-Cali
Realty, L.P. for the registration of $2,000,000,000 of Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares and Debt Securities and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated March 19, 1997, except for Note 9, for which the
date is October 2, 1997, with respect to the Combined Financial Statements of
the Patriot American Office Group included in the Proxy Statement of Cali Realty
Corporation dated November 10, 1997, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.



/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Dallas, Texas
June 15, 1998