RECKSON SERVICES INDUSTRIES INC
S-1/A, 1998-04-30
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 30, 1998
                                        REGISTRATION NO. 333-44419           
                                                                         

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                              _________________

                               AMENDMENT NO. 2 
                                      TO
                                   FORM S-1
           REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    
                              _________________

                       RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
                 (formerly Reckson Services Industries Inc.)
            (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


   
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            DELAWARE                               6531/9999                    11-3383642
 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF         (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL          (IRS EMPLOYER
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)          CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER)        IDENTIFICATION NO.)
<S>                                                     <C>
          225 BROADHOLLOW ROAD                                    DONALD J. RECHLER
        MELVILLE, NEW YORK 11747                                225 BROADHOLLOW ROAD
        TELEPHONE: (516) 719-7400                             TELEPHONE (516) 719-7400
      (ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF                   (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER
 REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)                      OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

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                                  Copies to:

                          THOMAS R. SMITH, JR., ESQ.
                           EDWARD F. PETROSKY, ESQ.
                               BROWN & WOOD LLP
                            ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
                           NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048

     APPROXIMATE DATE  OF COMMENCEMENT OF  PROPOSED SALE TO  THE PUBLIC:   As
soon as possible after the effective date of this registration statement.

   
     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed  or continuous basis pursuant  to Rule 415 under  the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), check the following box. (X)
    

     If this Form is  filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the  Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement  number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. ( )

     If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. ( )

     If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. ( )

     If delivery of  the prospectus is expected  to be made pursuant  to Rule
434 under the Securities Act, please check the following box. ( )

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

   
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                                        PROPOSED
TITLE OF EACH                           MAXIMUM       PROPOSED
CLASS OF            AMOUNT              OFFERING      MAXIMUM
SECURITIES TO       TO BE               PRICE         AGGREGATE                 AMOUNT OF
BE REGISTERED       REGISTERED          PER UNIT      OFFERING PRICE            REGISTRATION FEE
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Common Stock,
$0.01               24,462,985
par value (1)       shares (2)          $1.03         $25,196,874.55 (3)        $7,433.08 (4)

Subscription
Rights              4,111,426 (5)       --            --                        (6)
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(1)  Each share of  Common Stock includes  a right to  purchase one share  of
     Preferred  Stock of  the Registrant  which, prior  to the  occurrence of
     certain  events, will not  be exercisable  or evidenced  separately from
     such share of Common Stock.

   
(2)  This registration statement relates to  3,905,855 shares of Common Stock
     to be distributed to stockholders of Reckson Associates Realty Corp. and
     limited  partners  of   Reckson  Operating  Partnership,  L.P.   and  to
     20,557,130  shares of  Common Stock  to  be delivered  upon exercise  of
     Subscription Rights.
    

(3)  Computed based on (i) the book value as of  December 31, 1997 of the net
     assets contributed to  the Registrant in accordance with  Rule 457 under
     the Securities Act and (ii) the  subscription price for shares of Common
     Stock issuable upon exercise of the Subscription Rights.

   
(4)  Includes $7,415.04 that was previously paid.

(5)  Represents rights to subscribe for  an aggregate of 20,557,130 shares of
     Common Stock being registered hereunder.
    

(6)  Since the  Subscription Rights and  the shares of Common  Stock issuable
     upon exercise thereof are  both being registered hereunder, no  separate
     registration fee is required for the Subscription Rights under Rule 457.

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     THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY  BE NECESSARY TO DELAY  ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL  THE REGISTRANT
SHALL  FILE  A   FURTHER  AMENDMENT  WHICH  SPECIFICALLY   STATES  THAT  THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL  THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN  ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION  8(a)  OF  THE  SECURITIES ACT  OF  1933  OR  UNTIL  THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT  SHALL BECOME  EFFECTIVE AS  SUCH  DATE AS  THE COMMISSION,  ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.

=============================================================================

INFORMATION  CONTAINED HEREIN  IS  SUBJECT  TO COMPLETION  OR  AMENDMENT.   A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING  TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN  FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS  TO  BUY BE  ACCEPTED PRIOR  TO  THE TIME  THE  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE.   THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION  OF AN OFFER  TO BUY NOR  SHALL THERE BE  ANY SALE OF  THESE
SECURITIES  IN ANY  JURISDICTION IN  WHICH SUCH  OFFER, SOLICITATION  OR SALE
WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.

   
                  SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED APRIL 30, 1998
    

PROSPECTUS

                       RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                 COMMON STOCK

                     RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE FOR COMMON STOCK

   
     This Prospectus is  being furnished to both the  stockholders of Reckson
Associates Realty  Corp., a Maryland corporation ("Reckson"), and the limited
partners  of  Reckson   Operating  Partnership,  L.P.,  a   Delaware  limited
partnership  ("Reckson  Operating  Partnership"),  in   connection  with  the
distribution by Reckson Operating Partnership and Reckson of 3,905,855 shares
of common  stock, par value  $.01 per  share, of Reckson  Service Industries,
Inc., a Delaware  corporation ("RSI" or  the "Company").   Each share of  RSI
common stock will be  accompanied by one Preferred Stock  Purchase Right, the
terms of which are described herein.

     Concurrently with the distribution referred  to above, RSI will grant at
no cost to its stockholders (collectively, "Holders") non-transferable rights
(collectively, the "Subscription  Rights") to purchase up to  an aggregate of
20,557,130 shares of RSI common  stock (the "Rights Offering").   Each Holder
will  receive  one Subscription  Right for  each  share of  RSI  common stock
received  in the  distribution.   Each  Subscription Right  will entitle  the
Holder to purchase one share of RSI common stock at a purchase price of $1.03
per share (the  "Exercise Price") and, at  the election of such  Holder, four
additional  shares (but not less  than four additional  shares) at a purchase
price of $1.03 per share.  Holders may exercise their Subscription  Rights in
respect  of  one share  or five  shares  of RSI  common stock  that  they are
entitled to purchase pursuant  to the Subscription Rights.  Holders  will not
be permitted  to purchase more  than one share  and less than five  shares in
respect of a Subscription  Right.  The  exercise period for the  Subscription
Rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June __, 1998, unless
extended  by  RSI in  its discretion  (the  "Expiration Date").    Once made,
subscriptions  are irrevocable, and no alternative, conditional or contingent
rights will be accepted by RSI.  
    

     SEE "RISK  FACTORS"  BEGINNING  ON PAGE  19  OF THIS  PROSPECTUS  FOR  A
DISCUSSION OF MATERIAL RISKS RELEVANT TO THE OWNERSHIP OF RSI COMMON STOCK.

   
     It is expected that the distribution of RSI common stock will be made on
May __, 1998.  The distribution of RSI common stock will be made on the basis
of one share  of RSI common stock for  (i) every 12.5 units  of limited partner
interest in Reckson Operating Partnership held by the limited partners on May
__, 1998 (the "Record Date")  and (ii) every 12.5 shares of common  stock, $.01
par value, of  Reckson held by Reckson  stockholders on the Record  Date.  No
certificates  representing  fractional shares  of  RSI common  stock  will be
issued  in connection with the distribution of  RSI common stock.  In lieu of
such  fractional  shares,  American  Stock   Transfer  &  Trust  Company,  as
Distribution  Agent,  will pay  to  any person  who  would be  entitled  to a
fractional share  of RSI common  stock an  amount of cash  (without interest)
equal to $1.03 per share.

     RSI Standby LLC,  an entity owned by  members of management of  RSI (the
"Standby Purchaser")  has entered into an agreement (the "Standby Agreement")
pursuant to  which the Standby Purchaser has agreed  to purchase, and RSI has
agreed to sell, any and all shares  of RSI common stock that were the subject
of Subscription Rights  in the Rights Offering but were not subscribed for by
the Holders thereof (the "Standby  Commitment Shares") on the Expiration Date
at the Exercise Price.
    

     As a  result of certain  considerations regarding Reckson's status  as a
real estate investment trust under Federal tax laws, ownership by any  person
of RSI  common stock is limited to  9.9% of the number of  shares or value of
the RSI common stock, subject to certain exceptions.

     There is currently no public market for the RSI common stock and none is
expected to  develop prior  to  the termination  of the  exercise period  for
Subscription Rights.   Subsequent to  the termination of the  exercise period
for Subscription Rights,  RSI anticipates that trading  of the shares  of RSI
common  stock may occur  on the OTC  Bulletin Board.   However, shares of RSI
common stock have  not been approved for  listing on any national  securities
exchange or  for  quotation on  any quotation  system, and  there  can be  no
assurance that such  shares will be  so approved or  quoted or that  a public
market  will develop  or,  if  one develops,  will  be sustained  or  provide
liquidity.

     WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A
PROXY.

     THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND  EXCHANGE COMMISSION  OR  ANY  STATE SECURITIES  COMMISSION  NOR HAS  THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR  ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION  TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

     THIS  PROSPECTUS  SHALL   NOT  CONSTITUTE  AN  OFFER  TO   SELL  OR  THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY  ANY SECURITIES.  ANY SUCH OFFERING  MAY ONLY
BE  MADE  BY  MEANS  OF  A  SEPARATE  PROSPECTUS  PURSUANT  TO  AN  EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW.

   
                The date of this Prospectus is May    , 1998.
    

                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

   
AVAILABLE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
SUMMARY CONDENSED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
RISK FACTORS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     LACK OF OPERATING HISTORY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     LACK OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     NO ASSURANCE AS TO ABILITY TO MANAGE GROWTH  . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO GROWTH BY ACQUISITIONS, INCLUDING LACK
          OF OPERATING HISTORY, COMPETITION AND POSSIBLE DILUTION TO
          EARNINGS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES  . . . . . . . . .  19
     DEPENDENCE UPON RECKSON AND RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP  . . . . .  19
     POTENTIAL GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     RELIANCE ON KEY PERSONNEL; ALLOCATION OF MANAGEMENT'S TIME . . . . .  20
     LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES; OBLIGATIONS UNDER FINANCING
          ARRANGEMENTS; LIMITED FUTURE FUNDING COMMITMENTS  . . . . . . .  20
     CONFLICTS OF INTEREST  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
     RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
     NO PRIOR SPONSORSHIP OF VENTURE CAPITAL VEHICLE; INVESTMENTS IN
          COMPANIES IN EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OR WITH HISTORICAL
          OPERATING LOSSES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
     OWNERSHIP THROUGH JOINT VENTURES, INCLUDING LIMITS ON ABILITY TO
          CONTROL AND INABILITY OF JOINT VENTURER TO PERFORM  . . . . . .  22
     STUDENT HOUSING SECTOR UNDERGOING RAPID CHANGE; DEPENDENCE OF
          PROJECTS ON WELL-BEING OF RELATED SCHOOLS; COMPETITION  . . . .  23
     ABSENCE OF A PUBLIC MARKET FOR RSI COMMON STOCK; VOLATILE TRADING
          PRICES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     ABSENCE OF DIVIDENDS ON RSI COMMON STOCK FOLLOWING THE
          DISTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23
     RISKS OF LOW-PRICED STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RISKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
     POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED TO REAL ESTATE . . . . . .  25
     CERTAIN ANTITAKEOVER PROVISIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
     FEDERAL INCOME TAX RISKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     RISK OF DEFAULT UNDER STANDBY COMMITMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
     RISK OF DILUTION IN THE RIGHTS OFFERING; ACQUISITION OF STOCK UNDER
          STANDBY COMMITMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
THE DISTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     BACKGROUND OF, AND REASONS FOR, THE DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . .  28
     MANNER OF EFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  28
     FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
     LISTING AND TRADING OF RSI COMMON STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
     SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
THE RIGHTS OFFERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     PURPOSE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
     EXERCISE PRIVILEGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     NO FRACTIONAL RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     EXPIRATION DATE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     METHOD OF EXERCISING SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
     STANDBY AGREEMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
     USE OF PROCEEDS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
DIVIDEND POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
     RESULTS OF OPERATIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
     LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
     IMPACT OF YEAR 2000  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
     PRO FORMA CAPITAL RESOURCES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
     PRO FORMA RESULTS OF OPERATIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
BUSINESS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
     OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
     INITIAL ASSETS OF RSI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
     FUNDING SOURCES FOR RSI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
     THE INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
     PROPERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
     EMPLOYEES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
     LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
MANAGEMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
     DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF RSI  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
     COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
     COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
     ANNUAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
     EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
     REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
     SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
          AFTER THE DISTRIBUTION  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF RSI COMMON STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
     EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
     RSI STOCK OPTION PLAN  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58
     CONFLICTS OF INTEREST  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
     SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS . . .  60
     ACQUISITION OF ASSETS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
     FORMATION AND EQUITY CAPITALIZATION OF RSI; OWNERSHIP OF RSI COMMON
          STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
     THE INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
     STANDBY AGREEMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
DESCRIPTION OF RSI CAPITAL STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
     AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
     COMMON STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62
     PREFERRED STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62
     SERIES A JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
     RESTRICTION ON OWNERSHIP OF RSI CAPITAL STOCK  . . . . . . . . . . .  64
     EXCESS STOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
     RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
CERTAIN ANTITAKEOVER PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
     STAGGERED BOARD OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66
     NUMBER OF DIRECTORS; REMOVAL; FILLING VACANCIES  . . . . . . . . . .  67
     NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT; SPECIAL MEETINGS . . . . .  67
     ADVANCE NOTICE PROVISIONS FOR STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND
          STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
     RELEVANT FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE RSI BOARD . . . . . . . . .  68
     AMENDMENT  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
     PREFERRED RIGHTS PLAN  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  69
     DELAWARE BUSINESS COMBINATION STATUTE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
     CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
     LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS; INDEMNIFICATION . . . . . . . .  73
EXPERTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
LEGAL MATTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
    

                            AVAILABLE INFORMATION

     RSI  has  filed  with  the   Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission")  a  registration  statement  on  Form  S-1  (the  "Registration
Statement") under  the Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the "Securities
Act"), with respect  to RSI common stock.   This Prospectus does  not contain
all  of  the information  set  forth in  the  Registration Statement  and the
exhibits and schedules  thereto.  For further information,  reference is made
hereby  to the Registration  Statement, exhibits  and schedules.   Statements
contained herein  concerning any documents are not  necessarily complete and,
in each instance, reference is  made to the copies of such documents filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement.  Each such statement  is qualified in
its entirety by such  reference.  Copies of these documents  may be inspected
without charge at the principal office  of the Commission at 450 5th  Street,
N.W.,  Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the  Regional Offices of the Commission
at 7 World Trade  Center, Suite 1300, New  York, New York 10048, at  Citicorp
Center, Suite 1400, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago,  Illinois 60661, and at
5670 Wilshire  Boulevard,  Suite 1100,  Los  Angeles, California  90036,  and
copies of all  or any part thereof  may be obtained from  the Commission upon
payment  of  the  charges  prescribed  by the  Commission.    Copies  of such
documents   may   also  be   obtained   from   the  Commission's   Web   Site
(http://www.sec.gov).

     Following the effectiveness  of the Registration Statement, RSI  will be
required to comply with the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and will file annual, quarterly
and other reports with  the Commission.  The Company will  also be subject to
the  proxy solicitation  requirements of the  Exchange Act  and, accordingly,
will furnish audited financial  statements to its stockholders in  connection
with its annual meetings of stockholders.

     NO  PERSON  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  GIVE ANY  INFORMATION  OR  TO  MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN  THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS,  AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED.

                                   SUMMARY

     This summary  is qualified  by the more  detailed information  set forth
elsewhere in this Prospectus, which should be read in its entirety, including
the discussion of certain factors set forth under "Risk Factors."  Unless the
context requires otherwise,  reference to "Reckson" herein  includes Reckson,
its predecessors, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Reckson
Operating  Partnership and, unless the context otherwise requires, references
to "RSI" or  the "Company"  herein include  RSI and its  direct and  indirect
subsidiaries.

                       The Issuer and the Distribution

Issuer                             Reckson   Service   Industries,   Inc.,  a
                                   Delaware corporation.  

Distributing Entities              Reckson    Operating    Partnership   will
                                   distribute shares  of RSI common  stock to
                                   its partners, including Reckson Associates
                                   Realty Corp. (which owns approximately 84%
                                   of the common units of limited partnership
                                   interest     in      Reckson     Operating
                                   Partnership), whereupon Reckson Associates
                                   Realty  Corp.   will  distribute   to  its
                                   stockholders  the  shares  of  RSI  common
                                   stock  received  from   Reckson  Operating
                                   Partnership       (collectively,       the
                                   "Distribution").  

   
Shares to be Distributed           Approximately  3,905,855  shares   of  RSI
                                   common  stock,  representing  95%  of  the
                                   outstanding  shares  of RSI  common  stock
                                   (subject to  reduction to the  extent that
                                   cash  payments are  made  in lieu  of  the
                                   issuance  of  fractional   shares  of  RSI
                                   common stock).

Distribution Ratio                 One  share  of  RSI common  stock  will be
                                   distributed  to  (i)  Reckson stockholders
                                   for  every  12.5  shares of  Reckson  common
                                   stock  held  on  May  __,  1998  and  (ii)
                                   limited  partners  of   Reckson  Operating
                                   Partnership for every  12.5 units of limited
                                   partnership interest in  Reckson Operating
                                   Partnership  held  on  May __,  1998.   No
                                   certificates    representing    fractional
                                   shares of RSI common  stock will be issued
                                   in connection  with the Distribution.   In
                                   lieu of fractional  shares, American Stock
                                   Transfer & Trust  Company, as Distribution
                                   Agent, will pay to any person who would be
                                   entitled  to  a  fractional share  of  RSI
                                   common stock  an amount  of cash  (without
                                   interest) equal  to $1.03  per share.   No
                                   payment  need  be  made  by,  or  will  be
                                   accepted  from,  Reckson  stockholders  or
                                   limited  partners  of   Reckson  Operating
                                   Partnership  for RSI  common  stock to  be
                                   received  by  them  in  the  Distribution.
                                   Furthermore, Reckson stockholders will not
                                   be  required  to   surrender  or  exchange
                                   Reckson common stock, and limited partners
                                   of Reckson Operating  Partnership will not
                                   be required to surrender or exchange units
                                   of limited partnership interest in Reckson
                                   Operating Partnership, in order to receive
                                   RSI common stock. 
    

Background of, and Reasons
for, the Distribution              RSI has been  formed primarily to identify
                                   and   acquire   interests   in   operating
                                   companies that  engage in  businesses that
                                   provide services for  occupants of office,
                                   industrial and  other property  types that
                                   Reckson may  not be  permitted to  provide
                                   under  Federal tax  laws  applicable to  a
                                   real estate  investment trust  ("REIT") or
                                   that have not traditionally been performed
                                   by   Reckson  (collectively,   "Commercial
                                   Services").  RSI  will  also  pursue  real
                                   estate or  real estate  related investment
                                   opportunities  through  Reckson  Strategic
                                   Venture  Partners,  LLC ("RSVP"),  a  real
                                   estate venture  capital fund created  as a
                                   "research  and  development"  vehicle  for
                                   Reckson  to  explore  and  invest in  real
                                   estate sectors outside  of its traditional
                                   office  and  industrial  sectors,  thereby
                                   providing  the  potential for  Reckson  to
                                   incorporate   one   or   more   of   these
                                   alternative   sectors   into    its   core
                                   business.   RSVP may  make or  acquire (a)
                                   real   estate   or   real   estate-related
                                   investments   other  than   REIT-Qualified
                                   Investments  (as  defined below)  and  (b)
                                   investments  satisfying  the  Federal  tax
                                   laws applicable to  REITs ("REIT-Qualified
                                   Investments")  made  available  to Reckson
                                   Operating Partnership  that it  has chosen
                                   not to pursue.

                                   RSI will  enter  into  an  agreement  with
                                   Reckson    Operating   Partnership    (the
                                   "Intercompany   Agreement")   pursuant  to
                                   which    RSI    and    Reckson   Operating
                                   Partnership  will  agree to  provide  each
                                   other  with  first opportunity  rights  in
                                   respect of  certain types  of transactions
                                   and  activities,   thereby  reducing   the
                                   potential   for   conflicts   of  interest
                                   between the  parties by  formalizing their
                                   relationship   at   the   outset.      See
                                   "Business--The Intercompany Agreement."

   
Business Strategy
of RSI                             SERVICE SECTOR OPERATIONS.   RSI's primary
                                   business is to create and  manage a system
                                   of interrelated services  to be offered to
                                   the  marketplace  through   a  centralized
                                   infrastructure.  RSI will focus on service
                                   sectors  that  present   opportunities  to
                                   provide  Commercial  Services  to  Reckson
                                   Operating Partnership and  its tenants and
                                   to the tenants  and customers of RSVP  and
                                   RSI's other affiliates  (collectively, the
                                   "Reckson Customer  Base"), as  well as  to
                                   other  third  parties.     Currently,  the
                                   Reckson   Customer   Base   retains  third
                                   parties to provide many services for their
                                   day-to-day operations.  Of these services,
                                   RSI may seek to offer the Reckson Customer
                                   Base telecommunications, document storage,
                                   document   reproduction    and   logistics
                                   services, as well  as with other  services
                                   that RSI determines may be utilized by the
                                   Reckson Customer Base.  

                                   Management   believes   that   there   are
                                   significant   opportunities   to   provide
                                   Commercial   Services   to   the   Reckson
                                   Customer Base  and third parties  that are
                                   currently provided  by third parties  in a
                                   more limited and fragmented  manner or not
                                   provided at  all.  The  opportunities that
                                   the  Company   may  determine   to  pursue
                                   include    document    storage,   document
                                   reproduction and logistics (i.e. inventory
                                   services, messenger services  and delivery
                                   services).  Management  also believes that
                                   RSI    will    benefit    from   Reckson's
                                   relationships  with its  tenants and  from
                                   Reckson's  reputation  for  providing high
                                   quality  service  to  its  tenants.    See
                                   "Business--Overview."

                                   REAL  ESTATE VENTURE  CAPITAL FUND.   RSI,
                                   through a subsidiary, is a managing member
                                   of RSVP.   RSVP's strategy  is to identify
                                   and  acquire   interests  in   established
                                   entrepreneurial      enterprises      with
                                   experienced  management  teams  in  market
                                   sectors which are in  the early stages  of
                                   their   growth  cycle   or  offer   unique
                                   circumstances for  attractive investments.
                                   RSVP has made an investment in the area of
                                   student   housing    and   is    targeting
                                   additional  market  sectors.     RSVP  has
                                   retained  highly  experienced  real estate
                                   investment professionals that will source,
                                   structure and execute  transactions within
                                   each market sector, as  well as manage the
                                   day-to-day operations of  RSVP, subject to
                                   the overall management  of RSI's executive
                                   officers.   RSI has committed to invest up
                                   to $100 million  in RSVP over a  period of
                                   three years.    In  addition,  as  further
                                   described below, RSVP  has obtained a $200
                                   million  preferred  equity  facility  (the
                                   "PaineWebber   Equity    Facility")   from
                                   PaineWebber  Real  Estate  Securities Inc.
                                   ("PWRES"), which will  be partially funded
                                   by an  investment  fund  that  is  jointly
                                   sponsored  by financier  George Soros  and
                                   PWRES.

Initial Assets of
RSI                                RSI's initial investments are comprised of
                                   (i) convertible  loans   made  to   OnSite
                                   Ventures,  L.L.C.,  a   company  providing
                                   advanced  telecommunication  systems   and
                                   services within commercial and residential
                                   buildings, (ii) a 9.9%  equity interest in
                                   Reckson   Executive   Centers    LLC,   an
                                   executive office suites  business operated
                                   at  Reckson properties  that was  acquired
                                   from Reckson Operating  Partnership for
                                   $200,000, and an option to acquire a
                                   majority equity interest in InterOffice
                                   Superholdings Corporation, a privately-held
                                   national executive office  suites business
                                   (the "Office Suites Company"), and (iii) its
                                   indirect interests  in the assets  of RSVP
                                   (currently  interests  in  American Campus
                                   Lifestyles  Companies,   LLC,  a   student
                                   housing    enterprise    that    develops,
                                   constructs,  manages  and  acquires on-and
                                   off-campus student  housing projects,  and
                                   the  Dobie   Center,  a   student  housing
                                   facility).  See  "Business--Initial Assets
                                   of RSI."
    

Funding Sources for RSI            RSI expects to establish a credit facility
                                   with  Reckson  Operating  Partnership (the
                                   "RSI Facility")  in  the  amount  of  $100
                                   million   for    RSI's   service    sector
                                   operations  and  other  general  corporate
                                   purposes.  In  addition, Reckson Operating
                                   Partnership  has approved  the funding  of
                                   investments of up to  $100 million with or
                                   in RSVP, through (i) loans for the funding
                                   of   RSVP   investments   prior   to   the
                                   Distribution,  (ii)  RSVP-controlled joint
                                   venture  REIT-Qualified   Investments,  or
                                   (iii) advances  made to RSI  subsequent to
                                   the Distribution  under a  credit facility
                                   (the  "RSVP-ROP  Facility",  and  together
                                   with   the  RSI   Facility,  the   "Credit
                                   Facilities") with  terms similar  to those
                                   of the RSI Facility.

   
                                   RSVP has  obtained the  PaineWebber Equity
                                   Facility  which  provides   for  PWRES  to
                                   invest up to  $200 million in RSVP  in the
                                   form  of  a   preferred  equity  interest,
                                   subject  to  certain   conditions.    Such
                                   investment  by  PWRES  will  be  partially
                                   funded  by  an  investment  fund  that  is
                                   jointly  sponsored  by   financier  George
                                   Soros  and PWRES.   See  "Business Funding
                                   Sources for RSI."
    

Management of RSI                  Donald  J. Rechler,  Scott H.  Rechler and
                                   Michael  Maturo  will serve  as  executive
                                   officers  of  RSI  in  the  capacities  of
                                   Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
                                   Executive  Officer   and  Executive   Vice
                                   President, Treasurer  and Chief  Financial
                                   Officer, respectively. Each  RSI executive
                                   officer currently  serves as  an executive
                                   officer of  Reckson. Mr. Daniel  A. DiSano
                                   and Mr.  Jeffrey D. Neumann  will serve as
                                   Senior Vice Presidents of  RSI and will be
                                   primarily  responsible  for  executing the
                                   business  strategy of  RSI.   In addition,
                                   RSI will  establish a  management advisory
                                   committee that will serve to assist  RSI's
                                   executive    officers     in    developing
                                   investment   strategies   and   evaluating
                                   investment opportunities.   This committee
                                   will consist of Roger Rechler, Mitchell D.
                                   Rechler and Gregg M. Rechler,  all of whom
                                   are executive  officers of Reckson.  It is
                                   anticipated that RSI's  executive officers
                                   and  members  of the  management  advisory
                                   committee  that   are  also   officers  of
                                   Reckson  initially will  not receive  base
                                   salaries  from  RSI.   However,  they have
                                   received stock  options under  RSI's stock
                                   option  plan  and may  receive  additional
                                   options, bonuses or  other incentive-based
                                   compensation   in   the   future.      See
                                   "Management."

   
Interests of Certain
Officers and Directors
and Affiliates                     In addition to each  RSI executive officer
                                   serving   as  an   executive  officer   of
                                   Reckson,  Donald  J.   Rechler,  Scott  H.
                                   Rechler,  Roger  Rechler and  Mitchell  D.
                                   Rechler will  serve as  directors of  both
                                   Reckson  and RSI  and  Michael Maturo  and
                                   Gregg M. Rechler  will serve as  directors
                                   of RSI.   RSI's executive officers and the
                                   members   of   the   management   advisory
                                   committee also have a significant interest
                                   in  Reckson  and  RSI  through  beneficial
                                   ownership of common stock of each of these
                                   entities and ownership of units of limited
                                   partnership interest in  Reckson Operating
                                   Partnership.  As of  April 27, 1998, RSI's
                                   executive officers and the  members of the
                                   management advisory committee beneficially
                                   owned  approximately 9.77%  of the  common
                                   equity interests of Reckson and, as of the
                                   Distribution  of  RSI   common  stock  and
                                   consummation   of   the   Rights  Offering
                                   (assuming the full  exercise of Rights  by
                                   the Holders), are expected to beneficially
                                   own approximately 12.56% of RSI.

                                   Due   to   considerations    relating   to
                                   Reckson's status  as a REIT  under Federal
                                   tax laws,  RSI was initially  formed as  a
                                   subsidiary  in  which   Reckson  Operating
                                   Partnership owned  95% of  the outstanding
                                   capital stock of  RSI in the form  of non-
                                   voting  common  stock  and  Lightpost  LLC
                                   owned the remaining  5% of the outstanding
                                   capital stock of RSI in the form of common
                                   stock.    Donald  J.  Rechler,  Scott   H.
                                   Rechler,  Michael  Maturo,  Roger Rechler,
                                   Mitchell D. Rechler  and Gregg M.  Rechler
                                   own  70%   of  the  member   interests  of
                                   Lightpost  LLC and  the other  30%  of the
                                   member interests  is owned  by members  of
                                   Reckson management that  are not executive
                                   officers or  directors of Reckson  as well
                                   as a Rechler  family member that is  not a
                                   member of Reckson management.  The  shares
                                   of   capital   stock  owned   by   Reckson
                                   Operating Partnership and Reckson officers
                                   were acquired at the same per  share price
                                   of  $1.10.     Immediately  prior  to  the
                                   Distribution,  the  shares  of  non-voting
                                   common  stock owned  by Reckson  Operating
                                   Partnership will  be exchanged by  RSI for
                                   RSI common stock.
    

                                   RSI   expects   to   obtain   the   Credit
                                   Facilities    from    Reckson    Operating
                                   Partnership and borrowings  thereunder are
                                   expected  to  bear  interest at  the  rate
                                   equal to the greater of (i) the prime rate
                                   plus 2% and  (ii) 12% per annum,  with the
                                   rate referred to in clause (ii) increasing
                                   annually  at a  rate of  4%  of the  prior
                                   year's rate.   The  Credit Facilities  are
                                   expected to be payable on an interest-only
                                   basis from net cash  flow during its five-
                                   year term.    Advances  under  the  Credit
                                   Facilities will be recourse obligations of
                                   RSI.   See  "Business Funding Sources  for
                                   RSI."

                                   Jon L. Halpern, a director of Reckson, and
                                   affiliated parties  own a  39.13% interest
                                   in  OnSite   Ventures  L.L.C.,   a  331/3%
                                   interest  in  a  joint  venture that  owns
                                   76.09%  of   American  Campus   Lifestyles
                                   Companies,  LLC, a  331/3%  interest in  a
                                   joint venture that owns  a 70% interest in
                                   the Dobie Center and a 22.75% interest  in
                                   the   Office  Suites   Company,  and   may
                                   participate   in   the    management   and
                                   operation of these  companies.  Management
                                   believes that RSI's  participation in such
                                   investments,  or,  in  the  Office  Suites
                                   Company's  case,  possible  participation,
                                   with Mr. Halpern has  been the subject  of
                                   arm's-length negotiations.   See  "Certain
                                   Transactions."

                                   In addition, an entity owned by members of
                                   management of  RSI  will  enter  into  the
                                   Standby Agreement  relating to  the Rights
                                   Offering as described  below under "Rights
                                   Offering."

Organization Chart                 The   following   chart    indicates   the
                                   organizational structure of the Company.

   
(Description of Organizational Diagram)

The organizational  diagram shows that Reckson Service  Industries, Inc. (the
"Company" or  "RSI") owns 100%  of RSI-OSA Holding  Inc. which owns  a 58.69%
stake in  On-Site Ventures  L.L.C.   RSI is  also a  100% owner  of RSI  Fund
Management LLC.  RSI Fund Management LLC acts  as the managing member of, and
owns a 100%  stake in RSVP Holdings LLC.  Managing  directors have a "carried
interest" in  profits through  New World  Realty, LLC  which also  acts as  a
managing member.  RSVP Holdings LLC acts as managing member of, and owns 100%
of the common  ownership interest of Reckson Strategic  Venture Partners, LLC
("RSVP").  The preferred equity ownership of RSVP is 100%-owned by  PWRES and
a Fund jointly sponsored by financier George Soros and PWRES.
    

Federal Income Tax
Consequences of the
Distribution                       The Distribution  of RSI  common stock  by
                                   Reckson  will  be  treated  as  a  taxable
                                   dividend  to Reckson  stockholders to  the
                                   extent that it  is treated as made  out of
                                   Reckson's current or  accumulated earnings
                                   and  profits  (as determined  for  federal
                                   income tax  purposes).  To the extent that
                                   the   value  of   the  RSI   common  stock
                                   distributed  to   a  Reckson   stockholder
                                   exceeds  the   earnings  and   profits  of
                                   Reckson  allocated  to  such distribution,
                                   such excess  will be  treated  first as  a
                                   nontaxable return of capital to the extent
                                   of such stockholder's basis in its Reckson
                                   common stock and thereafter as gain from a
                                   deemed disposition  of its  Reckson common
                                   stock.   Reckson  will  recognize gain  in
                                   connection with the Distribution if and to
                                   the extent  that  the  value  of  the  RSI
                                   common   stock   distributed   by  Reckson
                                   exceeds Reckson's basis in  the RSI common
                                   stock, which will  equal Reckson Operating
                                   Partnership's  basis  therein.   Any  such
                                   gain will give rise  to additional taxable
                                   income  for  Reckson  stockholders because
                                   such  gain will  result in an  increase in
                                   Reckson's earnings  and profits.   Reckson
                                   stockholders will  receive a basis  in the
                                   RSI  common  stock   equal  to  the  value
                                   thereof at the  time of the  Distribution.
                                   The Distribution of RSI common stock  will
                                   generally be  taxable to  limited partners
                                   of Reckson  Operating Partnership  only if
                                   and  to the extent  that the value  of the
                                   RSI  common stock plus any cash in lieu of
                                   fractional  shares  distributed   to  them
                                   exceeds  their respective  bases in  their
                                   units of limited   partnership interest in
                                   Reckson Operating Partnership, but certain
                                   limited partners  may not  be required  to
                                   recognize gain equal to the full amount of
                                   such  excess.     Reckson   will  make   a
                                   determination of the fair market value  of
                                   the RSI common stock as of the date of the
                                   Distribution.  There can  be no assurance,
                                   however, that the Internal Revenue Service
                                   (the "Service")  or the courts  will agree
                                   with the fair  market value determined  by
                                   Reckson.

Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights Plan of RSI                 RSI will adopt a Preferred Stock  Purchase
                                   Rights Plan (the  "Preferred Rights Plan")
                                   prior to  the Distribution.  As  a result,
                                   shares of  RSI common stock  issued in the
                                   Distribution will also initially represent
                                   an  equivalent number  of Preferred  Stock
                                   Purchase Rights of RSI.  

Additional Antitakeover
Provisions                         Certain  provisions of  RSI's charter  and
                                   bylaws, as each  will be in effect  on the
                                   date of the Distribution of the RSI common
                                   stock,   and  of   the  Delaware   General
                                   Corporation  Law (the  "DGCL"), will  have
                                   the  effect  of  making  more difficult  a
                                   change of control of RSI in  a transaction
                                   not   approved  by   the   RSI  Board   of
                                   Directors.  These provisions include (i) a
                                   provision  for  a classified  Board,  with
                                   only approximately one-third  of the Board
                                   to  be elected in  any year, to  serve for
                                   three-year terms, (ii)  a requirement that
                                   directors be  removed only for  cause upon
                                   the  affirmative  vote  of  holders of  at
                                   least 80% of the total voting power, (iii)
                                   a prohibition on the stockholders' ability
                                   to  call   a  special   meeting,  (iv)   a
                                   requirement that  actions of  stockholders
                                   be  taken at  a  meeting of  stockholders,
                                   rather  than  by written  consent,  (v) an
                                   advance     notice     requirement     for
                                   stockholders   to   make   nominations  of
                                   candidates for directors or to bring other
                                   business  before  an   annual  meeting  of
                                   stockholders, (vi) a requirement that two-
                                   thirds  of  RSI common  stock  approve any
                                   merger  or  similar  business  combination
                                   involving RSI, (vii)  a provision that the
                                   holder of "control shares" of RSI acquired
                                   in  a control  share  acquisition have  no
                                   voting rights with respect to such control
                                   shares except  to the  extent approved  by
                                   the vote of the  holders of two-thirds  of
                                   the RSI  common stock (for  an explanation
                                   of "control  shares" and  a control  share
                                   acquisition,  see   "Certain  Antitakeover
                                   Provisions--Control  Share Acquisitions"),
                                   (viii) a  limitation on  the ownership  of
                                   RSI common  stock by any  person or entity
                                   of 9.9% of  the number of shares  or value
                                   of  the  RSI  common  stock,  and  (ix)  a
                                   requirement   that   amendments   to   the
                                   foregoing  provisions be  approved by  the
                                   affirmative  vote of at  least 80%  of the
                                   total voting power.  The Preferred  Rights
                                   Plan  will  also  make  more  difficult  a
                                   change of control of  RSI in a transaction
                                   not   approved  by   the   RSI  Board   of
                                   Directors.  The  Preferred Rights Plan and
                                   the  business   combination  and   control
                                   shares provisions do not apply to  Reckson
                                   and its affiliates.

Distribution Agent                 American  Stock Transfer  & Trust  Company
                                   will  be the  Distribution  Agent for  the
                                   Distribution of the RSI common stock.  

   
Record Date                        May __, 1998.

Distribution Effective Date        May  __, 1998.  Commencing on or about the
                                   date of the Distribution of the RSI common
                                   stock, the  Distribution Agent  will begin
                                   mailing   account   statements  reflecting
                                   ownership of  RSI common stock  to holders
                                   of  Reckson  common  stock  and  units  of
                                   limited  partnership  interest  in Reckson
                                   Operating  Partnership  as of  the  Record
                                   Date.   Reckson  stockholders and  Limited
                                   Partners will  not be required to make any
                                   payment or  to  take any  other action  in
                                   order to  receive the RSI common  stock to
                                   which   they    are   entitled    in   the
                                   Distribution. 
    

Trading Market                     There is  currently no  public market  for
                                   the RSI  common stock and none is expected
                                   to develop prior to the termination of the
                                   Rights  Offering.     Subsequent   to  the
                                   termination of  the Rights Offering,   RSI
                                   anticipates that trading  of the shares of
                                   RSI  common  stock may  occur  on the  OTC
                                   Bulletin Board.

Post-Distribution Dividend
Policy                             Following the Distribution, RSI intends to
                                   use   its   available  funds   to   pursue
                                   investment and business opportunities and,
                                   therefore, does not anticipate the payment
                                   of any dividends  on RSI  common stock  in
                                   the foreseeable  future.   Any declaration
                                   of  dividends  will  be  subject  to   the
                                   discretion of the  RSI Board of Directors.
                                   In addition, payment  of dividends on  RSI
                                   common stock will be prohibited under  the
                                   Credit   Facilities   until   all  amounts
                                   outstanding  thereunder are  paid in  full
                                   and   will  also   be   subject  to   such
                                   limitations as may be imposed by any other
                                   credit facilities or  debt securities that
                                   RSI may obtain  or issue, as the  case may
                                   be, from time to time.

Transfer Agent and
Registrar                          American  Stock Transfer  & Trust  Company
                                   will be  the Transfer Agent  and Registrar
                                   for  the   RSI  common  stock   after  the
                                   Distribution.

                             THE RIGHTS OFFERING

   
Purpose of the Rights Offering     RSI  is commencing  a rights  offering for
                                   purposes    of    (i)    funding   certain
                                   organizational    and    start-up    costs
                                   (estimated to be  $1.5 million) and short-
                                   term losses of the Company, (ii) providing
                                   RSI sufficient  initial equity  capital in
                                   order  to pursue  its business  objectives
                                   and   (iii)   providing   capital  towards
                                   meeting  minimum  capital  requirements to
                                   commence  trading  in  the  future  on  an
                                   organized trading system.

Grant of Subscription Rights       Concurrently with the  Distribution of RSI
                                   common  stock,  RSI   will  grant  to  its
                                   stockholders (collectively, "Holders") one
                                   Subscription Right for each share owned by
                                   a  stockholder.   Each Subscription  Right
                                   will entitle  the Holder  to purchase  one
                                   share  of RSI  common stock at  a purchase
                                   price  of $1.03  per share  (the "Exercise
                                   Price")  and,  at  the  election  of  such
                                   Holder,  four additional  shares (but  not
                                   less  than four  additional  shares) at  a
                                   purchase   price  of   $1.03  per   share.
                                   Holders  may  exercise  their Subscription
                                   Rights in respect of one or five shares of
                                   RSI common stock that they are entitled to
                                   purchase  pursuant  to  each  Subscription
                                   Right.   Holders will  not be permitted to
                                   purchase more than one share and less than
                                   five shares  in respect of  a Subscription
                                   Right.    Holders of  Subscription  Rights
                                   will have the opportunity to acquire up to
                                   an aggregate  of approximately  20,557,130
                                   shares of RSI common stock.

Expiration Date                    June __, 1998 at 5:00  p.m., New York City
                                   time.
    

Non-transferability                Subscription Rights  will be  evidenced by
                                   non-transferable certificates that will be
                                   exercisable  by   the  Holder   until  the
                                   Expiration Date, at which time unexercised
                                   Subscription Rights  will become  null and
                                   void and subject to the Standby Agreement.

Standby Agreement                  RSI and the Standby Purchaser have entered
                                   into  the  Standby Agreement  pursuant  to
                                   which the Standby Purchaser has agreed  to
                                   purchase, and RSI has agreed to  sell, any
                                   and all  shares of  RSI common  stock that
                                   were the subject of Subscription Rights in
                                   the   Rights   Offering   but   were   not
                                   subscribed for by the Holders thereof (the
                                   "Standby   Commitment   Shares")   on  the
                                   Expiration Date at the Exercise Price.

   
Number of shares of RSI
common stock to be
outstanding after
the Rights Offering                24,668,557 shares
    

                                 RISK FACTORS

     Reckson  stockholders   and  Limited   Partners  of  Reckson   Operating
Partnership should consider  certain factors discussed under  "Risk Factors,"
including risks associated with the limited assets that RSI  owns, RSI's lack
of operating history,  management's lack of experience in  certain sectors in
which RSI  is expected  to operate, potential  conflicts of  interest between
Reckson and its affiliates  and RSI and its  affiliates, RSI's dependence  on
Reckson Operating Partnership,  RSI's current limited  access to the  capital
markets  and other  funding sources,  the existence  of certain  antitakeover
provisions applicable to RSI, the limited trading of the RSI common stock and
RSI's intention not to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.

              SUMMARY CONDENSED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     The  following table  sets  forth certain  unaudited  summary pro  forma
condensed combined financial  information for RSI after giving  effect to the
acquisition of (i) through its interest in RSVP, a 331/3% interest in a joint
venture that owns a 76.09%  interest in American Campus Lifestyles Companies,
LLC ("ACLC"), (ii) through its interest in RSVP, a 331/3% interest in a joint
venture  that owns a  70% interest in the  Dobie Center, (iii) convertible
loans  to OnSite  Ventures  L.L.C.  ("OnSite")  and (iv) a 9.9% equity interest
in  Reckson  Executive  Centers  LLC  (collectively  the  "Acquired
Investments"),  as if they had been consummated, with respect to statement of
operations  data for the year ended December 31, 1997, as of January 1, 1997,
or,  with respect  to  balance sheet  data  as  of December  31,  1997.   The
information presented  is derived from,  should be read in  conjunction with,
and is  qualified in its  entirety by reference to,  the historical financial
statements  and the  notes  thereto  and the  unaudited  pro forma  condensed
combined financial  data and  the notes thereto  appearing elsewhere  in this
Prospectus.   The  unaudited summary pro  forma condensed  combined financial
information  has been  included for  comparative purposes  only and  does not
purport to be indicative of  the results of operations or financial  position
which would have been obtained if the acquisition of the Acquired Investments
had  been effected  at the dates  indicated or  of the financial  position or
results  of operations which  may be obtained  in the  future.  See  "RSI Pro
Forma Financial Statements."

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                                                         PRO FORMA                    HISTORICAL
                                                  ----------------------          -----------------
                                                                                     PERIOD FROM
                                                        YEAR ENDED                   INCEPTION TO
                                                  DECEMBER 31, 1997/(1)/          DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                  ----------------------          -----------------
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OPERATIONS SUMMARY:

     Equity in earnings of RO Partners
       Management, LLC                                $        397,922              $       245,593
     Equity in earnings (loss) of ACLC                         123,886                      (22,156)
     Interest income                                           162,565                       30,383
     Total revenues                                            675,245                      253,820
     Interest expense                                          331,222                       24,380
     Corporate operating expenses                              579,113                      479,113
     Net (loss)                                               (243,304)                    (257,887)


                                                          PRO FORMA                    HISTORICAL
                                                      DECEMBER 31, 1997            DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                      -----------------            -----------------
FINANCIAL POSITION:

     Investment in RO Partners Management,
          LLC                                         $      3,868,093              $     3,868,093
     Investment in ACLC                                      1,652,165                    1,652,165
     Investment in Reckson Executive Centers,
          LLC                                                  200,000                           --
     Loans receivable                                        1,125,000                      325,000
     Organization and pre-acquisition costs                    681,694                      681,694
     Total assets                                            8,519,695                    7,519,695
     Loans payable to Affiliates                             4,177,857                    3,177,857
     Total liabilities                                       4,297,241                    3,297,241
     Shareholders' equity                                    4,222,454                    4,222,454

</TABLE>
_______________
(1)     The  above historical  information is  presented  from  the  date  of
        inception of RSI, July 15, 1997.

                                 RISK FACTORS

     Reckson   stockholders  and  limited   partners  of   Reckson  Operating
Partnership ("Limited Partners")  should carefully consider and  evaluate all
of the information set forth  in this Prospectus, including the risk  factors
listed below.   All  statements, other than  statements of  historical facts,
included in this  Prospectus that address activities,  events or developments
that RSI expects,  believes or anticipates will  or may occur in  the future,
including   such   matters   as  future   capital   expenditures,  dividends,
acquisitions (including the amount  and nature thereof), expansion and  other
development  trends  of  the  real   estate  or  other  industries,  business
strategies, expansion and growth of the operations of RSI and its  affiliates
and other such matters, are forward-looking statements.  These statements are
based on  certain  assumptions and  analyses  made by  RSI  in light  of  its
experience  and  its  perception of  historical  trends,  current conditions,
expected future developments  and other factors it  believes are appropriate.
Such  statements  are   subject  to  a  number  of   assumptions,  risks  and
uncertainties, including the  risk factors discussed below,  general economic
and business conditions, the business  opportunities that may be presented to
and  pursued by RSI  and its affiliates,  changes in laws  or regulations and
other  factors,  many  of  which  are  beyond  the control  of  RSI  and  its
affiliates.  Reckson stockholders and Limited Partners are cautioned that any
such  statements are  not guarantees  of future  performance and  that actual
results or developments  may differ materially from those  anticipated in the
forward-looking statements.

LACK OF OPERATING HISTORY

     RSI  was formed in July  1997 and, accordingly,  has a limited operating
history.  The  financial information relating to RSI and its subsidiaries and
their  respective  assets  presented  elsewhere  in  this  Prospectus is  not
necessarily  indicative of  the future  consolidated  financial condition  or
results of operations of RSI and its subsidiaries.

LACK OF MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

     RSI  is likely  to pursue  investments  in sectors,  either directly  or
through  RSVP,  in  which  RSI's  management has  little  or  no  experience.
Although RSI's acquisitions of businesses may include retaining management of
such businesses, it is  anticipated that in most cases  RSI's management will
be  actively involved  in overall  management  and control  of the  strategic
direction  of  such businesses.    However,  with  the exception  of  certain
officers retained by  RSI that  are not  officers of  Reckson and  management
retained  from  acquired  businesses  in  the  future, if  applicable,  RSI's
management  is comprised  primarily  of  officers  of Reckson  whose  primary
experience, unlike that of  RSI, is acquiring, developing, and  re-developing
suburban office and industrial properties in the New York "Tri-State" area.

NO ASSURANCE AS TO ABILITY TO MANAGE GROWTH

     RSI  intends  to  expand  its  operations  through  the  acquisition  of
Commercial Services  businesses.  In  addition, RSVP may also  expand rapidly
through the acquisition  of real estate and real  estate operating companies.
The success of RSI's and RSVP's growth strategies will depend, in large part,
on   their  ability  to   identify  attractive  business   opportunities  and
effectively operate and integrate any  newly acquired businesses, as to which
there can be no assurance.  The growth plans of RSI and RSVP will require the
participation  of, and  place  demands upon,  their management  and operating
personnel.  The ability to manage  future growth effectively will require the
development of operational, financial and management information systems.  If
RSI or  RSVP is  unable to  manage  its growth  effectively, RSI's  business,
results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

UNCERTAINTIES RELATING TO GROWTH BY ACQUISITIONS, INCLUDING LACK OF OPERATING
HISTORY, COMPETITION AND POSSIBLE DILUTION TO EARNINGS

     A significant source of RSI's growth will be through acquisition.  There
can be no assurance that suitable acquisition opportunities will be available
to RSI or its affiliates or that  RSI or its affiliates will not overpay  for
acquisitions or  that such  acquisitions will  be efficiently and  adequately
integrated.  There
Some of the companies in which RSI or  its affiliates acquire an interest may
have little or no operating  histories, may have historical operating losses,
and have competitors that are larger  and more well capitalized.  Certain  of
the acquisitions of RSI or its affiliates may be involved in sectors that are
subject to  increasing  competition.   As  a result,  the  costs incurred  to
acquire or  reposition companies may be significant and may not be recovered.
Furthermore, there can be no assurance that acquisitions will not be dilutive
to RSI's earnings.

RESTRICTIONS ON BUSINESS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

     RSI will  be prohibited  under the  Intercompany  Agreement from  making
REIT-Qualified  Investments unless  Reckson  Operating  Partnership has  been
given the right  of first opportunity  in respect thereof  and has failed  to
pursue such investments.   In addition, in the event that any such investment
becomes available to an affiliate of RSI, including RSVP, such affiliate will
be required  to allow  Reckson Operating Partnership  to participate  in such
investment to the extent of RSI's  interest, if any, therein.  RSI's  charter
provides  that  one  of the  corporate  purposes  of RSI  is  to  perform its
obligations   under  the   Intercompany   Agreement.     See   "Business--The
Intercompany  Agreement."   RSI  also  will  be  required to  assist  Reckson
Operating  Partnership  in structuring  and  consummating  any REIT-Qualified
Investment presented to Reckson Operating Partnership which Reckson Operating
Partnership has elected  to pursue, on terms determined  by Reckson Operating
Partnership.   As a result, the business and  future opportunities of RSI and
its affiliates are significantly restricted.

DEPENDENCE UPON RECKSON AND RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP

      RSI will rely significantly on  Reckson for the provision of management
expertise and for the financing  of its operations.  As a result,  if Reckson
is unable  to access  the  financial markets,  RSI's ability  to finance  its
operations may be  severely restricted.  The Credit  Facilities will prohibit
advances thereunder to  the extent such advances would,  in the determination
of Reckson,  endanger Reckson's  status as  a REIT.  In addition,  if in  the
future Reckson should  fail to qualify  as a  REIT or have  a decline in  its
condition (financial  or other) or  earnings, affairs or prospects,  there is
likely to  be a substantial  adverse effect on RSI's  business opportunities,
financial condition and results of operations.

POTENTIAL GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION

     RSI  will seek  to provide  various Commercial  Services to  the Reckson
Customer Base and third parties.  In light of the geographic concentration of
Reckson's  properties  in  the  New  York  tri-state  metropolitan  area,  in
providing  services to  the Reckson  Customer Base,  RSI will  be subject  to
economic factors  impacting such area.   The New York  tri-state metropolitan
area has experienced  periodic economic fluctuations and a  future decline in
its  economy may  adversely impact  the results  of operations  and financial
condition of RSI.  To the extent RSI acquires interests in companies that are
concentrated geographically, it  will be subject to similar  risks in respect
of such acquisitions.

RELIANCE ON KEY PERSONNEL; ALLOCATION OF MANAGEMENT'S TIME

     The success  of RSI and its  affiliates depends to a  significant degree
upon  the  contribution  of  its  executive  officers and  senior  management
referred to  under "Management", its management advisory  committee and other
key  personnel that  they  retain,  including  the  investment  professionals
employed by  RSVP.   None  of  RSI's executive  officers  or members  of  its
management advisory  committee has an  employment agreement with RSI;  two of
the investment  professionals of RSVP  (the "RSVP  Managing Directors")  have
entered into employment  contracts with RSVP.   See "Business--Overview--Real
Estate Venture Capital  Fund."  Conversely, each of  RSI's executive officers
have employment agreements with Reckson pursuant to which they have agreed to
spend such time as may be necessary in carrying out their  duties thereunder.
These  executive   officers  will  not  have  similar   obligations  to  RSI.
Furthermore, there can  be no assurance that  RSI and its affiliates  will be
able  to retain  their  key managerial  and  other  personnel or  to  attract
suitable replacements or  additional personnel if required.   Neither RSI nor
any of its affiliates has obtained key-man insurance for any of its executive
officers,   members  of  its  management  advisory  committee  or  other  key
personnel.

LIMITED  FINANCIAL  RESOURCES;   OBLIGATIONS  UNDER  FINANCING  ARRANGEMENTS;
LIMITED FUTURE FUNDING COMMITMENTS

     RSI initially will rely primarily on funds raised in the Rights Offering
and  amounts  to  be provided  to  it  by  Reckson  Operating Partnership  in
connection with the formation and capitalization of RSI, including the Credit
Facilities,  in order  to finance  its  operations.   In connection  with the
formation and  capitalization of RSI,  RSI anticipates that under  the Credit
Facilities  it will have the right, subject  to certain conditions, to borrow
from Reckson  Operating Partnership  up to  an aggregate  of $100  million in
respect of  the RSVP-ROP  Facility and  $100 million  in respect  of the  RSI
Facility.  The Credit  Facilities will have a term of five years and advances
thereunder  will be  recourse obligations  of RSI.   Interest will  accrue on
advances made under the  Credit Facilities at a rate equal to  the greater of
(i) the prime  rate plus 2%  and (ii) 12% per  annum, with the  interest rate
referred to in clause  (ii) increasing annually at a rate of  4% of the prior
year's rate.  Prior to maturity, interest  will be payable quarterly but only
to the extent of  available net cash flow  and on an interest-only  basis and
will be prepayable without  penalty at the option of  RSI.  As long as  there
are  outstanding advances under either of the  Credit Facilities, RSI will be
prohibited from  paying dividends on  any shares of  its capital stock.   The
Credit  Facilities  will be  subject  to  certain  other covenants  and  will
prohibit  advances thereunder  to  the  extent such  advances  could, in  the
determination of Reckson,  endanger Reckson's status as a REIT.  There can be
no assurance that RSI  will be able to  satisfy all of its obligations  under
the  Credit Facilities.   RSI  has obtained  the PaineWebber  Equity Facility
which provides for  PWRES to invest  $200 million  in RSVP in  the form of  a
preferred  equity interest,  subject  to  certain conditions.    RSI has  not
received any  commitment with  respect to any  additional borrowings.   Other
than  under  the  Credit Facilities,  Reckson  Operating  Partnership  is not
currently obligated to provide any additional funds to RSI or to assist it in
obtaining additional financing.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

     Donald  J.  Rechler  will  serve  as Chairman  of  the  Board  and Chief
Executive Officer  of Reckson  and Chairman  of the  Board of  RSI, Scott  H.
Rechler will serve  as the President and  Chief Operating Officer of  Reckson
and President and  Chief Executive Officer of  RSI and a director  of Reckson
and RSI and Michael Maturo will serve as Executive Vice President,  Treasurer
and  Chief  Financial Officer  of  Reckson and  RSI  and a  director  of RSI.
Although  each of  them is committed  to the  success of  RSI, they  are also
committed  to the success of  Reckson.  None  of Donald J.  Rechler, Scott H.
Rechler  or Michael Maturo  is committed to  spending a  particular amount of
time on RSI's affairs, nor  will any of them devote his full time to RSI.  As
a result, such  officers may spend more  time acting in their  positions with
Reckson,  particularly if  Reckson encounters  operating  difficulties or  is
engaged in  significant transactions.   Donald Rechler, Roger  Rechler, Scott
Rechler, Michael Maturo, Gregg M. Rechler and Mitchell D. Rechler are members
of the  RSI Board  of Directors and  will also be  either insiders of  RSI or
members of  the  Reckson board  of directors.   In  addition,  the RSI  Board
includes only one member  who is unaffiliated with RSI and Reckson.  As noted
below  in "--Related  Party  Transactions,"  Jon L.  Halpern,  a director  of
Reckson,  has an  interest  in certain  entities  in which  RSI  has made  an
investment.

     Officers  and directors  of a  corporation owe  fiduciary duties  to the
stockholders of that corporation.  There is a risk that the common membership
of management and members of the Boards of Directors of RSI and Reckson  will
lead to conflicts of interest in the fiduciary duties owed to stockholders by
common directors and officers in connection with transactions between the two
companies.   However, RSI  was formed with  the specific purpose  of entering
into  and  performing  the  Intercompany  Agreement  with  Reckson  Operating
Partnership in an effort  to avoid conflict of interest issues by identifying
at the outset which  types of opportunities will be pursued  by each company.
See "Management--Conflicts of Interest."

     In respect of  services to be provided to  Reckson Operating Partnership
by RSI, management will have a conflict of interest in determining the market
rates that  Reckson Operating Partnership  may be charged for  such services.
In  addition, management  will have  a  conflict of  interest in  determining
whether a  REIT-Qualified Investment  opportunity outside  of Reckson's  core
business strategy should be pursued by RSI or Reckson.  

     In  addition, RSVP  has  been  formed as  a  "research and  development"
vehicle for  Reckson to identify  and invest  in operating companies  in real
estate sectors  outside of  its  traditional office  and industrial  sectors.
Under the  terms of the PaineWebber Equity  Facility, it is contemplated that
Reckson Operating Partnership and  RSVP will form a joint  venture in respect
of any such investments and that Reckson Operating Partnership would fund the
common equity component  of such investment in  lieu of RSI.   RSVP Holdings,
however, will continue  to be entitled to  the carried interest component  of
its interest  in RSVP.   Furthermore, Reckson will  be entitled  to integrate
such investments into its core business if such investment's platform reaches
the  maximum  investment allocation  of  RSVP  (i.e.  25% of  RSVP's  initial
capital).

   
     Finally, in respect of the Rights Offering, the Standby Purchaser, which
is  owned  by Donald  J.  Rechler, Scott  H.  Rechler, Michael  Maturo, Roger
Rechler,  Mitchell D. Rechler and  Gregg M. Rechler,  has agreed to purchase,
and RSI has agreed to sell, any and  all shares of RSI Common Stock that were
the  subject of  Subscription  Rights in  the Rights  Offering  but were  not
subscribed for by the Holders thereof.   To the extent the Standby  Purchaser
fails to perform under the Standby Agreement, management will have a conflict
of interest in enforcing such arrangement.
    

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

   
     Jon  L. Halpern,  a former  executive  officer and  current director  of
Reckson, beneficially owned substantially all of the OnSite business prior to
RSI's  acquisition of an interest therein (and will own beneficially a 25.97%
interest in  OnSite after  giving effect to  RSI's acquisition of  the OnSite
business, assuming  RSI  converts its  subordinated convertible  note into  a
58.69%  interest), and owns a 331/3% interest  in a joint venture that owns a
70% interest  in the Dobie  Center, a 331/3%  interest in joint  venture that
owns  a 76.09% interest in  ACLC, and a 22.75% interest  in the Office Suites
Company, and may participate  in the operation of such entities.   Based upon
its understanding of the market  generally and discussions with third parties
specifically,  management   believes   that  RSI's   participation  in   such
investments, or, in the Office Suites Company's case, possible participation,
with Mr. Halpern has been the subject of arm's-length negotiations.  
    

     Related party transactions involve the risk that the related party is in
a position to obtain transaction terms, including price and other terms, that
are more favorable than the terms that an unrelated party  would obtain in an
arm's-length  negotiation.    It  had been  anticipated  previously  that Mr.
Halpern would have an ongoing role with  respect to RSI's real estate venture
capital  fund.    However,  it  was  subsequently  determined  that  the  two
individuals  retained as  managing directors  for  RSVP would  serve in  such
capacity.   As a  result, RSI  and Mr.  Halpern entered  into an  arrangement
regarding  the projects  that the  real estate  venture capital  fund pursued
during the time Mr. Halpern was involved with such fund.  RSI and Mr. Halpern
were  represented by separate counsel  in determining the arrangement between
the parties  regarding such projects.   Mr. Halpern  has also agreed  that he
will discontinue serving as a member of the  Board of Directors of Reckson at
the request of the Board of Directors of Reckson at any time after July 1998.

     In addition,  an  entity owned  by  members of  management  of RSI  have
entered  into  the Standby  Agreement  relating  to  the Rights  Offering  as
described below under "Rights Offering."

NO PRIOR SPONSORSHIP OF VENTURE  CAPITAL VEHICLE; INVESTMENTS IN COMPANIES IN
EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OR WITH HISTORICAL OPERATING LOSSES

     RSVP  is a  real estate venture  capital fund  formed to invest  in real
estate and  real estate-related  operating companies.   RSI has  committed to
invest up to $100 million in RSVP, and a subsidiary of RSI  will serve as the
managing member of  RSVP.  Neither Reckson nor RSI has previously sponsored a
real  estate venture capital  fund.  Investments  of RSVP may  include, among
other things,  investments in companies in an early stage of development that
have historical operating losses.   In addition, decreases  in values in  the
property  markets,  volatility  in  the  securities  markets,  interest  rate
increases and  unfavorable conditions  in the economy  generally, and  in the
real  estate  industry in  particular,  may have  a  negative  impact on  the
performance of RSVP.

   
     RSVP  has obtained  the  $200 million  PaineWebber Equity  Facility from
PWRES, which  will be partially funded by an  investment fund that is jointly
sponsored  by  financier George  Soros and  PWRES.   Under  the terms  of the
PaineWebber Equity Facility, RSVP is  subject to various covenants and events
of default  and related  remedies.  Such  remedies include  increased control
rights of PWRES over  the operation of RSVP under certain  circumstances.  In
addition,  PWRES and  such investment  fund,  if applicable,  will receive  a
priority or preferred distribution from  the operations of RSVP prior to  the
distribution of cash to the subsidiary of  RSI serving as the managing member
of  RSVP.  The RSVP Managing  Directors will be entitled  to a portion of the
profits of the managing member of RSVP after RSI has obtained a return of its
capital  plus a minimum  return thereon.   As a  result, no assurance  can be
given that the RSVP Managing  Directors will not pursue investments involving
greater risk  in seeking higher  profits.  Any investments  identified by the
RSVP Managing Directors are subject to the approval of RSI.
    

OWNERSHIP THROUGH JOINT VENTURES, INCLUDING  LIMITS ON ABILITY TO CONTROL AND
INABILITY OF JOINT VENTURER TO PERFORM

     It is anticipated  that RSI and RSVP  may hold a significant  portion of
their assets  through joint ventures.   Joint venture investments  may, under
certain circumstances,  involve risks  not otherwise  present, including  the
possibility that the partners or co-venturer might become bankrupt, that such
partners or co-venturer  might at any  time have  economic or other  business
interests  or goals  which are  inconsistent with  the business  interests or
goals of RSI and its affiliates, and that such partners or co-venturer may be
in a position to take action contrary to their instructions or their requests
and contrary to their policies or objectives.  Such investments may also have
the potential  risk of impasse on decisions, such  as a sale, because neither
RSI or its affiliates nor the partner  or co-venturer would have full control
over the partnership or joint venture.  Consequently, actions by such partner
or co-venturer might result in subjecting properties owned by the partnership
or joint venture to  additional risk.  RSI and its  affiliates will, however,
seek to maintain sufficient control of such partnerships or joint ventures to
permit their business  objectives to  be achieved.   There  is no  limitation
under RSI's organizational documents as to the amount of available funds that
may be invested in partnerships or joint ventures.

STUDENT HOUSING SECTOR  UNDERGOING RAPID  CHANGE; DEPENDENCE  OF PROJECTS  ON
WELL-BEING OF RELATED SCHOOLS; COMPETITION

     The student  housing business  is a  fragmented sector undergoing  rapid
development  and change.  In addition to traditional real estate risks, risks
in respect  of  student housing  include economic,  social, governmental  and
demographic  factors as  they  relate  to the  number  of students  attending
colleges  and universities  in  need  of student  housing.   Student  housing
facilities are to a large extent reliant upon the well-being of  the colleges
or  universities  to  which such  facilities  relate and  may  be  subject to
competition from such colleges and universities as well as other providers of
student housing.  In addition, the maintenance and insurance costs of student
housing may  exceed the costs  typical of multifamily housing.   Furthermore,
due to the  nature of student housing, turnover of tenants is significant and
such housing is less utilized during summer months.

ABSENCE OF A PUBLIC MARKET FOR RSI COMMON STOCK; VOLATILE TRADING PRICES

     There is currently no public market for the RSI common stock and none is
expected  to  develop  prior  to  the termination  of  the  Rights  Offering.
Subsequent to  the termination of  the Rights Offering, RSI  anticipates that
trading of  the shares of common stock  of RSI may occur on  the OTC Bulletin
Board.   However,  shares of  RSI common  stock have  not  been approved  for
listing on any national securities exchange or for quotation on any quotation
system, and there can be no assurance that such shares will be so approved or
quoted,  or  that  a public  market  will  develop, or,  if  a  public market
develops,  will be sustained or provide liquidity.  Furthermore, there can be
no assurance as to the prices at which trading in RSI common stock will occur
after the Distribution.   Until the RSI common stock is fully distributed and
if and  until a regular trading market develops,  the prices at which trading
in the RSI common stock occurs  may fluctuate significantly.  In the event  a
regular trading market  fails to develop for the RSI common stock, holders of
the  RSI common  stock may not  be able  to sell  their shares promptly  at a
desired price.  Accordingly,  holders of the RSI common stock should consider
an investment therein to be long-term.

ABSENCE OF DIVIDENDS ON RSI COMMON STOCK FOLLOWING THE
DISTRIBUTION

     Following the Distribution  of RSI common stock, RSI intends  to use its
available   funds  to  pursue  investment  and  business  opportunities  and,
therefore, does  not anticipate the  payment of any  dividends on  RSI common
stock in the foreseeable future.

     Payment of dividends on  RSI common stock will  be prohibited under  the
Credit Facilities until all amounts  outstanding thereunder have been paid in
full and will also  be subject to such limitations  as may be imposed by  any
other credit facilities and debt securities that RSI may obtain or  issue, as
the case may be, from time to time.  See "Dividend Policy."

RISKS OF LOW-PRICED STOCK

     Since RSI's common  stock is not expected  to be listed on  any national
securities  exchange or  quoted on  any  quotation system,  such stock  could
become subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, which imposes additional
sales practice requirements  on broker-dealers which sell such  securities to
persons  other   than  established   customers  and   "accredited  investors"
(generally,  individuals with  net worth  in excess  of $1,000,000  or annual
incomes exceeding  $200,000, or $300,000  together with their spouses).   For
transactions  covered by  this  rule,  a broker-dealer  must  make a  special
suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser's
written consent to  the transaction prior to  sale.  Consequently, such  rule
may adversely affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell RSI's common stock
and may adversely affect the ability of purchasers to sell such stock  in the
secondary market.

     Commission  regulations define  a  "penny stock"  to  be any  non-Nasdaq
equity  security that has  a market price  (as therein defined)  of less than
$5.00  per share  or with an  exercise price  of less  than $5.00  per share,
subject  to certain  rules require  delivery, prior to  any transaction  in a
penny stock, of  a disclosure schedule prepared by the Commission relating to
the  penny  stock market.    Disclosure is  also  required to  be  made about
commissions   payable  to   both  the   broker-dealer   and  the   registered
representative and current  quotations for the securities.   Finally, monthly
statements are  required to be  sent disclosing recent price  information for
the penny stock held in the account  and information on the limited market in
penny stocks.

     The foregoing  penny stock restrictions  will not apply to  RSI's common
stock if such  securities are eventually  listed on Nasdaq  and have  certain
price  and volume information provided  on a current  and continuing basis or
meet certain minimum  net tangible assets or average revenue criteria.  There
can be no assurance that the RSI Common Stock will qualify for exemption from
these restrictions.  In any  event, even if the RSI common  stock were exempt
from such restrictions,  such stock would remain subject  to Section 15(b)(6)
of the Exchange Act, which gives the Commission the authority to prohibit any
person  that  is  engaged  in  unlawful  conduct  while  participating  in  a
distribution  of a  penny  stock  from associating  with  a broker-dealer  or
participating in  a distribution of  a penny  stock, if the  Commission finds
that such a restriction  would be in the public interest.   If the RSI common
stock were subject to the rules on penny stocks, the market liquidity for the
RSI common stock could be severely adversely affected.

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT RISKS

   
     RSI  may invest  in real  estate, particularly  through its  holdings in
RSVP.  Investments in  real estate are subject  to the risks incident  to the
ownership and operation of real  estate.  The following information discusses
the material risks relating  to the real estate  investments of the  Company.
The yields  available from equity  investments in  real estate depend  on the
amount  of income generated  and expenses incurred.   RSI,  through RSVP, has
made an initial investment in the area  of student housing.  RSVP will likely
make additional  investments in commercial  real estate, although it  has not
yet determined the types  of real estate that RSVP will pursue.  The revenues
received by the Company from RSVP's real  estate investments and the value of
such investments may be  adversely affected by the national, state  and local
economic climate and real estate conditions (such as oversupply of or reduced
demand  for  space and  changes in  market  rental rates).   The  rents which
properties may command and the ability to re-let space are dependent upon the
perceptions  of   prospective  tenants   of  the   safety,  convenience   and
attractiveness of  the properties.  The  cash flow received from  real estate
investments may  be  negatively effected  by the  inability to  collect on  a
timely basis all  rent from tenants, the expense  of periodically renovating,
repairing and  reletting spaces,  and increasing  operating costs  (including
real estate taxes  and utilities) which may not be passed through to tenants.
Each of  the foregoing  factors may  ultimately result  in decreases  in cash
flows  from  real  estate  properties   and  losses  for  RSI's  real  estate
investments, or  may cause such  investments to be less  profitable than they
otherwise  would  be.    Certain  significant  expenditures  associated  with
investments in  real estate  (such as mortgage  payments, real  estate taxes,
insurance and maintenance costs) are generally not reduced when circumstances
cause  a reduction in rental  revenues from the  property.  If  a property is
mortgaged to secure the payment of indebtedness and if the owner is unable to
meet  its  mortgage  payments, a  loss  could  be sustained  as  a  result of
foreclosure  on  the  property or  the  exercise  of  other remedies  by  the
mortgagee.   In  addition, the  value of  RSVP's real estate  investments and
income from such  investment are also affected by such  factors as compliance
with laws, including tax  laws, interest rate levels and the  availability of
financing.   Also, the rentable  square feet of commercial  property is often
affected by  market conditions  and may therefore  fluctuate over  time.   In
addition, equity  real estate investments  are relatively illiquid and,  as a
result,  RSVP may not  be able to realize  the full value  of its real estate
investments if it has to dispose of such investments at inopportune times.

     RSI  and its  affiliates, including  RSVP, may  engage in  the selective
development  and construction  of real  estate properties.   Development  and
construction activities include  the risk that development  opportunities may
be  abandoned after  expending resources to  determine feasibility,  in which
case RSI will  incur losses from pursuing  such opportunities.  In  addition,
RSI's construction and development activities may generate less net income or
losses for  RSI as  a result  of construction  costs of  a project  exceeding
original estimates; occupancy  rates and rents at a  newly completed property
being insufficient  to  make the  property  profitable; financing  not  being
available on favorable terms for  development of a property; and construction
and lease-up  not being  completed on schedule,  resulting in  increased debt
service expense  and  construction costs.   Development  activities are  also
subject to risks relating to the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining,
all  necessary zoning,  land-use,  building,  occupancy  and  other  required
governmental permits and  authorizations.  Each of these factors  may lead to
losses or less  income for  RSI.   In addition,  new development  activities,
regardless of  whether  or  not  they are  ultimately  successful,  typically
require a substantial portion of management's time and attention.
    

POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED TO REAL ESTATE

     Under various federal, state and local laws, ordinances and  regulations
(including, but  not limited  to, the  Comprehensive Environmental  Response,
Compensation and  Liability Act of  1980, the Occupational Safety  and Health
Act, the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act and federal, state and local
laws governing the management of asbestos abatement), an owner of real estate
is  liable for the  costs of removal  or remediation of  certain hazardous or
toxic  substances  on or  in such  property.   These  laws often  impose such
liability  without regard to  whether the owner  knew of, or  was responsible
for, the  presence of such  hazardous or toxic  substances.  The  cost of any
required remediation and the owner's liability therefor as to any property is
generally not limited under such enactments and could exceed the value of the
property and/or  the aggregate  assets of the  owner.   The presence  of such
substances,  or  the  failure  to  properly remediate  such  substances,  may
adversely  affect the  owner's ability to  sell or  rent such property  or to
borrow, using  such property  as collateral.   Persons  who  arrange for  the
disposal or treatment of hazardous or toxic substances may also be liable for
the costs  of removal  or remediation  of such  substances at  a disposal  or
treatment facility, whether or not such facility is owned or operated by such
person.   Certain environmental  laws  govern the  removal, encapsulation  or
disturbance of asbestos-containing materials ("ACMs") when such materials are
in poor condition, or  in the event of  renovation or demolition.   Such laws
impose liability for release of ACMs into the air and third parties may  seek
recovery  from owners  or operators  of real  properties for  personal injury
associated with ACMs.  In connection with the ownership (direct or indirect),
operation,  management  and development  of  real  properties,  RSI  and  its
affiliates may be  considered an owner or  operator of such properties  or as
having  arranged  for  the  disposal  or  treatment  of  hazardous  or  toxic
substances  and, therefore,  potentially liable  for  removal or  remediation
costs, as well  as certain other related costs,  including governmental fines
and injuries to persons and property.

CERTAIN ANTITAKEOVER PROVISIONS

     RSI's  charter  and bylaws,  the  Preferred Rights  Plan  and applicable
sections of the  DGCL may make more  difficult the acquisition of  control of
RSI without  the approval of the RSI Board  of Directors.  Certain provisions
of RSI's charter and  bylaws, among other things: (i) classify  the RSI Board
of  Directors  into  three  classes,  each  of  which  serves  for  staggered
three-year terms; (ii) provide that  a director of RSI may be removed  by the
affirmative vote  of stockholders having  at least  80% of  the total  voting
power  only for  cause; (iii) provide  that only  the Chairman of  the Board,
President or  the RSI  Board of Directors  may call  special meetings  of the
stockholders; (iv) provide that  the stockholders may take  action only at  a
meeting  of  RSI stockholders,  not  by  written  consent; (v)  provide  that
stockholders must comply  with certain advance notice procedures  in order to
nominate candidates for  election to the RSI  Board of Directors or  to place
stockholders' proposals  on the agenda  for consideration at meetings  of the
stockholders; (vi) provide that, under certain circumstances, the affirmative
vote of the  holders of  two-thirds of the  RSI common  stock is required  to
approve  any merger  or  similar business  combination  involving RSI;  (vii)
provide that  the holder  of "control shares"  of RSI  acquired in  a control
share acquisition have  no voting rights with respect  to such control shares
except to the extent approved by the vote of the holders of two-thirds of the
RSI common stock (the "control shares provision"); (viii) limit the ownership
by any person of RSI common stock to 9.9% of the number of shares or value of
the RSI  common stock; and  (ix) provide that  the stockholders may  amend or
repeal any of  the foregoing provisions  of the charter  or bylaws only  by a
vote of at least 80% of the  stock entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors.   With  certain exceptions, Section  203 of the  DGCL ("Section
203") imposes certain restrictions on mergers and other business combinations
between  RSI and  any holder of  15% or  more of the  RSI common  stock.  The
charter provides that the control shares provision, the Preferred Rights Plan
and  Section 203 do  not apply to  Reckson and its  affiliates.  Accordingly,
Reckson  and  its affiliates  will  be in  a  position to  effect  a business
combination or other transaction with RSI in situations where others would be
restricted  from effecting a  similar transaction.   RSI's charter authorizes
the Board  of Directors to issue up to 25  million shares of preferred stock,
par  value  $.01  per share,  in  series,  and to  establish  the  rights and
preferences (including  the exchange of  such shares of preferred  stock into
shares of RSI common stock) of any series of preferred stock so  issued.  The
issuance  of certain  types  of  preferred stock  could  have  the effect  of
delaying or preventing a  change in control of RSI, even if  such a change in
control  were  in  the  best interests  of  some,  or  a  majority, of  RSI's
stockholders.    See   "Description  of  RSI  Capital   Stock"  and  "Certain
Antitakeover Provisions."

     The Preferred Rights  Plan would cause substantial dilution  to a person
or group that attempts to acquire RSI on terms not approved in advance by the
RSI Board of Directors.   Under the Preferred Rights Plan,  until 10 business
days following  such  time  as a  person  or group  has  acquired  beneficial
ownership  of, or has  proposed a tender  offer or exchange  offer that would
result in such person or group owning, 10% or  more of the outstanding shares
of RSI Common Stock (the "Preferred Rights Distribution Effective Date"), the
Preferred  Rights  will  be  transferred  only with  the  RSI  common  stock.
Following   the  Preferred  Rights   Distribution  Effective  Date,  separate
certificates evidencing the Preferred Rights will be mailed to each holder of
record on the Preferred Rights Distribution Effective Date.  Thereafter, each
holder of a Preferred Right (other than  the person or group) will thereafter
have the right to receive, upon exercise of such Preferred Right, that number
of shares of RSI  common stock having a  market value equal to two  times the
exercise price of the Preferred Right.  Similar provisions apply in the event
of a merger or  other business combination as a result  of which an acquiring
person or group will own 10% or  more of the outstanding shares of RSI common
stock.  Prior to the time that any such person or group  acquires 10% or more
of the outstanding shares of RSI common stock, the RSI Board of Directors may
redeem the Preferred Rights in whole for $.01 per Preferred Right.  After the
time that any such  acquiring person or group acquires 10%  or more, but less
than 50%, of  the outstanding shares  of RSI common  stock, the RSI Board  of
Directors may  exchange the  Preferred Rights,  in whole  or in  part, at  an
exchange ratio of one share of RSI common  stock, or one-hundredth of a share
of Series A Junior Preferred Stock, per Preferred Right.  See "Description of
RSI Capital Stock--Series A Junior Preferred Stock."

FEDERAL INCOME TAX RISKS

     On the Distribution  Effective Date, in the opinion of Brown & Wood LLP,
counsel  to RSI  and Reckson  ("Tax  Counsel"), Reckson  will recognize  gain
measured by  the  excess, if  any,  of the  value  of  the RSI  common  stock
distributed by Reckson  over the basis of  Reckson in such stock,  which will
depend in  turn on the basis of Reckson  Operating Partnership in such stock.
Any  such  gain will  give  rise to  additional  taxable  income for  Reckson
stockholders  because such  gain  will  result in  an  increase in  Reckson's
earnings  and profits.   In addition, the  Distribution will be  taxable to a
Limited Partner  if and to the extent that the  value of the RSI common stock
and  any  cash received  in  lieu of  fractional shares  exceeds  the Limited
Partner's basis in his unit of limited partner interest  in Reckson Operating
Partnership, but  certain Limited Partners  may not be required  to recognize
gain equal to the amount of such excess.  Because of its factual nature,  Tax
Counsel  is unable to render an opinion with  respect to the value of the RSI
common stock to be distributed by Reckson.  Reckson will make a determination
of the  fair market  value of  the RSI  common stock as  of the  date of  the
Distribution.  There  can be no assurance,  however, that the Service  or the
courts  will  agree  with  the  amount  determined  by  Reckson.    See  "The
Distribution--Federal Income Tax Consequences."

RISK OF DEFAULT UNDER STANDBY COMMITMENT

     Under the terms of the Standby Agreement, the Standby Purchaser will  be
obligated  to purchase any and all  shares of RSI common  stock that were the
subject of Subscription Rights in the Rights Offering but were not subscribed
for by  Holders thereof.  However,  the obligations of the  Standby Purchaser
under the Standby Agreement  are not secured by any collateral  or letters of
credit.  As a  result, there can be  no assurance that the Standby  Purchaser
will perform its obligations under the Standby Agreement.

RISK OF DILUTION  IN THE RIGHTS OFFERING; ACQUISITION OF  STOCK UNDER STANDBY
COMMITMENT

     Holders not subscribing for shares  pursuant to Subscription Rights will
be subject to dilution of their ownership interest in RSI.  Such dilution may
be significant.

   
     The  Rights Offering  involves  the offering  of  20,557,130 shares  (or
approximately 83%) of  the 24,668,557 shares of  RSI that will be  issued and
outstanding after the Distribution and the  Rights Offering.  As a result  of
the Standby  Agreement,  to the  extent  a large  number  of Holders  do  not
exercise  their  Subscription Rights,  the  Standby Purchaser  may  acquire a
significant portion of the issued and outstanding shares of RSI Common Stock.
    

                               THE DISTRIBUTION

BACKGROUND OF, AND REASONS FOR, THE DISTRIBUTION

      RSI  has been  formed primarily  to identify  and acquire  interests in
operating  companies  that  engage  in  businesses  that  provide  Commercial
Services. RSI will also pursue real estate and real estate related investment
opportunities through RSVP,  a real estate venture capital fund  created as a
"research and development" vehicle for Reckson to  explore and invest in real
estate sectors  outside of  its traditional  office  and industrial  sectors,
thereby  providing the potential  for Reckson to  incorporate one or  more of
these  alternative sectors  into its core  business. RSI will  enter into the
Intercompany   Agreement  pursuant  to   which  RSI  and   Reckson  Operating
Partnership have agreed  to provide each other with  first opportunity rights
in respect of  certain types of transactions and  activities thereby reducing
the potential  for conflicts of  interest between the parties  by formalizing
their relationship at the  outset.  In this regard,  management believes that
by  identifying  the opportunities  to  be  offered to  the  other party  and
establishing the  process by  which such opportunities  will be  offered, the
potential conflicts of  interest are reduced.  For  information regarding the
types  of such transactions  and activities, see  "Business--The Intercompany
Agreement." 

     RSI intends  to (i) provide  various Commercial Services to  the Reckson
Customer Base  and third parties,  (ii) invest in  and manage RSVP  and (iii)
make or acquire (a) real estate or real estate-related investments other than
REIT-Qualified Investments and (b)  REIT-Qualified Investments made available
to  Reckson Operating  Partnership that it  has chosen  not to pursue.   RSI,
directly or through its affiliates, may also act  as a lessee and operator of
real estate owned by Reckson Operating Partnership and others.

     Due  to considerations  relating to  Reckson's  status as  a REIT  under
Federal tax laws, RSI  was initially formed as a subsidiary  in which Reckson
Operating Partnership  owned 95% of the outstanding capital stock in the form
of non-voting common  stock and certain Reckson officers  owned the remaining
5%  of the  outstanding capital  stock of  RSI in  the form of  voting common
stock.   The shares  of capital stock owned  by Reckson Operating Partnership
and  Reckson officers were  acquired on  the same dates  and at  the same per
share price.  Immediately prior to the Distribution, the shares of non-voting
common stock of  RSI owned by Reckson Operating Partnership were exchanged by
RSI for RSI Common Stock.

     The  Distribution will  afford investors  who own  both common  stock of
Reckson, par value $0.01  ("Reckson Common Stock")  and RSI Common Stock  the
opportunity to  participate in the benefits of the REIT operations of Reckson
(including ownership  of real  property) and the  non-REIT operations  of the
Company.   A small  number of REITs,  operating under tax  provisions that no
longer are  available  to other  REITs,  have  shares that  are  "paired"  or
"stapled"  with shares  of an operating  company that  is liable  for regular
corporate income tax.  The shares of RSI Common  Stock and the Reckson Common
Stock are  not, and will not be,  paired or stapled in any  manner and may be
owned and transferred  separately and independently of each  other.  However,
investors who  choose to  own both  shares of  RSI Common  Stock and  Reckson
common stock  will, in effect,  have the economic  equivalent of  a "stapled"
investment in the Company and Reckson.

MANNER OF EFFECTING THE DISTRIBUTION

   
     It is  expected that the date  of the Distribution will be  May __, 1998
(the "Distribution Effective Date").  At the time of the  Distribution, share
certificates  for RSI  Common Stock  will  be delivered  to the  Distribution
Agent.  Commencing on or about the date of the Distribution, the Distribution
Agent  will  begin mailing  account  statements reflecting  ownership  of RSI
Common  Stock to holders of  Reckson Common Stock and Units  as of the Record
Date.  The Distribution will be made on  the basis of one share of RSI Common
Stock  for  every  12  shares  of  Reckson  Common  Stock  held  by   Reckson
stockholders on the Record Date and  one share of RSI Common Stock for  every
12  Units held  by Limited  Partners  on the  Record Date.    No certificates
representing  fractional  shares  of  RSI  Common Stock  will  be  issued  in
connection  with  the  Distribution.    In lieu  of  fractional  shares,  the
Distribution  Agent  will  pay to  any  person  who would  be  entitled  to a
fractional share  of RSI Common  Stock an amount  of cash (without  interest)
equal to  $1.03 per share.  All shares of RSI Common Stock will be fully paid
and nonassessable.  See "Description of RSI Capital Stock."

     Prior to  the Distribution  Effective Date,  inquiries  relating to  the
Distribution should be  directed to the Distribution Agent  at American Stock
Transfer &  Trust Company, 40  Wall Street, New York,  New York 10005,  or by
telephone  at (718)  921-8200 (telecopier  (718)  234-5001)), Monday  through
Friday, 9:00 a.m.  to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).  After the Distribution
Effective  Date, inquiries may  be directed to the  Distribution Agent or RSI
Investor Relations, at 225 Broadhollow Road, Melville, New York 11747,  or by
telephone  at (516) 719-7400, Monday  through Friday, 9:00  a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time).
    

     NO HOLDER OF SHARES OF RECKSON COMMON STOCK OR UNITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO
MAKE ANY PAYMENT  FOR THE SHARES  OF RSI COMMON STOCK  TO BE RECEIVED  IN THE
DISTRIBUTION OR TO SURRENDER  OR EXCHANGE SHARES  OF RECKSON COMMON STOCK  OR
UNITS OR TO TAKE  ANY OTHER ACTION  IN ORDER TO RECEIVE  RSI COMMON STOCK  TO
WHICH SUCH HOLDER IS ENTITLED IN THE DISTRIBUTION.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

     Introduction.  The following is a summary of the material federal income
tax considerations  associated  with the  Distribution.   This discussion  is
based upon the laws, regulations and reported rulings and decisions in effect
as  of the  date of  this Prospectus,  all of  which are  subject  to change,
retroactively or  prospectively, and  to possibly  differing interpretations.
This discussion does not purport to deal with the federal income or other tax
consequences  applicable  to  all  investors  in  light  of their  particular
investment circumstances or to  all categories of investors, some of whom may
be subject  to special  rules (including,  for example, insurance  companies,
tax-exempt  organizations,  financial institutions,  broker-dealers,  foreign
corporations  and persons  who are not  citizens or  residents of  the United
States).   No  ruling  on the  federal,  state or  local  tax  considerations
relevant  to the operation of Reckson or RSI  or to the Distribution is being
requested from the Service or from any other tax authority.  Brown & Wood LLP
("Tax Counsel") has  rendered certain  opinions discussed  herein, which  Tax
Counsel believes address the material issues with respect to the Distribution
and with  respect to the qualification of Reckson  as a REIT which are raised
by the structure and currently  anticipated activities of RSI.   Such opinion
is filed as an exhibit to  the Registration Statement.  Tax Counsel  believes
that if the  Service were to challenge  the conclusions of Tax  Counsel, such
conclusions  would prevail in  court.  However,  opinions of  counsel are not
binding  on the Service or on the courts,  and no assurance can be given that
the conclusions reached by Tax Counsel would be sustained in court.

ALL RECKSON STOCKHOLDERS  AND RECKSON OPERATING PARTNERSHIP  LIMITED PARTNERS
ARE  URGED  TO  CONSULT THEIR  OWN  TAX  ADVISORS AS  TO  THE  PARTICULAR TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISTRIBUTION TO THEM, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION OF STATE,
LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX LAWS.

     Taxation of Reckson  in General.   Reckson  has made an  election to  be
treated as a real estate investment  trust under Sections 856 through 860  of
the  Code (as used  in this section,  a "REIT"), commencing  with its taxable
year ended December 31, 1995.  Reckson believes that it was organized and has
operated in  such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT, and Reckson intends to
continue to operate in  such a manner, but no assurance can  be given that it
has operated in a manner so as to qualify, or will operate in  a manner so as
to continue to qualify as a REIT.

     The sections of the  Code relating to  qualification and operation as  a
REIT are  highly  technical and  complex.   In the  opinion  of Tax  Counsel,
Reckson qualified as a REIT under the Code  with respect to its taxable years
ending on or  before December 31, 1996,  and is organized in  conformity with
the  requirements for qualification  as a  REIT, and  its proposed  manner of
operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification as a REIT
in the  future.  It must be emphasized that  this opinion is based on various
assumptions relating to the organization and operation of Reckson and Reckson
Operating Partnership and is conditioned upon certain representations made by
Reckson as to certain relevant  factual matters, including matters related to
the  organization, expected  operation,  and assets  of  Reckson and  Reckson
Operating  Partnership.   Moreover, continued  qualification as  a REIT  will
depend  upon  Reckson's  ability to  meet,  through  actual annual  operating
results,  the distribution levels,  stock ownership requirements  and various
qualification tests  and  other  requirements  imposed  under  the  Code,  as
discussed  below.     Tax  Counsel  will  not  review  Reckson's  operations.
Accordingly, no assurance  can be given  that the actual  stock ownership  of
Reckson, the mix  of its  assets, or the  results of  its operations for  any
particular taxable year will satisfy such requirements.

   
     Tax  Counsel  has also  addressed what  Tax Counsel  believes to  be the
material issues with respect to the qualification  of Reckson as a REIT which
are raised by  the structure and currently anticipated activities of RSI.  In
particular, Tax Counsel  has opined that Reckson  and RSI will be  treated as
separate corporate entities,  that RSI  will not  be treated as  an agent  of
Reckson and that  Reckson and RSI will not constitute  stapled entities under
Section 269B of the Code.

     Taxation of RSI.   RSI will not seek to  qualify for taxation as a  real
estate investment trust.  Accordingly, RSI will be taxed as a  C corporation,
subject to regular corporate income tax rates.
    

     Income Recognition  by Reckson as a Result of  the Distribution.  On the
Distribution Effective  Date, Reckson  will, in the  opinion of  Tax Counsel,
recognize gain on the Distribution if and to the extent that the value of the
RSI Common Stock distributed by Reckson exceeds the basis of Reckson  in such
stock,  which will  equal  Reckson  Operating  Partnership's  basis  therein.
Because of the factual nature of  the valuation issue, Tax Counsel is  unable
to render  an opinion on it.   Reckson will make a determination  of the fair
market value of the  RSI Common Stock as of the  Distribution Effective Date.
There can be no assurance, however, that the Service or the courts will agree
with the amount  determined by Reckson.   The  amount of gain,  if any,  will
increase Reckson's earnings and profits.

     Taxation of Taxable Domestic Stockholders of Reckson as a Result of  the
Distribution.   The  Distribution will  be  treated as  a distribution  whose
amount equals  the value of the RSI Common Stock distributed plus any cash in
lieu of fractional shares.  As described above under "--Income Recognition by
Reckson as a Result  of the Distribution," the amount of gain,  if any, to be
recognized by Reckson as a result of the Distribution will increase Reckson's
earnings and  profits.   As  a  result the  Distribution  will give  rise  to
additional taxable income  for Reckson stockholders to the extent of any such
gain.

     Reckson  stockholders will receive a basis  in RSI Common Stock equal to
the value thereof at the time  of the Distribution.  A Reckson  stockholder's
holding  period in the  RSI Common Stock  will not include  any period during
which such stock  was held by Reckson  or Reckson Operating Partnership.   As
long as  Reckson qualifies as  a REIT  in the year  of the Distribution,  the
portion of the  Distribution made to Reckson's taxable  U.S. stockholders out
of Reckson's current or accumulated  earnings and profits (and not designated
as  capital  gain  dividends)  will  be  taken  into  account  by  such  U.S.
stockholders as ordinary income and,  for corporate stockholders, will not be
eligible  for  the  dividends  received   deduction.    The  portion  of  the
Distribution  in  excess of  current  and  accumulated earnings  and  profits
allocable  to the Distribution  will not be  taxable to a  stockholder to the
extent  that  such  portion  does  not  exceed  the  adjusted  basis  of  the
stockholder's Reckson Common Stock, but rather will reduce the adjusted basis
of such shares.  To the extent that the portion of the Distribution in excess
of current and accumulated earnings and profits allocable to the Distribution
exceeds  the adjusted  basis of  a  stockholder's Reckson  Common Stock,  the
Distribution will  be included  in  income as  capital gain  (taxable at  the
short-term,  mid-term or long-term rates depending on the period of time that
the stockholder has  held the shares) assuming the shares are a capital asset
in the hands of the stockholder.

     To the extent that Reckson designates a portion of the Distribution as a
capital gain dividend,  such portion will be taxable  to Reckson stockholders
as gain from the sale of a capital asset held for more than one year, without
regard to the  period for which the  stockholder has held its  Reckson Common
Stock.  U.S. stockholders that are  corporations may, however, be required to
treat up to 20% of certain capital gain dividends as ordinary income.

     Preferred  Rights Plan.   Based  on a published  ruling of  the Service,
since at  the time of the adoption of  the Preferred Rights Plan the exercise
of the  Rights at any  time will likely  be both remote and  speculative, the
adoption of the Preferred Rights  Plan should not constitute the distribution
of stock or property by RSI to its stockholders or an exchange of property or
stock by such stockholders  and, therefore, should  not result in any  income
tax consequences to the holders of the RSI Common Stock.

     Taxation  of Tax-Exempt  Stockholders  of  Reckson as  a  Result of  the
Distribution.  Most  tax-exempt employees' pension trusts are  not subject to
federal  income  tax except  to  the extent  of  their receipt  of "unrelated
business taxable income" as  defined in Section 512(a) of  the Code ("UBTI").
The  Distribution to  a stockholder  that is  a tax-exempt entity  should not
constitute UBTI,  provided that  the tax-exempt entity  has not  financed the
acquisition  of its  Reckson Common  Shares  with "acquisition  indebtedness"
within  the  meaning  of the  Code  and  the Reckson  Common  Shares  are not
otherwise used in an  unrelated trade or  business of the tax-exempt  entity.
In addition, certain pension trusts that own more than 10% of a "pension-held
REIT" must report  a portion of the dividends  that they receive from  such a
REIT as UBTI.  Reckson  has not been and does not  expect to be treated as  a
pension-held REIT for purposes of this rule.

     Taxation  of  Foreign  Stockholders  of  Reckson  as  a  Result  of  the
Distribution.  The  rules governing United States federal  income taxation of
nonresident alien individuals, foreign corporations, foreign partnerships and
other  foreign  stockholders  (collectively,   "Non-U.S.  Stockholders")  are
complex, and no attempt will be made in this Prospectus to provide more  than
a summary of such rules.  Non-U.S. Stockholders should consult with their own
tax advisors to  determine the impact  of federal, state  and local tax  laws
with regard  to the Distribution,  including any reporting requirements.   In
general, as  is the case with  domestic taxable stockholders of  Reckson, the
Distribution  is treated as  a distribution whose amount  equals the value of
the RSI Common  Stock distributed plus any cash in lieu of fractional shares,
and Reckson stockholders  will receive a basis  in RSI Common Stock  equal to
the fair market value thereof at the time of the Distribution.

     The Distribution will be  treated as an ordinary income dividend  to the
extent that it is made out of current and accumulated earnings and profits of
Reckson and is  neither attributable to gain from sale or exchange by Reckson
of  United States  real property  interests nor  designated  by Reckson  as a
capital gain dividend.  The portion of  the Distribution that will be treated
as an  ordinary income dividend ordinarily  will be subject to  a withholding
tax equal to 30% of the gross amount thereof, unless an applicable tax treaty
reduces or eliminates that tax.  Reckson  expects to withhold U.S. income tax
at the rate of 30% on the gross amount of the Distribution made to a Non-U.S.
Stockholder  unless  (i)  a  lower  treaty  rate  applies  and  the  Non-U.S.
Stockholder has filed  the required IRS  Form 1001 with  Reckson or (ii)  the
Non-U.S. Stockholder files  an IRS Form 4224  with Reckson claiming that  the
distribution is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholder's conduct
of a  U.S. trade or  business.  The  portion of the  Distribution that is  in
excess of Reckson's current and accumulated earnings and profits allocable to
the Distribution will be  subject to a 10%  withholding requirement but  will
not  be taxable  to a  stockholder to the  extent that  such excess  does not
exceed the  adjusted basis  of the stockholder's  Reckson Common  Shares, but
rather will reduce the adjusted basis of such shares.  To the extent that the
portion of  the Distributions in  excess of current and  accumulated earnings
and profits  allocable to  the Distribution exceeds  the adjusted basis  of a
Non-U.S.  Stockholder's  shares,  the  Distribution  will  give rise  to  tax
liability if the  Non-U.S. Stockholder would otherwise  be subject to tax  on
any gain from the sale or disposition of the Reckson Common Shares.

   
     Provided that Reckson  is a "domestically  controlled REIT" for  federal
income  tax purposes, a Non-U.S. Stockholder would  be subject to taxation on
gain from the  sale or disposition of  Reckson Common Shares only if  (i) the
investment in the Reckson Common Shares were treated as effectively connected
with the Non-U.S.  Stockholder's U.S. trade  or business, in  which case  the
Non-U.S.  Stockholder  would  be  subject  to  the  same  treatment  as  U.S.
stockholders with respect to such gain, or (ii) the Non-U.S. Stockholder were
a nonresident alien individual who was  present in the United States for  183
days or more during  the taxable year  and either the  individual has a  "tax
home" in the United  States or the gain is attributable to an office or other
fixed place of business maintained by the individual in the United States, in
which case the gain would be subject to a 30% tax.  RSI believes that Reckson
is and will continue to be a domestically controlled REIT.
    

     As  Reckson  will not  be  able  to  determine,  at the  time  that  the
Distribution is made, the  portion of the Distribution, if any,  that will be
in  excess of the current  and accumulated earnings  and profits allocable to
the Distribution, the  Distribution will be subject to  withholding as though
the entire Distribution (apart from any  portion designated as a capital gain
dividend) were an ordinary income  dividend.  However, a Non-U.S. Stockholder
may seek  a refund of  such amounts  from the Service  if it is  subsequently
determined that a  portion of  the Distribution  was, in fact,  in excess  of
Reckson's  current and  accumulated  earnings and  profits  allocable to  the
Distribution.

   
     Management believes  that the RSI  Common Stock may constitute  a United
States real property interest.  However, because  management anticipates that
any gain to be recognized by Reckson  as a result of the Distribution will be
nominal,  as described  above under  "--Income  Recognition by  Reckson as  a
Result  of  the   Distribution,"  management  does  not   anticipate  that  a
significant portion  of the Distribution  will be treated as  attributable to
gain upon the disposition of United  States real property interests.  To  the
extent that a portion of the Distribution were to be treated  as attributable
to gain upon  the disposition of  a United States  real property interest,  a
non-U.S. Stockholder  would be subject  to tax on  such portion as  though it
were  gain that  was  effectively connected  with a  United  States trade  or
business of such Non-U.S. Stockholder.   Thus, Non-U.S. Stockholders would be
taxed on such  portion of the Distribution  at the normal capital  gain rates
applicable  to  U.S. stockholders.    Reckson  is required  under  applicable
Treasury  Regulations to  withhold  35%  of any  distribution  to a  Non-U.S.
Stockholder that could  be designated by Reckson as a  capital gain dividend.
The amount so withheld is  creditable against the Non-U.S. Stockholder's U.S.
tax liability.
    

     Amounts required to be withheld  from payments to Non-U.S.  Stockholders
will  be  collected  by  converting a  portion  of  the  Common  Stock to  be
distributed into cash.

     Taxation  of Limited  Partners  of Reckson  Operating  Partnership as  a
Result of the  Distribution.  The Distribution  will generally result  in the
recognition of gain by a Limited Partner  of the Operating Partnership to the
extent that the sum  of the value of  the RSI Common  Stock plus any cash  in
lieu  of fractional shares  received by him  exceeds his basis  in his Units.
The  basis of  a Limited Partner  in the  RSI Common  Stock he  receives will
generally equal such value and the holding period of a Limited Partner in the
RSI Common Stock he receives should include the period that the RSI stock was
held by  Reckson Operating Partnership.   However, a Limited Partner  who has
not contributed appreciated property to the Operating Partnership, or who has
contributed  appreciated property  where  the  excess of  the  value of  such
property over its basis at the time of the contribution (the "Precontribution
Gain")  was less than  the excess  of the  value of the  RSI Common  Stock he
received in the  Distribution over the Operating Partnership's  basis in such
stock immediately  before the  Distribution, will not  recognize gain  on the
Distribution in the full amount described above.  Such a Limited Partner will
generally recognize gain  in an amount  not greater than  the sum of  (i) the
excess  of (x)  the Operating  Partnership's basis  in  the RSI  Common Stock
received by  him plus  the amount  of any  cash received  by him  in lieu  of
fractional shares over  (y) his basis  in his  Units and (ii)  the amount  of
taxable gain that would have been allocated to him as Precontribution Gain if
the Operating Partnership would have sold, in a taxable transaction  prior to
the Distribution,  all of the property that he had contributed to it.  Such a
Limited Partner's basis  in the RSI Common Stock received in the Distribution
will be equal to not less than  the sum of the Operating Partnership's  basis
in such stock immediately before the Distribution plus any gain recognized by
the Limited Partner upon the Distribution.

LISTING AND TRADING OF RSI COMMON STOCK

     There is  currently no public  market for RSI  Common Stock and  none is
expected to develop prior to the termination of the Rights Offering.   Shares
of  RSI  Common Stock  have not  been  approved for  listing on  any national
securities exchange or for  quotation on any quotation system,  and there can
be no assurance that such shares will be so approved or quoted.  There can be
no assurance as to the prices at which trading in RSI Common Stock will occur
after the Distribution.   Until RSI  Common Stock  is fully distributed,  the
Rights Offering terminates and if and when a regular trading market develops,
the prices at which trading in such stock occurs may fluctuate significantly.
There can be no  assurance that a regular trading market  in RSI Common Stock
will develop or,  if a public market  develops, will be sustained  or provide
liquidity.

     The prices at  which RSI Common Stock  trades will be determined  by the
marketplace and may  be influenced by many factors,  including, among others,
the  performance and  prospects of  RSI  and its  affiliates,  the depth  and
liquidity of the market for RSI Common Stock, investor perception of  RSI and
its  affiliates  and  of the  sectors  in  which  they  operate and  economic
conditions in general, RSI's dividend policy, and general financial and other
market conditions.   In addition, financial markets have  experienced extreme
price  and volume  fluctuations that have  affected the market  price of many
stocks  and that, at times, could be  viewed as unrelated or disproportionate
to the operating performance of such  companies.  Such fluctuations have also
affected the share prices of many newly  public issuers.  Such volatility and
other factors may materially adversely affect the market price of  RSI Common
Stock.

     RSI will have approximately  (   ) stockholders of  record, based on the
number of record  holders of Reckson Common  Stock and the number  of Limited
Partners on the  Record Date.  The  Transfer Agent and Registrar for  the RSI
Common Stock will be American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

SHARES AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE SALE

   
     RSI  Common Stock  distributed in  the  Distribution, which  based on  a
Record  Date of May __,  1998, is approximately  3,905,855 shares (subject to
reduction  to the extent that cash payments  are made in lieu of the issuance
of  fractional shares  of RSI  Common  Stock), will  be freely  transferable,
except  for  securities  received  by  persons  who   may  be  deemed  to  be
"affiliates" of RSI under  the Securities Act.  Persons who  may be deemed to
be affiliates of RSI after  the Distribution generally include individuals or
entities that control, are controlled  by, or are under common  control with,
RSI  and  may  include certain  officers  and  directors of  RSI  as  well as
principal stockholders of  RSI.  Persons  who are affiliates  of RSI will  be
permitted to  sell  their shares  of RSI  Common Stock  only  pursuant to  an
effective registration  statement under  the Securities Act  or an  exemption
from  the  registration requirements  of  the  Securities  Act, such  as  the
exemption afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (relating to private
sales) or by Rule  144 under the Securities Act.  RSI is  not able to predict
whether substantial amounts  of RSI  Common Stock  will be sold  in the  open
market following the Distribution.  Sale of substantial amounts of RSI Common
Stock in the  public market, or the  perception that such sales  might occur,
could adversely affect the market price of RSI Common Stock.
    

                             THE RIGHTS OFFERING

PURPOSE

   
     RSI has determined  to proceed with the  Rights Offering as a  means for
RSI to  (i) fund certain organizational  and start-up costs  (estimated to be
$1.5 million) and anticipated short-term  losses of the Company, (ii) provide
RSI  sufficient  initial equity  capital  in  order  to pursue  its  business
objectives,  and  (iii)  provide  capital  towards  meeting  minimum  capital
requirements  to commence  trading  in  the future  on  an organized  trading
system.   There  can  be  no  assurance that  the  Rights  Offering  will  be
successful or, even if it  is successful, that it will enable  the Company to
achieve the foregoing purposes.
    

     Prior to  the Distribution and  the Rights Offering,  there has  been no
public market for the RSI Common Stock  or the Subscription Rights, and there
can  be no  assurance that  a public  market for  the RSI  Common Stock  will
develop following completion of the  Rights Offering.  Since the Subscription
Rights  are  not  transferable,  no   public  market  will  develop  for  the
Subscription Rights.

   
     Concurrently with the  Distribution of RSI common stock,  RSI will grant
to  Holders   Subscription  Rights  to   purchase  up  to  an   aggregate  of
approximately 20,557,130 shares of RSI Common Stock.

     Each  Holder will receive one Subscription  Right for every one share of
RSI Common Stock received in the Distribution.  Each Subscription Right  will
entitle  the Holder to purchase one  share of RSI Common  Stock at a purchase
price of $1.03 per share and, at the election of such Holder, four additional
shares (but  not less  than four additional  shares) at  a purchase  price of
$1.03 per  share.   The Exercise  Price was  determined based  upon the  fair
market  value of a share of RSI Common  Stock, which was determined to be its
book value.  Holders may exercise their Subscription Rights in respect of one
share or five shares  of RSI Common Stock that they are  entitled to purchase
pursuant  to each  Subscription  Right.   Holders will  not  be permitted  to
purchase more  than one  share  and less  than five  shares in  respect of  a
Subscription Right.

     As of  the date of  the Distribution, there are  approximately 4,111,426
shares  of RSI Common Stock.  Accordingly,  a total of 4,111,426 Subscription
Rights with respect  to an aggregate of 20,557,130 shares of RSI Common Stock
are expected to be issued in the Rights Offering.

EXERCISE PRIVILEGE

     Each Subscription Right  will entitle the Holder thereof  to receive one
share of  RSI Common  Stock upon the  payment of a  $1.03 per  share Exercise
Price and four additional shares of RSI Common Stock (but not  less than four
additional shares)  upon the  payment  of $1.03  per  share, subject  to  the
restrictions described herein (the "Exercise Privilege").
    

NO FRACTIONAL RIGHTS

     No fractional Subscription Rights will be issued in the Rights Offering.

EXPIRATION DATE

   
     The  Rights Offering  will terminate,  and the Subscription  Rights will
expire, at 5:00 p.m.,  New York City time, on June __,  1998, unless extended
by  the  Company  (the  "Expiration  Date").    After  the  Expiration  Date,
unexercised  Subscription  Rights will  be  null  and  void, subject  to  the
provisions of the Standby Agreement.
    

NON-TRANSFERABILITY OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

     The Subscription Rights are not transferable by the Holders thereof, and
may only be exercised prior to the Expiration Date by the Holders thereof.

METHOD OF EXERCISING SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS

   
     Subscription  Rights may  be  exercised by  completing  and signing  the
"Election  to Purchase"  form that appears  on the back  of each Subscription
Rights certificate.   The completed  and signed "Election to  Purchase" form,
accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price for all shares for which
the Exercise Privilege has been exercised, must be delivered by hand  or sent
by mail to American Stock Transfer &  Trust Company (the "Rights Agent"), and
must  be received by the Rights Agent on  or before the Expiration Date.  The
Company will not be obligated to honor any purported exercise of Subscription
Rights received by the Rights Agent  after the Expiration Date, regardless of
when the documents relating to such exercise were sent.

     The  Company recommends,  for the  Holders'  protection, that  exercised
Subscription Rights, if applicable, be delivered to the Rights Agent by hand,
overnight or express  mail courier, or, if  mailed, by registered mail.   The
Subscription Rights  certificate  and  Exercise Price  should  be  mailed  or
delivered to the Rights Agent as follows:

     By First Class Mail, Hand or Overnight/Express Mail Courier:

          American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
          40 Wall Street, 46th Floor
          New York, New York  10005
          (718) 921-8200

Payment of the Exercise Price must be  made in U.S. dollars by cash, check or
money order payable  to "American Stock Transfer & Trust  Company."  American
Stock Transfer  & Trust  Company will serve  as the  escrow agent of  the RSI
Escrow Account.
    

     A  Holder of  Subscription Rights  who purchases  less than all  the RSI
Common Stock represented by the related Subscription Rights  certificate will
receive   from  the  Rights  Agent  a  new  Subscription  Rights  certificate
representing  the  balance of  the  unexercised Subscription  Rights,  to the
extent  that  the  Rights Agent  is  able to  reissue  a  Subscription Rights
certificate prior to the Expiration Date.

     Certificates representing the  RSI Common Stock purchased  by exercising
the Exercise  Privilege  will be  issued  as soon  as practicable  after  the
Expiration Date.   All funds received by  the Rights Agent in  payment of the
Exercise Price will be retained in escrow by the Escrow Agent and will not be
delivered to the Company until the certificates representing RSI Common Stock
have been issued.

     Record holders  of shares of  Reckson Common Stock who  hold such shares
for the account of others (e.g., brokers or depositories for securities), and
who  thus receive  shares  of  RSI  Common  Stock  in  the  Distribution  and
Subscription  Rights certificates  representing  Subscription Rights  for the
account of  more than  one beneficial owner,  should provide  such beneficial
owners  with copies of  this Prospectus and  should ascertain  and execute on
their behalf  the intentions of such beneficial owners  as to the exercise of
such Subscription Rights.

     All questions as to the  validity, form, eligibility (including times of
receipt and beneficial  ownership) and acceptance  of subscription forms  and
the Exercise  Price will  be determined by  the Company,  whose determination
will be final and binding.  Once made, subscriptions are irrevocable,  and no
alternative, conditional or contingent  subscriptions will be accepted.   The
Company  reserves  the absolute  right to  reject  any or  all  purchases not
properly submitted or  the acceptance of which  would, in the opinion  of its
counsel, be  unlawful.   The Company  also reserves  the right  to waive  any
irregularities  (or conditions)  and its  interpretations of  the terms  (and
conditions) of  the  Rights  Offering  shall  be  final  and  binding.    Any
irregularities  in  connection with  purchases  must  be  cured  within  five
business days of the giving of notice of defect by  the Rights Agent, but not
later than the  Expiration Date, unless waived  by the Company.   The Company
and the Rights Agent  are not under any duty to  give notification of defects
in such  subscriptions and will  not have any  liability for failure  to give
such  notifications.  Exercises  will not be  deemed to have  been made until
such irregularities have been cured or waived, and rejected exercises and the
Exercise Price paid therefor, without  interest, will be returned promptly by
the Rights Agent to the appropriate holders of the Subscription Rights.

STANDBY AGREEMENT

   
     RSI and  the Standby Purchaser  have entered into the  Standby Agreement
pursuant to which the Standby Purchaser  has agreed to purchase, and RSI  has
agreed to sell, any and all shares  of RSI Common Stock that were the subject
of  Subscription Rights in  the Rights Offering  but were not  subscribed for
(the "Standby Commitment Shares") on the Expiration Date at an Exercise Price
of $1.03 per share relating to the unexercised Subscription Rights.
    

     The Company has entered into the Standby Agreement to provide additional
assurance that the  Company would, with  the sale of  the Standby  Commitment
Shares, sell all  of the shares of  RSI Common Stock that are  the subject of
Subscription Rights in the Rights Offering.

FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

     The  following summary of  the material federal  income tax consequences
affecting Holders  of RSI Common  Stock receiving Subscription Rights  in the
Rights Offering under the Code is based upon current law:

     Distribution of  Subscription Rights  to  Holders of  RSI Common  Stock.
Pursuant to Section 305(a)  of the Code, holders of RSI Common Stock will not
recognize  taxable  income  in  connection   with  the  distribution  of  the
Subscription Rights.

     Basis and Holding Period of Subscription Rights.  If either (i) the fair
market value of  the Subscription Rights on  the date of the  Distribution is
15% or more of the fair  market value (on such date) of the  RSI Common Stock
with respect to which the Subscription Rights are received, or (ii)  a Rights
Holder elects, in its federal income tax return for the taxable year in which
the Subscription Rights are received, to  allocate part of the basis of  such
RSI Common Stock to the Subscription Rights, then upon exercise of any of the
Subscription Rights, the Rights Holder's basis in such RSI Common  Stock will
be  allocated between  such  RSI  Common Stock  and  the Subscription  Rights
exercised in  proportion to the fair  market values of  each on the  date the
Subscription Rights  are issued.   If neither  of the foregoing  applies, the
basis of Subscription Rights received by a holder of RSI Common Stock will be
zero.  In any event, no allocation of basis will be made  to the Subscription
Rights  if  the   Subscription  Rights  are  not  exercised   (e.g.,  if  the
Subscription Rights expire unexercised).

     Lapse of Subscription Rights.  Upon the lapse of any Subscription Rights
received by Rights Holders, such  Rights Holders will not recognize any  gain
or  loss and,  as indicated  above,  no allocation  of basis  in  such Rights
Holders' RSI Common Stock will be made to the Subscription Rights.

     Exercise of Subscription Rights; Basis  and Holding Period of the Common
Stock Acquired Through Exercise.  Rights Holders  will not recognize any gain
or  loss upon the  exercise of  Subscription Rights.   The  basis of  the RSI
Common Stock acquired upon the exercise of Subscription Rights will be  equal
to the sum  of the Exercise Price  therefor and the Rights  Holder's basis in
the Subscription Rights  exercised.   The holding period  for the RSI  Common
stock acquired through the exercise of  Subscription Rights will begin on the
day following the date on which the Subscription Rights are exercised.

USE OF PROCEEDS

   
     The  net  proceeds  from  the   Rights  Offering  are  estimated  to  be
approximately $21.1 million (the "Net Proceeds").  The Company intends to use
the  Net Proceeds  to  acquire  interests  in operating  companies  providing
Commercial Services, including  the funding of a portion  of its $6.5 million
commitment to  OnSite, and to fund  investments in RSVP.   To the  extent not
utilized for the foregoing, the Net Proceeds may also  be used by the Company
for working capital and general  corporate purposes, including the funding of
certain organizational and start-up costs  (estimated to be $1.5 million) and
short-term losses.
    

                               DIVIDEND POLICY

     Following the  Distribution, RSI intends  to use its available  funds to
pursue  investment  and  business  opportunities  and,  therefore,  does  not
anticipate the  payment of  any cash  dividends on  RSI Common  Stock in  the
foreseeable future.   The  declaration of  dividends will  be subject to  the
discretion of the RSI Board of Directors.   In addition, payment of dividends
on  RSI Common  Stock will be  prohibited under  the Credit Facilities  to be
provided  to  RSI  by  Reckson   Operating  Partnership  until  all   amounts
outstanding thereunder are  paid in full,  and will also  be subject to  such
limitations  as  may  be  imposed  by any  other  credit  facilities  or debt
securities that  RSI may obtain or  issue, as the  case may be, from  time to
time.

                           SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

     The selected financial information set forth below has been derived from
the historical financial  statements of Reckson Service Industries  Inc.  The
financial information  for the period from July  15, 1997 (date of inception)
to  December 31, 1997 is not necessarily indicative of results for subsequent
periods or the full year.  This selected financial information should be read
in  conjunction with  "Management's  Discussion  and  Analysis  of  Financial
Condition and Results of Operations"  of Reckson Service Industries, Inc. and
the  historical financial  statements and  related notes  thereto  of Reckson
Service Industries Inc. contained herein.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             PERIOD FROM
                                                                        JULY 15, 1997 THROUGH
                                                                          DECEMBER 31, 1997
<S>                                                                         <C>
OPERATIONS SUMMARY:
     Equity in earnings of RO Partners Management, LLC                       $    245,593
     Equity in (loss) of ACLC                                                     (22,156)
     Total revenues                                                               253,820
     Corporate operating expenses                                                 479,113
     Net loss                                                                $   (257,887)

FINANCIAL POSITION:
     Investment in RO Partners Management, LLC                               $  3,868,093
     Investment in ACLC                                                         1,652,165
     Loan receivable                                                              325,000
     Organization and pre-acquisition costs                                       681,694
     Total assets                                                               7,519,695
     Loans payable to affiliates                                                3,177,857
     Total liabilities                                                          3,297,241
     Shareholders' equity                                                       4,222,454

</TABLE>

         MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                          AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the "Summary
Condensed Pro Forma Financial Information," "Selected Financial Data" and the
financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.

     This  discussion is  based on  an analysis  of the  historical financial
statements of  RSI and the  pro forma financial statements  of RSI.   The RSI
historical  financial  statements  include RSI's  investment  in  RO Partners
Management, LLC,  which is the  general partner of  the predecessor to  RSVP.
The RSI  pro forma financial statements include the  pro forma effects of the
acquisition of interests in Dobie  Center, ACLC and Reckson Executive Centers
LLC which are accounted for under the equity method of accounting and working
capital convertible loans to OnSite.

     RSI was formed  on July 15, 1997,  to identify and acquire  interests in
operating companies that  engage in businesses that provide  certain services
primarily directed towards occupants of office, industrial and other property
types and to invest  in and manage  a real estate venture  capital fund.   On
June 4, 1997, the Company formed and acquired a 331/3% equity interest  in RO
Partners Management  LLC  ("RO").   RO  is  the general  partner  of  Reckson
Opportunity  Partners, L.P.  ("Opportunity  Partners"), predecessor  to RSVP.
The Company, through  a subsidiary, acts as  the managing member of  RSVP and
PWRES is a  non-managing member.   RSVP  was formed on  January 23, 1998,  to
succeed to  the operating  activities of Opportunity  Partners.   On July 15,
1997,  the Company  invested approximately  $3.62 million  in RO,  which then
acquired  a 70%  interest  in  Dobie Center,  a  27-story off-campus  student
housing project  located directly  opposite the campus  of the  University of
Texas at  Austin.   On October 17, 1997,  the Company  invested approximately
$1.51  million  to  acquire  a  331/3% interest  in  RFG  Capital  Management
Partners, L.P.  ("RFG Capital"), which acquired a  76.09% interest in ACLC, a
student housing  enterprise which develops,  constructs and acquires  on- and
off-campus student housing projects.

     RSI financed the acquisitions of  its indirect interests in Dobie Center
and  ACLC with  proceeds from  initial capital  contributions and  loans from
Reckson  Operating Partnership.  RSI anticipates financing certain short-term
working  capital  requirements  of  OnSite with  working  capital  loans from
Reckson Operating  Partnership. In  addition,  RSI is  commencing the  Rights
Offering and  anticipates making borrowings  under the Credit  Facilities for
purposes  of meeting  its investment  commitment to  RSVP, making  additional
investments and providing working capital for  operations (see "Liquidity and
Capital Resources").

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     For  the  period  from  July 15, 1997  (commencement  of  operations) to
December 31, 1997  the Company  reported total revenues  of $253,820.   Total
revenues include (i) equity  in earnings of RO of  $245,593 and substantially
represent RO's 331/3% interest in a joint venture that owns a 70% interest in
Dobie Center.  For the period  July 15, 1997 through December 31, 1997, Dobie
Center  reported  total   revenues  of  $4.4 million,  operating   income  of
$2.1 million and net  income of $.8 million,  (ii) equity in loss of  ACLC of
($22,156).    For  the  period  from  October 17,  1997  (date  of  Company's
investment)  through  December 31,  1997  ACLC  reported  total  revenues  of
$1.5 million, operating income  of $.6 million and a net loss  of $87,354 and
(iii) interest  income   of  $30,383  relating  to  loans   made  to  certain
affiliates.  The  Company also reported total operating  expenses of $479,113
which  substantially represents  payroll  and office  costs.   The  following
represents summarized historical operations of  Dobie Center and ACLC for the
year  ended  December 31,  1997  and  for  the  period  from  the  investment
acquisition date through December 31, 1997.

   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      For the Period from       For the Period from
                                                         July 15, 1997            from October 17,
                                 Year Ended                 through                 1997 through 
Description                   December 31, 1997        December 31, 1997        December 31, 1997
- -----------                   -----------------        -----------------        -----------------
<S>                    <C>               <C>              <C>                     <C>
                          Dobie                              Dobie
                          Center             ACLC            Center                    ACLC
                          ------             ----            ------                    ----
Total Revenues          $9,276,908        $5,414,054       $4,395,907              $1,484,654
Total Operating          5,050,591         2,925,395        2,280,857                 867,252
Expenses
Operating Income         4,226,317         2,488,659        2,115,050                 617,402
Non-operating            2,795,934         2,000,213        1,337,506                 704,756
Expenses 
Net Income              $1,430,383        $  488,446         $777,456                ($87,354)
Company's share             --                --             $181,406                ($22,156)

</TABLE>
    

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     In connection  with the  formation  and capitalization  of RSI,  Reckson
Operating Partnership  contributed $4,256,324  to RSI  for  a 95%  non-voting
equity interest.   Simultaneously,  certain officers  of Reckson  contributed
$224,017 of notes to RSI in  exchange for a 5% voting equity  interest, which
notes were subsequently paid off.  RSI will rely primarily on funds raised in
the Rights Offering and on Reckson through borrowings  under the RSI Facility
for the financing of RSI's operations.

     RSI  will commence  the Rights  Offering  as a  means for  RSI  to raise
sufficient capital to (i) fund  certain organizational and start-up costs and
fund anticipated short-term operating losses of the Company, (ii) provide RSI
sufficient initial equity capital in order to pursue its business objectives,
(iii)  provide  capital  towards  meeting  minimum  capital  requirements  to
commence trading  in the  future  on an  organized  trading system  and  (iv)
maintain an appropriate capital structure.

     RSI  expects  to  establish  the RSI  Facility  with  Reckson  Operating
Partnership in the amount of $100 million for RSI's service sector operations
and  other  general  corporate  purposes.    In  addition,  Reckson Operating
Partnership has  approved the  funding of investments  of up to  $100 million
with or in  RSVP, through (i) loans for the funding of RSVP investments prior
to  the  Distribution,  (ii)  RSVP-controlled  joint  venture  REIT-Qualified
Investments, or  (iii) advances  made to RSI  subsequent to  the Distribution
under the RSVP-ROP Facility.  Advances under the RSVP-ROP Facility in  excess
of $25 million in respect of any single platform will  be subject to approval
by Reckson's board  of directors,  while advances under  the RSI Facility  in
excess  of $10  million in  respect of  any single  investment in  Commercial
Services,  as well  as  advances  for investments  in  opportunities in  non-
Commercial  Services, will  be  subject  to approval  by  Reckson's board  of
directors, or a committee thereof.  It is expected that the Credit Facilities
will  each have a term of five years and advances thereunder will be recourse
obligations of RSI.  Interest will  accrue on advances made under the  Credit
Facilities at a rate  equal to the greater of (i) the prime  rate plus 2% and
(ii) 12%  per annum,  with  the rate  referred to  in clause  (ii) increasing
annually at  a rate  of 4%  of the  prior year's  rate.   Prior to  maturity,
interest will be payable  quarterly but only to the  extent of net cash  flow
and on an interest-only  basis and will be prepayable without  penalty at the
option  of RSI.  As long  as there are outstanding  advances under the Credit
Facilities, RSI will be prohibited from paying dividends on any shares of its
capital  stock.   The  Credit  Facilities will  be  subject to  certain other
covenants and will  prohibit advances thereunder to the  extent such advances
could, in the  determination of Reckson, endanger Reckson's status as a REIT.
Additional indebtedness may be incurred by subsidiaries of RSI.

     Additionally, RSVP  has obtained  the PaineWebber  Equity Facility  from
PWRES which provides  for the investment  by PWRES of  up to $200 million  in
RSVP in the form of preferred equity, subject to certain conditions.  Amounts
available under the PaineWebber Equity Facility will be used by RSVP  to make
investments  consistent  with its  business  objectives and  to  fund working
capital.  Under the terms of the PaineWebber Equity Facility, RSVP is subject
to  various  covenants and  events  of default  and  related remedies.   Such
remedies include increased control rights of PWRES over the operation of RSVP
under certain circumstances.  Advances  under the PaineWebber Equity Facility
are  expected to be  partially funded by  an investment fund  that is jointly
sponsored by financier  George Soros and PWRES.  In addition, PWRES and  such
investment  fund,  if  applicable,  will  receive  a  priority  or  preferred
distribution from RSVP prior to the distribution of cash to RSI.

     The Company will use the proceeds  from the Rights Offering and the  RSI
Facility  to support  its  capital  requirements, as  described  above.   The
Company will use the proceeds from the Rights Offering and advances under the
RSI  Facility  primarily to  make  investments  in operating  companies  that
provide services directed  towards occupants of office, industrial  and other
property  types.   The  Company  may  make  additional investments  in  these
operating  companies  to accommodate  their  respective  growth plans.    The
Company's investments in interests in operating Company's  are anticipated to
produce net cash  flow as a result  of their operating activities.   Although
the level and timing of  net cash flow for each investment in  the short term
and long  term may  vary based  upon the  stage of  the respective  operating
companies growth  cycle.   The Company will  target investments  in operating
companies that will  produce net cash flow  in the long term.   Net cash flow
produced by the Company's investments will be used for debt service under the
RSI Facility and for  the Company's operating costs.  The  Company expects to
meet its  short term  liquidity requirements generally  through its  net cash
flow produced  by its  operations along  with the  proceeds  from the  Rights
Offering and advances  under the RSI Facility.   The Company expects  that it
will refinance indebtedness under the RSI Facility at maturity or retire such
debt through the  issuance of debt securities or  equity securities, although
there  can be  no assurance  that the  Company will be  able to  refinance or
retire such  indebtedness.  The Company  anticipates that cash  on hand, from
proceeds of the Rights Offering and net cash flows from operating activities,
together with cash available from borrowings  under the RSI Facility, will be
adequate  to meet the  capital and liquidity  requirements of  the Company in
both the short and long term.

   
     The Credit  Facilities will  bear interest at  the greater of  the Prime
Rate plus 2% or  12% (increasing 4% per year, as described  above).  The rate
of interest on the  Credit Facilities will be influenced by  changes in short
term rates  and is  sensitive to  inflation and  other economic  factors.   A
significant increase  in interest  rates may have  a negative  impact on  the
earnings of the  Company due to the  variable interest rate under  the Credit
Facilities.
    

IMPACT OF YEAR 2000

     Some of  the Company's  older computer programs  were written  using two
digits  rather than four to  define the applicable year.   As a result, those
computer  programs have time-sensitive software that  recognizes a date using
"00" as the year  1900 rather than the year 2000.  This  could cause a system
failure or miscalculation causing disruptions of operations, including, among
other things, a  temporary inability to process  transactions, send invoices,
or engage in similar normal business activities.

     The Company has completed an assessment to modify or replace portions of
its software so that its computer systems will function properly with respect
to dates in  the year 2000  and thereafter.   Currently, the entire  property
management  system is  year 2000  compliant and  has been  thoroughly tested.
Since  the Company's  accounting software  is maintained  and supported  by a
third party, the total year 2000 project cost is estimated to be minimal.

     The project  is estimated to  be completed not later  than September 30,
1998, which is prior to any anticipated impact on its operating systems.  The
Company believes that with modifications to existing software and conversions
to new software  the year  2000 issue will  not pose significant  operational
problems  for its  computer  systems.   However,  if  such modifications  and
conversions are not  made, or are not  completed timely, the year  2000 issue
could have a material impact on the operations of the Company.

     The costs of the  project and the date on which  the Company believes it
will  complete the  year 2000  modifications are  based on  management's best
estimates,  which were  derived  utilizing  numerous  assumptions  of  future
events, including the continued  availability of certain resources and  other
factors.   However, there  can be no  guarantee that these  estimates will be
achieved and actual results  could differ materially from  those anticipated.
Specific factors that might cause  such material differences include, but are
not limited to, the availability and costs of personnel trained in this area,
the  ability to locate  and correct all relevant  computer codes, and similar
uncertainties.

PRO FORMA CAPITAL RESOURCES

     RSI has  entered into  a letter  of intent  to purchase  an interest  in
OnSite.  Financing  for this acquisition is  expected to be provided  through
either proceeds  from the Rights  Offering or a  loan from  Reckson Operating
Partnership under  the RSI Facility.   RSI has  no other external  sources of
financing except  as described  above in  "Liquidity and  Capital Resources."
RSI's  ability  to  make  additional  investments   will  be  dependent  upon
availability under the  RSI Facility and the PaineWebber  Equity Facility and
securing additional  financing on adequate  terms as required.   Recently the
Clinton  administration  has  made legislative  proposals  regarding  the tax
advantages enjoyed  by "paired" or  "stapled" REITs.  As  currently proposed,
such legislative initiatives would not  impact the operations of the Company.
RSI  is not  aware  of  any material  unfavorable  trends  in either  capital
resources  or  the  outlook  for  long-term  cash  generation,  nor  does  it
anticipate any material change in the availability and relative  cost of such
capital resources.

PRO FORMA RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     For the year ended December 31, 1997 on a  pro forma basis, after giving
effect to the completion of the formation and initial capitalization  of RSI,
the acquisition of the  Dobie Center interest, and the making  of the working
capital loans to OnSite and the ACLC interest, RSI would have  incurred a net
loss of  $(243,304).   This pro forma  net loss  reflects (i)  the historical
operating results of  RSI for the  period from July  15, 1997 (inception)  to
December 31,  1997, which includes  RSI's equity in  earnings of  RO Partners
Management, LLC  of $245,593,  primarily attributable to  RSVP's interest  in
Dobie Center, (ii)  $152,329 of equity in  earnings related to the  pro forma
results of  Dobie Center  for the preacquisition  period, (iii)  the $146,042
equity  in  earnings related  to  the  pro  forma  results of  ACLC  for  the
preacquisition period,  (iv) the ($9,128) equity  in loss related to  the pro
forma results of Reckson Executive Centers LLC for the preacquisition period,
and (v)  the $132,182  interest income related  to RSI's  convertible working
capital loans to OnSite.  The pro forma net loss also reflects  the pro forma
increase in interest expense on borrowings from Reckson Operating Partnership
in connection with the financing of the acquisitions of the ACLC interest and
the working  capital loans  to OnSite and  incremental corporate  general and
administrative expenses of $100,000.

                                   BUSINESS

OVERVIEW

   
     SERVICE  SECTOR OPERATIONS.   RSI's  primary business  is to  create and
manage a  system of interrelated  services to  be offered to  the marketplace
through a  centralized infrastructure.   RSI's growth strategy is  to acquire
primarily established businesses within each of its targeted service sectors,
and, where appropriate, to retain  the existing management of such businesses
("Service Platforms").  Specifically,  RSI will seek opportunities for  which
there is  broad demand in  the Reckson Customer Base,  strong entrepreneurial
management,  a  reputation for  high quality  services and  growth potential.
Such  platform investment will  serve as a  basis for  future acquisitions in
such  sectors.   RSI will establish  a platform  position in  service sectors
(each,  a "Service  Platform")  that  present  significant  opportunities  to
provide  Commercial Services  to the  Reckson Customer  Base and  other third
parties.  Currently,  the  Reckson  Customer Base  retains  third  parties to
provide many  services for their  day-to-day operations.  Of  these services,
the   Company  may   seek  to   provide  the   Reckson  Customer   Base  with
telecommunications,  document storage,  document  reproduction and  logistics
services, as well  as with other services  that the Company may  determine to
offer to the  Reckson Customer Base.   RSI will  seek growth in each  Service
Platform by  (i) accessing the Reckson Customer Base  as an anchor for growth
opportunities  in Reckson's markets,  (ii) integrating each  Service Platform
into  RSI's centralized infrastructure and (iii) acquiring similar businesses
or making additional investments within such Service Platform.

     Management  believes that there are significant opportunities to provide
Commercial  Services to the Reckson Customer  Base and third parties that are
currently provided by  third parties in a more  limited and fragmented manner
or not provided at  all.  The opportunities that the Company may determine to
pursue  include document storage,  document reproduction and  logistics (i.e.
inventory  services, messenger services  and delivery services).   Management
also believes  that RSI  will benefit from  Reckson's relationships  with its
tenants and from  Reckson's reputation for providing high  quality service to
its  tenants.   RSI will offer  to the  marketplace Commercial Services  at a
uniformly high quality  level and on competitive market terms which RSI shall
facilitate  through its  centralized  infrastructure.    In support  of  this
arrangement,  the  Intercompany  Agreement  will  require  Reckson  Operating
Partnership to provide  RSI with a right  of first opportunity in  respect of
Commercial Service opportunities  that it develops  or that otherwise  become
available to it, as well as to provide RSI with access to its tenants so that
RSI may  offer  Commercial  Services  directly  to  such  tenants;  provided,
however, that RSI  must offer to provide such Commercial  Services to Reckson
Operating  Partnership  at  market  rates  and on  terms  and  conditions  as
attractive as the  best available for  comparable services in  the market  or
those offered by RSI  to third parties.  Such market rates  and terms will be
determined based upon a review of the services provided by competitors in the
markets.  RSI will provide  this information to Reckson Operating Partnership
in  connection  with Reckson  Operating  Partnership's review  of  whether to
retain RSI to perform such services.
    

     REAL  ESTATE VENTURE  CAPITAL FUND.   RSI,  through  a subsidiary,  is a
managing member of  RSVP, a real estate venture capital fund formed to invest
in  real  estate  and  real  estate-related  operating companies  outside  of
Reckson's core office and industrial  focus.  RSVP's strategy is to  identify
and   acquire  interests  in  established  entrepreneurial  enterprises  with
experienced  management teams in market sectors which are in the early stages
of  their  growth  cycle   or  offer  unique  circumstances   for  attractive
investments as well as platforms for  future growth.  RSVP has established  a
platform in the  area of student housing  and is targeting additional  market
sectors.  RSVP  has retained highly experienced investment professionals that
will source, structure and execute  transactions within each platform as well
as  manage  the  day-to-day  operations  of  RSVP,  subject  to  the  overall
management of RSI's executive officers.

   
     RSI's investments  in RSVP will  occur in the following  manner: Reckson
Operating Partnership has approved  the funding of investments of  up to $100
million with  or in RSVP.   This $100 million  will be invested at  the early
stages  of  establishing platforms  in  real estate  and  real estate-related
sectors in which  RSVP determines  to make  investments.   Although RSVP  has
reviewed  opportunities in  certain sectors,  it has  not yet  determined the
sectors in which it  may seek to invest.  Reckson  Operating Partnership will
fund  such investments  (i)  indirectly  through advances  to  RSI under  the
RSVP-ROP  Facility or  (ii) directly  in joint  ventures with  RSVP  in REIT-
Qualified Investments.   Under the terms of the  PaineWebber Equity Facility,
RSVP may invest up  to 25% of its  capital into a  single platform.  After  a
platform has reached  this limit, RSVP  may not make  any further  investment
therein  and Reckson may determine to incorporate that platform into its core
business and make  additional investments in other  opportunities within such
platform; any such investments would be in addition to the RSVP-ROP Facility.
Reckson Operating Partnership and/or RSI may make investments managed by RSVP
in  which RSVP  has no ownership  interest.   It is anticipated  that Reckson
Operating Partnership  and  RSI will  pay  an asset  management  fee to  RSVP
Holdings LLC equal  to 1% and 0.50%,  respectively, of such investments.   In
addition,  as further  described below,  RSVP has  obtained the  $200 million
PaineWebber Equity Facility from PWRES, which  will be partially funded by an
investment  fund that  is jointly  sponsored  by financier  George Soros  and
PWRES.  RSI  will be  required to comply  with the  terms of the  PaineWebber
Equity  Facility, including the  funding requirements and  covenants thereof.
See "--Funding Sources for RSI."
    

     RSVP Holdings LLC, the managing member of RSVP, has retained Mr. Seth B.
Lipsay  and Mr. Steven H. Shepsman  (the "RSVP Managing Directors") to manage
the day-to-day operations of RSVP, subject to the strategic direction of RSI.
Mr. Lipsay  previously served  as  a Managing  Director  of PaineWebber  Real
Estate Securities Inc. and  Mr. Shepsman served as regional  managing partner
of the E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group of Ernst & Young LLP.  Each of
the RSVP  Managing Directors  has entered into  an employment  agreement with
RSVP Holdings LLC  which provides for an  annual base salary of  $500,000 and
has a term of the  earlier of seven years or the  term of RSVP, but not  less
than five years.  Each of the RSVP Managing Directors has received from RSI a
$3 million grant of common  stock of Reckson that will vest  over a five-year
period.   New  World Realty, LLC  ("New World"),  an entity owned  by Messrs.
Lipsay and  Shepsman, acts as  a managing member  of RSVP Holdings LLC.   The
RSVP  Holdings  LLC  operating  agreement  (the  "Managing  Member  Operating
Agreement") provides for the payment to New World of distributions out of the
cash  flow  of  RSVP Holdings  LLC,  after  RSI and  affiliated  persons have
received  a return of their capital  contributions to RSVP investments plus a
12% internal rate of return  ("IRR") thereon, of $15 million and, thereafter,
a share of  cash flows ranging from 15%  to 27.75% based upon the  IRR of RSI
and affiliated persons in  respect of RSVP investments.  New  World will also
be entitled to one-half of any  asset management fee earned by RSVP  Holdings
from Reckson Operating Partnership and  RSI.  Additionally, it is anticipated
that  New World will receive transaction fees of  up to $1 million a year for
identifying investment opportunities for RSVP.

     The Managing Member  Operating Agreement provides New World with certain
rights regarding  major capital  decisions of RSVP,  including the  making or
disposition   of  RSVP's   investments  (except   for   dispositions  at   an
independently  determined  fair  value),  unless  one  of  the  RSVP Managing
Directors approves of such decision.  The Managing Member Operating Agreement
obligates RSI  to contribute 100% of the capital  contributions to be made by
RSVP Holdings LLC to RSVP in an amount up to $100 million.  In the event that
RSI  defaults  in  making  its  capital  contributions,  among other  things,
distributions of cash to RSI will be subordinated to certain distributions to
New  World  and RSI's  management  rights will  be  reduced and  RSI  will be
obligated to purchase, at the election of New World, a portion of New World's
interest  in  RSVP  Holdings LLC  for  a  minimum  of $15  million.    At the
termination of  RSVP, New World has a right  of first refusal to purchase any
RSVP investment proposed for sale.

   
     The  foregoing  is  only  a  summary  of  the  material  aspects of  the
referenced documents.  Copies  of such documents have been  filed as exhibits
to  the Registration  Statement  on  file with  the  Securities and  Exchange
Commission, of which this Prospectus is a part.
    

INITIAL ASSETS OF RSI

     RSI's initial investments are comprised of (i) convertible loans made to
OnSite   Ventures,   L.L.C.   ("OnSite"),   a   company   providing  advanced
telecommunications  systems and  services within  commercial and  residential
buildings and/or building  complexes, (ii) a 9.9% equity  interest in Reckson
Executive  Centers  LLC, an  executive  office  suites  business operated  at
Reckson's properties that was acquired from Reckson Operating Partnership for
an aggregate purchase  price of $200,000, and an option to acquire a majority
equity  interest  in  InterOffice (Superholdings)  Corporation  (the  "Office
Suites Company"),  a joint venture  that owns 100% of  InterOffice (Holdings)
Corporation,  a  national  executive  office  suites  business,  (iii)  RSI's
indirect interest in ACLC and Dobie Center.

   
     ONSITE.  On  February 20, 1998, RSI  entered into a contract  to acquire
through its  wholly-owned subsidiary,  RSI-OSA Holding Inc.,  an interest  in
OnSite, which has been formed  as a joint venture entity to  acquire and hold
100% of the equity interests of OnSite Access LLC and OnSite Access Local LLC
(collectively, "OSA").  OSA  is engaged in the business  of installing state-
of-the-art telecommunications  infrastructure in  commercial and  residential
buildings and complexes, including wiring, cabling and transmission equipment
and  providing  telecommunication,  computer  and  Internet  services.    OSA
commenced  operations in  February 1997.    The OnSite  transaction has  been
closed in escrow pending the receipt of regulatory approvals from the Federal
Communications  Commission,  the   State  of  New  York  and   the  State  of
Connecticut.  Although  such approvals  are pending  and management  believes
that  such approvals  will be obtained,  there can  be no assurance  that the
approvals will be received.  As of the date of  this prospectus, RSI has made
an  aggregate of  $1.125  million  of senior  convertible  loans to  Veritech
Ventures LLC, an entity controlled by  Jon L. Halpern, a director of  Reckson
who is one of the founders of OSA ("Veritech") for the working capital of OSA
pending receipt of the regulatory  approvals.  Such loans are unconditionally
guaranteed by OSA and secured  by Veritech's equity interest in OSA.  RSI has
also purchased  a membership interest in OnSite equal  to 1% of the aggregate
membership interests.   Such  loans accrue interest  at a  12% rate,  payable
together with principal not later than March 1, 1999.  If regulatory approval
is  obtained, the senior convertible indebtedness of  Veritech to RSI will be
subsumed  into  the $6.5  million  dollar  Subordinated  Loan  Agreement  and
Promissory Note  executed in connection  with the OnSite transaction.   Under
the terms of  this Subordinated Loan  Agreement and Promissory  Note, RSI  is
committed  to loan  OnSite up  to $6.5 million  (less the  aggregate subsumed
amount  of the  senior convertible notes).   The  Company may fund  such $6.5
million from  borrowings under  the RSI  Facility or  out of  cash flow  from
operations, or from  a combination  thereof.   This subordinated  convertible
note, in  the sole  discretion of  RSI, may  be converted  into a  membership
interest equal to 58.69% of the aggregate membership interests in OnSite  for
an aggregate purchase price equal  to $6.5 million less the  aggregate amount
previously loaned by RSI to Veritech or OnSite.  Interest on the subordinated
note accrues at a rate of 12% and  is payable to the extent of available cash
flow  of  OSA.    Under  the  subordinated  note, RSI  also  receives  equity
distributions  equal to  45.19% of  the aggregate  distributions as  and when
distributed to the members  in OnSite.  The subordinated  convertible note is
convertible only during the  two year period subsequent to its  issuance.  If
RSI does not  convert the subordinated convertible note during  such two year
period, the  subordinated convertible  note will  be automatically  converted
into  a non-convertible  subordinated  note with  a  term  of ten  years  and
accruing interest at a  rate of 7%.   Veritech contributed all of  the assets
used in the OnSite business, including 100% of the ownership interest in OSA,
in return for an interest in OnSite.  Veritech and former members in Veritech
own a 39.13% interest in OnSite.
    

     OnSite has been  formed as a Delaware limited  liability company managed
by a  management  committee  comprised of  three  designees of  RSI  and  two
designees of  Veritech.   The Limited Liability  Company Agreement  of OnSite
(the  "OnSite LLC  Agreement") provides  that  certain significant  decisions
(i.e., liquidation  or dissolution  of OnSite,  affiliated transactions,  the
issuance of equity securities, changing the nature of the business of OnSite,
the hiring of  certain executives, incurring  indebtedness above a  specified
limit, an  initial public offering of interests in OnSite and any transaction
which  results  in RSI,  Veritech  and  another  member not  controlling  the
business and affairs of the Company)  by the management committee require the
approval  of both  a representative of  RSI and  an OSA Representative.   The
OnSite LLC  Agreement also provides RSI and  Veritech with buy/sell rights in
the  event  of  a  deadlock with  respect  to  a  significant  decision.   In
accordance with the OnSite LLC Agreement,  Veritech will have the right,  but
not the  obligation, to purchase all of RSI's  interest if (i) RSI authorizes
the dissolution of OnSite any time after its initial capital contribution has
been spent  or  (ii) OnSite  does  not within  the  first  two years  of  its
operations spend RSI's capital contribution of $6.5 million for the wiring of
buildings or building complexes, provided that Veritech proposed transactions
in accordance with the  OnSite business plan sufficient  to expend such  $6.5
million.   In  addition, Veritech  will have  the right  to  sell all  of its
membership interest to RSI at any time after the first two years of the joint
venture if  RSI does  not consent  to an  initial public  offering by  OnSite
proposed  by Veritech.   RSI also  will have  the right for  a period  of six
months  to require  OnSite  to  purchase 18.6%  of  the aggregate  percentage
interest in OnSite  for a purchase price  equal to $2 million  commencing two
years after the formation of the joint venture.  The terms of the OnSite  LLC
Agreement provide RSI and  Veritech a right of first refusal  with respect to
the sale of the  other's membership interest, provides customary  "tag-along"
and "drag-along"  rights and contemplates  the adoption of an  employee stock
option or similar plan.

     Under the terms and conditions of the OnSite LLC Agreement, OnSite has a
right of  first opportunity to  deliver or provide communication,  wiring and
other  related  services  with  respect to  Reckson's  office  buildings  and
complexes.  The  cost to  Reckson for  such services  by OnSite  will be  the
lesser of  the best price  offered by OnSite  to its other  customers and the
lowest price otherwise available in the market, for a period through one year
after RSI no longer holds an interest in OnSite.

   
     Jon L. Halpern, a director of Reckson, beneficially  owned substantially
all of the OnSite business prior to the transactions described above.   Prior
to RSI's conversion of any of  the subordinated indebtedness that it acquires
in OnSite, Mr. Halpern will continue  to own substantially all of the  OnSite
business.   Mr.  Halpern will own  beneficially a  25.97% interest  in OnSite
after giving effect to  its acquisition of the OnSite  business, assuming RSI
converts its subordinated convertible note into a 58.69% interest.
    

     RSI and the  entity controlled  by Jon  L. Halpern have  also agreed  to
invest an  additional $300,000  and $200,000 in  OnSite Commerce  and Content
LLC,  a  newly formed  Delaware  Limited  Liability  Company which  has  been
established to  develop  and  acquire various  forms  of  software  products,
content  and other  related  computerized commercial  products  which may  be
delivered  primarily by  telecommunications  and computer  equipment  service
providers to their  respective end users.   The terms  and conditions of  the
Limited Liability Company  Agreement of OnSite Commerce and  Content LLC will
be substantially similar to the OnSite LLC Agreement.

     ONSITE  INDUSTRY.  Building centric communications,  the sector in which
OnSite operates, is a newer sector of the telecommunications industry, having
evolved largely  as a  result of  the Telecommunications  Act of  1996.   The
sector includes those companies involved in providing local and long-distance
telecommunications and  high-speed  internet access.   The  industry and  the
sector are regulated on both  the federal and state level.  Competing in this
sector  requires significant capital  expenditures for wiring  and equipment.
Companies with access to lower-cost  capital have a competitive advantage due
to  the  significant capital  expenditures incurred  by participants  in this
sector.  The  sector is undergoing rapid change,  development and innovation.
As  a result, OnSite and other participants  in its sector are subject to the
risk of  obsolescence of their technology.   Changes in office  vacancy rates
and interest rates have  an impact on the performance of the  sector.  OnSite
(including  its predecessors) has operated in  New York City, Long Island and
Westchester County, NY  for two years.   The New  York tri-state market is  a
fragmented market comprised  of large, national firms (such  as Bell Atlantic
and Worldcom) and smaller,  regional companies (such as  OnSite).  OnSite  is
one of several  companies seeking to establish a significant  presence in the
market.

   
     EXECUTIVE  OFFICE SUITES.  RSI has obtained a 9.9% ownership interest in
Reckson  Executive Centers  LLC, an  executive office  suites business  which
currently operates at nine of Reckson's properties encompassing approximately
100,800 rentable square  feet.   RSI acquired  the 9.9%  interest in  Reckson
Executive  Centers  LLC  from  Reckson  Operating  Partnership  for  $200,000.
Reckson  Executive   Centers  LLC  provides  tenants   with   furnished
office suites and immediate support services, including secretarial services,
telecommunication services  and conference facilities.   In addition,  RSI is
presently seeking to  acquire a portion of the remaining  90.1% interest from
the owner of  such interest, who presently manages  the day-to-day operations
of  Reckson Executive Centers LLC.  Such owner, Arnold Widder, also currently
serves as a non-executive officer of Reckson.
    

     Reckson  Executive  Centers  LLC  leases space  at  the  related Reckson
properties as well  as office furniture and equipment  from Reckson Operating
Partnership pursuant to five-year leases  that provide for rental payments to
Reckson.  Reckson  Executive Centers LLC effectively subleases  such space to
tenants on a short-term basis (generally one to five years).

   
     RSI has also obtained an  option from Reckson Management Group, Inc.,  a
company in which Reckson Operating Partnership owns a 97% non-voting interest
(the "Reckson Management Company"), to  acquire a majority equity interest in
the Office Suites Company.  Reckson Management Company closed the acquisition
of the  Office Suites  Company in  January  1998.   Each of  the RO  Partners
Managing Directors (as defined below) owns a  minority interest in the Office
Suites Company.  Jon L. Halpern owns  a 22.75% interest in the Office  Suites
Company.   RSI's option to  acquire Reckson Management Company's  interest in
the Office Suites Company has a five-year term and is exercisable at any time
at  a  price equal  to Reckson  Management  Company's cost  in  acquiring the
interest (estimated to be approximately  $13.8 million), increasing at 8% per
annum from  January 27, 1998  (the date on  which Reckson  Management Company
acquired  such  interest in  the  Office  Suites  Company).   Management  has
determined  that  RSI  will  not  exercise  its  option  to  acquire  Reckson
Management Company's interest in the Office Suites Company unless significant
due diligence and  an audit of such company's financial  statements have been
completed to its satisfaction.
    

     THE  EXECUTIVE  OFFICE SUITES  INDUSTRY.    The  executive office  suite
("EOS")  business  began  approximately  35 years  ago.    There  has been  a
significant expansion in the  business during the last  decade.  This  growth
resulted largely from corporate downsizing and the  development of technology
which decreased  the  need for  employees to  be present  in large  corporate
offices.   Instead, more work has been  outsourced to consultants, or smaller
groups, who often work closer  to their homes.  A wide range  of services are
now  offered by EOS businesses  and are only paid for  on an "as-used" basis.
The  EOS  business  meets the  needs  of  a broad  range  of  businesses from
individual  entrepreneurs to  branch offices  of  Fortune 500  firms offering
basic telephone and clerical services, as well as more advanced services such
as teleconferencing, Internet access and virtual office concepts.

   
     The industry combines many  aspects of the real estate business - supply
and  demand and  location  -- with  those of  a  service intensive  business,
including technology.   The industry is currently fragmented,  with only four
large participants operating  on a national basis, with  many operating under
an affiliation, or networking basis.  
    

     INITIAL  INVESTMENTS  OF RSVP.    RSVP  (the  successor  to  Opportunity
Partners) has acquired  an indirect interest  in two  investments:  ACLC  and
Dobie Center.   Jon L. Halpern, a director  of Reckson, and Martin Rabinowitz
were  formerly partners  of Opportunity  Partners  (the "Non-RSI  Partners").
Each of  the Non-RSI  Partners owns  a minority  interest in  ACLC and  Dobie
Center and  have certain rights  for additional investment in  that platform.
Jon L. Halpern  owns a 331/3% interest in the joint  venture that owns 76.09%
of ACLC and a 331/3% interest in the joint venture that owns 70% of the Dobie
Center.   The Non-RSI  Partners will not  have any involvement  in the future
investments and operations of RSVP.

     RSVP has  acquired a  331/3% interest  in a  joint venture  that owns  a
76.09% interest  in American  Campus  Lifestyles Companies,  LLC ("ACLC"),  a
student housing enterprise  which develops, constructs, manages  and acquires
on- and off-campus student housing projects, for $1.51 million in cash.  RSVP
acquired such interest from the Company, which had acquired the interest from
RFG  Capital  which  acquired  such  interest  in  October  1997.    RSVP  is
negotiating to  acquire an additional  interest in  such joint venture.   The
Non-RSI Partners each own an interest in  such joint venture.  ACLC currently
manages  approximately 3,600  student  beds  in  several  different  projects
located in  Texas, Oklahoma and  Florida.  The  existing management of  ACLC,
which includes construction, development, marketing and accounting personnel,
continued in their  existing roles subsequent to the RSVP  acquisition.  ACLC
employs 11  people at its corporate  offices and has in excess  of 250 people
(i.e.,  mostly  employees   and  staff  personnel  provided   by  independent
contractors)  carrying out  responsibilities  at its  various  projects.   In
addition to  the Dobie Center, ACLC owns/manages student housing at the Texas
A&M  University at  Prairie  View  (two projects),  Texas  A&M University  at
Laredo,  Centennial  Court  Apartments, Langston  University,  Oklahoma,  and
Southgate Campus Center at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

     RSVP has acquired a 331/3% interest  in a joint venture that owns a  70%
interest in the  Dobie Center, a 27-story off-campus  student housing project
located directly  opposite the campus of  the University of Texas  at Austin,
for  $3.62 million  in cash.   RSVP acquired  such interest from  RO Partners
which acquired such interest in June 1997.  Each of the Non-RSI Partners owns
an interest in such joint venture.   The Dobie Center is one of the  nation's
largest off-campus  student housing  facilities, with  a student  residential
tower  of 504  rooms accommodating  approximately 950  students, a  two story
student oriented retail  shopping mall comprising 70,000 rentable square feet
and a six story parking garage accommodating up to 668 cars.

   
     The Dobie  Center is  subject to  a  $17.4 million  first mortgage  note
maturing in 2002 which bears interest at a floating rate of interest equal to
LIBOR plus 1.75%.   Such mortgage note is fully amortizing and may be prepaid
prior to maturity without the payment of a penalty.  The Dobie Center is also
subject to a $2.9 million second  mortgage note maturing in 2002 which  bears
interest  at a  fixed rate  of  71/2%.   Such note  may be  prepaid  prior to
maturity without the payment of a penalty and is payable  on an interest only
basis prior to maturity.   A payment of $2.9 million plus accrued  and unpaid
interest will be due and payable at  the maturity of the mortgage debt.   The
Company believes that the Dobie Center is in good condition and, other than a
$2.2 million capital  improvement program currently being  implemented, there
are  no present  plans for  significant renovation of  or improvement  to the
Dobie  Center.   In  management's  opinion, the  Dobie  Center is  adequately
covered by insurance.  The student housing  at the Dobie Center was 82%, 90%,
100%,  100%  and 100%  leased during  the 1993  through 1997  academic years,
respectively, and  had an average  effective annual rent  per bed  of $5,570,
$6,662, $6,785, $6,929  and $7,390, during such  years.  The retail  space at
the Dobie Center  was 72%, 77%,  75%, 86% and 84%  leased during the  1993 to
1997  academic years,  respectively, and  had an  average effective  rent per
square foot of $19.72, $19.84, $20.25,  $20.14 and $20.68, during such years.
The federal tax basis  of the Dobie  Center is $10.8  million, and the  Dobie
Center is depreciated based  upon a 40 year straight line  method.  The Dobie
Center pays an annual property tax of $430,000.
    

     STUDENT  HOUSING MARKET  OVERVIEW.   The student  housing industry  is a
specialized market  sector that is  highly fragmented and has  relatively few
large  participants.  Management  believes that student  housing represents a
market  sector that  will maintain  growth trends  as the  student population
increases.   According to the 1994 Statistical Abstract of the United States,
8.6  million  students   were  enrolled  in  higher   education  institutions
nationwide in 1970.  This population increased to over 12.1  million in 1980.
By 1995, it was estimated that  the student population was over 16.5  million
with  over  18  million  students  projected  by  2005.    While the  student
population  has continued  to increase,  the rate  of growth  slowed somewhat
during the last  several years.  The  U.S. Department of  Education estimates
that the student housing industry is  currently a $10 billion dollar industry
and could grow to a $20 billion industry in less than ten years.

   
     While  the student  population and  the demand  for student  housing has
increased, housing stock  and in particular on-campus housing  stock, has not
kept  up with  demand.  Student  housing is  comprised of two  different sub-
sectors,  on-campus and  off-campus housing.    However, some  university-run
student housing  projects are  experiencing declining  occupancy rates, as  a
direct  result of  age, general  mismanagement, and  physical and  functional
obsolescence rather than due to a lack of demand.  The failure of the housing
supply to  keep pace  with the increased  demand provides the  opportunity to
develop new  private on- and  off-campus student  housing and to  improve the
management  and  physical  condition  of  existing  university-owned  housing
through privatization.

FUNDING SOURCES FOR RSI


    
        RSI will commence  the Rights Offering as a means  for  RSI to  raise
sufficient  capital to  (i) fund  certain  organizational and  start-up costs
(estimated  to be  $1.5 million)  and fund  anticipated  short-term operating
losses  of the Company, (ii) provide RSI sufficient initial equity capital in
order to  pursue its  business objectives and  (iii) provide  capital towards
meeting minimum  capital requirements  to  commence trading  on an  organized
trading system.

     RSI  expects  to  establish  the  RSI Facility  with  Reckson  Operating
Partnership in the amount of $100 million for RSI's service sector operations
and other  general  corporate  purposes.    In  addition,  Reckson  Operating
Partnership has  approved the funding  of investments  of up to  $100 million
with or in RSVP, through (i) loans for the  funding of RSVP investments prior
to  the  Distribution,  (ii)  RSVP-controlled  joint  venture  REIT-Qualified
Investments, or  (iii) advances  made to RSI  subsequent to  the Distribution
under the RSVP-ROP  Facility.  Advances under the RSVP-ROP Facility in excess
of $25 million  in respect of any single platform will be subject to approval
by Reckson's board  of directors, while  advances under  the RSI Facility  in
excess  of $10  million  in respect  of any  single investment  in Commercial
Services,  as well  as  advances  for investments  in  opportunities in  non-
Commercial  Services, will  be  subject  to approval  by  Reckson's board  of
directors, or a committee thereof.  It is expected that the Credit Facilities
will each have a term of five  years and advances thereunder will be recourse
obligations of RSI.   Interest will accrue on advances made  under the Credit
Facilities  at a rate equal to the greater  of (i) the prime rate plus 2% and
(ii) 12% per  annum, with  the rate  referred  to in  clause (ii)  increasing
annually at  a rate  of 4%  of the  prior year's  rate.   Prior to  maturity,
interest will be  payable quarterly but only  to the extent of  net cash flow
and on  an interest-only basis and will be  prepayable without penalty at the
option of RSI.   As long as  there are outstanding advances under  the Credit
Facilities, RSI will be prohibited from paying dividends on any shares of its
capital stock.   The  Credit  Facilities will  be  subject to  certain  other
covenants and will  prohibit advances thereunder to the  extent such advances
could, in the determination of Reckson,  endanger Reckson's status as a REIT.
The anticipated terms of the  Credit Facilities were not negotiated at  arms'
length and thus  may not  reflect terms  that could have  been obtained  from
independent third  parties.    Additional  indebtedness may  be  incurred  by
subsidiaries of RSI.

     RSVP  has obtained  the $200  million PaineWebber  Equity Facility  from
PWRES.  RSI,  through its subsidiaries, has  agreed to contribute up  to $100
million  in  the form  of  common equity  to  RSVP and  PWRES  has  agreed to
contribute up to $200  million in the form of preferred equity  to RSVP.  The
PaineWebber Equity Facility requires that  the preferred equity be drawn upon
during a period of  36 months subsequent to the  execution thereof and has  a
seven  year term.   The preferred  equity holder  is entitled to  a preferred
return in respect  of distributions from  RSVP's cash flow  and from  capital
events such as  sales and refinancings.   Under the terms of  the PaineWebber
Equity Facility, the preferred equity holder  is generally entitled to a  10%
preferred  return on  its capital  and, after  the RSVP  Managing Member  has
received a 10% return  on its capital, an additional 6%  return.  Thereafter,
amounts  are distributed as  a return  of capital and  then 100% to  the RSVP
Managing  Member.    The  terms  of  the  PaineWebber  Equity  Facility  also
contemplate periodic unused commitment fees payable  to the preferred holder,
as  well as  a  one-time structuring  fee  paid to  the  preferred holder  at
closing.   The PaineWebber  Equity Facility contains  several other covenants
and  events of default, including  requirements that RSVP maintain sufficient
earnings, distribute  cash sufficient  to cover  the preferred  return, limit
debt  in respect  of particular  investments as well  as on  a portfolio-wide
basis,  maintain  the  involvement  of  certain  specified  officers  in  its
operations, prohibit  RSI from competing  with RSVP and  prohibit changes-in-
control of RSI.   The PaineWebber Equity Facility provides for  the formation
of an advisory committee that is comprised  of at least one representative of
the preferred holder.   Although such committee will  review all investments,
in the absence of a default under the PaineWebber Equity Facility it will not
have the authority to  approve or disapprove of  any investment decisions  of
the RSVP Managing Member.  The  PaineWebber Equity Facility also provides for
the  offering of  the  RSVP  Managing Member's  share  of any  REIT-Qualified
Investments to Reckson  Operating Partnership, and provides a  right of first
opportunity  to  Reckson  Operating  Partnership in  respect  of  office  and
industrial  real estate transactions.   The PaineWebber  Equity Facility also
provides  PWRES with  the right,  under certain  circumstances, to  act as  a
lender or an underwriter in respect of  financing transactions of entities in
which RSVP holds an interest.  The PaineWebber Equity  Facility also requires
the Operating  Partnership's consent  for RSVP to  enter into  any office  or
industrial  property transactions that  the Operating Partnership  has chosen
not  to  pursue.   Advances under  the  PaineWebber Equity  Facility  will be
partially funded by an investment fund that is jointly sponsored by financier
George Soros and PWRES. 

CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES 

     As  indicated above,  borrowings  under  the  Credit  Facilities  accrue
interest at the greater of (i) the prime rate plus 2% and (ii) 12% per annum,
with the  rate referred to in (ii) increasing annually at a rate of 4% of the
prior year's  rate.   Due to  the variable  component of  the interest  rates
payable under the Credit Facilities, significant increases in market interest
rates  may impact  negatively  the earnings  of  the Company.    Since it  is
anticipated that  the Company will  borrow money under the  Credit Facilities
(particularly the RSI Facility) to fund its  investments in whole or in part,
increases  in market  rates of interest  may reduce  or eliminate  the spread
between the  cost of the Company's funds under  the Credit Facilities and the
return  on its investments.  However, increases in the prime rate that do not
result in a  rate greater than the  rate detailed in clause  (ii) above, will
not affect the borrowing cost of the Company under the Credit Facilities.
    

THE INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENT

     The  Operating Partnership  and  RSI  will  enter into  an  Intercompany
Agreement  in order  to reduce  conflicts  of interest  by formalizing  their
relationship.    It  is  anticipated  that  decisions  regarding  such  first
opportunity rights of Reckson will be presented to the executive committee of
the  board of  directors of  Reckson,  which includes  Donald Rechler,  Scott
Rechler and two independent directors of Reckson's board of directors.  Under
the Intercompany Agreement,  RSI will grant  Reckson Operating Partnership  a
right  of first  opportunity to  make any  REIT-Qualified Investment  that it
develops  or that otherwise  becomes available to  RSI.  In  addition, in the
event that any such investment  opportunity becomes available to an affiliate
of  RSI,  such  affiliate  will   be  required  to  allow  Reckson  Operating
Partnership to  participate in such  investment opportunity to the  extent of
RSI's interest, if any, therein.

     Under  the  Intercompany Agreement,  Reckson Operating  Partnership will
grant  RSI a  right of  first opportunity to  provide Commercial  Services to
Reckson Operating  Partnership and  its tenants or  that are developed  by or
otherwise  become available to  Reckson Operating Partnership.   Any services
provided by RSI  to Reckson Operating Partnership  will be required to  be at
market rates on  terms and conditions as attractive as the best available for
comparable services  in the market or those offered  by RSI to third parties.
In  addition, Reckson  Operating Partnership  will  be required  to give  RSI
access to its  tenants in respect of Commercial Services that may be provided
to such tenants.

     The  Intercompany  Agreement  will  also  provide,  subject  to  certain
conditions, that Reckson Operating Partnership  will provide RSI with a right
of first  refusal  to become  the lessee  of any  real  property acquired  by
Reckson  Operating Partnership  if Reckson  Operating Partnership  determines
that, consistent with  Reckson's status as  a REIT, it  is required to  enter
into a "master" lease arrangement.

     Under the Intercompany Agreement,  RSI will agree not to acquire or make
any REIT-Qualified  Investment  unless  it  has provided  written  notice  to
Reckson Operating  Partnership of the  material terms and conditions  of such
investment, and Reckson  Operating Partnership has  determined not to  pursue
such  investment either  by providing  written  notice to  RSI rejecting  the
opportunity  within  10  days from  the  date  of receipt  of  notice  of the
opportunity or by allowing such 10-day period to lapse.  RSI will also  agree
to assist Reckson Operating  Partnership in structuring and consummating  any
REIT-Qualified  Investment  which  Reckson Operating  Partnership  elects  to
pursue, on terms determined by Reckson Operating Partnership.

     Due to  certain considerations relating  to Reckson's status as  a REIT,
the Intercompany Agreement will also obligate  RSI to maintain the 9.9% limit
on the ownership of RSI Common Stock set forth in its charter.

   
     The  anticipated terms  of  the  Intercompany  Agreement have  not  been
negotiated at arms'  length and thus may  not reflect terms which  could have
been obtained from independent third parties.
    

PROPERTY

     Reckson  has agreed  to make  available to  RSI, at  Reckson's principal
office at 225 Broadhollow  Road, Melville, New York,  11747, space for  RSI's
principal corporate office.  RSVP maintains offices in Melville, New York and
New York, New  York.  RSI believes that  its facilities are adequate  to meet
its expected requirements for the coming year.

EMPLOYEES

   
     As of April 27, 1998, RSI had 10 employees.
    

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     There are no  pending legal  proceedings or  to which the  Company is  a
party or which any of its properties is subject.

                                  MANAGEMENT

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF RSI

   
     As  of April  27, 1998, Scott  H. Rechler,  Donald J. Rechler  and Roger
Rechler were the directors of RSI.  At such date, Scott H.  Rechler served as
RSI's President and  Michael Maturo served as the  Treasurer, Chief Financial
Officer  and  Secretary.    It is  anticipated  that  RSI  will appoint  five
additional  directors, three of whom are officers  of Reckson.  The following
table sets forth certain information concerning those persons who have agreed
to serve as executive officers and directors of  RSI commencing subsequent to
(       ), 1998 and prior to the Distribution.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

NAME                                                       Position and Offices Held
                                       -----------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>
Donald J. Rechler . . . . . . . . .      Chairman of the Board and Director (term as a director
                                         expires in 2001)
Roger M. Rechler  . . . . . . . . .      Director; Member of Management Advisory Committee (term as a
                                         director expires in 2001)
Scott H. Rechler  . . . . . . . . .      President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (term as a
                                         director expires in 1999)
Michael Maturo  . . . . . . . . . .      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
                                         and Director (term as a director expires in 2000)
Gregg M. Rechler  . . . . . . . . .      Director and Member of Management Advisory Committee (term
                                         as a director expires in 2001)
(Independent Director)  . . . . . .      Director (term as a director expires in 1999)
(Independent Director)  . . . . . .      Director (term as a director expires in 2000)
Mitchell D. Rechler . . . . . . . .      Secretary, Member of Management Advisory Committee and
                                         Director (term as a director expires in 2000)
Jason M. Barnett  . . . . . . . . .      Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Daniel A. DiSano  . . . . . . . . .      Senior Vice President of Operations
Jeffrey D. Neumann  . . . . . . . .      Senior Vice President of Investments

</TABLE>
    

     The following is  a biographical summary of the experience of the above-
mentioned persons:

     Donald J. Rechler, age 63, serves as  Chairman of the Board and Director
of RSI and of Reckson.  Prior to  the initial public offering of Reckson (the
"Reckson IPO"), Mr. Rechler was  a Co-Founder and General Partner  of Reckson
Associates.  As Chief  Executive Officer, he coordinates  and directs all  of
RSI's  primary functions as  well as  establishing policy for  RSI.   He is a
founder  and former President  and Chairman of  the Association  For A Better
Long Island, a founder of the Long Island Commercial & Industrial Development
Association, a member of  the Board of Directors of  the Development Division
of North Shore Hospital, a member of the  Council of Overseers of Long Island
University, C.W. Post College.   Mr. Rechler is a graduate  of the University
of Miami.  Mr. Rechler is  the father of Mitchell Rechler and the  brother of
Roger Rechler.

     Roger M. Rechler,  age 56, serves as  Director of RSI and  member of the
Management Advisory Committee and also  serves as Executive Vice President of
Development and  the Vice-Chairman of  the Board  and a Director  of Reckson.
Prior to the Reckson IPO, Mr. Rechler was a co-founder and general partner of
Reckson  Associates and is  responsible for  the supervision  of development,
property   construction,   architectural   and   design  services,   interior
construction and property management.  Mr. Rechler attended the University of
Miami.  Mr. Rechler is the father of Scott Rechler and Gregg Rechler and  the
brother of Donald Rechler.

     Scott  H. Rechler,  age 30,  serves  as the  President, Chief  Executive
Officer and  a Director of RSI and of Reckson.  Mr. Rechler has been employed
at Reckson since 1989.  He  is responsible for the day-to-day operations  and
directing corporate policy  for RSI.  Prior  to the Reckson IPO,  he directed
the  financing  of  approximately  $200  million of  mortgage  debt  and  the
acquisition of property having a value in excess of $100 million for Reckson.
He is  a  member of  the Board  of Directors  of the  Long Island  Children's
Museum.  Mr. Rechler is a graduate of Clark University and received a Masters
Degree  in  Finance with  a  specialization  in  real  estate from  New  York
University.  He is the son of Roger Rechler and the brother of Gregg Rechler.

     Michael Maturo,  age 36,  serves as an  Executive Vice  President, Chief
Financial Officer,  Treasurer and  Director of  RSI and  of Reckson.   He  is
responsible for  the supervision  of  all financial,  treasury and  reporting
functions.  Mr. Maturo is also  primarily responsible for banking and capital
market  activities and  investor relations.   Prior  to joining  Reckson, Mr.
Maturo  was  a Senior  Manager  at E&Y  Kenneth  Leventhal Real  Estate Group
(formerly Kenneth  Leventhal & Company),  a public accounting  and consulting
firm.   He  specialized in  diverse phases  of real estate  finance including
corporate and  property debt  financings  and recapitalization  transactions.
Mr. Maturo is a graduate of Seton Hall University with a degree in accounting
and finance and is a certified public accountant.  Mr. Maturo is  a member of
the  accounting  committee  of  the  National  Association  of  Real   Estate
Investment Trusts.

     Gregg M. Rechler, age 31, serves as  a member of the Management Advisory
Committee and as a Director  of RSI and serves as an Executive Vice President
and Secretary of Reckson and as President of Reckson Construction Group, Inc.
(the  "Construction  Company").     Mr.  Rechler   is  responsible  for   the
construction,  architectural and property  management activities  of Reckson.
Since  1985, he has  been employed by  Reckson and certain  affiliates.  From
1985 to 1988, Mr. Rechler held non-supervisory  roles in the construction and
property management areas.  Beginning in 1989, as an Executive Vice President
of Reckson,  he served as the person responsible  for the construction of the
Omni office building and supervised all construction aspects of this project.
In  1991, he organized the Construction Company  and has been responsible for
its significant growth.  Mr. Rechler is a member of the Board of Directors of
the  Long Island  chapter of  the  Building Owners  and Managers  Association
("BOMA").  Mr. Rechler attended the New York Institute of Technology.  He  is
the son of Roger Rechler and the brother of Scott Rechler.

     Mitchell D. Rechler,  age 38, serves as  Secretary and as a  Director of
RSI and as a  member of the Management Advisory Committee;  also serves as an
Executive Vice  President and a  Director of Reckson  and also serves  as the
President of Reckson Management Group, Inc. (the "Management Company").  From
1981 to 1985,  he was  employed by Reckson  in various non-supervisory  roles
including positions  in property  management, construction,  acquisitions and
space leasing.   Since  1986, Mr.  Rechler has  served as  an Executive  Vice
President of Reckson,  responsible for all  leasing activities including  the
coordination  of leasing  and  marketing  strategies  and  overseeing  tenant
relations.  During his career at Reckson, Mr. Rechler has completed  over 300
leasing  transactions encompassing  in excess  of  3 million  square feet  of
office  and industrial  space.  Mr.  Rechler has  served as President  of the
Management Company,  since its organization  in 1991.  Mr.  Rechler serves on
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Children's   Medical  Fund  of  Schneider
Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish  Medical Center and as a member  of
the Board  of Directors  of the Long  Island Friends  of the Arts.   He  is a
graduate of Emory University.  He is the son of Donald Rechler.

     Jason M. Barnett,  age 29, serves  as Senior Vice President  and General
Counsel of  RSI and of Reckson.   Mr. Barnett joined Reckson in  1996.  He is
responsible for the coordination of all legal and compliance matters for RSI.
Prior to joining  Reckson, Mr. Barnett practiced  law as an associate  in the
REIT practice group  of Brown &  Wood LLP.   While at Brown  & Wood LLP,  Mr.
Barnett  participated  in  numerous corporate  and  real  estate transactions
involving  publicly held  REITs, including  initial  public offerings,  joint
ventures  and corporate  and real estate  acquisitions.  Mr.  Barnett holds a
Bachelor  of Arts  degree from  Clark University  and Law  Degree  from Emory
University School of Law.  Mr. Barnett is admitted to the Bar of the State of
New York.

     Daniel  A. DiSano, age 29, serves as Senior Vice President of Operations
of the  Company.   Mr. DiSano  joined RSI  in 1998.   He  is responsible  for
developing and implementing the strategic  direction of RSI and its operating
companies.  Prior  to joining Reckson, Mr.  DiSano was a Senior  Associate at
Booz-Allen &  Hamilton, a leading  management consulting firm.   He worked on
several strategic  issues, including  growth and  acquisition strategies  and
organizational design,  across a variety of  industries.  Mr.  DiSano holds a
Bachelor of Arts  degree in Economics from  Clark University and an  MBA from
MIT Sloan School of Management.

     Jeffrey  D.  Neumann,  age  35,  serves  as  Senior  Vice  President  of
Investments  of  the Company.    Mr.  Neumann  joined RSI  in  1998.   He  is
responsible for all investments and acquisitions  for the Company.  Prior  to
joining RSI, Mr. Neumann was a Vice  President in GE Capital's private equity
investment  subsidiary.   While at  GE Capital,  Mr. Neumann  participated in
numerous investments in both public  and private companies.  Additionally, he
has significant operating experience having been President of a manufacturing
company and a health care company.  He started his career with the investment
banking firm of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in New York.  Mr. Neumann received a
Master in Business Administration degree  from New York University Leonard N.
Stern School of Business.

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

   
     The   RSI  Board  has   standing  Audit  and   Compensation  Committees.
(Independent Director)  and (Independent Director) will serve  as the members
of the Audit Committee and Donald J. Rechler, Scott  H. Rechler, (Independent
Director)  and  (Independent Director)  will  serve  as  the members  of  the
Compensation Committee.  The Audit Committee makes recommendations concerning
the   engagement  of  independent   public  accountants,  reviews   with  the
independent public accountants the plans and results of the audit engagement,
reviews the independence of the independent public accountants, considers the
range of audit  and non-audit fees and reviews the adequacy of RSI's internal
controls.    The  Compensation  Committee  is  responsible  for  establishing
compensation for RSI's officers and administering RSI's stock option plan.
    

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

     Each  director other  than Donald  J. Rechler,  Scott H.  Rechler, Roger
Rechler,  Michael Maturo,  Gregg  M.  Rechler and  Mitchell  D. Rechler  will
receive from  RSI an annual fee of  $7,500 or a meeting fee  of $500 for each
RSI Board  or  Committee  meeting  attended and  reimbursements  of  expenses
incurred in attending meetings.

ANNUAL MEETING

     RSI's Bylaws  provide that  its annual meeting  of stockholders  will be
held in May of each year at its principal office or on such other date and at
such other place and time as may be  fixed by resolution of RSI's Board.  The
first annual  meeting for which  proxies will be solicited  from stockholders
will be held in 1999.

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

     None of  the Executive  Officers or members  of the  management advisory
committee of RSI have entered into employment agreements with RSI.

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

     The Company has entered into registration rights agreements with each of
the holders of  the 5% of its Common  Stock owned by Reckson  officers.  Such
agreements provide for both demand and piggyback registration rights.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AFTER THE
DISTRIBUTION

     Executive officers and directors will receive shares of RSI Common Stock
in the Distribution  in respect of shares  of Reckson Common Stock  and Units
held by  them on the Record Date.  The Distribution will be made on the basis
of one share of  RSI Common Stock for every 12 Reckson  Common Shares held on
the Record Date and one share of RSI Common Stock for every  12 Units held on
the Record Date.

   
     For purposes of  providing an indication of the  beneficial ownership of
certain persons  following the Distribution,  the following table  sets forth
the number  of shares  of RSI Common  Stock that  will be  beneficially owned
immediately following the  Distribution, based on  a Record Date  of May  __,
1998, by  each person then  serving as an  executive officer and  director of
RSI, all such executive officers and directors of RSI as a group, and persons
or entities owning  5% or more  of the outstanding  shares of Reckson  Common
Stock and Units.

                 BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF RSI COMMON STOCK(1)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          Percent
                                                                      NUMBER OF             of
              NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER                               SHARES/(1)/           Total
              ------------------------                               -----------          -------
<S>                                                                <C>                    <C>
Donald J. Rechler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                136,722(2)(4)            3.33%
Roger M. Rechler  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                134,959(3)(5)            3.28%
Lightpost LLC (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      143,900             3.5%
Scott H. Rechler  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    30,813(7)             .75%
Michael Maturo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                        6,879             .17%
Mitchell D. Rechler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                    32,407(8)             .79%
Gregg Rechler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                       30,872             .75%
FMR Corp. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              [             ]           [   %]
Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. (8)  . . . .              [             ]           [   %]
LaSalle (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              [             ]           [   %]
All directors and executive officers as a
group (6 persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                      516,552           12.56%

</TABLE>
    
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(1)  Assumes the exercise in full of Rights held by the respective beneficial
     owner and all  other Holders in  the Rights  Offering, but excludes  any
     shares that may be acquired pursuant to the Standby Commitment.

(2)  Includes 10,544 shares held by a  trust for the benefit  of Glenn
     Rechler, the son of  Donald J. Rechler, beneficial ownership of which is
     disclaimed by Donald J. Rechler.

(3)  Includes 10,628 shares held by a  trust for the  benefit of Todd
     Rechler, the son  of Roger M. Rechler, and 84 shares held by the wife
     of  Roger M.  Rechler, beneficial  ownership of  which is  disclaimed by
     Roger M. Rechler.

(4)  Includes 21,890 Units held by trusts for the benefit of the  sons of
     Donald J. Rechler, beneficial ownership of which is disclaimed by Donald
     J. Rechler.

(5)  Includes 21,890 Units held by trusts for the benefit of the  sons of
     Roger M. Rechler,  beneficial ownership of which is  disclaimed by Roger
     M. Rechler.

   
(6)  Donald J.  Rechler, Scott  H. Rechler,  Michael  Maturo, Roger  Rechler,
     Mitchell D. Rechler and Gregg M. Rechler own 70% of the member interests
     of Lightpost LLC and the  other 30% of the member interests  is owned by
     members  of  Reckson  management  that  are  not  executive officers  or
     directors  of Reckson as well  as a Rechler family  member that is not a
     member of Reckson management.

(7)  The address of FMR Corp.  is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts
     02109.

(8)  The address  of Cohen  & Steers  Capital  Management Inc.  is 757  Third
     Avenue, New York, New York 10019.

(9)  LaSalle Advisors Capital Management,  Inc. ("LaSalle") beneficially owns
     ___________  shares (____%  of the  total)  and ABKB/LaSalle  Securities
     Limited Partnership  ("ABKB") beneficially owns _________  shares (____%
     of the  total).  The  address of LaSalle  and ABKB is  200 East Randolph
     Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
    

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     RSI was recently formed.   None of the Company's  executive officers has
received compensation  from or  on behalf of  RSI since  its formation.   The
Company has no employment agreements with  any executive officer and does not
currently contemplate paying a  base salary to any executive officer  that is
also  an executive  officer  of Reckson  for his  services in  such capacity,
although options have  been, and in the  future may be, granted  to executive
officers.   Subsequent to  the commencement of  RSI's operations,  it expects
that  it will pay salaries and other  compensation to such executive officers
when it begins conducting business operations material enough to warrant such
compensation.

     The  following table  provides  certain  information  regarding  options
granted to the  Company's named executive officers.   None of the  options is
exercisable until after the Distribution Effective Date.

   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 POTENTIAL REALIZABLE
                                                                                VALUE AT ASSUMED ANNUAL
                                                                                 RATES OF STOCK PRICE
                         NUMBER OF                                                 APPRECIATION FOR
                          SHARES       % OF TOTAL     EXERCISE                   OPTION/SAR TERM (1)
                        UNDERLYING    OPTIONS/SARs    OR BASE                  -----------------------
                         OPTIONS       GRANTED IN      PRICE      EXPIRATION
         NAME            GRANTED      FISCAL 1998    ($/sh)(2)       DATE          5%          10%
- --------------------    ----------    ------------   ---------    ----------    --------    ----------
<S>                    <C>               <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>
Donald J. Rechler       128,341           21%          1.10        1/10/2008    $ 88,555    $  224,597
                        629,477            --          1.04        3/30/2008     409,160     1,044,932
Scott H. Rechler        128,341           21%          1.10        1/10/2008      88,555       224,597
                        629,477            --          1.04        3/30/2008     409,160     1,044,932
Michael Maturo          105,519           17%          1.10        1/10/2008      72,808       184,658
                        541,476            --          1.04        3/30/2008     351,959       898,850
Roger Rechler            52,392            9%          1.10        1/10/2008      36,150        91,686
                        271,105            --          1.04        3/30/2008     176,218       450,034
Gregg M. Rechler         52,392            9%          1.10        1/10/2008      36,150        91,686
                        271,105            --          1.04        3/30/2008     176,218       450,034
Mitchell D. Rechler      52,392            9%          1.10        1/10/2008      36,150        91,686
                        271,105            --          1.04        3/30/2008     176,218       450,034

</TABLE>
________________
(1)  Potential Realizable Value  is based on the assumed  annual growth rates
     shown over  their 10-year option  term.  For  example, a 5%  growth rate
     compounded annually,  for  Scott H.  Rechler's  grant results  in  stock
     prices of $1.79 per  share and $1.69 per share, respectively,  and a 10%
     growth rate, compounded  annually, results in stock prices  of $2.85 per
     share and  $2.70 per  share, respectively.   These  Potential Realizable
     Values are listed to  comply with the regulations of the Commission, and
     the Company  cannot  predict  whether  these values  will  be  achieved.
     Actual  gains, if any,  on stock option  exercises are  dependent on the
     future performance of the stock.
    

(2)  The exercise or base price per share as  of the date of grant, which the
     Company's board  of directors has determined represents  the fair market
     value as of the date of grant.

RSI STOCK OPTION PLAN

   
     On January  10, 1998, RSI adopted a Stock  Option Plan pursuant to which
grants of options ("Options") to purchase a specified number of shares of RSI
Common Stock  were  made in  order  to provide  incentives to  the  recipient
thereof.   Additional  Options to purchase  shares of  RSI Common  Stock were
granted on March 30, 1998.  Each of the Options granted as of the date hereof
has been granted at an option price equal to the fair market value of the RSI
Common  Stock  at  the  date  of  grant.    The  Options  become  exercisable
immediately subsequent to  January 1,  1999.   Under the  Stock Option  Plan,
grants with  respect to  up to  3,700,376 shares  of RSI  Common Stock  (i.e.
approximately 15% of  the total outstanding shares of  RSI Common Stock after
giving effect to the Rights  Offering) are authorized for issuance  under the
Plan.  Non-employee directors of RSI will receive annual grants of Options to
purchase  500 shares of  RSI Common Stock  (including an initial  grant of an
Option to purchase 1,000  shares of RSI Common Stock upon  appointment of any
non-employee director).   Future grants under the  plan, other than grants to
non-employee  directors, will  be determined  in the  sole discretion  of the
Compensation Committee.  The Stock Option Plan expires on December 31, 2008.
    

     The Compensation  Committee  of  RSI  has  authority  to  determine  the
employees, officers and advisors to  be granted Options, Restricted Stock (as
defined below) and other awards of  RSI Common Stock, to interpret the  Stock
Options  Plan, to  prescribe, amend  and  rescind any  rules and  regulations
necessary or appropriate for  the administration of the Stock Option Plan, to
determine and interpret the details  and provisions of each Option agreement,
to  modify  or  amend  any  Option  agreement  or  waive  any  conditions  or
restrictions applicable to any Option (or the exercise thereof), and  to make
all other   determinations necessary  or advisable for the  administration of
the Stock Option Plan.   With respect to  any provisions of the Stock  Option
Plan granting  the Compensation  Committee the  right to  agree, in  its sole
discretion,  to  further extend  the  term  of  any award,  the  Compensation
Committee may  exercise such  right at the  time of  grant, in  the agreement
relating  to such award, or at any time  or from time to time after the grant
of any  award thereunder.  The discretion of the Compensation Committee under
the  Stock  Option  Plan does  not  extend  to  Options  granted  to  outside
directors.

     The Stock  Option Plan authorizes (i) the  grant of Options that qualify
as incentive stock options  under Section 422 of the Code  ("ISOs"), (ii) the
grant of Options that do not so  qualify ("NQSOs"), (iii) the grant of shares
of RSI Common Stock subject to certain restrictions on transfer and  risks of
forfeiture ("Restricted Stock"),  (iv) the grant of  Options in lieu of  cash
Directors'  fees and  employee bonuses,  and  (v) the  grant of  unrestricted
shares  of RSI Common Stock in lieu of cash compensation.  The exercise price
of Options is determined  by the Compensation Committee, but may  not be less
than 100% of the fair market  value of the shares of RSI Common  Stock on the
date of grant  in the case of ISOs;  provided that, in the case  of grants of
NQSOs granted  in  lieu of  cash Directors'  fees and  employee bonuses,  the
exercise  price may not  be less  than 50%  of the fair  market value  of the
shares of RSI Common Stock on the date of grant.

     Certain Federal Income Tax  Consequences of the Stock Option Plan.   The
following is a brief summary of the principal Federal income tax consequences
of  awards under the  Stock Option Plan.   The summary  is based upon current
Federal income tax laws and interpretations thereof, all of which are subject
to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect.  This summary is not
intended to be  exhaustive and, among other things, does  not describe state,
local or foreign tax consequences.

     A participant is not subject to Federal income tax either at the time of
grant or at  the time of  exercise of  an ISO.   However, upon exercise,  the
difference between the  fair market  value of  the RSI Common  Stock and  the
exercise  price  is  an  item  of  tax preference  subject  to  the  possible
application  of the  alternative  minimum tax.    If a  participant does  not
dispose of  RSI Common Stock  acquired through  the exercise of  an ISO  in a
"disqualifying disposition"  (i.e., no  disposition occurs  within two  years
from the  date of  grant  of the  share option  nor within  one  year of  the
transfer of  the RSI Common Stock  to the participant), then  the participant
will be  taxed only upon the gain,  if any, from the sale  of such RSI Common
Stock,  and such gain  will be  taxable as  gain from the  sale of  a capital
asset.

     RSI will not receive any tax deduction on the exercise of an ISO or,  if
the above holding period requirements are met,  on the sale of the underlying
RSI Common Stock.  If there is a disqualifying disposition (i.e., one of  the
holding period requirements  is not met), the participant  will be treated as
receiving compensation  subject to  ordinary income  tax in the  year of  the
disqualifying  disposition  and RSI  will  be  entitled  to a  deduction  for
compensation expense  in an amount equal to the  amount included in income by
the  participant.  The  participant generally will be  required to include in
income an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the
RSI Common  Stock  at the  time of  exercise  and the  exercise  price.   Any
appreciation in value  after the time  of exercise will  be taxed as  capital
gain and will not result in any deduction by RSI.

     If NQSOs are granted  to a participant, there are no  Federal income tax
consequences  at  the  time of  grant.    Upon  exercise  of  the  NQSO,  the
participant must  report as ordinary income an amount equal to the difference
between the exercise price and  the fair market value of the RSI Common Stock
on the date  of exercise.  RSI will  receive a tax deduction  in like amount.
Any appreciation in value after the time of exercise will be taxed as capital
gain and will not result in any deduction by RSI.

     A participant  who is  awarded unrestricted shares  of RSI  Common Stock
will have compensation income at the  time of grant equal to the  fair market
value of such shares.  The Company will receive a tax deduction in the amount
of the income recognized by the participant.

     A  participant who  is awarded  Restricted Stock  that  is subject  to a
substantial risk of forfeiture (as defined in the  Code) will not be taxed at
the time of the  grant unless the participant makes a  special election under
section 83(b) of the  Code.  Assuming that no such election is made, RSI will
receive no  tax deduction at the  time of the grant.   Upon the lapse  of the
substantial risk  of  forfeiture  associated with  the  Restricted  Stock,  a
participant will recognize  ordinary income equal to the fair market value of
the Restricted Stock  at the time of the  lapse.  At the same  time, RSI will
receive a tax  deduction in  the amount  of ordinary income  recognized by  a
participant.

     If a participant makes an election under section 83(b) of the Code or if
the  Restricted  Stock is  subject to  restrictions  that do  not  comprise a
substantial risk of  forfeiture, he or she will recognize  ordinary income in
an amount equal to the fair market  value of the Restricted Stock at the time
of the grant (determined without regard to any restrictions which may lapse).
RSI will receive  a tax deduction in the  equal amount at the same  time.  No
tax will be  payable by a  participant (and no  additional deduction will  be
taken by RSI) upon lapse of the restrictions.  

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

     Donald  J.  Rechler  will  serve as  Chairman  of  the  Board and  Chief
Executive Officer  of Reckson  and Chairman  of the  Board of  RSI, Scott  H.
Rechler will  serve as the President  and Chief Operating Officer  of Reckson
and  President and Chief  Executive Officer  of RSI  and Michael  Maturo will
serve as Executive  Vice President, Treasurer and Chief  Financial Officer of
Reckson  and RSI.  Although each of them  is committed to the success of RSI,
they  are  also committed  to the  success  of Reckson.    None of  Donald J.
Rechler,  Scott H.  Rechler  or Michael  Maturo is  committed  to spending  a
particular amount  of time on RSI's affairs, nor  will any of them devote his
full time to RSI.   As a result, such officers may spend  more time acting in
their  positions with Reckson,  particularly if Reckson  encounters operating
difficulties  or is  engaged  in significant  transactions.   Donald Rechler,
Roger Rechler, Scott  Rechler, Michael Maturo, Gregg M.  Rechler and Mitchell
D. Rechler are members of the RSI Board  of Directors and will also be either
insiders of RSI or members of the Reckson board of directors.  As noted below
in "--Related Party Transactions," Jon L. Halpern, a director of Reckson, has
an  interest  in certain  entities  in which  RSI  holds an  investment.   In
addition, the RSI Board includes only one member who is unaffiliated with RSI
and Reckson.

     Officers  and directors  of a  corporation owe  fiduciary duties  to the
stockholders of that corporation.  There is a risk that the common membership
of management and members of the Boards of Directors of  RSI and Reckson will
lead to conflicts of interest in the fiduciary duties owed to stockholders by
common directors and officers in connection with transactions between the two
companies.   However, RSI  was formed with  the specific  purpose of entering
into  and  performing  the  Intercompany  Agreement  with  Reckson  Operating
Partnership in an effort to avoid conflicts of interest issues by identifying
at the outset which  types of opportunities will be pursued  by each company.
See "Management--Conflicts of Interest."  

     In respect of  services to be provided to  Reckson Operating Partnership
by the Company, management  will have a  conflict of interest in  determining
the terms  on which  the Company will  provide such  services.   In addition,
management  will  have a  conflict  of  interest  in determining  whether  an
investment opportunity of  RSVP that generates REIT qualifying  income but is
outside of Reckson's core business strategy should be  pursued by the Company
or Reckson.  

                             CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS

   
     As of April  27, 1998,  Donald J.  Rechler, Roger M.  Rechler, Scott  H.
Rechler,  Michael   Maturo,  Mitchell  D.   Rechler  and  Gregg   M.  Rechler
beneficially own approximately  3.59%, 3.54%, 0.81%, 0.18%,  0.85% and 0.81%,
respectively, of Reckson, which interests consist of shares of Reckson Common
Stock and Units (including vested options to acquire shares of Reckson Common
Stock) and will own RSI Common Stock following the Distribution, as set forth
above  under "Management--Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management After the Distribution."
    

ACQUISITION OF ASSETS

     During  1997, RSI  acquired its  indirect  interests in  ACLC and  Dobie
Center from  a Rechler  family entity  for $5.13  million.   Such entity  had
acquired the interests in ACLC and the Dobie Center earlier in 1997 for $5.06
million   in  contemplation  of  transferring  such  interests  to  RSI,  the
difference representing interest carrying costs.

FORMATION AND EQUITY CAPITALIZATION OF RSI; OWNERSHIP OF RSI COMMON STOCK

   
     Due to considerations  relating to the Reckson's status as  a REIT under
Federal tax  laws, RSI was initially formed as  a subsidiary in which Reckson
Operating Partnership owned 95% of the outstanding capital stock  in the form
of non-voting common  stock and Lightpost LLC  owned the remaining 5%  of the
outstanding capital stock  in the form of  common stock.  Donald  J. Rechler,
Scott  H. Rechler,  Michael Maturo,  Roger Rechler,  Mitchell D.  Rechler and
Gregg M. Rechler  own 70% of  the member interests  of Lightpost LLC  and the
other 30%  of the member interests is owned  by members of Reckson management
that are not executive officers or directors of Reckson as well  as a Rechler
family member that  is not a  member of  Reckson management.   The shares  of
capital  stock owned by  Reckson Operating  Partnership and  Reckson officers
were acquired at the same price per share of $1.10.  Immediately prior to the
Distribution,  the  shares  of  non-voting  common  stock  owned  by  Reckson
Operating Partnership were exchanged for RSI Common Stock.  The Holder of the
5%  of the  RSI Common  Stock owned  by Reckson officers  has entered  into a
registration rights agreement with the Company.
    

     The  Company  also  will  obtain  the  Credit  Facilities  from  Reckson
Operating  Partnership which shall  bear interest  at the  rate equal  to the
greater of the prime rate plus 2% and 12% per annum, with such 12% increasing
annually at  a rate of 4%  of the prior  year's rate.  The  Credit Facilities
will be payable on an interest-only basis from net cash flow during its five-
year term.  Advances under the Credit Facilities will be recourse obligations
of RSI.

     Jon  L. Halpern, a director of Reckson, beneficially owned substantially
all of the OnSite business prior to  RSI's acquisition of an interest therein
(and will own beneficially a 25.97% interest in OnSite after giving effect to
its   acquisition  of  the   OnSite  business,  assuming   RSI  converts  its
subordinated  convertible note  into a  58.69% interest),  and owns  a 331/3%
interest  in a joint venture that owns a  70% interest in the Dobie Center, a
331/3% interest in a joint venture that owns a 76.09% interest in ACLC, and a
22.75%  interest in  the Office  Suites Company,  and may participate  in the
operation  of such  entities.   Based upon  its understanding  of the  market
generally  and  discussions  with   third  parties  specifically,  management
believes  that RSI's  participation in  such investments,  or, in  the Office
Suites Company's case, possible participation,  with Mr. Halpern has been the
subject of arm's-length negotiations.

THE INTERCOMPANY AGREEMENT

     The Intercompany  Agreement between  the Company  and Reckson  Operating
Partnership will  set forth  the basis  on  which RSI  and Reckson  Operating
Partnership will allocate business opportunities among them.  See "Business--
The Intercompany Agreement."

STANDBY AGREEMENT

     The  Company and  the Standby  Purchaser have  entered into  the Standby
Agreement pursuant to which the Standby Purchaser has agreed to purchase, and
the Company has agreed  to sell, any and all shares of  RSI Common Stock that
were the subject of Subscription Rights  in the Rights Offering but were  not
subscribed for  (the "Standby Commitment  Shares") on the Expiration  Date at
the Exercise Prices.

     The Company has entered into the Standby Agreement to provide additional
assurance that, the  Company would, with the  sale of the Standby  Commitment
Shares, sell all of the  shares of RSI Common Stock  that are the subject  of
Subscription Rights in  the Rights Offering.  The  Standby Purchaser is owned
by members of management of RSI.

                       DESCRIPTION OF RSI CAPITAL STOCK

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK

   
     RSI's   authorized  capital  stock  consists  of  25,000,000  shares  of
preferred   stock,  par  value  $.01   per  share  (the  "Preferred  Stock"),
100,000,000 shares of RSI Common Stock and 25,000,000 shares of excess stock,
par value $.01  per share.   Immediately following  the Distribution and  the
Rights Offering, approximately 24,668,557 shares  of RSI Common Stock will be
outstanding (subject to  reduction to the extent that  cash payments are made
in lieu of  the issuance of fractional shares  of RSI Common Stock).   All of
the shares of RSI Common Stock that will be outstanding immediately following
the Distribution will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
    

COMMON STOCK

     The holders of RSI  Common Stock will be entitled  to one vote for  each
share  on  all matters  voted  on  by  stockholders, including  elections  of
directors,  and, except  as  otherwise required  by  law or  provided in  any
resolution  adopted by RSI's  Board with respect  to any series  of Preferred
Stock, the holders of such shares will possess all voting power.  The Charter
does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.  Subject
to  any preferential  rights of  any  outstanding series  of Preferred  Stock
created by  the RSI Board from time to time,  the holders of RSI Common Stock
will be  entitled to such dividends as  may be declared from time  to time by
the RSI  Board from funds  available therefor, and  upon liquidation will  be
entitled  to  receive  pro  rata  all assets  of  the  Company  available for
distribution to such holders.

PREFERRED STOCK

     The Charter authorizes the RSI Board to  establish one or more series of
Preferred Stock and  to determine,  with respect to  any series of  Preferred
Stock, the terms and rights of such series, including (i) the  designation of
the  series, (ii) the  number of shares  of the series,  which number the RSI
Board  may thereafter  (except  where otherwise  provided  in the  applicable
certificate of designation) increase or decrease (but not below the number of
shares thereof  then outstanding), (iii)  whether dividends, if any,  will be
cumulative or noncumulative,  and, in the case of shares of any series having
cumulative dividend rights,  the date or dates  or method of determining  the
date or dates  from which dividends  on the  shares of such  series shall  be
cumulative,  (iv) the rate  of any dividends  (or method of  determining such
dividends)  payable to  the  holders  of  the  shares  of  such  series,  any
conditions  upon which such dividends  will be paid and  the date or dates or
the method for determining the date  or dates upon which such dividends  will
be payable, (v) the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares
of the series,  (vi) the terms and  amounts of any sinking  fund provided for
the purchase or redemption of shares of the series, (vii) the amounts payable
on and the preferences,  if any, of shares of the series in  the event of any
voluntary or  involuntary  liquidation,  dissolution or  winding  up  of  the
affairs of RSI, (viii) whether the  shares of the series will be  convertible
or  exchangeable into  shares of  any  other class  or series,  or  any other
security, of RSI or  any other corporation, and, if so,  the specification of
such other class or series or such other security, the conversion or exchange
price or prices or rate or rates, any  adjustments thereof, the date or dates
as of which  such shares will  be convertible or  exchangeable and all  other
terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange may be made, (ix)
restrictions on  the issuance of  shares of the  same series or of  any other
class or series, (x) the voting rights, if any, of the holders  of the shares
of  the  series,  and  (xi)   any  other  relative  rights,  preferences  and
limitations of such series.

     RSI  believes that the  ability of  the RSI Board  to issue one  or more
series of  Preferred Stock  will provide it  with flexibility  in structuring
possible future financings and  acquisitions, and in meeting  other corporate
needs which might arise.  The  authorized shares of Preferred Stock, as  well
as shares of RSI Common Stock, will be available for issuance without further
action by  RSI's stockholders, unless  such action is required  by applicable
law or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which
RSI's  securities  may be  listed  or  traded.    If the  approval  of  RSI's
stockholders is not required for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock or
RSI  Common Stock,  the  RSI  Board may  determine  not  to seek  stockholder
approval.

     Although the RSI Board has no intention at the present time of doing so,
it could issue a series of Preferred Stock that could, depending on the terms
of such series,  impede the  completion of  a merger, tender  offer or  other
takeover attempt.   The RSI Board will  make any determination to  issue such
shares  based on  its  judgment as  to  the  best interests  of  RSI and  its
stockholders.   The RSI  Board,  in so  acting, could  issue Preferred  Stock
having terms  that could discourage  an acquisition attempt through  which an
acquiror may be able to change the composition  of the RSI Board, including a
tender  offer  or other  transaction  that  some,  or  a majority,  of  RSI's
stockholders might  believe to be  in their best  interests or in  which such
stockholders might  receive a premium  for their stock over  the then-current
market price of such stock.

SERIES A JUNIOR PREFERRED STOCK

     The Company has reserved (         ) shares of Series A Junior Preferred
Stock  for  issuance  upon exercise  of  the  Rights.   The  Series  A Junior
Preferred Stock will  not be redeemable  and will rank,  with respect to  the
payment  of dividends  and the  distribution of  assets, junior to  any other
series of any  other classes of Preferred  Stock that may exist from  time to
time.  Generally, each share of Series  A Junior Preferred Stock will entitle
its holder to 100 votes  on all matters submitted to a vote  of the Company's
stockholders.

     Subject  to  the  rights of  holders  of  any shares  of  any  series of
Preferred Stock ranking  prior and superior to the Series  A Junior Preferred
Stock with  respect  to dividends,  holders  of  shares of  Series  A  Junior
Preferred Stock, in preference to holders  of RSI Common Stock and any  other
junior stock, will be entitled  to receive, when, as  and if declared by  the
RSI Board, quarterly  cash dividends,  in an  amount per share  equal to  the
greater of  (i) $1  or (ii) subject  to adjustment as  set forth  herein, 100
times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends and  100 times the
aggregate per  share amount (payable  in kind) of  all non-cash  dividends or
other distributions (other than  dividends payable in  RSI Common Stock or  a
subdivision of  outstanding shares of RSI  Common Stock) declared  on the RSI
Common Stock since the immediately preceding quarterly dividend payment date,
or since the first issuance of any share of Series  A Junior Preferred Stock,
in the case of the first  quarterly dividend payment date.  In the  event the
Board declares or pays  a dividend on the RSI Common  Stock payable in shares
of RSI Common  Stock or subdivides, combines or  consolidates the outstanding
shares of RSI Common  Stock into a greater or lesser number  of shares of RSI
Common Stock, the amount  of in-kind dividend payable to holders  of Series A
Junior Preferred Stock will be adjusted for such dividend on, or subdivision,
combination or  consolidation of, shares  of RSI Common Stock.   Dividends on
the Series  A Junior Preferred  Stock generally will be  declared immediately
following  a dividend  declaration  on  the RSI  Common  Stock, and  will  be
cumulative.  Accrued but unpaid dividends will not bear interest.

     During such times as dividends payable on the  Series A Junior Preferred
Stock are in arrears, and until such  arrearages have been paid in full,  RSI
will  be prohibited from (i)  declaring or paying  dividends, or making other
distributions on any  shares of stock ranking  junior to the Series  A Junior
Preferred  Stock,  (ii)  declaring  or  paying  dividends,  or  making  other
distributions on any shares  of stock ranking on  a parity with the Series  A
Junior Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the  Series A Junior
Preferred Stock and  all such parity stock,  in proportion to the  amounts to
which holders  of all  such  shares are  then  entitled, (iii)  redeeming  or
otherwise acquiring for value any stock ranking junior to the Series A Junior
Preferred  Stock, and  (iv) redeeming  or otherwise  acquiring for  value any
shares of Series A Junior Preferred Stock, or  any shares of stock ranking on
a parity with  the Series A Junior Preferred Stock, except in accordance with
a purchase offer  made under certain limited circumstances.   Redemptions and
other acquisitions of stock ranking junior  to the Series A Junior  Preferred
Stock will  be permissible if  such redemptions  or acquisitions are  made in
exchange for shares of any stock of RSI ranking junior to the Series A Junior
Preferred Stock. 

     In the event  of any liquidation, dissolution  or winding up of  RSI, no
distribution will be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior to
the Series  A Junior  Preferred Stock  unless and  until the  holders of  the
Series A Junior Preferred Stock have received $100 per share, plus  an amount
equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon.   Holders of
Series  A Junior  Preferred Stock  will be entitled  to receive  an aggregate
amount per share  equal to 100 times  the aggregate amount to  be distributed
per share to  holders of RSI Common Stock.  Further,  no distribution will be
made to  the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A
Junior Preferred  Stock, except  distributions made ratably  on the  Series A
Junior Preferred Stock and all such parity  stock in proportion to the totals
to  which the  holders are  entitled  upon such  liquidation, dissolution  or
winding up.  In  the event the Board declares  or pays a dividend payable  in
shares  of RSI  Common  Stock  or subdivides,  combines  or consolidates  the
outstanding shares  of RSI Common  Stock into a  greater or lesser  number of
shares  of RSI  Common  Stock,  the amount  of  the liquidating  distribution
payable to holders  of Series A Junior  Preferred Stock will be  adjusted for
such dividend on, or subdivision,  combination or consolidation of, shares of
RSI Common Stock.

     In the  event RSI  enters into a  consolidation, merger,  combination or
other transaction pursuant to which shares of RSI Common Stock are  exchanged
for or changed into  other stock or securities, cash or  other property, each
share  of Series  A Junior  Preferred Stock  must be  similarly  exchanged or
changed into an amount  per share equal to 100 times  the aggregate amount of
stock, securities, cash or other property (payable in kind) into which or for
which  each share of RSI Common Stock is  changed or exchanged.  In the event
the Board declares or pays a  dividend payable in shares of RSI  Common Stock
or subdivides, combines or consolidates  the outstanding shares of RSI Common
Stock into  a greater  or lesser number  of shares of  RSI Common  Stock, the
amount payable to holders of Series A Junior Preferred Stock in  respect of a
consolidation, merger, combination or other such transaction will be adjusted
for such dividend on, or subdivision, combination or consolidation of, shares
of RSI Common Stock.

RESTRICTION ON OWNERSHIP OF RSI CAPITAL STOCK

     In  order for  Reckson to  qualify as  a REIT  under the  Code, it  must
satisfy a variety of requirements, including annual tests with respect to the
nature  of its  gross income.   Substantially  all of Reckson's  gross income
meets these requirements by qualifying  as "rentals from real property" under
Section 856(d)  of the Code.   Under this  provision, however, a  REIT's real
property rentals can be disqualified if the rent is received by the REIT from
a related  party or  if noncustomary services  are performed  for the  tenant
other than by  an independent contractor.  The characterization of a party as
a related-party tenant or as an independent contractor depends, in part, upon
the percentage of  stock, assets  or net profits  of such  party that may  be
owned by  the REIT  or by shareholders  of the REIT.   Such ownership  may be
direct or  may be indirect under certain  attribution rules prescribed by the
Code.   Immediately  after  the  Distribution, there  will  be a  substantial
identity of ownership between stockholders of Reckson and stockholders of the
Company.  It cannot be predicted how  long or to what degree such identity of
ownership may  continue.   In order  to protect  Reckson from  the risk  that
rental income that it will earn  from the Company or its affiliates  and from
tenants  with respect  to which  the  Company or  its affiliates  may provide
Commercial Services will not be  disqualified as rent from real  property for
REIT qualification purposes,  the ownership  by any person  or entity of  RSI
Common Stock is limited to 9.9% of the aggregate number or value of shares of
RSI stock.

EXCESS STOCK

     The Articles of  Incorporation provide that the Company may  issue up to
75 million shares of excess stock, par value $.01 per share ("Excess Stock").
For a description of Excess Stock, see "--Restrictions on Ownership" below.

RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP

     In  order to  protect Reckson  against the  risk of  failing to  satisfy
certain  tax  laws applicable  to  REITs,  the  Certificate of  Incorporation
provides that no stockholder may  own, or be deemed to  own by virtue of  the
attribution provisions of the Code, more than 9.9% (the "Ownership Limit") of
the aggregate number or value of  the Company's outstanding shares of  Common
Stock, provided that in no event will a stockholder be limited in the  amount
of RSI Common  Stock acquired  in connection  with the  Rights Offering,  the
Standby Agreement and awards or exercises of employee stock options.   In the
event  the  Company  issues  Preferred  Stock, it  may,  in  the  Designating
Amendment, determine a limit  on the ownership of such stock.   Any direct or
indirect  ownership of shares  of stock in  excess of the  Ownership Limit or
that would result in  common ownership among 10% holders of  RSI Common Stock
and Reckson Common Stock, shall be null and void, and the intended transferee
will acquire  no  rights to  the  shares of  capital  stock.   The  foregoing
restrictions  on  transferability and  ownership  will not  apply  if Reckson
determines that it is no longer in its best interests to  attempt to qualify,
or to continue to qualify,  as a REIT.  Under  the terms of the  Intercompany
Agreement,  the  RSI Board  of Directors  will  have the  right to  waive the
Ownership  Limit only  if  permission to  do  so is  granted  by Reckson,  in
Reckson's sole discretion,  and the RSI Board of  Directors otherwise decides
that such action is in the best interest of the Company.

     Shares of capital stock owned, or deemed to be owned, or  transferred to
a  stockholder  in  excess  of  the Ownership  Limit  will  automatically  be
converted into shares of Excess Stock that will be transferred,  by operation
of law, to  the trustee of a trust  for the exclusive benefit of  one or more
charitable organizations described in Section 170(b)(1)(A)  and 170(c) of the
Code (the "Charitable Beneficiary").  The trustee of the trust will be deemed
to own the Excess Stock for the benefit of the Charitable  Beneficiary on the
date of the  violative transfer to the original  transferee-stockholder.  Any
dividend  or  distribution  paid to  the  original  transferee-stockholder of
Excess  Stock prior to  the discovery by  the Company that  capital stock has
been transferred in violation of  the provisions of the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation shall be repaid to the trustee upon demand.  Any dividend or
distribution authorized and declared but unpaid shall be rescinded as void ab
initio with respect to the original  transferee-stockholder and shall instead
be  paid to  the trustee  of  the trust  for the  benefit  of the  Charitable
Beneficiary.  Any  vote cast by an original  transferee-stockholder of shares
of capital  stock constituting  Excess Stock  prior to  the discovery  by the
Company that shares  of capital stock have  been transferred in violation  of
the  Company's Certificate  of Incorporation  shall be  rescinded as  void ab
initio.  While  the Excess Stock is  held in trust, the  original transferee-
stockholder will be  deemed to have given an irrevocable proxy to the trustee
to vote the capital stock for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary.  The
trustee of the trust may transfer the  interest in the trust representing the
Excess Stock  to any person  whose ownership of  the shares of  capital stock
converted  into such  Excess Stock  would  be permitted  under the  Ownership
Limit.  If such transfer is made,  the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary
shall terminate and the proceeds of the sale shall be payable to the original
transferee-stockholder and to the Charitable Beneficiary as described herein.
The original transferee-stockholder shall receive the lesser of (i) the price
paid by the  original transferee-stockholder for the shares  of capital stock
that  were  converted into  Excess  Stock  or,  if the  original  transferee-
stockholder did not give value for such  shares (e.g., the stock was received
through  a gift, devise or other transaction),  the average closing price for
the class of  shares from which such  shares of capital stock  were converted
for the ten  trading days immediately preceding  such sale or gift,  and (ii)
the price received  by the trustee from the sale or  other disposition of the
Excess Stock held in trust.  The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the
original  transferee-stockholder by the amount of dividends and distributions
relating to the shares of Excess Stock  which have been paid to the  original
transferee-stockholder and are owed by the original transferee-stockholder to
the trustee.   Any proceeds in excess  of the amount payable  to the Original
transferee-stockholder  shall be  paid  by  the  trustee  to  the  Charitable
Beneficiary.  Any liquidation distributions relating to Excess Stock shall be
distributed in the same manner as proceeds of a sale of Excess Stock.  If the
foregoing  transfer restrictions  are determined  to  be void  or invalid  by
virtue of any legal decision, statute, rule or regulations, then the original
transferee-stockholder of any  shares of Excess  Stock may be deemed,  at the
option of  the Company, to have acted as an agent on behalf of the Company in
acquiring the shares of Excess  Stock and to hold the shares  of Excess Stock
on behalf of the Company.

     In  addition, the Company will have  the right, for a  period of 90 days
during the time any shares of Excess Stock are held in trust, to purchase all
or any portion of the shares  of Excess Stock at the lesser of  (i) the price
initially paid for such shares  by the original transferee-stockholder, or if
the original transferee-stockholder did not give value for such shares (e.g.,
the  shares were received  through a gift, devise  or other transaction), the
average closing price for the class of stock from which such shares of Excess
Stock were converted for the ten trading days immediately preceding such sale
or gift, and (ii) the average closing price for the class of stock from which
such  shares  of  Excess  Stock  were converted  for  the  ten  trading  days
immediately preceding  the date the  Company elects to purchase  such shares.
The  Company  may reduce  the  amount  payable  to the  original  transferee-
stockholder  by the  amount of  dividends and  distributions relating  to the
shares  of Excess  Stock which  have been  paid  to the  original transferee-
stockholder  and are  owned  by the  original  transferee-stockholder to  the
trustee.  The  Company may pay the  amount of such reductions  to the trustee
for the benefit of  the Charitable Beneficiary.  The 90-day  period begins on
the  later date of which notice is  received of the violative transfer if the
original transferee-stockholder gives  notice to the Company  of the transfer
or, if  no  such  notice is  given,  the  date  the RSI  Board  of  Directors
determines that a violative transfer has been made.

     All certificates representing shares of capital stock will bear a legend
referring to the restrictions described above.

     Each  stockholder shall,  upon demand  by  the Company,  be required  to
disclose  to the  Company  in writing  any information  with  respect to  the
direct, indirect and  constructive ownership of capital stock  of the Company
as Reckson deems  necessary for Reckson to  comply with the provision  of the
Code applicable to REITs.

     The  Company  is required  to  maintain  in  its charter  the  foregoing
Ownership Limit,  Excess Stock  and stock  ownership disclosure  requirements
under the terms of the Intercompany Agreement.

     The  Ownership Limit  may  have  the effect  of  delaying, deferring  or
preventing a change in control of the Company.

                       CERTAIN ANTITAKEOVER PROVISIONS

STAGGERED BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     The Charter and  the Bylaws provide that  the RSI Board will  be divided
into  three classes  of  directors,  each  class  constituting  approximately
one-third  of  the  total  number  of directors,  with  the  classes  serving
staggered three-year  terms.  The classification  of the RSI  Board will have
the  effect  of  making it  more  difficult  for stockholders  to  change the
composition of the RSI Board, because only a minority of the directors are up
for  election,  and  the  RSI Board  may  not  be  replaced  by vote  of  the
stockholders, at any  one time.  RSI believes, however, that the longer terms
associated with the classified  RSI Board will help to  ensure continuity and
stability of the Company's management and policies.

     The classification provisions also could have the effect of discouraging
a  third  party  from accumulating  a  large  block of  RSI  Common  Stock or
attempting to  obtain control of  RSI, even though  such an attempt  might be
beneficial  to the  Company and  some, or  a  majority, of  its stockholders.
Accordingly,  under certain circumstances  stockholders could be  deprived of
opportunities to sell their shares of RSI Common Stock at a higher price than
might otherwise be available.

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS; REMOVAL; FILLING VACANCIES

     The Charter provides that, subject to any rights of holders of Preferred
Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances ("Preferred
Holders' Rights"), the number of directors will be fixed by  the Bylaws.  The
Bylaws provide that, subject to any Preferred Holders' Rights, the number  of
directors will  be fixed by the RSI  Board, but must not be  more than 25 nor
less  than three.   In  addition,  the Bylaws  provide that,  subject  to any
Preferred Holders' Rights, and unless the RSI Board otherwise determines, any
vacancies (other than vacancies created by an increase in the total number of
directors)  will be  filled by  the  affirmative vote  of a  majority  of the
remaining  directors, though less than a quorum, and any vacancies created by
an increase in the total number of  directors may be filled by a majority  of
the entire RSI  Board.  Accordingly, the RSI Board  could temporarily prevent
any  stockholder  from enlarging  the  RSI  Board and  then  filling  the new
directorships with such stockholder's own nominees.

     The  Charter and  the  Bylaws  provide that,  subject  to any  Preferred
Holders' Rights, directors may be removed only for cause upon the affirmative
vote  of holders  of  at least  80% of  the entire  voting  power of  all the
then-outstanding shares of  stock entitled to vote generally  in the election
of directors, voting together as a single class.

NO STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT; SPECIAL MEETINGS

     The Charter and Bylaws provide that any  action required or permitted to
be taken by the stockholders of RSI must be effected  at a duly called annual
or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent  in
writing by such holders.  Except as otherwise required by law and subject  to
the  rights  of  the holders  of  any  Preferred Stock,  special  meetings of
stockholders of  RSI for any  purpose or purposes  may be called only  by the
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, President or the RSI Board  pursuant to
a resolution stating the purpose or purposes thereof.  No business other than
that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any special meeting.   These
provisions may  have the  effect of delaying  consideration of  a stockholder
proposal until the next annual meeting unless  a special meeting is called by
the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman, President or the RSI Board.

ADVANCE  NOTICE  PROVISIONS  FOR  STOCKHOLDER  NOMINATIONS   AND  STOCKHOLDER
PROPOSALS

     The Bylaws establish  an advance  notice procedure  for stockholders  to
make nominations of  candidates for directors or bring  other business before
an   annual  meeting  of   stockholders  of  RSI   (the  "Stockholder  Notice
Procedure").

     The Stockholder Notice Procedure provides  that (i) only persons who are
nominated by, or at the direction of, the RSI Board,  or by a stockholder who
has  given timely  written  notice containing  specified  information to  the
Secretary of RSI prior  to the meeting at which directors are  to be elected,
will be  eligible for  election as  directors of  RSI and  (ii) at  an annual
meeting, only such business may be  conducted as has been brought before  the
meeting by,  or at the  direction of the  Chairman or the  RSI Board or  by a
stockholder who has  given timely written notice  to the Secretary of  RSI of
such stockholder's intention to bring such business before such meeting.   In
general, for  notice of  stockholder nominations or  proposed business  to be
conducted at an annual meeting  to be timely, such notice must be received by
the Company  not less than 70 days  nor more than 90 days  prior to the first
anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting.

     The purpose of requiring stockholders to give the Company advance notice
of  nominations and other  business is to  afford the RSI  Board a meaningful
opportunity to  consider the qualifications  of the proposed nominees  or the
advisability  of  the other  proposed  business  and,  to the  extent  deemed
necessary  or desirable by  the RSI  Board, to  inform stockholders  and make
recommendations  about such  nominees or business,  as well  as to  ensure an
orderly  procedure for  conducting meetings  of stockholders.   Although  the
Bylaws do  not give the RSI Board power  to block stockholder nominations for
the election of directors or proposal for action, they may have the effect of
discouraging a  stockholder from proposing nominees or business, precluding a
contest for  the election  of directors or  the consideration  of stockholder
proposals if procedural requirements are not met, and deterring third parties
from soliciting proxies for a  non-management slate of directors or proposal,
without regard to the merits of such slate or proposal.

RELEVANT FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE RSI BOARD

     The  Charter,  which provides  that one  of  the purposes  of RSI  is to
perform the Intercompany Agreement,  also provides that, in determining  what
is  in the  best  interest of  RSI in  evaluating  a "business  combination,"
"change in control"  or other transaction, a  director of RSI shall  consider
all of  the  relevant  factors,  which may  include  (i)  the  immediate  and
long-term  effects  of  the  transaction  on  RSI's  stockholders,  including
stockholders,  if any,  who do not  participate in the  transaction; (ii) the
social and  economic effects of  the transaction on the  Company's employees,
suppliers, creditors and customers and others dealing with the Company and on
the communities in which the  Company operates and is located; (iii)  whether
the transaction is acceptable, based  on the historical and current operating
results and financial condition of the Company; (iv) whether a more favorable
price would be  obtained for the Company's  stock or other securities  in the
future;  (v) the  reputation and  business practices  of the  other party  or
parties to  the proposed transaction,  including its or their  management and
affiliates, as  they would affect  employees of the Company;  (vi) the future
value  of the  Company's securities;  (vii)  any legal  or regulatory  issues
raised by the transactions; (viii)  the effect on the Intercompany Agreement;
and  (ix) the business and financial condition  and earnings prospects of the
other  party  or  parties to  the  proposed  transactions  including, without
limitation,  debt service and other existing financial obligations, financial
obligations  to be  incurred in  connection  with the  transaction and  other
foreseeable financial obligations  of such other party or  parties.  Pursuant
to this provision,  the RSI Board may consider subjective factors affecting a
proposal, including certain  nonfinancial matters, and on the  basis of these
considerations, may oppose a business combination or other transaction which,
evaluated only in terms of its financial merits, might be attractive to some,
or a majority, of the Company's stockholders.

AMENDMENT

     The  Charter provides that  the affirmative  vote of  the holders  of at
least  80%  of  the stock  entitled  to  vote generally  in  the  election of
directors  (the  "Voting Stock"),  voting  together  as  a single  class,  is
required to  amend provisions of  the Charter relating to  stockholder action
without a meeting; the calling of  special meetings; the number, election and
term of the Company's directors; the filling  of vacancies and the removal of
directors.   The Charter further  provides that the related  Bylaws described
above (including the Stockholder Notice Procedure) may be amended only by the
RSI Board  or by the affirmative vote  of the holders of at  least 80% of the
voting power of  the outstanding shares of Voting Stock, voting together as a
single class.   In all cases, amendments  to the charter and  by-laws require
that the RSI Board determines that the proposed amendment is advisable.

PREFERRED RIGHTS PLAN

     The  RSI Board will adopt the  Preferred Rights Plan on  or prior to the
Distribution Effective Date.  Pursuant to the  Preferred Rights Plan, the RSI
Board will  cause to  be issued  one Preferred  Right for  each share  of RSI
Common Stock outstanding on the  Distribution Effective Date.  Each Preferred
Right will  entitle the  registered  holder to  purchase  from RSI  one  one-
hundredth of a  share of Series A  Junior Participating Preferred Stock  at a
price of $__ (the "Purchase Price"),  subject to adjustment.  The description
and terms  of the Preferred  Rights will be set  forth in a  Preferred Rights
Agreement (the "Preferred  Rights Agreement"), between RSI and the designated
Preferred Rights Agent  (the "Preferred Rights Agent").   The description set
forth below is intended as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the form  of the Preferred Rights Agreement filed  as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement.  See "Available Information."

     Until  the  earlier  to  occur  of  (i)  10  days  following  a   public
announcement that a person or  group of affiliated or associated  persons (an
"Acquiring  Person") has acquired beneficial ownership of  __% or more of the
outstanding shares of  RSI Common  Stock or  (ii) 10 business  days (or  such
later date as may be determined by action of the RSI Board prior to such time
as any person becomes an Acquiring Person) following the commencement  of, or
announcement of an  intention to make, a  tender offer or exchange  offer the
consummation of which would result in the beneficial ownership by a person or
group of __%  or more of  such outstanding  shares of RSI  Common Stock  (the
earlier  of  such  dates  being  called the  "Preferred  Rights  Distribution
Effective Date"), the Preferred Rights  will be evidenced by the certificates
representing the RSI Common Stock.

     The Preferred  Rights Agreement will  provide that, until  the Preferred
Rights  Distribution Effective Date  (or earlier redemption  or expiration of
the Rights), the Preferred Rights will be  transferred with and only with the
RSI Common Stock.  Until the Preferred Rights Distribution Effective Date (or
earlier redemption  or expiration  of the Preferred  Rights), the  RSI Common
Stock certificates will contain a notation incorporating the Preferred Rights
Agreement  by reference.   As  soon  as practicable  following the  Preferred
Rights  Distribution Effective  Date,  separate  certificates evidencing  the
Rights ("Preferred Right  Certificates") will be mailed to  holders of record
of the RSI Common  Stock as of the close of business  on the Preferred Rights
Distribution  Effective Date and  such separate Preferred  Right Certificates
alone will evidence the Preferred Rights.

     The Preferred Rights will not  be exercisable until the Preferred Rights
Distribution Effective  Date.  The Preferred Rights  will expire on the tenth
anniversary  of the  Record Date  (the "Final  Expiration Date"),  unless the
Final Expiration Date  is extended or unless the Preferred Rights are earlier
redeemed or exchanged by RSI, in each case, as summarized below.

     In  the event  that  any person  or  group of  affiliated or  associated
persons becomes an  Acquiring Person, proper provision shall  be made so that
each holder  of a Preferred  Right, other than Preferred  Rights beneficially
owned  by  the  Acquiring  Person  (which  will  thereafter  be  void),  will
thereafter have the right  to receive upon exercise that number  of shares of
RSI Common Stock having a market value of two times the exercise price of the
Preferred Right.   In the event  that RSI  is acquired in  a merger or  other
business combination transaction or 50% or more of its consolidated assets or
earning power are  sold after a person  or group of affiliated  or associated
persons becomes  an Acquiring Person, proper  provision will be made  so that
each holder of a  Preferred Right will thereafter have the  right to receive,
upon the exercise  thereof at the then  current exercise price of  the Right,
that number of shares  of common stock of the acquiring company  which at the
time of such transaction  will have a market value of  two times the exercise
price of the Right.

     At any time after the acquisition by a  person or group of affiliated or
associated persons of beneficial ownership of __% or more of  the outstanding
RSI Common Stock, and prior to the acquisition by such person or group of 50%
or more  of the outstanding RSI Common Stock,  the RSI Board may exchange the
Preferred Rights (other  than Preferred Rights owned by such  person or group
which have  become void), in whole  or in part,  at an exchange ratio  of one
share of RSI Common Stock, or one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior
Preferred Stock  (or a  share of a  class or  series of  the Preferred  Stock
having equivalent  rights, preference and  privileges) per Right  (subject to
adjustment).

     At any time prior to the acquisition  by a person or group of affiliated
or  associated  persons  of  beneficial  ownership  of  10%  or  more of  the
outstanding  shares  of  RSI Common  Stock,  the  RSI  Board may  redeem  the
Preferred Rights in whole,  but not in part,  at the Redemption Price  of $__
per Preferred Right.   The  redemption of  the Preferred Rights  may be  made
effective at  such time on  such basis and  with such  conditions as the  RSI
Board in its sole discretion may establish.  Immediately  upon any redemption
of the Preferred Rights,  the right to exercise the Preferred  Rights will be
terminated and the only  right of the holders of Preferred  Rights will be to
receive the Redemption Price.

     The terms  of  the Preferred  Rights may  be amended  by  the RSI  Board
without  the  consent of  the  holders  of  the Preferred  Rights;  provided,
however, that from and  after such time as any person  or group of affiliated
or  associated persons  becomes an  Acquiring Person,  no such  amendment may
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Preferred Rights.

     Until a Preferred Right is exercised, the holder thereof,  as such, will
have no rights  as a stockholder of RSI,  including, without limitations, the
right to vote or to receive dividends.

     The number  of outstanding Preferred Rights  and the number of  one one-
hundredths of  a  share of  Series  A Junior  Preferred Stock  issuable  upon
exercise of each  Preferred Right also will  be subject to adjustment  in the
event of a  stock split of the RSI  Common Stock, or a stock  dividend on the
RSI Common Stock payable in  RSI Common Stock or subdivisions, consolidations
or combinations or the RSI Common Stock occurring, in any such case, prior to
the Preferred Rights Distribution Effective Date.

     The Purchase Price  payable, and the number of shares of Series A Junior
Preferred Stock  or other securities  or property issuable, upon  exercise of
the Preferred  Rights will  be subject  to adjustment  from time  to time  to
prevent dilution (i) in the event or  a stock dividend on, or a  subdivision,
combination or reclassification  of, the shares of Series  A Junior Preferred
Stock; (ii) upon the grant to holders  of shares of Series A Junior Preferred
Stock of certain  rights or warrants to  subscribe for or purchase  shares of
Series A Junior  Preferred Stock at a  price, or securities  convertible into
shares of Series A Junior Preferred Stock  with a conversion price, less than
the then-current market  price of  shares of  the Series  A Junior  Preferred
Stock; or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of shares of Series A Junior
Preferred  Stock of  evidences of indebtedness  or assets  (excluding regular
periodic  cash  dividends  paid  out  of earnings  or  retained  earnings  or
dividends  payable  in  shares of  Series  A  Junior Preferred  Stock)  or of
subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).

     With certain  exceptions, no  adjustment in the  Purchase Price  will be
required until cumulative  adjustments require an adjustment of  at least one
percent  in such  Purchase Price.   No fractional  shares of Series  A Junior
Preferred  Stock will  be issued  (other  than fractions  which are  integral
multiples of one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Preferred Stock,
which  may, at  the  election of  the  Company,  be evidenced  by  depositary
receipts) and, in lieu  thereof, an adjustment in cash will be  made based on
the market price of the shares of Series A Junior Preferred Stock on the last
trading day prior to the date of exercise.

     Shares of Series  A Junior Preferred Stock purchasable  upon exercise of
the Rights will  not be redeemable.  Each share of  Series A Junior Preferred
Stock will be  entitled to a minimum preferential  quarterly dividend payment
of $__ per share  but will be entitled to an aggregate  dividend of ___ times
the  dividend declared  per  share of  RSI Common  Stock.   In  the  event of
liquidation, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock will be entitled to
a  minimum preferential  liquidation  payment of  $__ per  share but  will be
entitled to an  aggregate payment of ___times  the payment made per  share of
RSI Common Stock.   Each share of Series  A Junior Preferred Stock will  have
___ votes voting together with the  RSI Common Stock.  Finally, in  the event
of any  merger, consolidation  or other  transaction in  which shares  of RSI
Common  Stock are exchanged,  each share of  Series A  Junior Preferred Stock
will be  entitled to receive ___ times  the amount received per  share of RSI
Common  Stock.    These  rights  are  protected  by  customary  anti-dilution
provisions.

     Due to  the nature of  the shares of  Series A Junior  Preferred Stock's
dividend, liquidation and  voting rights, the value of  the one one-hundredth
interest  in a  share of  Series  A Junior  Preferred Stock  purchasable upon
exercise of  each Right  should approximate  the value  of one  share of  RSI
Common Stock.

     The Preferred Rights  have certain antitakeover effects.   The Preferred
Rights will  cause substantial dilution to a person  or group of persons that
attempts  to acquire  RSI  on terms  not  approved  by the  RSI  Board.   The
Preferred  Rights should  not interfere  with  any merger  or other  business
combination approved by  the RSI Board  prior to  the time that  a person  or
group has acquired  beneficial ownership  of 10%  or more of  the RSI  Common
Stock since  the Preferred Rights  may be redeemed  by RSI at  the Redemption
Price until such time.

     The Preferred Rights Plan contains certain provisions to exclude RSI and
its affiliates from the operative provisions thereof.

DELAWARE BUSINESS COMBINATION STATUTE

     Section 203  of the  DGCL provides that,  subject to  certain exceptions
specified  therein, an  "interested stockholder"  of  a Delaware  corporation
shall  not  engage   in  any  business  combination,  including   mergers  or
consolidations or acquisitions  of additional shares of the corporation, with
the  corporation  for  a  three-year  period following  the  date  that  such
stockholder becomes an interested stockholder  unless (i) prior to such date,
the  board of  directors  of  the corporation  approved  either the  business
combination or the transaction which  resulted in the stockholder becoming an
"interested stockholder,"  the interested stockholder  owned at least  85% of
the voting  stock of the corporation outstanding  at the time the transaction
commenced (excluding certain shares), or (iii) on or subsequent to such date,
the  business  combination is  approved  by  the board  of  directors of  the
corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders by
the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the outstanding voting stock which
is not owned by the interested stockholder.  Except as otherwise specified in
Section 203, an  interested stockholder is defined to  include (x) any person
that is  the owner  of 15%  or more of  the outstanding  voting stock  of the
corporation, or  is an affiliate or associate of  the corporation and was the
owner of 15% or  more of the outstanding voting  stock of the corporation  at
any  time within three  years immediately prior to  the date of determination
and (y) the affiliates and associates of any such person.

     Under certain circumstances,  Section 203 makes it more  difficult for a
person  who would  be an  interested stockholder  to effect  various business
combinations with a corporation for a three-year period.  RSI has not elected
to be exempt from the restrictions  imposed under Section 203.  However,  the
Charter  excludes  Reckson   and  its  affiliates  from   the  definition  of
"interested  stockholder"  pursuant  to  the  terms  of  Section  203.    The
provisions of Section  203 may encourage persons interested  in acquiring RSI
to negotiate  in advance with the  RSI Board, since the  stockholder approval
requirement would be  avoided if a majority  of the directors then  in office
approves either the business combination  or the transaction which results in
any such person becoming an interested stockholder.  Such provisions also may
have  the effect  of preventing  changes in  the management  of RSI.    It is
possible  that such  provisions could  make it  more difficult  to accomplish
transactions which  the Company's  stockholders may otherwise  deem to  be in
their best interests.

CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITIONS

     The Charter provides that the holder of "control shares" of RSI acquired
in  a control share  acquisition have no  voting rights with  respect to such
control  shares except to the extent approved by  a vote of two-thirds of the
votes  entitled to  be cast  by stockholders, excluding  shares owned  by the
acquiror,  officers of  RSI and  employees  of RSI  who  are also  directors.
"Control  shares" are  shares  which,  if aggregated  with  all other  shares
previously acquired which the  person is entitled to vote, would  entitle the
acquiror to vote (i) 20% or more  but less than one-third, (ii) one-third  or
more but less than a majority, or (iii) a majority of the outstanding shares.
Control shares do not include shares that the acquiring person is entitled to
vote  on  the  basis  of  prior  stockholder  approval.    A  "control  share
acquisition"  means  the acquisition  of  control shares  subject  to certain
exceptions.

     The Charter provides  that a person who  has made or proposed  to make a
control  share acquisition  and  who  has  obtained  a  definitive  financing
agreement with a  responsible financial institution providing  for any amount
of financing not to  be provided by the  acquiring person may compel  the RSI
Board to call a special meeting of stockholders  to be held within 50 days of
demand to consider the voting rights of the holder in respect of such control
shares.   If no request for a meeting is made, the Charter permits RSI itself
to present the question at any stockholders' meeting.

     Pursuant  to  the  Charter,  if voting  rights  are  not  approved  at a
stockholders'  meeting  or  if  the  acquiring person  does  not  deliver  an
acquiring  person's statement, which would disclose certain information about
the particular control  share acquisition, as required by  the Charter, then,
subject to certain  conditions and limitations set forth in  the Charter, RSI
may redeem  any or all of the  control shares, except those  for which voting
rights  have  previously been  approved,  for  "fair  value." Fair  value  is
determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights, as of the date of
the last control share acquisition or of any meeting of stockholders at which
the  voting  rights of  the  holder in  respect  of such  control  shares are
considered and not  approved, and means, for purposes of  the redemption, the
highest closing sale price during the 30-day period  immediately prior to and
including the date in  question, of a share of such stock  on the exchange on
which  the shares are  listed or, if  not so listed,  the highest closing bid
quotation during such  30-day period or, if no such quotations are available,
the fair market value  as determined by the RSI Board.  Under the Charter, if
voting rights of the holder in respect of such control shares are approved at
a stockholders'  meeting and, as a result, the  acquiror would be entitled to
vote a majority  of the shares  entitled to vote,  then the Charter shall  be
amended to  so state,  and all  other stockholders  will have  the rights  of
dissenting  stockholders under the DGCL.  The  Charter provides that the fair
value of  the shares for  purposes of such  appraisal rights may  not be less
than  the highest price per  share paid by the  acquiror in the control share
acquisition,  and  that certain  limitations  and  restrictions  of the  DGCL
otherwise applicable to the exercise of dissenters' rights do not apply.

     The control share  acquisition provisions do not apply to  the holder in
respect  of control  shares  acquired  in a  merger,  consolidation or  share
exchange  if RSI is  a party  to the  transaction, or  if the  acquisition is
approved  or excepted  by the  Charter  or Bylaws  prior to  a  control share
acquisition.  The  control share provisions  in the Charter  do not apply  to
Reckson and its affiliates.

LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS; INDEMNIFICATION

     The Charter  provides that  a director  of  RSI will  not be  personally
liable  to  RSI  or  its  stockholders for  monetary  damages  for  breach of
fiduciary duty  as a director,  except, if required  by the DGCL,  as amended
from time to time, for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to RSI  or its stockholders, (ii)  for acts or omissions  not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of  law,
(iii) under  Section 174  of the  DGCL, which concerns  unlawful payments  of
dividends, stock purchases  or redemptions, or (iv) for  any transaction from
which  the  director derived  an  improper  personal  benefit.   Neither  the
amendment nor repeal of such provision will eliminate or reduce the effect of
such provision in  respect of any matter  occurring, or any cause  of action,
suit or claim  that, but for such  provision, would accrue or arise  prior to
such amendment or repeal.

     While  the Charter  provides directors  with protection from  awards for
monetary damages for  breaches of their duty  of care, it does  not eliminate
such duty.  Accordingly, the Charter will  have no effect on the availability
of  equitable  remedies  such  as an  injunction  or  rescission  based on  a
director's breach of his or her duty of care.

     The Charter provides  that each person who  was threatened to be  made a
party  to  or  is  involved  in  any  proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or a
person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or  was a director
or  officer of RSI or is or was serving  at the request of RSI as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation  or of a partnership, joint
venture,  trust  or  other  enterprise,  including  service  with respect  to
employee  benefit plan, whether  the basis of  such proceeding in  an alleged
action in an official  capacity as a director, officer, employee  or agent or
in  any other  capacity while  serving as  a director,  officer,  employee or
agent,  will be indemnified  and held harmless  by RSI to  the fullest extent
authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be  amended (but,
in the  case of any such  amendment, only to  the extent that  such amendment
permits RSI to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted
RSI to provide prior to such  amendment), against all expense, liability  and
loss reasonably incurred or suffered  by such person in connection therewith.
Such right to indemnification includes the right to have RSI pay the expenses
incurred  in  defending   any  such  proceeding  in  advance   of  its  final
disposition,  subject to  the provisions of  the DGCL.   Such rights  are not
exclusive of any other right which any person may have or  thereafter acquire
under  any statute,  provision  of  the Charter,  Bylaw,  agreement, vote  of
stockholders  or   disinterested  directors  or  otherwise.    No  repeal  or
modification of such provision will  in any way diminish or adversely  affect
the rights of any  director, officer, employee or agent of  RSI thereunder in
respect of  any occurrence  or matter  arising prior  to any  such repeal  or
modification.   The  Charter also  specifically  authorizes RSI  to  maintain
insurance and to grant similar  indemnification rights to employees or agents
of RSI.

     RSI  has  entered  into  indemnification  agreements  with  each  of its
executive  officers and directors.   The indemnification  agreements require,
among other  things, that  RSI indemnify  its officers  and directors to  the
fullest extent  permitted by law, and  advance to the officers  and directors
all  related  expenses,  subject  to  reimbursement  if  it  is  subsequently
determined that the indemnification is not permitted.  The Company  also must
indemnify and advance expenses incurred  by officers and directors seeking to
enforce their rights under the  indemnification agreements and cover officers
and   directors  under  the  Company's  directors'  and  officers'  liability
insurance.  Although  the indemnification agreements offer  substantially the
same scope of coverage afforded by provisions in the Charter and Bylaws, they
provide   greater  assurance  to   directors  and  executive   officers  that
indemnification  will  be available,  because, as  contracts, they  cannot be
modified unilaterally  in the  future by  the Board  of Directors  or by  the
stockholders to alter, limit or eliminate the rights they provide.

                                   EXPERTS

     The  financial statements of  RSI, RO Partners  Management LLC, Veritech
Ventures, L.L.C., American Campus Lifestyles Company L.L.C. and Dobie  Center
appearing in this Prospectus and  Registration Statement have been audited by
Ernst & Young  LLP, independent  auditors, to the  extent indicated  in their
reports  thereon  also appearing  elsewhere  herein and  in  the Registration
Statement.  Such  financial statements have been included  herein in reliance
upon such  reports  given upon  the  authority of  such  firm as  experts  in
accounting and auditing.

     The financial statements and Schedule of Dobie Center as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996,
included in this prospectus and elsewhere in this registration statement have
been  audited by  Arthur  Andersen LLP,  independent  public accountants,  as
indicated in their  reports with respect thereto, and  are included herein in
reliance  upon the  authority  of  said firm  as  experts in  accounting  and
auditing in giving said reports.

     The financial statements of American  Campus Lifestyles Companies LLC as
of December  31, 1996 and  1995, and for  the two years  in the period  ended
December  31,  1996,  included  in  this prospectus  and  elsewhere  in  this
registration statement  have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent
public accountants, as  indicated in their reports with  respect thereto, and
are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing in giving said reports.

                                LEGAL MATTERS

     The  legality of the  issuance of the  shares of RSI  Common Stock to be
distributed in the  Distribution and to be  issued in respect of  the Rights,
and certain legal matters relating to federal income tax considerations, will
be passed upon for the Company by Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York.


   

                        INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Pro Forma Condensed Combining Balance Sheet (unaudited)
as of December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   F-4

Pro Forma Condensed Combining Statement of Operations (unaudited)
for the year ended December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   F-7

RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Report of Independent Auditors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-10

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-11

Statement of Operations for the Period July 15, 1997
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . .    F-12

Statement of Shareholders' Equity for the Period July 15, 1997
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . .    F-13

Statement of Cash Flows for the Period July 15, 1997
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . .    F-14

Notes to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-15

RO PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

Report of Independent Auditors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  F-23

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . .  F-24

Consolidated Statement of Income for the period June 4, 1997 
  (commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997)  . . . . . . . . .  F-25

Consolidated Statement of Members' Equity for the period June 
  4, 1997 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997 . . . . . .  F-26

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the period June 4, 
  1997 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997  . . . . . . .  F-27

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-28


INVESTEES ACCOUNTED FOR UNDER THE EQUITY METHOD

DOBIE CENTER


Report of Independent Public Accountants  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-34

Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 . . . . . . . . . . .    F-35

Statement of Changes in Project Equity (Deficit) for the years
ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-37

Combined Statements of Operations for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and the unaudited Statement 
of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 1996  . . . . .    F-38

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended 
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 and the unaudited Statement 
of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1996  . . . . .    F-39

Notes to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-40

Schedule III - Real Estate Investments, Accumulated
Depreciation and Amortization as of December 31, 1996 . . . . . . . .    F-47

Notes to Schedule III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-48

DOBIE CENTER

Report of Independent Auditors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  F-49

Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-50

Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 1997 
and the periods January 1, 1997 through June 26, 1997 and 
June 27, 1997 through December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-51

Statement of Changes in Members' Equity (Deficit) for the 
year ended December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-52

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 1997  . . . .    F-53

Notes to Financial Statements   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-54

Supplemental Statement of Income for the period July 15,
1997 through December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  F-60

Schedule III-Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation as
of December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  F-61

Notes to Schedule III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  F-62

AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C.

Report of Independent Public Accountants  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-63

Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Members'
Equity (Deficit) as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 . . . . . . . . . .    F-64

Statements of Revenues and Expenses for the years ended December 31,
1996 and 1995 and the unaudited Statement of Revenues and Expenses
for the nine months ended September 30, 1996  . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-66

Statement of Changes in Members' Equity (Deficit)
for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995  . . . . . . . . . . .    F-67

Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31,
1996 and 1995 and the unaudited Statement of Cash Flows for
the nine months ended September 30, 1996  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-68

Notes to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-69

AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C.

Report of Independent Auditors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-76

Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . .    F-77

Consolidated Statements of Income for the year ended 
December 31, 1997 and for the periods June 1, 1997 
through December 31, 1997 and January 1, 1997 through 
May 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-78

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Members' Equity 
for the year ended December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-79

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 
December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-80

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-81

Supplemental Consolidation Statement of Income for the
period from October 17, 1997 through December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . .  F-88

OTHER INVESTMENTS

VERITECH VENTURES LLC

Report of Independent Auditors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-89

Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1996 and 1997   . . . . . . . . . .    F-90

Statements of Operations for the period July 5, 1996
(date of inception) to December 31, 1996 and for the 
year ended December 31, 1997  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-91

Statements of Members' Equity for the period July 5, 1996
(date of inception) to December 31, 1996 and the year ended
December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-92

Statements of Cash Flows for the period July 5, 1996
(date of inception) to December 31, 1996 and the year ended 
December 31, 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-93

Notes to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    F-94

RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)


The following unaudited pro forma condensed combining balance sheet is
presented as if the Company had (i) made working capital loans to OnSite and
(ii) exercised its option to acquire a 9.9% equity interest in Reckson
Executive Centers, LLC on December 31, 1997.

This pro forma condensed combining balance sheet should be read in
conjunction with the pro forma condensed combining statement of operations of
the Company for the year ended December 31, 1997 and notes thereto and the
historical financial statements and notes thereto of the Company as of and
for the period ended December 31, 1997 included elsewhere in this
Registration Statement.

This pro forma condensed combining balance sheet is unaudited and is not
necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position would have been
had the Company made working capital loans to OnSite or exercised its option
to acquire a 9.9% equity interest in Reckson Executive Centers, LLC on
December 31, 1997, nor does it purport to represent the future financial
position of the Company.




RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                RECKSON                    DECEMBER
                                                                EXECUTIVE                     31,
                                                 HISTORICAL      CENTERS      ON-SITE         1997
                                                   (A)(B)          (C)          (D)        PRO FORMA
                                               ------------   -------------  ---------  -------------
<S>                                            <C>            <C>            <C>        <C>
Assets
Cash                                           $  129,704      $      -      $      -    $  129,704
Investment in RO Partners Management, LLC       3,868,093             -             -     3,868,093
Investment in ACLC                              1,652,165             -             -     1,652,165
Investment in Reckson Executive Centers, LLC            -       200,000             -       200,000
Loan receivable                                   325,000             -       800,000     1,125,000
Affiliate receivable                              832,854             -             -       832,854
Organization and pre-acquisition costs            681,694             -             -       681,694
Other Assets                                       30,185             -             -        30,185
                                               ------------   -------------  ---------  -------------
     Total Assets                              $7,519,695      $200,000      $800,000    $8,519,695
                                               ============   =============  =========  =============

Liabilities and shareholders' equity
Accounts payable and accrued expenses          $  119,384    $ $      -             -    $  119,384
Loans payable to Affiliates                     3,177,857       200,000       800,000     4,177,857
                                               ------------   -------------  ---------  -------------
     Total liabilities                          3,297,241       200,000       800,000     4,297,241
                                               ============   =============  =========  =============

Commitments                                             -             -             -             -

Shareholder's equity
     Common Stock                                      10             -             -            10
     Additional paid-in capital                 4,480,331             -             -     4,480,331
     Retained earnings                           (257,887)            -             -      (257,887)
                                               ------------   -------------  ---------  -------------
     Total shareholders' equity                 4,222,454             -             -     4,222,454
                                               ------------   -------------  ---------  -------------
          Total Liabilities and Shareholders'
             Equity                            $7,519,695      $200,000      $800,000    $8,519,695
                                               ============   =============  =========  =============
</TABLE>

RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)

(a)  Reflects the Company's historical balance sheet as of December 31, 1997.

(b)  In connection with the formation and capitalization of RSI, Reckson
     Operating Partnership contributed $4,256,324 to RSI for a 95% non-voting
     equity interest. Simultaneously, certain officers of Reckson contributed
     $224,017 of Notes to RSI in exchange for a 5% voting equity interest.
     The shares of capital stock owned by Reckson Operating Partnership and
     Reckson officers were acquired on the same terms. On October 29, 1997,
     the notes were paid. Immediately prior to the Distribution, the shares
     of non-voting common stock owned by Reckson Operating Partnership were
     exchanged for RSI Common Stock. Such shares will be distributed to
     holders of Reckson Common Stock and Units on the basis of one share of
     RSI Common Stock for every 12.5 shares of Reckson Common Stock held by
     Reckson stockholders on the Record Date and one share of RSI Common
     Stock for every 12.5 Units held by Limited Partners on the Record Date.
     RSI Common Stock to be distributed in the Distribution is approximately
     3,905,855 shares (subject to reduction to the extent that cash payments
     are made in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of RSI Common
     Stock, which is immaterial) plus the right to subscribe to an additional
     20,557,130 shares (Subscription Rights).  No adjustment has been made to
     reflect the impact of the Standby Agreement whereby an entity owned by
     members of management of Reckson have agreed to purchase any and all
     shares of RSI common stock that were the subject of Subscription Rights
     but were not subscribed for or for the impact of the shares of RSI
     common stock issuable in connection with grants under the Company's
     Stock Option Plan.

(c)  Reflects the Company's exercise of its option to acquire a 9.9% equity
     interest in Reckson Executive Centers, LLC for $200,000 from Reckson.

(d)  Under the terms of the OnSite letter of intent, RSI has made a
     commitment to fund, in the aggregate, $6.5 million of loans which are
     convertible into an approximately 58.69% interest in OnSite. As of
     December 31, 1997, RSI had loaned $325,000. The pro forma adjustment
     reflects an additional advance to OnSite of $800,000 with proceeds from
     Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. Such loans bear interest at 12%.

RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combining statement of operations
for the year ended December 31, 1997 is presented as if the Company had
acquired (i.)  through its interest in RSVP, a 33 1/3% interest in a joint
venture that owns a 76.09% interest in ACLC, (ii.)  through its interest in
RSVP, a 33 1/3% interest in a joint venture that owns a 70% interest in Dobie
Center, (iii.)  working capital loans to OnSite and (iv.)  a 9.9% equity
interest in Reckson Executive Centers, LLC (collectively the "Acquired
Investments") as of January 1, 1997.

This pro forma condensed combining statement of operations should be read in
conjunction with the pro forma condensed combining balance sheet and notes
thereto as of December 31, 1997 and the historical financial statements and
notes thereto of the Company as of and for the period ended December 31, 1997
included elsewhere in this Registration Statement.

This pro forma condensed combining statement of operations is unaudited and
is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would
have been had the Company acquired the Acquired Investments on January 1,
1997, nor does it purport to represent the operations of the Company for
future periods.


RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                PRO
                                                                       RECKSON                 FORMA
                                                                      EXECUTIVE               ADJUST-      DECEMBER
                                   Historical     DOBIE      ACLC      CENTERS     ON-SITE     MENTS       31, 1997
                                       (a)         (B)       (C)         (D)         (E)        (F)        PRO FORMA
                                   ---------- ----------  --------    ---------  ----------  ---------  --------------
<S>                                <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>
REVENUES:
     EQUITY IN EARNINGS OF 
     RO PARTNERS  
     MANAGEMENT, LLC               $ 245,593  $  152,329   $  -       $    -     $    -      $   -      $   397,922
     EQUITY IN LOSS OF ACLC          (22,156)       -      146,042         -          -          -          123,886
     EQUITY IN LOSS OF RECKSON
     EXECUTIVE CENTERS, LLC                -        -       -            (9,128)      -          -           (9,128)
     INTEREST INCOME                  30,383        -       -               -      132,182       -          162,565
                                   ---------- ----------  --------     ---------  ---------  ---------  --------------
TOTAL REVENUES                       253,820     152,329   146,042       (9,128)   132,182       -         675,245
                                   ---------- ----------  --------     ---------  ---------  ---------  --------------
EXPENSES:
     GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE      479,113        -       -             -           -        100,000      579,113
                                   ---------- ----------  --------     ---------  ---------  ---------  --------------
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES             479,113        -       -             -           -        100,000      579,113
                                   ---------- ----------  --------     ---------  ---------  ---------  --------------

NET OPERATING LOSS                  (225,293)    152,329   146,042       (9,128)   132,182    (100,000)      96,132
NON-OPERATING EXPENSES
     INTEREST                         24,380        -       -              -          -        306,842      331,222
     AMORTIZATION                      8,214        -       -              -          -          -            8,214
                                   ---------- ----------  --------     ---------  ---------  ---------  --------------
NET LOSS                           $(257,887) $  152,329  $146,042     $ (9,128)  $132,182   $(406,842) $  (243,304)
                                   ========== ==========  ========     =========  =========  =========  ==============

BASIC AND DILUTED NET
  INCOME PER COMMON                                                           
  SHARE (G)                                                                                             $     (0.06)
                                                                                                        ==============
BASIC AND DILUTED COMMON
  SHARES OUTSTANDING (G)                                                                                  4,111,426
                                                                                                        ==============
</TABLE>

RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.
NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(UNAUDITED)

(a)  Reflects the Company's historical operations for the period ended
     December 31, 1997 which includes the operations of Dobie Center for the
     period from July 15, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and ACLC for the
     period from October 17, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and interest
     income from OnSite for the period from December 5, 1997 through December
     31, 1997 on a $325,000 loan.

(b)  Reflects the pre-acquisition equity in earnings of Dobie Center, a mixed
     use student housing retail property in Austin, Texas for the period from
     January 1, 1997 to July 14, 1997 based on net income of $652,838, which,
     as a result of RSVP's, 33 1/3% interest in a joint venture that owns 70%
     of Dobie Center, results in an adjustment for equity in earnings of
     $152,329.

(c)  Reflects the pre-acquisition equity in earnings of ACLC for the period
     from January 1, 1997 to October 16, 1997 based on net income of
     $575,800, which as a result of RSVP's 33 1/3% interest in a joint
     venture that owns 76.09% of ACLC results in an adjustment for equity in
     earnings of $146,042.

(d)  Reflects the pre-acquisition equity in loss of Reckson Executive
     Centers, LLC for the year ended December 31, 1997 based on a net loss of
     $92,202, which as a result of the Company's 9.9% interest in Reckson
     Executive Center, LLC, results in an adjustment for equity in loss of
     $9,128.

(e)  Reflects the interest income on the $1,125,000 advanced to OnSite at an
     interest rate of 12% for the year ended December 31, 1997.

(f)  Reflects the effect of an increase in interest costs associated with
     borrowings from Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. to fund the
     acquisition of the Acquired Investments at a 12% interest rate and
     incremental general and administrative costs of $100,000, which
     represent the cost of operating the business.

(g)  Basic and diluted pro forma net (loss) per share of common stock is
     based upon 4,111,426 shares outstanding.


                        Report of Independent Auditors


Board of Directors of
Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Reckson Service Industries,
Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 1997 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the period from July 15,
1997 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31,
1997, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period
from July 15, 1997 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

                              Ernst & Young LLP


New York, New York
March 10, 1998


                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                                Balance Sheet

                              December 31, 1997


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                  <C>
Assets
Cash                                                                                   $  129,704
Investment in RO Partners Management, LLC (Note 3)                                      3,868,093
Investment in ACLC (Note 3)                                                             1,652,165
Organization and pre-acquisition costs (net of
  amortization of $8,214)                                                                 681,694
Affiliate receivable (Note 5)                                                             832,854
Loan receivable (Note 5)                                                                  325,000
Other assets                                                                               30,185
                                                                                    ----------------
Total assets                                                                           $7,519,695
                                                                                    ================

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                                  $  119,384
Loans payable to Affiliates (Note 5)                                                    3,177,857
                                                                                    ----------------
Total liabilities                                                                       3,297,241

Commitments (Note 6)                                                                            -

Shareholders' equity (Note 1 and 4):
    Common Stock, $.01 par value                                                               10
    Additional paid-in capital                                                          4,480,331
    Retained earnings                                                                    (257,887)
                                                                                    ----------------
  Total shareholders' equity                                                            4,222,454
                                                                                    ----------------

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity                                             $7,519,695
                                                                                    ================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                           Statement of Operations

            Period from July 15, 1997 (Commencement of Operations)
                             to December 31, 1997


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                 <C>
Revenues:
  Equity in earnings of RO Partners Management, LLC                                         $245,593  
  Equity in loss of ACLC                                                                     (22,156) 
  Interest income                                                                             30,383  
                                                                                    ----------------

Total revenues                                                                               253,820  
                                                                                    ----------------
Expenses:
  General and administrative expenses                                                        479,113
                                                                                    ----------------
Total operating expenses                                                                     479,113

Net operating loss                                                                          (225,293) 
Non operating expenses:
  Interest                                                                                    24,380  
  Amortization                                                                                 8,214  
                                                                                    ----------------
Net loss                                                                                   $(257,887) 
                                                                                    ================
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.


                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Statement of Shareholders' Equity

            Period from July 15, 1997 (Commencement of Operations)
                             to December 31, 1997



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     ADDITIONAL                           TOTAL
                                      COMMON          PAID-IN          RETAINED       SHAREHOLDER'S
                                      STOCK           CAPITAL          EARNINGS           EQUITY
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>             <C>              <C>               <C>
Stock issued-
  July 15, 1997                       $   10         $4,480,331             -            $4,480,341
Net loss                                  -                -          $ (257,887)          (257,887)
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
Shareholders' equity
  December 31, 1997                   $   10         $4,480,331       $ (257,887)        $4,222,454
                                     ===============================================================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


                       Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                           Statement of Cash Flows

 Period from July 15, 1997 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 1997


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                 <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss                                                                                 $  (257,887) 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
  by operating activities:
Amortization                                                                                   8,214  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
     Organization costs                                                                     (524,129) 
     Other assets                                                                            (30,185) 
     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                                   119,384  
                                                                                    ----------------
Net cash used in operating activities                                                       (684,603) 
                                                                                    ----------------

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investment in RO Partners Management, LLC                                                 (3,868,093) 
Investment in ACLC                                                                        (1,652,165) 
Pre-acquisition costs                                                                       (165,779) 
                                                                                    ----------------
Net cash used in investing activities                                                     (5,686,037) 
                                                                                    ----------------

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Capital contributions                                                                      4,480,341  
Proceeds from Affiliate loans                                                              3,177,857  
Loan advances to affiliate                                                                  (832,854) 
Loan receivable                                                                             (325,000) 
                                                                                    ----------------
Net cash provided by financing activities                                                  6,500,344  
                                                                                    ----------------

Net increase in cash                                                                         129,704  
Cash beginning of period                                                                          - 
                                                                                    ----------------  
Cash end of period                                                                        $  129,704  
                                                                                    ================

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION                                                      
Cash paid during the period for interest                                                  $       -   
                                                                                    ================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                             Notes to Financial Statements

                                  December 31, 1997


1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS

Reckson Service Industries, Inc. ( "RSI" or the "Company") was formed on July
15, 1997 to engage in the business of providing commercial services to
properties owned by Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P. ("ROP"), whose
general partner is Reckson Associates Realty Corp. ("Reckson"), and its
tenants and third parties and to invest in a real estate venture capital
fund.  The Company will operate under an agreement between the Company and
ROP (the "Intercompany Agreement"). Under the Intercompany Agreement, the
Company and ROP agree, subject to certain terms, to provide each other with
first refusal rights to participate in certain transactions.

In connection with the initial capitalization of RSI, ROP contributed
$4,256,324 for a 95% nonvoting equity interest and certain Reckson management
contributed notes of $224,017 to the Company in exchange for a 5% voting
ownership interest.  On October 29, 1997, the notes were paid.

Subsequent to the effectiveness of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, 95% of the common stock of RSI will be distributed (the
"Distribution") to holders of common shares of Reckson and unitholders of
ROP. Immediately prior to the Distribution, the shares of non-voting common
stock held by ROP will be exchanged by RSI for RSI common shares.  Each share
of the Company's Common Stock issued in the Distribution is expected to be
accompanied by one Preferred Share Purchase Right.  In addition,
simultaneously with the Distribution, the Company will issue rights to its
stockholders to subscribe for the purchase of additional shares of common
stock of the Company.

The Company owns a 33 1/3% interest in RO Partners Management, LLC ("RO"),
the remaining interest in RO is held 33 1/3% by Jon L. Halpern and 33 1/3% by
an independent third party investor.  RO is the general partner of Reckson
Opportunity Partners, L.P. ("Opportunity Partners") predecessor to Reckson
Strategic Venture Partners ("RSVP").  RSVP was formed on January 23, 1998 to
succeed to the operating activities of Opportunity Partners.  The Company is
the 100% common equity owner and managing member of RSVP and PaineWebber Real
Estate Securities, Inc. ("PWRES") is a non-managing member and preferred
equity owner. It is anticipated that future investments by the Company in
real estate venture capital fund activities will be conducted through RSVP.

2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying financial statements of RSI include the Company's equity
interest in RO and its equity interest in American Campus Lifestyles
Companies, L.L.C. ("ACLC").  

                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying
notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

CASH EQUIVALENTS

The Company considers highly liquid investments with a maturity of three
months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS

At inception, the Company adopted SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of,"
which establishes methods of valuation for the impairment of long-lived
assets, certain identifiable intangibles, and goodwill related to those
assets to be held and used. The adoption of this statement had no material
impact on the accompanying financial statements.

STOCK OPTIONS

The Company has elected to follow Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
"Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB 25") and related
Interpretations in accounting for its employee stock options because the
alternative fair value accounting provided for under FASB Statement No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," ("FAS No. 123") requires the use
of option valuation models that were not developed for use in valuing
employee stock options. Under APB 25, no compensation expense was recognized
because the exercise price of the Company's employee stock options equals the
market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant.  (See Note 4)

EQUITY INVESTMENTS

The Company accounts for its investment of less than 50% in other entities
using the equity method.

INCOME TAXES

At inception, the Company adopted SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes"
("SFAS No. 109"), which prescribes an asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes. Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets are to
be recognized unless it is more likely than not that some portion or all of
the deferred tax assets will not be realized.


                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)



3.   INVESTMENTS

The Company has invested $3.62 million in RO, which contributed such amount
to Opportunity Partners.  Opportunity Partners invested approximately $10.8
million to acquire a 70% interest in Dobie Center, L.P., a mixed use student
housing and retail property located in Austin, Texas.

Substantially all of RO's assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses relate
to its investment in Dobie Center.  Summarized financial information and a
summary of the Company's investment in and share of income from RO follows:

BALANCE SHEET

                                                         DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                         -----------------
Property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation        $35,345,013  
Other assets                                                   6,700,605  
                                                         -----------------
Total assets                                                 $42,045,618  
                                                         =================

Mortgage payable                                             $20,280,500  
Other liabilities                                              5,195,624  
                                                         -----------------
Total liabilities                                             25,476,124  
                                                         -----------------

Minority interest                                              4,915,462  
Members' equity                                               11,654,032  
Less:  Other members' equity                                  (7,785,939) 
                                                         -----------------

Net investment in RO                                          $3,868,093  
                                                         =================

                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


3.   INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

STATEMENT OF INCOME


                                                    PERIOD FROM
                                                      JULY 15,
                                                      1997 TO
                                                 DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                 -----------------

Rental income                                       $4,265,584  
Interest income                                        102,971  
Other income                                           434,264  
                                                 -----------------

Total income                                         4,802,819  
                                                 -----------------

Property operating expenses                          1,691,906  

General and administrative expenses                    663,337  
Interest expense                                       875,019  
Depreciation and amortization                          381,292  
Non-recurring expense                                  221,222  
                                                 -----------------

Total expenses                                       3,832,776  
                                                 -----------------

Minority interest                                      233,264  
Net income                                             736,779  
Less:  Other members' share                            491,186  
                                                 -----------------
Company's share                                       $245,593  
                                                 =================

The Company contributed $1.51 million to and acquired a 33 1/3% interest in
RFG Capital Management Partners ("RFG Capital") whose sole net investment is,
a 76.09% interest in ACLC, a student housing enterprise which owns, develops,
constructs, manages and acquires, on-and off campus student housing project. 
As of December 31, 1997, the excess of the Company's investment over its
share of the equity in the underlying net assets of the joint venture
("Excess Investment") was $190,920.  This Excess Investment is being
amortized over the life of the investment.

                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


3.   INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

Summarized financial information and a summary of the Company's investment in
and share of income from ACLC follow:

BALANCE SHEET

                                                              DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                              -----------------
Investment in leasehold estates, less 
     accumulated depreciation:                                    $30,042,101
Other assets                                                        4,035,570
                                                              -----------------

Total assets                                                       34,077,671
                                                              -----------------

Notes payable                                                      25,635,208
Other liabilities                                                   3,633,473
                                                              -----------------
Total liabilities                                                  29,268,681
                                                              -----------------

Minority interest                                                     425,254
Members' equity                                                     4,383,736
Less: other members' equity                                        (2,922,490)
                                                              -----------------
Company's share of the equity in
  underlying net assets of ACLC                                     1,461,245
Excess investment                                                     190,920
                                                              -----------------
Net investment in ACLC                                            $ 1,652,165
                                                              =================

                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


3.   INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

                                                               PERIOD FROM
                                                               OCTOBER 17,
                                                                 1997 TO
                                                               DECEMBER 31,
                                                                   1997
                                                            -----------------
Rental income                                                 $   980,402
Other income                                                      504,252
                                                            -----------------
Total income                                                    1,484,654
                                                            -----------------
General and administrative expenses                               612,682
Property operating expenses                                       353,912
Interest expense                                                  452,864
Depreciation                                                      152,550
                                                            -----------------
Total expenses                                                  1,572,008
                                                            -----------------

Minority interest                                                 (20,886) 

Net loss                                                          (66,468) 
Less: other members' share                                        (44,312)
                                                            -----------------
Company's share                                               $   (22,156) 
                                                            =================

4.   SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

The Company has established the 1998 stock option plan (the "Plan") for the
purpose of attracting and retaining executive officers, directors and other
key employees.  Pursuant to the Plan 3,700,376 of the Company's authorized
shares have been reserved for issuance under the Plan.  On January 10, 1998,
the Company granted options to purchase 542,890 of the Company's common
shares at an exercise price of $1.10 per share based on the fair value on the
date of grant, which the board of directors of the Company have concluded to
be book value on the date of grant.


                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


5.   TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

ROP has advanced the Company $2,943,210, to fund the purchase of its interest
in ACLC and for other general operating expenses.  These advances bear
interest at 12% per annum.

On August 28, 1997 the Company made an unsecured loan of $666,666 to RFG
Capital.  In addition, the Company advanced RFG Capital $166,188. The note
and advance bear interest at 12% per annum.

RSI acquired its interests in ACLC and Dobie Center from a Rechler family
entity for $5.13 million.  Such entity had acquired the interests in ACLC and
the Dobie Center in 1997 for $5.06 million in contemplation of transferring
such interest to RSI.  The difference represents interest carry costs.

The Company advanced On-Site Venture L.L.C. ("On-Site") $325,000 in December
1997 and an additional $650,000 through March 10, 1998 to fund certain
operating costs.  The advances are evidenced by subordinated loans which bear
interest at a rate of 12% per annum and mature on March 1, 1999 (See Note 7).

6.   FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," requires RSI to disclose the estimated fair
values of its financial instrument assets and liabilities.  The carrying
amounts approximate fair value for cash and cash equivalents because of the
short maturity of those instruments.  For the loans payable to affiliates the
estimated fair value approximates the recorded balance.

7.   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

RSI has contracted to acquire a 58.69% equity interest in On-Site, a company
that provides advanced telecommunications systems and services within
commercial and residential buildings and/or building complexes.  Under the
terms of the contract, the Company has also committed to contribute $6.5
million to On-Site.  The subordinated loans will be converted into
subordinated notes convertible at the option of the Company, which when
converted, together with the contributions of the $6.5 million pursuant to
its commitment will comprise a 58.69% common equity interest.


                           Reckson Service Industries, Inc.

                      Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


7.   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (CONTINUED)

RSI has obtained an option from Reckson Management Group, Inc., a company in
which ROP owns a 97% non-voting equity interest to acquire a majority equity
interest in a privately held national executive office suites business.  The
Company's option to acquire this equity interest has a five year term.

In February 1998, RSVP Holdings, LLC, the managing member of RSVP ("RSVP
Holdings") entered into employment agreements with two highly experienced
real estate professionals (the "Managing Directors").  The agreements provide
for a base salary of $500,000 and have a seven-year term. In addition to the
base salary each Managing Director has received a $3.0 million grant of
common stock of Reckson (the "Reckson Stock") which will vest equally over
five years.  The Reckson Stock will be purchased by the Company and
contributed to RSVP Holdings.  The Company is a managing member and 100%
owner of the common equity of RSVP Holdings.  New World Realty LLC ("New
World"), an entity owned by the managing directors, acts as a managing member
of RSVP Holdings and owns a carried interest which provides for the Managing
Directors to receive a share in the profits of RSVP after the Company has
received certain minimum returns and a return of capital.  In addition, it is
anticipated that New World will receive transaction fees of up to $1 million
dollars a year for identifying investment opportunities for RSVP.

The Company has entered into an agreement which provides for PWRES to invest
up to $200 million in RSVP in the form of a preferred equity interest.  In
connection with the PWRES preferred equity financing the Company paid a
commitment fee of 2.5% of the total preferred equity investment of which
$1,400,000 was paid to an entity owned by one of the Managing Directors who
is a former employee of PWRES.

Subsequent to year end the Company contributed its equity interests in ACLC 
and Dobie Center to RSVP.

Subsequent to year end the Company purchased Reckson's 9.9% equity interest
in Reckson Executive Centers, LLC for $200,000.


                       Report of Independent Auditors

Members of
RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of RO Partners
Management, L.L.C. (the "Company") as of December 31, 1997 and the related
consolidated statements of income for the period from June 4, 1997
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997, and for the periods from
June 4, 1997 through July 14, 1997 and July 15, 1997 through December 31,
1997, and members' equity and cash flows for the period from June 4, 1997
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company at
December 31, 1997, and the consolidated results of its operations for the
period from June 4, 1997 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997,
and for the periods from June 4, 1997 through July 14, 1997 and July 15, 1997
through December 31, 1997 and its cash flows for the period from June 4, 1997
(commencement of operations) to December 31, 1997, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.


                                             Ernst & Young LLP



New York, New York
March 10, 1998



                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

                          Consolidated Balance Sheet


                              December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                          <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (Note 2)                                             $ 5,020,110
Due from affiliate                                                                 117,606
Accounts receivable                                                                952,662
Other current assets                                                                 7,668
                                                                             -----------------
Total current assets                                                             6,098,046


Fixed assets: (Note 2)
     Land, building and equipment                                               35,751,430
     Accumulated depreciation                                                     (406,417)
                                                                             -----------------
Total fixed assets                                                              35,345,013
                                                                                                   
Organization costs (net of amortization of $15,248)                                336,525
Deposit contract                                                                   266,034
                                                                             -----------------
Total assets                                                                   $42,045,618
                                                                             =================


LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                     $ 1,019,912
     Tenant security deposits                                                      224,942
     Deferred income                                                             3,510,099
     Current portion mortgage notes                                              1,000,000
     Other liabilities                                                              35,300
                                                                             -----------------
Total current liabilities                                                        5,790,253


Due to Affiliate (Note 5)                                                          405,371
Mortgage notes payable                                                          19,280,500
                                                                             -----------------
Total liabilities                                                               19,685,871

Minority interest                                                                4,915,462
Members' equity                                                                 11,654,032
                                                                             -----------------
Total liabilities and members' equity                                          $42,045,618
                                                                             =================
</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.


                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

                       Consolidated Statement of Income


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             FOR THE                                    FOR THE
                                            PERIOD JUNE             FOR THE            PERIOD JULY
                                              4, 1997             PERIOD JUNE            15, 1997
                                              THROUGH               4, 1997              THROUGH
                                            DECEMBER 31,         THROUGH JULY          DECEMBER 31,
                                                1997               14, 1997                1997
                                           --------------       --------------        ---------------
<S>                                        <C>                  <C>                   <C>
Revenues:
 Tower rental revenue                         $3,737,698             $357,865             3,379,833
 Mall rental revenue                             720,388               68,973               651,415
 Garage revenue                                  259,148               24,812               234,336
 Interest and other revenue                      144,122               13,799               130,323
                                           --------------       --------------        ---------------
Total revenues                                $4,861,356             $465,449            $4,395,907

Operating expenses:

 Tower expenses                                1,581,703              151,441             1,430,262
 Mail expenses                                   289,347               27,703               261,644
 Administrative/other                            651,309               62,359               588,950
                                           --------------       --------------        ---------------
Total operating expenses                       2,522,359              241,503             2,280,856

Operating income                               2,338,997              223,946             2,115,051

Other income                                     184,621                  ---               184,621
 Non-operating expenses:
 Interest expense                                812,814               77,823               734,991
 Depreciation                                    421,665               40,373               381,292
 Non-recurring expense                           244,645               23,423               221,222
                                           --------------       --------------        ---------------
Total non-operating expense                    1,479,124              141,619             1,337,505
                                           --------------       --------------        ---------------

Minority interest                                257,962               24,698               233,264
                                           --------------       --------------        ---------------
Net income                                    $  786,532               57,629               729,903
                                           ==============       ==============        ===============
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

                  Consolidated Statement of Members' Equity


  Period from June 4, 1997 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 1997


                                                               MEMBERS' EQUITY
                                                               ---------------
Members' equity June 4, 1997                                    $         ---

Capital contributions - June 26, 1997                              10,867,500

Net income                                                            786,532
                                                               ---------------

Members' equity - December 31, 1997                             $  11,654,032
                                                               ===============

See accompanying notes.


                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

                     Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

  Period from June 4, 1997 (Commencement of Operations) to December 31, 1997


Operating activities
Net income                                                           $ 786,532
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
     by operating activities:
     Depreciation                                                      421,665
     Minority interest                                                 257,962
     Gain on sale of securities                                       (184,621)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
     Accounts Receivable                                              (952,662)
     Other assets                                                       (7,668)
     Deferred Rents                                                  3,510,099
     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                           1,055,212
     Tenants security deposits                                         224,942
                                                                   -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities                            5,111,461
                                                                   -----------

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Acquisition of building                                            (31,093,930)
Acquisition costs                                                     (617,807)
Purchase of securities                                              (4,038,556)
Proceed from sale of securities (net of transaction costs)           4,223,177
                                                                   -----------
Net cash used in investing activities                              (31,527,116)
                                                                   ===========

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Capital contributions                                               10,867,500
Proceeds from mortgages                                             20,280,500
Loan from affiliate                                                    405,371
Payments to affiliate, net                                            (117,606)
                                                                   -----------
Net cash provided by financing activities                           31,435,765
                                                                   -----------

Net increase in cash                                                 5,020,110
Cash beginning of period                                                 -  
                                                                   -----------
Cash end of period                                                  $5,020,110
                                                                   ===========

See accompanying notes.



                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

                              December 31, 1997


1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

RO Partners Management, LLC ("RO" or the "Company") was formed on June 4,
1997 as the 99.9% general partner of Reckson Opportunity Partners, L.P.
("Opportunity Partners"). The .1% limited partner interest in RO is held by
an executive officer of Reckson Service Industries, Inc. ("RSI"). 
Opportunity Partners is the predecessor entity to Reckson Strategic Venture
Partners ("RSVP") a real estate venture capital fund which will invest in
real estate and real estate-related operating companies.  RSVP was formed on
January 23, 1998 to succeed to the operating activities of Opportunity
Partners.  RSVP's common equity is 100% owned by RSI.  RSVP's strategy is to
identify and acquire interests in established enterprises in market sectors
which are in early stages of their growth cycle or offer unique circumstances
for attractive investments as well as a platform for future growth.  It is
anticipated that future investments by RSI in real estate venture capital
fund activities will be conducted through RSVP.

ORGANIZATION AND FORMATION OF THE COMPANY

The Company's general partner, RSI, has invested approximately $3,620,000 in
the Company for a 33 1/3% equity interest.  The two other partners, Jon L.
Halpern and an unrelated third party investor, each contributed approximately
$3,620,000 to the Company for their respective 33 1/3% interest.  RSI will
operate under an agreement between it and Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.
("ROP"), under which RSI and ROP agree, subject to certain terms, to provide
each other with first refusal rights to participate in certain transactions.

INVESTMENT

On June 26, 1997, the Company invested approximately $10.8 million in
Opportunity Partners which acquired a 70% interest in Dobie Center
Properties, Ltd. ("Dobie"), a mixed use student housing and retail property
located in Austin, Texas. 

Dobie, which is located immediately adjacent to the University of Texas at
Austin, consists of the Dobie tower, a 932-bed, 27-story student residence
hall that is situated on top of the Dobie mall, a 96,000-square foot retail
mall.  The facility also includes a 644-car commercial parking garage.


                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)


2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of RO Partners Management,
LLC include the accounts of the Company and Opportunity Partners.  The
Company consolidates all entities in which it has a 50% or greater interest. 
All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated
in consolidation.

The minority interest at December 31, 1997 represent a 30% interest in Dobie.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying
notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

CASH EQUIVALENTS

The Company considers highly liquid investments with a maturity of three
months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

The Company maintains cash balances at four banks.  Cash accounts at banks
are insured by the FDIC up to $100,000. Amounts in excess of insured limits
were approximately $4,639,368 at December 31, 1997.

LONG-LIVED ASSETS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standard ("SFAS") No.121 "Accounting for
the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed
of" requires that long-lived assets to be held and used be reviewed for
impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of an asset may not be recoverable.  As of December 31, 1997, the Company has
determined that their long-lived assets are not impaired.

                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)


2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

Fixed assets are recorded at cost.  Repairs and maintenance of fixed assets
are charged to operations.  Major improvements are capitalized.  The
estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

                                                          YEARS
                                                       -----------
        Furniture, fixtures & equipment                    5-10
        Building & improvements                              40
        Mall renovation and improvements                   5-40

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method for financial
reporting purposes. Depreciation expense was $406,417 for the period June 4,
1997 through December 31, 1997.  Upon retirement, sale, or other disposition
of property and equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are
removed from the related accounts and the resulting gains or losses are
included in operations.

OTHER ASSETS AND AMORTIZATION

Organization costs are being amortized over 60 months on a straight-line
basis. Amortization expense was $15,248 for the period from June 4, 1997
through December 31, 1997.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

STUDENT HOUSING

Upon execution of student dormitory contracts, Dobie records a receivable for
the full value of the contract with an off-setting increase to deferred
revenue.  Income is then recognized on a straight-line basis over the
remaining life of the contracts.

                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)


2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

REVENUE RECOGNITION (CONTINUED)

MALL TENANTS

Minimum rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term
of the lease.  The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due
are included in accounts receivable on the accompanying consolidated balance
sheet.

GARAGE REVENUES

Upon execution of semester garage contracts, Dobie records the cash received
pursuant to each contract as deferred revenue.  Income is then recognized on
a straight-line basis over the life of the contracts.  Daily parking revenues
are recognized as received.

INCOME TAXES

The Company is not subject to federal or state income taxes.  As such, no
provision for these taxes has been made, since the aforementioned taxes are
the responsibility of the individual members of the Company.  The Company is
subject to the New York State LLC/LP fee.

3.  SALE OF SECURITIES

During 1997, the Company invested approximately $4,000,000 in marketable
securities.  These investments were sold for total proceeds of approximately
$4,400,000, resulting in a gain of approximately $185,000, net of transaction
costs.

                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)


4.  MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE

The mortgage notes payable which are collateralized by the Company's interest
in the mixed use student housing and retail property owned by Dobie Center
Properties, Ltd., have outstanding balance as of December 31, 1997 as
follows:

                                                           DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                           -----------------
First mortgage notes payable - stated interest at
7.25% at December 31, 1997 maturing August 30, 2002           $17,380,500

Second mortgage note payable - fixed interest rate at 
7.5%, maturing August 30, 2002                                  2,900,000
                                                           -----------------
                                                              $20,280,500
                                                           =================


The following is a schedule of future maturities of the Mortgage Notes
Payable debt at December 31, 1997:

            1998                             $ 1,000,000
            1999                               1,000,000
            2000                               1,000,000
            2001                               1,000,000
            2002                              16,280,500
                                             -----------
                                             $20,280,500
                                             ===========

At the option of the holders of the first mortgage notes, the entire
principal balance and accrued and unpaid interest thereon is due and payable
in full upon the occurrence of an event of default, as defined.

An additional capital improvement reserve of $1,219,500 is available through
September 30, 1998 on the First mortgage notes.


                        RO Partners Management, L.L.C.

            Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)


4.  MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE (CONTINUED)

At December 31, 1997, the interest rate on the first mortgage notes payable
is fixed at the applicable LIBOR rate selected by the Company in accordance
with the provisions of the notes defining the option interest period
elections.  Interest is payable in arrears on each quarterly roll over date
with the stated principal repayment as set forth in the note agreements.  A
portion of the principal balance of the notes is to repaid in twenty-eight
(28) consecutive quarterly installment payments before the maturity date of
the notes.

The Second Mortgage Note Payable was obtained on September 1, 1995.  Interest
payments are to be made quarterly, with the entire principal balance due at
the maturity date.

5.  RELATED PARTIES

Management fees paid to an affiliated company were $120,483 for the period
from June 4, 1997 through December 31, 1997.

ROP, and another affiliate have advanced the Company approximately $340,000
and $65,000, respectively.  The advances bear interest at 12% per annum.

6.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," requires Dobie to disclose the estimated
fair values of its financial instrument assets and liabilities.  The carrying
amounts approximate fair value for cash and cash equivalents and the
improvement reserve because of the short maturity of those instruments.  For
the first and second mortgage notes payable the estimated fair value
approximates the recorded balance.


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


To the Management of
Dobie Center:

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Dobie Center as of Decem-
ber 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related combined statements of operations,
changes in project equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ending December 31, 1996.  These financial statements and
the schedule referred to below are the responsibility of the Projects'
management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and the schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. 
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Dobie Center as of Decem-
ber 31, 1996 and 1995, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the each of the three years in the period ending December 31, 1996, in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The Schedule III attached to the
financial statements is presented for purposes of complying with the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission's rules and is not part of the basic financial
statements and, in our opinion, fairly states in all material respects the
financial data required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.

                                                      /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Dallas, Texas,
April 4, 1997

                                 DOBIE CENTER
                                 ------------

                  BALANCE SHEETS-DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995
                  -----------------------------------------



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                                             As of December 31,
                         ASSETS                                     1996                    1995 
                         ------                                -------------           -------------
<S>                                                            <C>                     <C>
CURRENT ASSETS:
     Cash                                                      $  2,678,742            $  2,403,348
     Accounts receivable-
          Student contracts                                         553,433                 578,400
          Straight line rent                                         77,614                 109,372
          Other                                                     139,625                  89,280
     Prepaid insurance                                               59,496                  62,579
                                                               -------------           -------------
               Total current assets                               3,508,910               3,242,979


FIXED ASSETS:
     Land                                                         2,263,599               2,263,599
     Building and improvements                                   11,826,888              10,364,362
     Mall renovations and improvements                            5,438,501               5,250,550
     Furniture, fixture, and equipment                            1,678,839               1,437,245
     Less- Accumulated depreciation                              (2,960,020)             (2,004,563)
                                                               -------------           -------------
               Total fixed assets                                18,247,807              17,311,193

OTHER ASSETS:
     Lease commissions                                              235,172                 214,977
     Organization costs                                              10,195                  10,195
     Software                                                       117,223                 150,573
     Loan fees                                                      599,443                 599,443
     Less- Accumulated amortization                                (292,123)               (165,915)
                                                               -------------           -------------
               Total other assets                                   669,910                 809,273
                                                               -------------           -------------
               Total assets                                     $22,426,627             $21,363,445
                                                               =============           =============
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


                                 DOBIE CENTER
                                 ------------

                                BALANCE SHEETS
                                --------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          As of December 31,
            LIABILITIES AND PROJECT EQUITY (DEFICIT)                    1996                1995
            ----------------------------------------               -------------       -------------
<S>                                                                <C>                 <C>
CURRENT LIABILITIES:

     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                           $  908,435          $  746,020

     Accrued interest                                                   126,454             259,808
     Deferred income                                                  3,240,553           3,002,908
     Tenant deposits                                                    234,609             221,005
     Note payable - Landesbank Hessen                                   462,500             393,750
     Note payable - Bayerische Landesbank                               462,500             393,750
                                                                   -------------       -------------
               Total current liabilities                              5,435,051           5,017,241

LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
     Note payable - Landesbank Hessen                                 8,142,500           8,105,000
     Note payable - Bayerische Landesbank                             8,142,500           8,105,000
     Notes payable - Proeller Brothers                                2,900,000           2,900,000
                                                                   -------------       -------------
               Total long-term liabilities                           19,185,000          19,110,000
                                                                   -------------       -------------
               Total liabilities                                     24,620,051          24,127,241
                                                                   -------------       -------------
PROJECT EQUITY (DEFICIT)                                             (2,193,424)         (2,763,796)
                                                                   -------------       -------------

               Total liabilities and
               project equity (deficit)                            $ 22,426,627        $ 21,363,445
                                                                   =============       =============


</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



                                 DOBIE CENTER
                                 ------------

              STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PROJECT EQUITY (DEFICIT)
              -------------------------------------------------

            FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995, AND 1994
            -----------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                     <C>
CAPITAL BALANCE, December 31, 1993                                                      $(2,591,791)
     Distributions, net                                                                    (983,398)
     Net income                                                                             208,761
                                                                                        -------------

CAPITAL BALANCE, December 31, 1994                                                       (3,366,428)
     Contributions, net                                                                   1,216,622
     Net loss                                                                              (613,990)
                                                                                        -------------

CAPITAL BALANCE, December 31, 1995                                                       (2,763,796)
     Distributions, net                                                                     (77,378)
     Net income                                                                             647,750
                                                                                        -------------

CAPITAL BALANCE, December 31, 1996                                                      $(2,193,424)
                                                                                        =============

</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


                                             DOBIE CENTER
                                             ------------

                                   COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                                   ---------------------------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        For the Years Ended December 31,
                                                   1996                                     1995       
                                 -------------------------------------  ----------------------------------
                                    Tower          Mall     Combined       Tower        Mall     Combined 
                                 ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------- ----------- ----------
<S>                              <C>           <C>         <C>          <C>         <C>         <C>
REVENUES:
  Rental revenue                 $ 6,318,380   $  850,001  $7,168,381   $6,026,227  $  965,479  $6,991,706
  Other revenue                      297,028      313,921     610,949      308,361     247,912     556,273
  Garage                             498,344         -        498,344      409,110        -        409,110
  Interest and other income          122,793       13,542     136,335      188,680      14,751     203,431
                                 ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------- ----------- ----------
     Total revenues                7,236,545    1,177,464   8,414,009    6,932,378   1,228,142   8,160,520

OPERATING EXPENSES:
  Wages and contract labor         1,329,517      116,318   1,445,835    1,348,632     116,888   1,465,520
  Food cost                          746,881         -        746,881      714,029        -        714,029
  Administrative                     895,685      233,116   1,128,801      792,058     228,863   1,020,921
  Utilities                          604,157      217,165     821,322      592,312     164,468     756,780
  Contract services                  166,678       74,796     241,474      282,816      75,658     358,474
  Maintenance                        172,499      206,876     379,375      138,424     194,252     332,676
  Depreciation and amortization      807,793      273,872   1,081,665      574,667     257,276     831,943
  Property tax                       328,453       77,314     405,767      295,548      65,796     361,344
  Nonrecurring expenses               45,238        3,345      48,583        4,282       1,427       5,709
                                 ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------- ----------- ----------
     Total operating expenses      5,096,901    1,202,802   6,299,703    4,742,768   1,104,628   5,847,396
                                 ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------- ----------- ----------

NET OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)        2,139,644      (25,338)  2,114,306    2,189,610     123,514   2,313,124

NONOPERATING EXPENSES:
  Interest expense                 1,173,245      293,311   1,466,556    2,325,059     602,055   2,927,114
                                 ------------  ----------  -----------  ----------- ----------- ----------
NET INCOME (LOSS)                  $ 966,399    $(318,649)  $ 647,750    $(135,449)  $(478,541)  $(613,990)
                                 ============  ==========  ===========  =========== =========== ==========

</TABLE>

(table continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    For the Years Ended December 31,                      For the
                                                                                        Nine Months
                                                                                           Ended
                                                                                       September 30,
                                                        1994                                1996    
                                 --------------------------------------------------    -------------
                                     Tower              Mall           Combined          Combined 
                                 ------------       -----------       -------------    -------------
                                                                                        (unaudited)
<S>                             <C>                 <C>               <C>              <C>
REVENUES:
  Rental revenue                  $5,578,081        $  893,883         $6,471,964        $5,106,385
  Other revenue                      173,422           307,748            481,170           469,319
  Garage                             334,725              -               334,725           357,808
  Interest and other income           27,664              -                27,664           102,250
                                 ------------       -----------       -------------    -------------
     Total revenues                6,113,892         1,201,631          7,315,523         6,035,762

OPERATING EXPENSES:
  Wages and contract labor         1,454,214            24,022          1,478,236         1,067,388
  Food cost                          643,900              -               643,900           507,006
  Administrative                     938,195            99,343          1,037,538           847,144
  Utilities                          622,442           161,194            783,636           587,605
  Contract services                  120,692           112,194            232,886           284,836
  Maintenance                        209,677           115,141            324,818           208,665
  Depreciation and amortization      422,482           140,827            563,309           814,493
  Property tax                       281,042            70,260            351,302           299,946
  Nonrecurring expenses               26,166             8,722             34,888            18,841
                                 ------------       -----------       -------------    -------------
     Total operating expenses      4,718,810           731,703          5,450,513         4,635,924
                                 ------------       -----------       -------------    -------------

NET OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)        1,395,082           469,928          1,865,010         1,399,838

NONOPERATING EXPENSES:
  Interest expense                 1,242,187           414,062          1,656,249         1,076,106
                                 ------------       -----------       -------------    -------------
NET INCOME (LOSS)                  $ 152,895          $ 55,866           $208,761         $ 323,732
                                 ============       ===========       =============    =============
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


                                 DOBIE CENTER
                                 ------------

                           STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                           ------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            For the
                                                                                           Nine Months
                                                                                              Ended
                                                     For the Years Ended December 31,     September 30,
                                                  ---------------------------------------
                                                      1996        1995        1994            1996
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------
                                                                                           (unaudited)
<S>                                               <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS:
  Net income (loss)                               $  647,750   $  (613,990) $  208,761     $  323,732

  Adjustments to reconcile net
    income (loss) to net cash
    provided by operating activities-

  Depreciation and amortization                    1,081,665       831,943     563,309        814,495
  Write-off of unamortized discount                    -         1,280,696       -              -    
  Amortization of discount on notes payable            -           220,823     655,805        (29,450)
  Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable           6,380       (75,559)    (55,203)    (1,413,895)
  Decrease (increase) in prepaid insurance             3,083        (6,370)     (2,884)       (21,458)
  Increase in lease commissions                      (20,195)      (44,452)    (16,117)          -   
  Increase in loan costs                             -            (599,443)       -              -   
  Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
    accrued expenses                                 162,415       208,472     (75,824)      (209,446)
  Increase in deferred income                        237,645       210,450     560,082      2,151,727
  Increase (decrease) in accrued interest           (133,354)      259,808        -          (101,938)
  Increase (decrease) in tenant deposits              13,604        13,324      12,023        (77,035)
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------
  Total adjustments                                1,351,243     2,299,692   1,641,191      1,113,000
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------
  Net cash provided by operating activities        1,998,993     1,685,702   1,849,952      1,436,732
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
  Purchase of furniture, fixtures, and equipment    (241,594)       (5,687)    (11,315)       (45,966)
  Purchase of building and improvements           (1,462,526)      (83,815)       -        (1,268,460)
  Increase in mall renovations and improvements     (187,951)   (1,260,979)   (624,457)    (1,032,326)
  Decrease (increase) in software                     33,350       (66,473)    (84,100)        33,350
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------
  Net cash used in investing activities           (1,858,721)   (1,416,954)   (719,872)    (2,313,402)
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Contributions, net                                    -        1,216,622        -            27,061
  Repayment of notes payable                        (787,500)  (19,814,116)       -          (562,500)
  Proceeds from notes payable                      1,000,000    20,074,927        -         1,000,000
  Distributions, net                                 (77,378)        -        (983,398)          -   
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------
       Net cash provided by (used in) financing
         activities                                  135,122     1,477,433    (983,398)       464,561
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------

       Net cash provided by (used in) operating,
         investing, and financing activities         275,394     1,746,181     146,682       (412,109)
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------


CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year       2,403,348       657,167     510,485      2,403,348
                                                  ----------   ------------ ------------- -------------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year           $ 2,678,742   $ 2,403,348 $   657,167    $ 1,991,239
                                                  ==========   ============ ============= =============
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF
  CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
  Cash paid for interest expense                 $ 1,599,910   $ 1,256,836 $ 1,022,679    $ 1,076,106
                                                  ==========   ============ ============= =============

</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


                                 DOBIE CENTER
                                 ------------

                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        -----------------------------

                      DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995, AND 1994
                      ---------------------------------


1.  ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Located immediately adjacent to The University of Texas at Austin, Dobie
Center ("Dobie" or the "Project") consists of Dobie Tower, a 932-bed,
27-story student residence hall that sits on top of Dobie Mall, a
96,000-square foot retail mall.  The mall includes student-oriented tenants
such as a copy/printing shop, student bookstore, movie theater, video store,
tanning salon, hair salon, video arcade, and a 500-seat food court.  The
student-residence tower includes a full service cafeteria, state-of-the-art
computer center, fitness center, junior Olympic swimming pool, Jacuzzi,
volleyball court, basketball court, mini-theater, study rooms, meeting rooms,
and a 24-hour service desk.  The facility also includes a 644-car commercial
parking garage.

Dobie is wholly owned by AustInvest I, Ltd. ("AustInvest"), which was formed
on March 30, 1992, under the laws of the state of Texas.  AustInvest is a
limited partnership formed for the purpose of owning, operating, and managing 
Dobie.

Leasing figures for the student residence hall for the fall 1996 semester
showed that the maximum capacity of 932 spaces, or beds, were occupied by
888 students (95%) with the remaining 44 spaces primarily occupied by
resident advisors (5%).  Leasing figures for the student residence halls for
the Spring 1996 semester show that the maximum capacity of 932 spaces, or
beds, will be attained.  This figure reflects spaces primarily occupied by
students (95%) with their supporting resident advisors (5%).  At December 31,
1996, the retail mall occupancy rate was approximately 82%.  The commercial
parking garage generates revenues from both contract parking (68%) and daily
parking (32%) fees.

The facility is staffed with nearly 100 employees responsible for all areas
of operation including business administration, residence life/student
development, food service, maintenance, housekeeping, and accounting. 
Student services are administered by a professional management team in
conjunction with a paraprofessional staff consisting of a resident director
and 20 student resident assistants.

BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared from the records of
the Project and include its assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.  The
accompanying financial statements do not include assets, liabilities, reve-
nues, or expenses pertaining solely to AustInvest.

Dobie uses the accrual method of accounting for financial reporting in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  Therefore,
revenue is recorded as earned and costs and expenses are recorded as
incurred.

The allocation of income and expenses between the tower and mall are based on
actual results and estimates made by management.  The income and expenses of
the garage are included with the income and expenses of the tower.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could
differ from those estimates.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

For purposes of preparing the statement of cash flows, unrestricted currency,
certificates of deposit, and money market accounts are considered cash, and
investments with an original maturity of one year or less are considered cash
equivalents.

Dobie maintains cash balances at two banks.  Cash accounts at banks are
insured by the FDIC up to $100,000.  Amounts in excess of insured limits were
approximately $2,633,741, $2,203,348, and $357,166, at December 31, 1996,
1995, and 1994, respectively.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable include $553,433 of deferred student revenues.  Upon
completion of dormitory contracts with students, Dobie records a receivable
for the full value of the contract with an off-setting increase to deferred
revenue.  Income is then recognized over the life of the contracts from the
deferred revenue account.

Dobie generally considers all accounts receivable to be fully collectible. 
Accordingly, no allowance for doubtful accounts has been recorded.

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

Fixed assets are recorded at cost.  Repairs and maintenance of fixed assets
are charged to operations.  Major improvements are capitalized.  The
estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

                         Years
                         -----
     Furniture, fixtures & equipment    5-10
     Building & improvements              40
     Mall renovation and improvements   5-40

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method for financial report-
ing purposes.  Depreciation expense was $955,457, $760,150, and $504,457 for
the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively.  Upon
retirement, sale, or other disposition of property and equipment, the cost
and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the related accounts
and the resulting gains or losses are included in operations.  There were no
gains or losses for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995, and 1994.

OTHER ASSETS AND AMORTIZATION

Lease commissions are being amortized over the life of the lease on a
straight-line basis.  Organization costs and software are being amortized
over 60 and 36 months on a straight-line basis.  Amortization expense was
$126,208, $71,793, and $58,852 for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995,
and 1994, respectively.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

No income tax provision has been included in the financial statements since
profit or loss of Dobie Center is required to be reported by the respective
partners of AustInvest on their income tax returns.

2.  LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  1996                1995                 1994
                                              ------------        ------------         ------------
<S>                                           <C>                 <C>                  <C>
Note payable to Landesbank Hessen-
Thuringen Girozentrale, stated interest at
7.25% and 7.625% at December 31, 1996 and
1995, respectively, maturing August 30,
2002                                            $8,605,000         $8,498,750            $    -    

Note payable to Bayerische Landesbank
Girozentrale, stated interest at 7.25% and
7.625% at December 31, 1996 and 1995, re-
spectively, maturing August 30, 2002.            8,605,000          8,498,750                  -   

Note payable to Proeller Brothers, stated
interest at 7.5%, maturing August 30,
2002.                                            2,900,000          2,900,000                  -   

Note payable to partner, stated interest
at 10.0%, pay rate at 7.5% (at December
31, 1994), maturing May 1999                          -                  -                2,067,231

Note payable to Lincoln National Life
Insurance Company, non-interest bearing,
maturing May 1999.                                    -                  -                3,937,655
                  
Note payable to partner, non-interest
bearing, maturing May 1999                            -                  -                1,850,000

Note payable to Lincoln National Life
Insurance Company, stated interest at 10%,
pay rate of 7.5% (at December 31, 1994),
maturing May 1999                                     -                  -               11,771,730
                                              ------------        ------------         ------------
Total debt                                      20,110,000         19,897,500            19,626,616
                                              ------------        ------------         ------------
Less-
   Discounts                                          -                  -               (1,485,605)
   Current portion                                (925,000)          (787,500)                -    
                                              ------------        ------------         ------------
Net long-term debt                             $19,185,000        $19,110,000           $18,141,011
                                              ============        ============         ============
</TABLE>

The following is a schedule of future maturities of long-term debt at

December 31, 1996:

               1997           $   925,000
               1998             1,000,000
               1999             1,000,000
               2000             1,000,000
               2001             1,000,000
               Thereafter      15,185,000

On September 1, 1995, two mortgage payable balances were paid to Lincoln
National Life Insurance Company and AustInvest I Partners, Ltd., in the
amounts of $15,709,385 and $3,917,231, respectively.  These two mortgage
payable balances, comprised of four promissory notes secured by Dobie, were
executed and delivered on March 25, 1992.  A portion of the mortgage payable
to AustInvest I Partners, Ltd., in the amount of $2,067,231 was made in
connection with the restructuring of the notes.  The one additional note to
AustInvest I Partners, Ltd., of $1,850,000 and the two notes to Lincoln
National Life Insurance Company of $15,709,385 were given in renewal and
extension of the outstanding balance of principal left owing and unpaid by
AustInvest I, Ltd.  These three additional notes were assigned to AustInvest.

Two of the four notes were noninterest bearing and were held by Lincoln
National Life Insurance Company and AustInvest I Partners, Ltd., in the
amounts of $3,937,655 and $1,850,000, respectively.  The noninterest bearing
note held by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company was being discounted at
7.5%.  The noninterest bearing note held by AustInvest I Partners, Ltd., was
being discounted at 7.0%.  Interest expense in 1995 includes $1,280,696 of
unamortized discount on notes payable written-off in conjunction with the
refinancing of the company's notes payable.

The notes described above were all paid off on September 1, 1995, via a
refinancing transaction.  The total refinancing transaction costs of $599,443
have been capitalized over the seven-year note term.  At the option of
Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale and Bayerische Landesbank
Girozentrale, the holders of the new notes, totaling $17,210,000 and
$16,997,500 at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively, the entire principal
balance and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall become due and payable
in full upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

1.   default in the payment of the principal balance on the maturity date of
     August 30, 2002,

2.   the occurrence of any other default, as defined, which has occurred and
     has continued for more than five (5) business days after written notice
     from the holder of such default, or

3.   the occurrence of any other default or event by which, under the terms
     of the other Loan documents, shall have occurred and have continued
     after the expiration of any applicable grace and/or notice period set
     forth in such other Loan documents.

An additional capital improvement reserve is available on the Landesbank
Hessen and Bayerische Landesbank loans.  Dobie exercised its option to draw
the advance of $1,000,000 in 1996.  No funds had been drawn on this reserve
as of December 31, 1995 and 1994.  An additional $2,325,073 can be drawn by
Dobie prior to September 1, 1997, after which time no additional advances are
provided for in the note agreements.  This reserve is not reflected on the
corresponding Balance Sheet. 

At December 31, 1996 and 1995, the interest rate on the loan is fixed at the
applicable LIBOR rate selected by Dobie in accordance with the provisions of
the notes defining the option interest period elections.  Interest is payable
in arrears on each quarterly roll over date with the stated principal repay-
ment as set forth in the note agreements.  A portion of the principal balance
of the notes are to repaid in twenty-eight (28) consecutive quarterly
installment payments before the maturity date of the notes.  The interest
rate on this note in effect at December 31, 1996 and 1995, was 7.25% and
7.625%, respectively.

A loan of $2,900,000 was also obtained from Hubert Proeller, Arthur Proeller,
Hermann Proeller, and Manfred Proeller on September 1, 1995.  The loan is due
on August 30, 2002, and is collateralized by a second mortgage on Dobie.  The
interest rate is fixed at 7.5% per annum.  Interest payments are to be made
quarterly, with the entire principal balance due at the maturity date.

The total cash paid for interest expense on all loans during 1996, 1995, and
1994 was $1,599,910, $1,256,836 and $1,022,679, respectively.

3.  RELATED PARTIES

Management fees paid to an affiliated company were $395,677, $414,874, and
$332,707 for 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively.

4.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," requires Dobie to disclose the estimated
fair values of its financial instrument assets and liabilities.  The carrying
amounts approximate fair value for cash and cash equivalents and the improve-
ment reserve because of the short maturity of those instruments.  For Dobie's
mortgage payable and note payable (Proeller) it is presumed that estimated
fair value approximates the recorded book balance due to the recent refinanc-
ing.

5.  ACCOUNTING FOR THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

In March 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of."  This state-
ment requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles to
be held and used by an entity be reviewed for impairment whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may
not be recoverable.  Dobie has adopted the principles of this statement in
1996.  Its adoption did not have a material effect on the financial position
of Dobie.

                               SCHEDULE III
    REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS, ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
                            DECEMBER 31, 1996

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             Gross Amount at Which
                                 Initial Cost                      Costs                   Carried at Close of Period
                    ---------------------------------------     Capitalized      --------------------------------------------
                      Related                   Building &      Subsequent                        Buildings &
  Description       Encumbrance      Land      Improvements   to Acquisition        Land         Improvements        Totals
- ------------------  ------------  ----------   ------------   --------------     ----------      ------------     -----------
<S>                 <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>                <C>             <C>              <C>
 Dobie Center       $20,110,000   $2,263,599    $10,286,964     $ 6,978,425      $2,263,599       $17,265,389     $19,528,988


</TABLE>

(table continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                       Accumulated
                       Depreciation                 Date of                   Date                 Depreciable
  Description         & Amortization              Construction              Acquired              Lives(years)
- ---------------       --------------              ------------              --------
<S>                   <C>                         <C>                       <C>
 Dobie Center         $ (2,131,214)                   1969                   4/23/92                   5-40

</TABLE>

                    See accompanying notes to Schedule III

                             Notes To Schedule III

       Real Estate Investments, Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization

   A summary of activity for the Partnership's real estate investments and
         accumulated depreciation and amortization is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        For Year Ended
Real estate investments:                                                                     1996
- ------------------------                                                               ----------------
<S>                                                                                    <C>
Balance at beginning of year                                                             $ 17,878,511
Improvements                                                                                1,650,477
                                                                                       ----------------
Balance at end of year                                                                   $ 19,528,988
                                                                                       ================

Accumulated depreciation and amortization:
- -----------------------------------------
Balance at beginning of year                                                             $ (1,444,221)
Depreciation                                                                                 (686,993)
                                                                                       ----------------
Balance at end of year                                                                   $ (2,131,214)
                                                                                       ================

</TABLE>


                              Report of Independent Auditors


To the Management of
Dobie Center


We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Dobie Center (the
"Project") as of December 31, 1997, and the related statements of income for
the year then ended, and for the periods from January 1, 1997 through June
26, 1997 and June 27, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and the related
statements of project equity (deficit) and cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 1997.  These financial statements and the schedules referred to
below are the responsibility of the Projects' management.  Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements and the schedules
based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. 
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Dobie Center as of
December 31, 1997, and the results of its operations for the year then ended
and for the period from January 1, 1997 through June 26, 1997 and June 27
through December 31,1997 and its cash flows for the year ended December 31,
1997 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental statement of income
for the period  July 15, 1997 through December 31, 1997 is presented for
purposes of additional analysis and the Schedule III attached to the
financial statements is provided for purpose of complying with the Securities
and Exchange Commission's rules.  The supplemental statement of income and
Schedule III are not a required part of the basic financial statements.  Such
information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the
audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly states in
all material respects the financial data required to be set forth therein in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

                                                          Ernst & Young LLP

New York, New York
February 23, 1998


                                  Dobie Center

                                 Balance Sheet

                               December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                    <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents                                                         $ 4,849,614
     Accounts receivable - students                                                        305,719
     Accounts receivable - AustInvest                                                      594,883
     Accounts receivable - other                                                            52,060
     Other current assets                                                                    7,668
                                                                                       -------------
Total current assets                                                                     5,809,944
Fixed assets:
     Land, building and equipment                                                       35,716,430
     Accumulated depreciation                                                             (406,417)
                                                                                       -------------
Total fixed assets                                                                      35,310,013
Intangible assets:
     Organizational costs                                                                  152,482
     Accumulated amortization                                                              (15,248)
                                                                                       -------------
Total intangible assets                                                                    137,234
                                                                                       -------------
Total assets                                                                           $41,257,191
                                                                                       =============

LIABILITIES AND PROJECT EQUITY

Current liabilities:
     Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                                $856,777
     Tenant security deposits                                                              224,942
     Deferred income - students                                                          3,508,099
     Other deferred income                                                                   2,000
     Current portion mortgage notes payable                                              1,000,000
                                                                                       -------------
Total current liabilities                                                                5,591,818
                                                                                       -------------
Non-current liabilities:

     Mortgage notes payable                                                             19,280,500
                                                                                       -------------
Total liabilities                                                                       24,872,318
Project equity                                                                          16,384,873
                                                                                       -------------
Total liabilities and project equity                                                   $41,257,191
                                                                                       =============
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


                               Dobie Center

                           Statement of Income

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   
                                                                      FOR THE PERIOD     FOR THE PERIOD
                                                          YEAR        JANUARY 1, 1997     JUNE 27, 1997
                                                     ENDED DECEMBER  THROUGH JUNE 26,   THROUGH DECEMBER
                                                        31, 1997           1997             31, 1997
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                  <C>             <C>                <C>
Revenues:
     Tower rental revenue                                $7,137,515       $3,399,817       $3,737,698
     Mall rental revenue                                  1,377,878          657,490          720,388
     Garage revenue                                         504,527          245,379          259,148
     Other revenue                                           96,186           65,938           30,248
     Interest and other revenue                             160,802           46,928          113,874
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
Total revenues                                            9,276,908        4,415,552        4,861,356

Operating expenses:
     Tower expenses:
     Wages                                               1,231,907           630,551          601,356
     Food costs                                            628,418           302,952          325,466
     Administrative/other                                  928,423           460,260          468,163
     Utilities                                             569,268           279,547          289,721
     Management fee                                        267,991           169,390           98,601
     Maintenance                                           146,089            61,773           84,316
     Property taxes                                        344,677           162,434          182,243
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
     Total tower expenses                                4,116,773         2,066,907        2,049,866

 Mall expenses:
     Wages                                                 116,741            46,958           69,783
     Administrative/other                                  370,521           187,375          183,146
     Utilities                                             237,002           116,756          120,246
     Management fee                                         64,488            42,606           21,882
     Maintenance                                            58,899            27,023           31,876
     Property taxes                                         86,167            40,607           45,560
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
     Total mall expenses                                   933,818           461,325          472,493
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
Total operating expenses                                 5,050,591         2,528,232        2,522,359

Operating income                                         4,226,317         1,887,320        2,338,997

Non-operating expense:
     Depreciation/amortization - tower                     650,517           350,629          299,888
     Depreciation/amortization - mall                      238,259           116,482          121,777
     Interest expense                                    1,543,186           730,372          812,814
     Nonrecurring expenses                                 363,972           119,327          244,645
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
Total non-operating expense                              2,795,934         1,316,810        1,479,124
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------
Net income                                               $1,430,383       $  570,510       $  859,873
                                                     ===================================================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


                                    Dobie Center

                   Statement of Changes in Project Equity (Deficit)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                       <C>
Project deficit, December 31, 1996                                                        $(2,193,424)

Net income for the period January 1, 1997 through June 26, 1997                               570,510

Elimination of deficit - purchase transaction                                               1,622,914

Contributions - June 26, 1997                                                              15,525,000

Net income for the period June 27, 1997 through December 31, 1997                             859,873
                                                                                          -------------
Project equity, December 31, 1997                                                         $16,384,873
                                                                                          =============

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

                                     Dobie Center

                               Statement of Cash Flows

                        For the Year Ended December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                        <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income                                                                                 $1,430,383
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
  activities:
Depreciation and amortization                                                                 888,776
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
  Accounts receivable-students                                                                247,714
  Accounts receivable - AustInvest                                                           (594,883)
  Other accounts receivables                                                                  165,179
  Other current assets                                                                         51,828
  Accounts payable                                                                           (178,112)
  Tenant security deposits payable                                                             (9,667)
  Deferred income-students                                                                    267,546
  Deferred parking income                                                                       2,000
                                                                                          -------------
  Net cash provided by operating activities                                                 2,270,764
                                                                                          -------------

Investing activities
Increase in organizational costs                                                             (142,287)
Purchase of fixed assets                                                                  (15,653,105)
                                                                                          -------------
Net cash used in investing activities                                                     (15,795,392)
                                                                                          -------------

Financing activities
Repayment of notes payable                                                                   (925,000)
Contributions                                                                              15,525,000
Net proceeds from notes payable                                                             1,095,500
                                                                                          -------------
Net cash provided by financing activities                                                  15,695,500
                                                                                          -------------

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                   2,170,872
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                            2,678,742
                                                                                          -------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                                 $4,849,614
                                                                                          =============

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE
Non-cash activities:
  Net decrease in fixed assets                                                              1,233,715
  Decrease in accumulated depreciation and amortization                                    (3,719,250)
  Elimination of Project deficit - purchase transaction                                     1,622,914
  Elimination of Intangible assets - purchase transaction                                     951,838

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


                              Dobie Center

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

                            December 31, 1997


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

Dobie Center ("Dobie" or the "Project") which is located immediately adjacent
to the University of Texas at Austin, consists of the Dobie tower, a 932-bed,
27-story student residence hall that is situated on top of the Dobie mall, a
96,000-square foot retail mall.  The mall includes student-oriented tenants
such as a copy/printing shop, student bookstore, movie theater, video store,
tanning salon, hair salon, video arcade, and a 500-seat food court.  The
student-residence tower includes a full service cafeteria, state-of-the-art
computer center, fitness center, junior olympic swimming pool, Jacuzzi,
volleyball court, basketball court, mini-theater, study rooms, meeting rooms,
and a 24-hour service desk.  The facility also includes a 644-car commercial
parking garage.

On June 26, 1997, AustInvest I, Ltd. ("AustInvest") sold 70% of Dobie Center
to Reckson Opportunity Partners, L.P. ("ROP").  Simultaneously, ROP and
AustInvest contributed their interest in Dobie Center to a new entity, Dobie
Center Properties, Ltd.

BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The accompanying financial statements include the assets, liabilities,
revenues and expenses directly related to the Project.  These financial
statements do not include accounts of AustInvest or Dobie Center Properties,
Ltd.  

Dobie uses the accrual method of accounting for financial reporting in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  Therefore,
revenue is recorded as earned and costs and expenses are recorded as
incurred.

The allocation of income and expenses between the tower and mall are based on
historical results and estimates made by management.  The expenses of the
garage are included with the expenses of the tower.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could
differ from those estimates.

                              Dobie Center

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

For purposes of preparing the statement of cash flows, unrestricted currency,
certificates of deposit, and money market accounts are considered cash, and
investments with an original maturity of three months or less are considered
cash equivalents.

Dobie maintains cash balances at three banks.  Cash accounts at banks are
insured by the FDIC up to $100,000.  Amounts in excess of insured limits were
approximately $4,639,368 at December 31, 1997.

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

Fixed assets are recorded at cost.  Repairs and maintenance of fixed assets
are charged to operations.  Major improvements are capitalized.  The
estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

                                                               YEARS
                                                          ---------------
Furniture, fixtures & equipment                                5-10
Building & improvements                                          40
Mall renovation and improvements                               5-40

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method for financial
reporting purposes. Depreciation expense was $873,528 for the year ended
December 31, 1997.  Upon retirement, sale, or other disposition of property
and equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from
the related accounts and the resulting gains or losses are included in
operations.  

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of"
requires that long-lived assets to be held and used be reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. SFAS 121 has not had an
impact on the financial position of Dobie.


                              Dobie Center

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

OTHER ASSETS AND AMORTIZATION

Organization costs are being amortized over 60 months on a straight-line
basis.  Amortization expense was $15,248 for the year ended December 31,
1997.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

STUDENT HOUSING

Upon execution of student dormitory contracts, Dobie records a receivable for
the full value of the contract with an off-setting increase to deferred
revenue.  Income is then recognized on a straight-line basis over the
remaining life of the contracts.

MALL TENANTS

Minimum rental revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term
of the lease.  The excess of rents recognized over amounts contractually due
are included in accounts receivable - other on the accompanying balance
sheet.

GARAGE REVENUES

Upon execution of semester garage contracts, Dobie records the cash received
pursuant to each contract as deferred revenue.  Income is then recognized on
a straight-line basis over the life of the contracts.  Daily parking revenues
are recognized as received.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

No income tax provision has been included in the financial statements since
profit and loss of Dobie is required to be reported by the respective
partners of AustInvest and Dobie Center Properties, Ltd. on their respective
income tax returns.

                              Dobie Center

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


2.  LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      DECEMBER 31, 1997
                                                                                   ------------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>
First Mortgage Notes Payable - collateralized by the Project:

   Note payable to Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale, ("LH-TG") stated
        interest at 7.25% at December 31, 1997 maturing August 30, 2002                    $8,690,250

Note payable to Bayerische Landesbank Girozentrale,("BLG") stated interest at
        7.25% at December 31, 1997, maturing August 30, 2002                                8,690,250

Second Mortgage Note Payable - collateralized by the Project:

Note payable to Proeller Brothers, stated interest at 7.5%, maturing
         August 30, 2002                                                                    2,900,000
                                                                                         -------------

Total long term debt                                                                      $20,280,500
                                                                                         =============
</TABLE>

The following is a schedule of future maturities of long-term debt at
December 31, 1997:

1998                                                    $ 1,000,000
1999                                                      1,000,000
2000                                                      1,000,000
2001                                                      1,000,000
2002                                                     16,280,500
                                                        -----------
                                                        $20,280,500
                                                        ===========

At the option of LH-TG and BLG, the holders of the first mortgage notes,
$17,380,500, the entire principal balance and accrued and unpaid interest
thereon is due and payable in full upon the occurrence of an event of
default, as defined.

An additional capital improvement reserve of $1,219,500 is available through
September 30, 1998 on the LH-TG and BLG loans.


                              Dobie Center

                  Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


2.  LONG-TERM LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)

At December 31, 1997, the interest rate on the first mortgage notes payable
to LH-TG and BLG is fixed at the applicable LIBOR rate selected by Dobie in
accordance with the provisions of the notes defining the option interest
period elections.  Interest is payable in arrears on each quarterly roll over
date with the stated principal repayment as set forth in the note agreements. 
A portion of the principal balance of the notes is to repaid in twenty-eight
(28) consecutive quarterly installment payments before the maturity date of
the notes.  The interest rate on this note in effect at December 31, 1997 was
7.259%.

A loan of $2,900,000 was also obtained from the Proeller Brothers on
September 1, 1995.  The loan is due on August 30, 2002.  The interest rate is
fixed at 7.5% per annum.  Interest payments are to be made quarterly, with
the entire principal balance due at the maturity date.

3.  RELATED PARTIES

Management fees paid to an affiliated company were $332,479 for the year
ended December 31, 1997.

4.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," requires Dobie to disclose the estimated
fair values of its financial instrument assets and liabilities.  The carrying
amounts approximate fair value for cash and cash equivalents and the
improvement reserve because of the short maturity of those instruments.  For
Dobie's first and second mortgage notes payable the estimated fair value
approximates the recorded balance.


                           Supplemental Information


                                 Dobie Center


                  Supplemental Statement of Income (Note 1)

         For the period from July 15, 1997 through December 31, 1997

Revenues:
   Tower rental revenue                                         $3,379,833
   Mall rental revenue                                             651,415
   Garage revenue                                                  234,336
   Other revenue                                                    27,352
   Interest and other revenue                                      102,971
                                                                -----------
Total revenues                                                   4,395,907

Operating expenses:
   Tower expenses:
     Wages                                                         543,779
     Food costs                                                    294,304
     Administrative/other                                          423,339
     Utilities                                                     261,983
     Management fee                                                 89,160
     Maintenance                                                    76,243
     Property taxes                                                164,794
                                                                -----------
     Total tower expenses                                        1,853,602

   Mall expenses:
     Wages                                                          63,102
     Administrative/other                                          165,611
     Utilities                                                     108,733
     Management fee                                                 19,787
     Maintenance                                                    28,824
     Property taxes                                                 41,198
                                                                -----------
     Total mall expenses                                           427,254
                                                                -----------
Total operating expenses                                         2,280,857

Operating income                                                 2,115,050

Non-operating expense:
   Depreciation/amortization - tower                               271,175
   Depreciation/amortization - mall                                110,118
   Interest expense                                                734,991
   Nonrecurring expenses                                           221,222
                                                                -----------
   Total non-operating expense                                   1,337,506
                                                                -----------

   Net income                                                   $  777,545
                                                                ===========
See accompanying notes.

                                 Dobie Center

                                 Schedule III

                   Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

                                December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  COSTS CAPITALIZED
                                                                    SUBSEQUENT TO                   GROSS AMOUNT AT WHICH
                                  INITIAL COST                     ACQUISITION/(1)/                  CARRIED AT CLOSE OF
                 RELATED                 BUILDING &                  BUILDINGS &                      PERIOD BUILDINGS &
DESCRIPTION    ENCUMBRANCE     LAND     IMPROVEMENTS      LAND       IMPROVEMENTS         LAND           IMPROVEMENTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>            <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>                <C>
Dobie Center,  $20,280,500  $2,263,599   $10,286,964   $1,787,041  $20,185,360        $4,050,640          $30,472,324
Austin Texas

</TABLE>

(table continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                  ACCUMULATED           DATE OF         DATE       DEPRECIABLE LIFE
 DESCRIPTION       TOTALS        DEPRECIATION         CONSTRUCTION    ACQUIRED          (YEARS)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>              <C>             <C>                  <C>             <C>          <C>
Dobie Center,    $34,522,964      $(380,904)               1969          1992              40
Austin Texas

</TABLE>








See accompanying notes to Schedule III.

/(1)/  Reflects the step-up in basis associated with the sale of a 70%
       interest in the property to an unrelated third party.

                                   Dobie Center

                              Notes to Schedule III

                    Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

                                December 31, 1997


A summary of activity for the Partnership's real estate and accumulated
depreciation is as follows:
                                                     FOR THE YEAR ENDED
                                                            1997
                                                     ------------------
Real estate investments:
   Balance at beginning of year                        $  19,528,988
   Improvements/(1)/                                      14,993,976
                                                     ------------------
   Balance at end of year                              $  34,522,964
                                                     ==================

Accumulated depreciation and amortization:
   Balance at beginning of year                         $ (2,131,214)
   Depreciation                                             (873,528)
   Reduction of accumulated depreciation/(1)/              2,623,838
                                                     ------------------
Balance at end of year                                  $   (380,904)
                                                     ==================

/(1)/ Reflects the step-up in basis associated with
      the sale of a 70% interest in the property to
      an unrelated third party.
/(2)/ A reconciliation of land, building and equipment is as follows:

      Real estate investments balance at end of year    $ 34,522,964
      Furniture, fixtures and equipment                    1,193,466
                                                      ----------------
     Land, building and equipment                       $ 35,716,430
                                                      ================


                   REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


To the Members of 
American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C.:


We have audited the accompanying statement of assets, liabilities, and
members' equity of American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. (a Texas
limited liability company) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995,
and the related statements of revenues and expenses, changes in members'
equity, and cash flows for the years then ended.  These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing stan-
dards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. 

An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of American Campus Lifestyles
Companies, L.L.C. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1996, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.



                                                      /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP


Dallas, Texas,
March 28, 1997



       AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
       -------------------------------------------------------------

      STATEMENTS OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND MEMBERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
      ----------------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    As of December 31,
                                                          ---------------------------------------
                          ASSETS                                 1996                 1995
                          ------                          ------------------   ------------------
<S>                                                       <C>                  <C>
CURRENT ASSETS:
   Cash and cash equivalents,
   including restricted cash
   of $74,164 as of December 31, 1996                       $       619,754      $       12,306

   Deposits                                                           3,315               3,415

   Accounts receivable                                            1,153,912             141,943

   Prepaid expenses                                                    -                   -

   Contributions receivable                                            -                  1,000
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
                              Total current assets                1,776,981             158,664
                                                          ------------------   ------------------

INVESTMENTS:

   Investment in leasehold
   estate -- completed
   contract, including
   restricted cash of
   $175,800, as of December
   31, 1996                                                      10,277,687                -

   Investment in leasehold
   estate - projects under
   development                                                      929,224                -
                                                          ------------------   ------------------

                              Total investments                  11,206,911                -
                                                          ------------------   ------------------

FIXED ASSETS:

   Equipment                                                        137,140              10,377

   Less-accumulated depreciation                                    (18,456)             (2,512)
                                                          ------------------   ------------------


                              Total fixed assets                    118,684               7,865
                                                          ------------------   ------------------


                              Total assets                      $13,102,576             166,529
                                                          ==================   ==================


       AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
       -------------------------------------------------------------

      STATEMENTS OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND MEMBERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
      ----------------------------------------------------------------

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY (DEFICIT)
- ----------------------------------------

                                                                    As of December 31,
                                                          ---------------------------------------
CURRENT LIABILITIES:                                             1996                 1995
- -------------------                                       ------------------   ------------------
     Construction accounts
     payable - leasehold estate                             $       403,456      $       -

     Accounts payable                                               580,424              45,125

     Security deposits                                               31,074              -

     Deferred rental income                                         877,536              -
     Advances from members                                             -              1,449,184
     Distributions payable                                           50,510              -
     Notes payable - leasehold
     estates                                                         87,088              -
     Notes payable - other                                           47,669              -
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
                 Total current liabilities                        2,077,757           1,494,309
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES:

     Notes Payable - leasehold
     estates                                                     10,716,367              -
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
     Total noncurrent liabilities                                10,716,367              -
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
                              Total liabilities                  12,794,124           1,494,309
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
MEMBERS' EQUITY:
     Advances from members                                            -               1,404,327

     Members' equity:
          Beginning balance                                      (1,327,780)         (2,388,000)
          Contributions                                           1,490,000              68,034
          Distributions                                            (855,552)             (5,800)
          Net income (loss)                                       1,001,784            (406,341)
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
                              Total members' equity
                              (deficit)                            308,452           (1,327,780)
                                                          ------------------   ------------------
                              Total liabilities and
                              members' equity                  $13,102,576      $        166,529
                                                          ==================   ==================
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



        AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        -------------------------------------------------------------

                     STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
                     -----------------------------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         For the Years Ended             For the Nine
                                                            December 31,                 Months Ended
                                                      ------------------------------    September 30,
                                                         1996              1995             1996
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------
                                                                                         (Unaudited)
<S>                                                   <C>              <C>              <C>
REVENUES:

   Development/construction fees                      $1,727,668           -               1,504,785
   Prairie View Phase I rental revenue                   776,582           -                 265,423
   Management fees                                       752,374            622,911          531,361
   Other income                                           10,383           -                   1,937
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------
                       Total revenues                  3,267,007            622,911        2,303,506
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------

OPERATING EXPENSES:
   Personnel                                             821,706            397,289          592,863
   Administrative                                        607,412            435,406          337,775
   Marketing                                              42,222              4,894           24,655
   Prairie View Phase I operating expenses               623,354           -                 265,423
   Depreciation                                           15,944              2,058           11,021
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------
                       Total operating expenses        2,110,638            839,647        1,231,737
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------
                       Net operating income (loss)     1,156,369           (216,736)       1,071,769
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------

OTHER EXPENSE:
   Interest, including Prairie View Phase I              154,585            189,605              468
                                                      ----------       -------------    -------------

NET INCOME (LOSS)                                     $1,001,784         $ (406,341)    $  1,071,301
                                                      ==========       =============    =============
</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



        AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        -------------------------------------------------------------

              STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
              --------------------------------------------------

                FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995
                ----------------------------------------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    Campus                    Landmark 
                                  Management    JHD Campus      Campus
                                  Associates,    Ventures    Investments,      Adelie,
                                    L.L.C.         L.L.C.       L.L.C.          L.L.C.        Totals
                                  -----------   ----------   ------------   -----------   ------------
<S>                               <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>
MEMBERS' DEFICIT,
  December 31, 1994 (unaudited)   $(597,000)    $(895,500)    $      -      $ (895,500)   $(2,388,000)
Advances from members                    -      1,404,327             -         -         1,404,327
Contributions                            -         68,034             -         -            68,034
Distributions                            -         (5,800)            -         -            (5,800)
Net loss                           (101,585)     (152,378)       -            (152,378)      (406,341)
                                  -----------   ----------   ------------   -----------   ------------

MEMBERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY,
   December 31, 1995               (698,585)      418,683             -     (1,047,878)    (1,327,780)
   Adjustments due to 
         capital restructure        707,333      (341,947)     (836,387)       471,001           -
   Contributions                         -             -        900,000        590,000      1,490,000
   Distributions                         -       (427,776)     (427,776)         -         (855,552)
   Net income (loss)                 (8,748)      505,266       518,389        (13,123)     1,001,784
                                  -----------   ----------   ------------   -----------   ------------
MEMBERS' EQUITY,
  December 31, 1996               $     -        $154,226      $154,226      $   -         $  308,452
                                  ===========   ==========   ============   ===========   ============

</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


        AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        -------------------------------------------------------------

                           STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                           ------------------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     For the Years Ended               For the Nine
                                                        December 31,                   Months Ended
                                                ----------------------------------    September 30,
                                                      1996               1995              1996
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------
                                                                                       (Unaudited)
<S>                                             <C>                <C>               <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
   Net income (loss)                            $     1,001,784    $     (406,341)      $1,071,301
     Adjustments to reconcile net income
     (loss) to net cash provided by
     (used in) operating activities-
       Depreciation                                      15,944             2,058           11,020
       Decrease in deposits                                 100            11,586         -       
       Increase in accounts receivable               (1,011,969)         (102,289)      (1,075,423)
       Decrease (increase) in prepaid
       expenses                                               -             4,500           (5,808)
       Decrease in contributions
       receivable                                         1,000           -                -      
       Increase (decrease) in accounts
       payable                                          535,299          (222,923)         315,664
       Increase in construction accounts
       payable -leasehold estate                        403,456           -              1,352,950
       Increase in security deposits                     31,074           -               -       
       Increase in deferred rental
       income                                           877,536           -                 87,754
       Increase in accrued interest                     -                  91,956         -       
       Increase in restricted cash                      (74,164)          -               -       
       Increase (decrease) in advances
       from members                                    (189,184)          483,087         (189,184)
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

           Total adjustments                            589,092           267,975          496,973
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

           Net cash provided by (used
           in) operating activities                   1,590,876          (138,366)       1,568,274
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

CASH FLOWS USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
   Investment in leasehold estate -
   completed contract                               (10,277,687)          -            (10,277,687)

   Investment in leasehold estate -
   projects under development                          (929,224)          -               -       
   Purchase of equipment                               (126,763)           (6,577)         (95,111)
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

           Net cash used in investing
           activities                               (11,333,674)           (6,577)     (10,372,798)
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
   Proceeds from notes payable-
   leasehold estates                                 10,803,455           -              8,924,736
   Proceeds from notes payable                           51,643           -                -      
   Repayment of notes payable - computer
   equipment                                             (3,974)          -                -      
   Contributions                                        900,000            68,034          900,000
   Distributions                                       (805,042)           (5,800)        (205,226)
   Capital restructure - cash paid to
   Adelie, L.L.C.                                      (670,000)          -               (670,000)
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

           Net cash provided by
           financing activities                      10,276,082            62,234        8,949,510
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

           Net cash provided by (used
           in) operating, investing, and
           financing activities                         533,284           (82,709)         144,986

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of
 year                                                    12,306            95,015           12,306
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year,
 net                                              $     545,590   $        12,306     $    157,292
                                                ---------------    ---------------   ---------------
NONCASH TRANSACTIONS:
   Contribution of Adelie, L.L.C.
   advances to capital                            $     590,000 $         -           $    590,000
                                                ===============    ===============   ===============

</TABLE>

  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

        AMERICAN CAMPUS LIFESTYLES COMPANIES, L.L.C. AND SUBSIDIARIES
        -------------------------------------------------------------

                        NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                        -----------------------------

                          DECEMBER 31, 1996 AND 1995
                          --------------------------


1.  ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. ("the Company"), a Texas private
limited liability company, was formed on October 8, 1993.  The Company is
committed to providing colleges, universities, and other educational institu-
tions with private sector assistance in financing, developing, constructing,
refurbishing, and managing on-campus and off-campus student housing.

The Company generates monthly management fees from two on-campus (one of
which was added during 1996) and two off-campus student housing projects
located in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida.  In addition, the Company generates
monthly development and construction management fees from two on-campus
student housing development projects located in Texas.  Upon the scheduled
completion of these two projects in August 1997, the Company will generate
monthly management fees for the property management of these facilities.

The Company's principal owners as of December 31, 1996, are J.H. Domberger
Campus Ventures, L.L.C. ("Domberger"), Campus Management Associates, L.L.C.
("CMA"), and Landmark Campus Investments, L.L.C. ("Landmark"), an affiliate
of the Austin-based Landmark Companies.

At the end of 1995, CMA negotiated a redemption of the interest of Adelie,
L.L.C. ("Adelie"), a former owner, for the amount of $670,000 cash from the
Company to Adelie and the admission of Landmark as a member of the Company
together with a cash capital contribution from Landmark of $900,000.  This
redemption, with the creation of Landmark's member interest, led to the
restructuring as of January 31, 1996, resulting in ownership of 25% by CMA,
37.5% by Domberger and 37.5% by Landmark.

Per the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the
"Agreement"), dated January 31, 1996, net income of the Company is allocated
equally to Landmark and Domberger until the net income allocated to Landmark
and Domberger equals the sum of current and prior year distributions to
Landmark and Domberger.  Additionally, the next $1,100,000 in net income is
allocated equally to Landmark and Domberger.  Subsequent net income is then
allocated 25% to CMA, 37.5% to Domberger, and 37.5% to Landmark.

Net losses of the Company are allocated equally to Domberger and Landmark to
the extent that cumulative net losses of the Company do not exceed
$1,800,000.  Net losses are then allocated equally to Domberger and Landmark
to the extent of previously allocated net income.  Subsequent net losses are
allocated 25% to CMA, 37.5% to Domberger, and 37.5% to Landmark.

Net losses of the Company incurred prior to January 31, 1996, were allocated
under the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
dated January 1, 1994.  Such losses were allocated by the members' Shared
Ratios, as defined.

Excess cash flows, as defined by the Agreement, are payable equally to
Domberger and Landmark until such time as they have received $1,450,000 plus
interest at 5% per annum ("Preferred Return"), compounded annually, in
cumulative distributions.  Subsequent excess cash flows will be paid 25% to
CMA, 37.5% to Domberger, and 37.5% to Landmark.  As of December 31, 1996, the
cumulative Preferred Return for Domberger and Landmark was $60,119 each.

Distribution payments are computed and paid, if available, every quarter in
accordance with the allocation of excess cash flows.  Distributions of
$805,042 and $5,800 were paid during the years ended December 31, 1996 and
1995.  An additional $50,510 in distributions were declared in 1996 but not
yet paid at year-end.

BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis
of accounting in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP").  Therefore, revenue is recorded as earned and costs and expenses
are recorded as incurred.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could
differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its subsidiaries.  Intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all
highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less to be cash
equivalents.

As of December 31, 1996, the Company maintained its cash balance of $619,754
at two banks.  Cash accounts at banks are insured by the FDIC up to $100,000.

RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash represents tenant security deposits included in cash and cash
equivalents and debt service and operating reserves held by Texas Commerce
Bank ("the Lender"), which is included in "Investment in leasehold estate -
completed" (see Note 3).

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Accounts receivable includes $877,536 of deferred student revenues.  At the
inception of the school year, the Company records a receivable for the
respective academic year's total rent receivable with a credit to Deferred
Revenue.  Income is then recognized over the course of the academic year from
the Deferred Revenue account.

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

Fixed assets are recorded at historical cost.  Repairs and maintenance of
fixed assets are charged to operations, but major improvements are capital-
ized.  The estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

                                                        Years
                                                        -----
           Equipment                                    5-10

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method for financial report-
ing purposes.  Depreciation expense was $15,944 and $2,058 for the years
ended December 31, 1996 and 1995.  Upon retirement, sale, or other
dispositions of the equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation
are removed from the related accounts and the resulting gains or losses are
included in operations.  There were no gains or losses for the years ended
December 31, 1996 and 1995.

INVESTMENTS IN LEASEHOLD ESTATE

Investments in leasehold estate reflects the project costs incurred to date,
including development and construction fees, on the three student housing
development projects located in Texas.  These investments in leasehold
estates are subject to ground leases (See Note 2).  The investments are
reduced by an amount equal to the principal reduction of the notes payable-
leasehold estate, as payments are submitted to the Lender.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

No provision for income taxes has been recorded in the financial statements
as the owners are required to report their share of the Company's earnings in
their respective income tax returns.  The Company's tax returns and the
amounts of the allocable income or loss are subject to examination by federal
and state taxing authorities.  If such examinations result in changes to
income or loss, the tax liability of the members could be changed
accordingly.

2.  INVESTMENTS IN LEASEHOLD ESTATE

The Company leases from the Texas A&M University System ("TAMUS") a tract of
land at Prairie View A&M University under a ground lease (the "Lease")
effective February 1, 1996, at a cost of $100 per year ($4,000) paid upon
inception of the Lease. The Company entered into this Lease for the purpose
of developing, constructing and maintaining a student housing project
("Prairie View Phase I" or the "Project").  Subsequent to the execution of
and in accordance with the provisions of the Lease, the Company obtained
financing (See Note 3) and constructed the Project for a total cost of
$10,277,687, including debt service and operating cash reserves.  Under the
provisions of the Lease, all improvements to the land are owned fee simple by
TAMUS.  The Lease expires on August 31, 2035.  However, the Lease will
terminate upon repayment of all indebtedness related to the Project.  The
Lease requires that all indebtedness be repaid prior to August 31, 2021.

Under the Lease, TAMUS has the option to purchase the leasehold estate at the
close of each calendar year.  The purchase price is defined in the Lease as
the lesser of (1) the sum of the present cash value of the Company's
leasehold estate in Prairie View Phase I discounted at 9.5%, the Company's
leasehold estate in the equipment of Prairie View Phase I, and the amount
required to repay the debt secured by the Prairie View Phase I loan,
including principal, accrued interest, prepayment fees and any additional
obligations; or (2) the sum of the fair market value, as defined in the
Lease, of Prairie View Phase I and the equipment of Prairie View Phase I.  In
no event shall the purchase price be less than the amount required to repay
the Prairie View Phase I loan.

In the event the Company were to receive a bona fide offer, acceptable to the
Company (the "Offer"), to purchase the Company's leasehold estate in Prairie
View Phase I, TAMUS has the right of first refusal to purchase the leasehold
estate under the terms of the Offer.

A development fee and a construction fee were earned by the Company for the
services it provided during construction of the Project.  Additionally, the
Company manages the Project for a fee of 5% of gross receipts as defined in
the management agreement, plus 50% of net cash flow of the Project, as
defined in the Lease.  No income with respect to the net cash flow has been
recognized in 1996 as the net cash flow calculation is based on year-end cash
flow which is defined by the management agreement as ending with the academic
year.

For the year ended December 31, 1996, the Company was paid a total of
$2,346,566 in development, construction and management fees.  

The Company is involved in two additional projects, one each at Prairie View
A&M University ("Prairie View Phase II") and Texas A&M International
University ("Laredo"), under substantially the same terms as the original
ground lease.

3.  DEVELOPMENT/CONSTRUCTION FEES

The Company receives management fees on the development and construction
("Development") of properties included in the "Investments in leasehold
estate" and on Development of properties managed in which the Company does
not hold a leasehold estate.  The Development fees are paid via construction
loan proceeds by the projects during the construction and development phase
to development and construction companies affiliated with the Company.

4.  NOTES PAYABLE - LEASEHOLD ESTATE

Notes payable - leasehold estate (collectively, "the Loans")  reflects the
project costs incurred to date on the three student housing development
projects located in Texas.  A construction loan ("the Prairie View Phase I
loan") of $10,277,687 was obtained from the Lender in March 1996 to finance
the construction of Prairie View Phase I.  Upon maturity of the Prairie View
Phase I loan in February 1997, it will convert to a three-year mini-perm loan
with a balloon payment due and payable at the end of the three-year period.  

Two additional construction credit facilities ("the Facilities") were
obtained from the Lender in December 1996 to finance the development and
construction of Prairie View Phase II and Laredo.  The total credit available
under the Facilities is approximately $10,700,000 and $5,100,000 for Prairie
View Phase II and Laredo, respectively.  No principal payments are due under
the Facilities until January 1998.  Upon maturity of the Facilities in
January 1998, both will convert to three-year mini-perm loans with payments,
based on a 25 year amortization, of principal and interest due monthly.  As
of December 31, 1996, the total borrowings outstanding under the Prairie View
Phase II and Laredo loans were $525,768.

The interest rate on the Loans is defined as LIBOR plus 250 basis points. 
Interest is due monthly depending upon the rate and length of time offered by
the bank.  Interest was capitalized for the Prairie View Phase I loan as
"Investment in leasehold estate - completed" and was 8.093% at December 31,
1996.  Interest was capitalized for the Prairie View Phase II and Laredo
Facilities as the "Investments in leasehold estate - projects under develop-
ment" and was 8.125% at December 31, 1996.  Capitalized interest on the Loans
for the year ended December 31, 1996 was $102,777.

The Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement ("the Cap") with the
Lender effective September 3, 1996, to hedge the floating rate cost of the
Prairie View Phase I loan.  The Cap calls for a principal amount of
$10,000,000 from September 3, 1996, through September 30, 1996, and
$10,277,687 from October 1, 1996 through October 1, 1997, which is the
termination date.  Under the agreement, the Company has the right to receive
payments based on the principal amount of the Cap to the extent that LIBOR
exceeds 5.5%. The Company paid a premium of $90,500 in connection with this
transaction, which is included in "Investment in leasehold estate -
completed" on the accompanying balance sheet.

Aggregate maturities of the Loans for five years subsequent to December 31,
1996, and thereafter are as follows:

Year Ending
December 31,
- ------------
   1997                                                $     117,270
   1998                                                      140,724
   1999                                                      140,724
   2000                                                    9,878,969
                                                       -------------
                                                          10,277,687

   Prairie View Phase II                                     309,709
   Laredo                                                    216,059
                                                       -------------
 Total Notes Payable - leasehold estate                $  10,803,455
                                                       =============

5.  ADVANCES FROM MEMBERS

During 1994, Domberger and Adelie each advanced the Company funds to cover
operating expenses during the first year of operations, bearing interest at
the rate of 15% per annum.  The Adelie advance became noninterest bearing
effective January 1, 1995.  During the January 31, 1996 restructuring, the
Company negotiated the extinguishment of both advances.  (See Note 1).

6.  FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107, "Disclosure about Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," requires the Company to disclose the
estimated fair values of its financial instrument assets and liabilities. 
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value
because of the short maturity of those instruments.  The carrying amount of
the Company's notes payable - leasehold estate approximates fair value.

7.  ACCOUNTING FOR THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

In March 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of." This
statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable
intangibles to be held and used by an entity be reviewed for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of an asset may not be recoverable.  The Company adopted the principles of
this statement in 1996.  Its adoption did not have a material effect on the
carrying value of the Company's long-lived assets.

8.  RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company receives monthly management fees from the management,
development, and construction companies affiliated with the Company (see
Notes 1 and 3).


                        Report of Independent Auditors


Members of 
American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of American
Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of
December 31, 1997, and the related consolidated statements of income for the
year then ended, and for the periods from January 1, 1997 through May 31,1997
and June 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and the related consolidated
statements of members' equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31,
1997.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. 
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as
of December 31, 1997, and the results of their operations for the year then
ended and for the periods from January 1, 1997 through May 31, 1997 and June
1, 1997 through December 31, 1997 and their cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 1997 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental statement of income
for the period October 17, 1997 through December 31, 1997 is presented for
purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic
financial statements.  Such information has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.



New York, New York                              Ernst & Young LLP
February 23, 1998




          American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                           Consolidated Balance Sheet

                                December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                     <C>         
ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                                                             $ 1,642,357
  Deposits                                                                                  161,549
  Accounts receivable                                                                     2,115,355
  Other assets                                                                                3,916
                                                                                        ------------
Total current assets                                                                      3,923,177

Investments:
  Investment in leasehold estate - PVAMU-I                                               11,867,752
  Investment in leasehold estate - PVAMU-II                                              12,335,104
  Investment in leasehold estate - PVAMU-III                                                332,749
  Investment in leasehold estate - Laredo                                                 5,879,673
  Accumulated depreciation on leasehold estates                                            (373,177)
                                                                                        ------------
Total investments                                                                        30,042,101

Fixed assets:
  Equipment                                                                                 147,702
  Accumulated depreciation                                                                  (35,309)
                                                                                        ------------
Total fixed assets                                                                          112,393
                                                                                        ------------
Total assets                                                                            $34,077,671
                                                                                        ============

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                                    $606,450
  Security deposits                                                                         161,549
  Deferred rental income                                                                  1,662,948
  Construction note payable - PVAMU-III                                                     332,749
  Note payable - related parties                                                            522,500
  Current portion of long-term debt                                                         318,000
                                                                                        ------------
Total current liabilities                                                                 3,604,196

Non-current liabilities:
  Notes payable - PVAMU-I                                                                10,022,421
  Notes payable - PVAMU-II                                                               10,560,806
  Notes payable - Laredo                                                                  5,051,981
  Note payable - other                                                                       29,279
                                                                                        ------------
Total non-current liabilities                                                            25,664,487
                                                                                        ------------
Total liabilities                                                                        29,268,683
                                                                                        ------------
Comments and contingencies                                                                        -
Members' equity                                                                           4,808,988
                                                                                        ------------
Total liabilities and members' equity                                                   $34,077,671
                                                                                        ============
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                      Consolidated Statements of Income

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         FOR THE
                                                                   FOR THE               PERIOD
                                                               PERIOD JUNE 1,        JANUARY 1, 1997
                                       YEAR ENDED DECEMBER      1997 THROUGH             THROUGH
                                            31, 1997          DECEMBER 31, 1997       MAY 31, 1997
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                    <C>                    <C>                    <C>
Revenues:
Development and construction fees              $ 1,025,508               $ 564,075           $ 461,433
Prairie View Phase I and II revenue              3,093,983               2,346,418             747,565
  Laredo revenue                                   183,107                 183,107                   -
  Management fees                                  797,926                 456,301             341,625
  Other income                                     313,530                 280,582              32,948
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
Total revenues                                   5,414,054               3,830,483           1,583,571

Expenses:
  Personnel                                      1,234,123                 859,703             374,420
  Administrative                                   622,981                 370,702             252,279
  Marketing                                         51,990                  32,126              19,864
Prairie View Phase I and II expense                942,645                 647,858             294,787
  Laredo expense                                    73,656                  73,656                   -
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
Operating expenses                               2,925,395               1,984,045             941,350

Operating income                                 2,488,659               1,846,438             642,221

Non-operating expenses:
Interest (including leasehold
expense)                                         1,162,518                 833,716             328,802
  Depreciation                                     390,032                 264,752             125,280
  Ground lessor participation                       70,000                  70,000                   -
  Professional fees                                377,663                 254,063             123,600
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
Total non-operating expenses                     2,000,213               1,422,531             577,682
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
Net income                                   $     488,446           $     423,907           $  64,539
                                       ================================================================

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

             Consolidated Statement of Changes in Members' Equity

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                J.H.
                                RFG          Domberger        Landmark
                              Capital          Campus          Campus
                             Management      Ventures,      Investments,      William
                           Partners, L.P.      L.L.C.          L.L.C.         Bayless         Total
                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                        <C>               <C>             <C>              <C>          <C>
Members' equity,
   December 31,
   1996                             $  -         $154,226         $154,226       $  -         $308,452

Adjustments due to
   purchase price              4,012,090              -                -            -        4,012,090

Net income                       371,644         26,546           53,092       37,164          488,446
                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
MEMBERS' EQUITY,
   DECEMBER 31,
   1997                       $4,383,734       $180,772         $207,318      $37,164       $4,808,988
                           ===========================================================================
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.

        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                     Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

                     For the Year ended December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                                   <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income                                                                            $ 488,446
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
  Depreciation                                                                          390,032
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
    Deposits                                                                              1,267
    Accounts receivable                                                                (961,409)
    Restricted cash                                                                     (87,385)
    Other assets                                                                         (1,868)
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                               (24,487)
    Security deposits payable                                                           130,475
    Deferred rental income                                                              785,412
    Note payable - related party                                                        522,500
    Note payable - other                                                                (18,388)
                                                                                   --------------
Net cash provided by operating activities                                             1,224,595
                                                                                   --------------

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Investment in leasehold estate - PVAMU-I                                             (1,265,655)
Investment in leasehold estate - PVAMU-II                                            (9,369,903)
Investment in leasehold estate - PVAMU-III                                             (332,749)
Investment in leasehold estate - Laredo                                              (4,298,711)
Purchase of equipment                                                                   (10,562)
                                                                                   --------------
Net cash used in investing activities                                               (15,277,580)
                                                                                   --------------

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Repayment of current notes payable - leasehold estates                                 (122,269)
Repayment of long term notes payable - leasehold estates                            (10,716,367)
Proceeds from construction note payable - PVAMU-III                                     332,749
Proceeds from notes payable - PVAMU-I                                                10,195,601
Proceeds from notes payable - PVAMU-II                                               10,360,057
Proceeds from notes payable - Laredo                                                  5,099,981
                                                                                   --------------
Net cash provided by financing activities                                            15,149,752
                                                                                   --------------

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                             1,096,767
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                        545,590
                                                                                   --------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                          $ 1,642,357
                                                                                   ==============

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes


        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

                     For the Year ended December 31, 1997


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability
company formed on October 8, 1993, and subsidiaries  (the "Company"),
provides colleges, universities, and other educational institutions with
private sector assistance in financing, developing, constructing,
refurbishing, and managing on-campus and off-campus student housing.

The Company is a private, limited liability company whose principal owners
are RFG Capital Management Partners, L.P. ("RFG Capital"), Landmark Campus
Investments, L.L.C. ("Landmark"), William Bayless and J.H. Domberger Campus
Ventures, L.L.C. ("Domberger").

The Company currently generates monthly management fees from four on-campus
and two off-campus student housing projects located in Texas, Oklahoma, and
Florida.  In addition, the Company generated monthly development and
construction management fees in 1997 from three on-campus student housing
development projects located in Texas, of which two were completed in August
1997 and the third began construction in December 1997.

On May 31, 1997, RFG Capital acquired an interest in American Campus
Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. by purchasing certain common units, senior
preferred units and junior preferred units from the existing members for
$4,012,090. This transaction resulted in the following ownership of the
common units: 76.09% by RFG Capital, 10.87% by Landmark, 7.61% by William
Bayless and 5.43% by Domberger.

In accordance with the purchase agreement, net income and loss of the Company
is allocated to the partners based on their individual ownership of common
unit interest.

The capital structure of American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C.
consists of common units, senior preferred units and junior preferred units. 
The senior preferred units and junior preferred units have a liquidation
preference of $1,000 per unit.  RFG Capital holds 700 common units, 50 senior
preferred units and 2,900 junior preferred units, Domberger holds 50 common
units and 1,000 senior preferred units, Landmark holds 100 common units and
846.154 senior preferred units and William Bayless holds 70 common units and
42.308 senior preferred units.  Annual distributions of cash flow, as defined
agreement, are payable first to the senior preferred holders in the amount of
$100 per unit per year and second to the junior preferred holders in the
amount of $100 per unit per year.  The Company pays a 2% of debt guarantee
per annum to a related party of RFG Capital for the guarantee of $5.0 million
of the Company's Notes Payable - Leasehold Estate (See Note 3).  Excess cash
flow is then distributed to the common unit holders based on their individual
ownership interest.


        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis
of accounting in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP").  Therefore, revenue is recorded as earned and costs and expenses
are recorded as incurred.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could
differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its subsidiaries. Significant intercompany balances and transactions have
been eliminated in consolidation.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all
highly-liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less to be cash
equivalents.

As of December 31, 1997, the Company maintained its cash balance of
$1,642,357 at two banks.  Cash accounts at banks are insured by the FDIC up
to $100,000.

RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash represents debt service and operating reserves held by Texas
Commerce Bank ("the Lender"), which is included in "Investment in leasehold
estate" (see Notes 2 and 3),and tenant security deposits.

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION

Fixed assets are recorded at historical cost.  Repairs and maintenance of
fixed assets are charged to operations, but major improvements are
capitalized.  The estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

                                                        Years
                                                     ----------
Equipment                                                5-10

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method for financial
reporting purposes. Depreciation expense was $390,032 for year ended December
31, 1997.  Upon retirement, sale, or other dispositions of the equipment, the
cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the related
accounts and the resulting gains or losses are included in operations.  


        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

FIXED ASSETS AND DEPRECIATION (CONTINUED)

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of"
requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles to be
held and used be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable.  SFAS 121 has not had an impact on the financial position of the
Company.

OPTIONS

The Company has issued to William Bayless options to purchase 20 common units
from the Company at an initial purchase price of $3,177.30 per unit.  The
options vest in the following manner: 10 units vest May 1999, 5 units vest
May 2000 and the remaining 5 units vest May 2002. 

The Company has issued to Thomas Trubiana options to purchase 80 common units
from the Company at an initial purchase price of $1,588.65 per unit.  The
options vest in the following manner: 20 common units vest on January 1,
1998, 20 common units vest on July 1, 1998, 20 common units vest on July 1,
1999 and the remaining 20 common units vest on July 1, 2000.

The effect on proforma net income and earnings per unit of amortizing to
expense over the options vesting period the estimated fair value of the
options, is immaterial.

INVESTMENTS IN LEASEHOLD ESTATE

Investments in leasehold estate reflects the project costs incurred to date,
including development and construction fees, on the four student housing
development projects located in Texas.  These investments in leasehold
estates are subject to ground leases (see note 2).  The carrying amounts of
the investments include an amount capitalized (based on the estimated fair
value of the acquired assets, principally investments in leasehold estates)
for the capital restructure.  The investments are amortized on a straight
line method over the life of the lease.

STUDENT DORMITORY HOUSING REVENUES

Upon execution of student dormitory contracts, the Company records a
receivable for the full value of the contract with an offsetting increase to
deferred revenue.  Income is then recognized on a straight-line basis over
the life of the contract.

DEVELOPMENT/CONSTRUCTION FEES

The Company receives management fees on the development and construction
("Development Fees") of properties included in the "Investments in leasehold
estate" and on development of properties managed in which the Company does
not hold a leasehold estate. Development Fees are paid from construction loan
proceeds related to the projects during the construction and development
phase to development and construction companies affiliated with the Company. 
Development Fees income is recognized monthly as costs are incurred.


        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

No provision for income taxes has been recorded in the financial statements
as the owners are required to report their share of the Company's earnings in
their respective income tax returns.

2. INVESTMENTS IN LEASEHOLD ESTATE

The Company leases from the Texas A&M University System ("TAMUS") tracts of
land at both Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M International
University under a ground lease (the "Lease") effective February 1, 1996, at
a cost of $100 per year ($4,000) paid upon inception of the Lease.  The
Company entered into this Lease for the purpose of developing, constructing
and maintaining student housing projects (Prairie View Phase I, Prairie View
Phase II, and Texas A&M International - Laredo) or the ("Projects"). 
Subsequent to the execution of and in accordance with the provisions of the
Lease, the Company obtained financing (see Note 3) and constructed the
Projects for a total cost of $25,953,208, including debt service and
operating cash reserves.  Under the provisions of the Lease, all improvements
to the land are owned by TAMUS.  The Lease expires on August 31, 2035.
However, the lease will terminate upon repayment of all indebtedness related
to the Projects. The Lease requires that all indebtedness be repaid prior to
August 31, 2021.  In December 1997 the Company began construction on the
fourth student housing project Prairie View Phase III. Prairie View Phase III
is subject to the same terms and conditions as Prairie View Phase I and II.

The Lease provides that in the event the Company were to receive a bona fide
offer, acceptable to the Company (the "Offer"), to purchase the Company's
leasehold estate in Prairie View Phase I, Prairie View Phase II, Prairie View
Phase III and Texas A&M International - Laredo, TAMUS has the right of first
refusal to purchase the leasehold estate under the terms of the Offer.

Additionally the Lease provides that TAMUS has the option to purchase the
leasehold estate at the close of each calendar year.  The purchase price is
defined in the Lease as the lesser of (1) the sum of the present cash value
of the Company's leasehold estate in Prairie View Phase I, Prairie View Phase
II, Prairie View Phase III and Texas A&M International - Laredo, and the
amount required to repay the debt secured by the Prairie View Phase I,
Prairie View Phase II, Prairie View Phase III and Texas A&M International -
Laredo loans, including principal, accrued interest, prepayment fees and any
additional obligations; or (2) the sum of the fair market value, as defined
in the Lease of Prairie View Phase I, Prairie View Phase II, Prairie View
Phase III and Texas A&M International - Laredo and the equipment of Prairie
View Phase I, Prairie View Phase II, Prairie View Phase III and Texas A&M
International - Laredo.

A development fee and construction fee was earned by the Company for the
services it provided during construction of each project.  Additionally, the
Company manages each project for a fee of 5% of gross receipts as defined in
the management agreement, and 50% of net cash flow of the Project, as defined
in the Lease.

For the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company was paid a total of
$1,823,434 in development, construction and management fees.


        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


3. NOTES PAYABLE - LEASEHOLD ESTATE

Notes payable - Prairie View Phase I reflects the project costs incurred to
date on a student housing development project located in Texas.  The
construction loan which was in place in 1996 converted to a three year mini-
perm in February 1997 with a balloon payment due and payable at the end of
the three-year period.

Notes payable - Prairie View Phase II reflects the project costs incurred to
date on a student housing development project located in Texas.  A
construction loan of $10,615,308 was obtained from the Lender in December
1996 to finance the construction of Prairie View Phase II.  In December 1997
the Prairie View Phase II construction loan was converted into a three year
mini-perm loan with payments, based on a 25 year amortization of principal
and interest, due monthly, with a balloon payment due and payable at the end
of the three-year period.

Note payable - Texas A&M International - Laredo reflects the project costs
incurred to date on a student housing development project located in Texas. 
A construction loan of $5,037,236 was obtained in December 1996 to finance
the construction of Texas A&M International - Laredo.  In December 1997 the
construction loan was converted into a three-year mini-perm loan with
payments, based on a 25 year amortization of principal and interest, due
monthly, with a balloon payment due and payable at the end of the three-year
period.

The interest rate on the Notes Payable is defined as LIBOR plus 250 basis
points.  Each Note Payable is collateralized by a lien on the leasehold
estates of each respective Project.  Prairie View Phase II and Texas A&M
International - Laredo have a floating interest rate which calls for LIBOR
plus 250 basis points in the first year, LIBOR plus 275 basis points in the
second year and LIBOR plus 300 basis points in the third year.

The Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement ("the Cap") effective
September 3, 1996, to hedge the floating rate cost of the Prairie View Phase
I loan.  The Cap provided for a principal amount of $10,000,000 from
September 3, 1996, through September 30, 1996, and $10,277,687 from October
1, 1996 through October 1, 1997, which was the termination date.  Under the
agreement, the Company had the right to receive payments based on the
principal amount of the Cap to the extent that LIBOR exceeds 5.5%. 

Aggregate maturities of the Notes Payable for three years subsequent to
December 31, 1997 are as follows:


        Year ending December 31,
        1998                                $   318,000
        1999                                    359,570
        2000                                 25,275,638
                                            ------------
        Total                               $25,953,208
                                            ============
4. CONSTRUCTION NOTE PAYABLE

Construction note payable - Prairie View Phase III reflects the project costs
incurred to date on a student housing development project located in Texas. 
The construction loan currently bears interest at a rate of 8.5%, when
cumulative advances exceed $1,000,000 the interest rate will be set at LIBOR
plus 2.5%.  The construction loan is convertible into a three year mini-perm
upon completion of the development.


        American Campus Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

                  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


5. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Statement of Financial Accounting standards No. 107, "Disclosure about Fair
Value of Financial Instruments," requires the Company to disclose the
estimated fair values of its financial instrument assets and liabilities. 
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value
because of the short maturity of those instruments.  The carrying amount of
the Company's notes payable - leasehold estate approximates fair value.

6. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

At December 31, 1997 the Company has loans outstanding with affiliates as
follows, RFG Capital $469,400, Domberger $17,700, and Landmark $35,400. 
These loans bear interest at 10% per annum and mature on December 1, 1998.

The Company receives monthly fees from the management, development, and
construction of affiliates of the Company (see Notes 1 and 3).



                           Supplemental Information


         American Campus Lifestyle Companies, L.L.C. and Subsidiaries

            Supplemental Consolidated Statement of Income (Note 1)

        For the period from October 17, 1997 through December 31, 1997


Revenues:              
  Development and construction fees                   $    55,679
  Prairie View Phase I and II revenue                     875,673
  Laredo revenue                                          104,729
  Management fees                                         215,372
  Other income                                            233,201
                                                     ------------
Total revenues                                          1,484,654

Expenses:
  Personnel                                               333,393
  Administrative                                          167,754
  Marketing                                                12,193
  Prairie View Phase I and II expense                     301,959
  Laredo expense                                           51,953
                                                     ------------
Operating expenses                                        867,252

Operating income                                          617,402

Non-operating expenses:
  Interest (including leasehold expense)                  452,864
  Depreciation                                            152,550
  Ground lessor participation                              41,522
  Professional fees                                        57,820
                                                      ------------
Total non-operating expenses                              704,756
                                                      ------------
Net income                                            $   (87,354)
                                                      ============


                        Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Members of
Veritech Ventures LLC

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Veritech
Ventures LLC (the "Company") as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of operations and members' equity and cash
flows for the year ended December 31, 1997 and for the period from July 5,
1996 (date of inception) to December 31, 1996. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Veritech
Ventures LLC at December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the consolidated results of
its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1997 and
for the period from July 5, 1996 (date of inception) to December 31, 1996 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.




February 5, 1998, except for                          Ernst & Young LLP
   Note 9, as to which the date
   is February 20, 1998


                            Veritech Ventures LLC

                         Consolidated Balance Sheets


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      December 31
                                                                 1997              1996
                                                               ----------------------------
<S>                                                             <C>               <C>

ASSETS
Current assets:                                            
  Cash                                                          $121,830           $      -
  Accounts receivable                                              8,779             11,994
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets                       49,019                  -
                                                                ----------------------------
Total current assets                                             179,628             11,994

Property and equipment, net                                      568,451              2,956
Deposits                                                         154,729                  -
Organization costs, net of accumulated 
  amortization 
  of $1,542 ($514 in 1996)                                         3,597              4,625
                                                                ---------------------------
Total assets                                                    $906,405            $19,575
                                                                ===========================

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable and accrued expenses                         $310,400             $5,256
  Current portion of capital lease obligation                     50,945                  -
                                                                ---------------------------
Total current liabilities                                        361,345              5,256

Deferred rent                                                     40,175                  -
Capital lease obligation                                         118,782                  -
RSI loan                                                         325,000                  -

Commitments

Members' equity:
  Members' capital                                             1,179,065             75,739
  Accumulated deficit                                         (1,117,962)           (61,420)
                                                              ------------------------------
Total liabilities and members' equity                         $  906,405          $  19,575
                                                              ==============================

</TABLE>


See accompanying notes.


                            Veritech Ventures LLC

                    Consolidated Statements of Operations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      PERIOD FROM
                                                                                      JULY 5, 1996
                                                                                        (DATE OF 
                                                                 YEAR ENDED           INCEPTION)
                                                                 DECEMBER             TO DECEMBER
                                                                  31, 1997              31, 1996
                                                        -------------------------------------------
<S>                                                       <C>                      <C>

Consulting revenue                                         $  335,126               $ 20,109
Telecommunications and Internet Services                       12,682                      -
                                                        -------------------------------------------
Total revenue                                                 347,808                 20,109

Costs of revenue                                              127,214                      -
General and administrative                                    689,577                 76,504
Sales and marketing                                           344,541                  1,034
Operations and development                                    155,713                      -
Depreciation and amortization                                  23,345                    991
                                                        --------------------------------------------
                                                            1,340,390                 78,529
                                                        --------------------------------------------
Loss from operations                                         (992,582)               (58,420)

Other income (expenses):
  Interest expense                                            (2,833)                      -
  Interest income                                                843                       -
  Preferred return                                           (61,970)                 (3,000)
                                                        --------------------------------------------
Net loss                                                 $(1,056,542)               $(61,420)
                                                        ============================================

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.


                            Veritech Ventures LLC

                  Consolidated Statements of Members' Equity

                   Year ended December 31, 1997 and period 
          from July 5, 1996 (date of inception) to December 31, 1996


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>  
                                         MANAGING       NON-MANAGING      ACCUMULATED
                                          MEMBER           MEMBERS          DEFICIT          TOTAL
                                 -------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>               <C>                <C>            <C>

Capital contributed                  $72,739            $     -            $    -         $  72,739
Preferred return                       3,000                  -                 -             3,000
Net loss for the period 
  July 5, 1997  (date of
  inception) to December
  31, 1996                                 -                  -              (61,420)       (61,420)
                                ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance as of December 31, 1996       75,739                  -              (61,420)        14,319

Capital contributed                  774,760                266,596             -          1,041,356
Preferred return                      60,945                  1,025             -             61,970
Net loss for the year ended 
  December 31, 1997                       -                   -           (1,056,542)     (1,056,542)
                                ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Balance as of December 31, 1997     $911,444               $267,621      $(1,117,962)     $   61,103
                                ======================================================================

</TABLE>

See accompanying notes.





                            Veritech Ventures LLC

                    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                                                               PERIOD FROM
                                                                                        JULY 5, 1996
                                                                                    (DATE OF INCEPTION) 
                                                            YEAR ENDED DECEMBER          TO DECEMBER
                                                                 31, 1997                 31, 1996
                                                            --------------------------------------------
<S>                                                        <C>                          <C>

OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net loss                                                   $   (1,056,542)              $  (61,420)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in
  operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization                                  23,345                      991
    Deferred rent                                                  40,175                        -
    Preferred return                                               61,970                    3,000
    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
      Accounts receivable                                           3,215                  (11,994)
      Prepaid expenses                                            (49,019)                       -
      Deposits                                                   (154,729)                       -
      Accounts payable and accrued expenses                       204,840                    5,256
                                                             --------------------------------------------
Net cash used in operating activities                            (890,745)                 (64,167)

CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Organization costs                                                      -                   (5,139)
Acquisition of property and equipment                            (349,850)                  (3,433)
                                                             --------------------------------------------
Net cash used in investing activities                            (349,850)                  (8,572)

CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Payment of capital lease obligation                                (3,931)                       -
RSI loan                                                          325,000                        -
Members' contributions                                          1,041,356                   72,739
                                                             -------------------------------------------
Net cash provided by financing activities                       1,362,425                   72,739
                                                             -------------------------------------------

Increase in cash                                                  121,830                        -
Cash at beginning of period                                             -                        -
                                                             -------------------------------------------
Cash at end of period                                         $   121,830                   $    -
                                                             ===========================================

</TABLE>

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION AND
                              NONCASH INVESTING AND
                              FINANCING ACTIVITIES


Included in property and equipment at December 31, 1997 is $173,658 of
equipment acquired under a capital lease and $64,303 of equipment included in
accounts payable and accrued expenses.


See accompanying notes.



                          VERITECH VENTURES LLC
          
                 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

                             DECEMBER 31, 1997

1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Veritech Ventures, LLC (the "Company") was formed on July 5, 1996, as a New
York Limited Liability Company, pursuant to an operating agreement (the
"Members' Agreement") which will terminate on July 5, 2016 unless terminated
earlier by certain events, as defined, in such Members' Agreement.

The Company has been organized for the purpose of developing and implementing
concepts related to the integration of modern technology applications within
commercial and residential real estate operations.

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have
been eliminated in consolidation.

EQUIPMENT

Equipment is recorded at cost and is depreciated on the straight-line method
over its estimated useful life.

INCOME TAXES

The Company is taxed as a limited liability Company and, accordingly, no
provision for federal, state or local income taxes has been made in the
accompanying financial statements.

ORGANIZATION COSTS

Organization costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over five
years.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The Company considers all highly liquid financial instruments purchased with
a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At December 31,
1997, the Company's cash is maintained at one financial institution.



                          VERITECH VENTURES LLC
          
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)


1. SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

CONCENTRATION

For the year ended December 31, 1997, approximately 89% of revenue was
derived from one customer.

ADVERTISING COSTS

The Company's policy is to expense advertising costs as incurred. For the
year ended December 31, 1997, the Company incurred approximately $19,000 of
advertising expenses which are included in sales and marketing expenses.

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying
notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

2. MEMBERS' EQUITY

The Members' Agreement provides that the Company shall have two classes of
membership interest, managing and non-managing, with both classes voting
equally. The Agreement further provides governance for the maintenance of
individual member capital accounts, the allocation of profit and loss to such
capital accounts, the accretion of a preferred return to certain outstanding
member capital balances, and the return of such capital from available cash
flow.

3. RSI LOAN

In December 1997 and January 1998 the Company received loans from Reckson
Service Industries, Inc. ("RSI") in the amounts of $325,000 and $300,000,
respectively. The loans bear interest at 12% per annum and were contributed
to the joint venture formed by the Company and RSI in February 1998 (See Note
9).

                          VERITECH VENTURES LLC
          
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)


4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consist of the following:

                                                  DECEMBER 31
                                          1997                    1996
                                       -----------------------------------
Wiring                                 $ 138,486                $    -
Computer hardware, software 
and equipment                            378,319                   3,433
Leasehold improvement                     69,330                     -
Furniture and fixtures                     5,109                     -
                                        -----------------------------------
                                         591,244                   3,433

Less accumulated depreciation             22,794                     477
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        $568,450                  $2,956
                                        ====================================

5. CAPITAL LEASE

In December 1997, the Company executed a long-term lease agreement for
equipment. The lease bears interest at 13.4% per annum and provides the
Company with a bargain purchase option. For financial reporting purposes, the
lease has been classified as a capital lease; accordingly, an asset of
$173,658 (included in property and equipment at December 31, 1997) has been
recorded.

The future minimum lease payments under the capital lease at December 31,
1997 is as follows:


          1998                                        $70,632
          1999                                         70,617
          2000                                         64,732
                                                    -----------
          Total minimum lease payment                 205,981

          Amounts representing interest               (36,253)
          Present value of net
                                                    -----------
          Minimum lease payments (including
              current portion of $50,945)            $169,727
                                                    ===========

                          VERITECH VENTURES LLC
          
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)


6. COMMITMENTS

LEASES

The Company has lease commitments for office rentals which expire through
July 30, 2002. These operating leases provide for basic annual rents plus
escalation charges. Minimum commitments through the life of such lease are
approximately as follows:

                1998                     $102,000
                1999                      105,000
                2000                      115,000
                2001                      119,000
                2002                       71,000
                                        ---------
                Total                    $512,000
                                        =========

In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 13, Accounting for Leases, the aggregate of the total minimum
lease payments is amortized on the straight-line method over the term of the
lease. The difference between the straight-line rent expense and the amounts
paid in accordance with the terms of the lease has been included in "Deferred
Rent". Rent expense was approximately $63,800 and $0 for the year ended
December 31, 1997 and for the period from July 5, 1996 (date of inception) to
December 31, 1996, respectively.

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

On January 6, 1997, the Company entered into a three-year employment
agreement which obligates the Company to a minimum of $100,000 per year in
guaranteed payments.

7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company rented temporary office
space from its managing member whereby the Company paid approximately $5,250
to such managing member.

During the year ended December 31, 1997, the Company purchased $56,000 of
construction services from a related party of which $26,000 is included in
accounts payable at December 31, 1997.

8. ORGANIZATION

On February 7, 1997, the Company formed two wholly-owned subsidiaries, OnSite
Access, LLC and OnSite Access Local, LLC for purposes of implementing
distinct elements of its business intentions (i.e., providing Internet access
and local phone service, respectively).


                          VERITECH VENTURES LLC
          
           NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)


9. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On February 20, 1998, the Company entered into an agreement (the "RSI
Agreement") with RSI and other third parties whereby the parties agreed to
form a new company, OnSite Ventures, LLC ("OSV"). Pursuant to the RSI
Agreement, the Company has agreed to contribute to OSV all of its assets and
liabilities in consideration for approximately a 26% interest in OSV and RSI
has agreed to contribute $6.5 million in consideration for its approximate
59% interest in OSV.


=============================================================================
NO DEALER,  SALESPERSON OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL  HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED  TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT
BE  RELIED UPON  AS  HAVING BEEN  AUTHORIZED  BY THE  COMPANY.   NEITHER  THE
DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR  ANY DISTRIBUTION MADE PURSUANT HERETO SHALL,
UNDER  ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE
IN THE  FACTS SET FORTH IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR IN AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE
THE DATE HEREOF.


    
   
         TABLE OF CONTENTS
         Summary 
         Risk Factors
         The Distribution
         The Rights Ofering
         Dividend Policy 
         Selected Financial Data
         Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
              Results of Operations
         Business
         Management
         Beneficial Ownership of RSI Common Stock
         Certain Transactions
         Description of RSI Capital Stock
         Certain Antitakeover Provisions
         Experts 
         Legal Matters
         Index to Financial Statements
    

      (UNTIL (       ), 1998 (25 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS), ALL
DEALERS  EFFECTING  TRANSACTIONS  IN THE  COMMON  STOCK  DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT
HERETO, WHETHER OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO
DELIVER  A PROSPECTUS.  THIS IS  IN ADDITION TO THE  OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO
DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN  ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS  AND WITH RESPECT TO  THEIR
UNSOLD ALLOTMENTS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS.)
=============================================================================

                       RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                 COMMON STOCK

                     -----------------------------------

                                  PROSPECTUS

                     -----------------------------------

   
                                 May __, 1998
    

               PART II.  INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 13.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

The following  table sets  forth the  expenses  expected  to  be  incurred in
connection with the issuance and  distribution of the Common Stock registered
hereby,  all  of which  expenses, except  for the  SEC registration  fee, are
estimates:

         DESCRIPTION                                 AMOUNT
         -----------                                 ------

   
SEC Registration Fee . . . . . . . . . . .         $  7,433
Transfer Agent's and Registrar's Fee . . .         $ 25,000
Printing and Engraving Fees  . . . . . . .         $ 10,000
Legal Fees and Expenses  . . . . . . . . .         $500,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses . . . . . . .         $150,000
Miscellaneous  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $ 57,567

Total  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $750,000
    


ITEM 14.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

The Delaware General  Corporation Law (the  "Delaware  Law") provides  that a
corporation may  limit the liability of  each director to the  corporation of
its stockholders for monetary damages except for liability (i) for any breach
of the director's  duty of loyalty  to the corporation  or its  stockholders;
(ii)  for acts  or omissions not  in good  faith or that  involve intentional
misconduct  or  a knowing  violation  of  law; (iii)  in  respect of  certain
unlawful dividend payments or stock  redemptions or repurchases, and (iv) for
any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
The Certificate of  Incorporation and Bylaws provide for  the elimination and
limitation of the personal liability of directors of the Company for monetary
damages to the  fullest extent permitted by  the Delaware Law.   In addition,
the Certificate of Incorporation  and Bylaws provide that if the Delaware Law
is  amended  to  authorize  the  further elimination  or  limitation  of  the
liability of  a  director, then  the  liability  of the  directors  shall  be
eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, as
so amended.  The  effect of this provision is to eliminate  the rights of the
Company  and  its  stockholders (through  stockholders'  derivative  suits on
behalf of  the Company) to  recover monetary  damages against a  director for
breach  of  the fiduciary  duty  of care  as a  director  (including breaches
resulting  from  negligent  or  grossly  negligent  behavior)  except in  the
situations described in  clauses (i) through (iv) above.   The provision does
not limit or eliminate the rights of  the Company or any stockholder to  seek
non-monetary relief  such as an  injunction or rescission  in the event  of a
breach of a  director's duty of care.   In addition, the  Bylaws provide that
the Company  shall, to  the full  extent permitted  by the  Delaware Law,  as
amended  from time  to time, indemnify  and advance  expenses to each  of its
currently acting and former directors, officers, employees and agents.

ITEM 15.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

Reckson Operating  Partnership, L.P.  has  acquired  95% of  the Registrant's
outstanding  equity interests  in the  form  of non-voting  common stock  for
$4,256,324.  Certain Reckson officers  have acquired the remaining 5%  of the
Registrant's outstanding equity interests in  the form of voting common stock
for $224,017.  The foregoing issuances of unregistered securities are claimed
to be  exempt from the registration provisions of  the Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act.

ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

      (a)    Exhibits.

 3.1  -- Certificate of Incorporation*
 3.2  -- Restated Certificate of Incorporation*
 3.3  -- Bylaws*
 4.1  -- Specimen stock certificate*
 4.2  -- Form of Preferred Stock Purchase Preferred Rights Plan*
 5.1  -- Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP  regarding the validity of the securities
         being registered*
 8.1  -- Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP regarding certain tax matters*
10.1  -- Form of Intercompany Agreement between Reckson Operating Partnership,
         L.P. and Reckson Services Industries Inc.*
10.2A -- Form  of Credit Agreement between Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.
         and Reckson Service Industries, Inc. together with Line of Credit
         Note,  relating to RSI's operations*
10.2B -- Form of Credit Agreement beteween Reckson Operating Partnership, L.P.
         and Reckson Service Industries, Inc. together with Line of Credit
         Note, relating to RSVP's operations*
10.3  -- Form  of Limited  Liability  Company  Agreement  of  OnSite  Ventures
         L.L.C.*
10.4  -- Standby Purchase Agreement*
10.5  -- Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSVP Holdings, LLC*
10.6  -- Operating Agreement of Reckson Strategic Venture Partners, LLC*
10.7  -- Form of Registration Rights Agreement between the Company and holders
         of common stock prior to the Distribution*
10.8  -- Option to acquire Interoffice SuperHoldings*
10.9  -- Loan Agreement regarding On-Site Convertible Loans*
10.10 -- Stock Option Plan*
10.11 -- Employment Agreement of Steven H. Shepsman*
10.12 -- Employment Agreement of Seth V. Lipsay*
21.1  -- List of Subsidiaries of Reckson Service Industries, Inc.*
23.1  -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2  -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.3  -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.4  -- Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included as part of exhibit 5.1)*
24.1  -- Power of Attorney**

- ------------
*To be filed by amendment.
**Previously filed.

      (b)    Financial Statement Schedules.

             Dobie Center -

      Schedule  III - Real  Estate Investments, Accumulated  Depreciation and
      Amortization

ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.

   
     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

  (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
 post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

  (i)     To include  any  prospectus required  by  Section 10(a)(3)  of  the
 Securities Act of 1933;

  (ii)  To reflect in  the prospectus any facts  or events arising after  the
 effective  date of  the registration  statement  (or the  most recent  post-
 effective  amendment thereof)  which,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,
 represent  a  fundamental  change  in  the  information  set  forth  in  the
 registration  statement.   Notwithstanding the  foregoing,  any increase  or
 decrease  in volume  of securities  offered  (if the  total dollar  value of
 securities  offered would  not exceed  that  which was  registered) and  any
 deviation from the low  or high end of the estimated  maximum offering range
 may  be reflected  in  the  form of  prospectus  filed  with the  Commission
 pursuant to  Rule 424(b)  if, in the  aggregate, the  changes in  volume and
 price  represent no  more than 20  percent change  in the  maximum aggregate
 offering price set forth  in the "Calculation of Registration  Fee" table in
 the effective registration statement.

  (iii)  To  include any  material information  with respect  to the  plan of
 distribution not previously disclosed in  the registration statement or  any
 material change to such information in the registration statement;"

  (2)      That, for  the  purpose  of determining  any  liability  under the
 Securities Act of  1933, each such post-effective amendment  shall be deemed
 to  be a  new  registration  statement relating  to  the securities  offered
 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
 be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

  (3)    To remove from registration  by means of a  post-effective amendment
 any  of  the  securities  being   registered  which  remain  unsold  at  the
 termination of the offering.

  (4)      Insofar  as  indemnification for  liabilities  arising  under  the
 Securities  Act  of  1933  may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and
 controlling  persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
 or otherwise, the  registrant has been  advised that in  the opinion of  the
 Securities  and Exchange Commission  such indemnification is  against public
 policy  as expressed in  the Act and  is, therefore, unenforceable.   In the
 event that a claim for  indemnification against such liabilities (other than
 the payment by  the registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by  a director,
 officer of controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
 any action,  suit or proceeding)  is asserted by  such director,  officer of
 controlling person in connection  with the securities being registered,  the
 registrant will, unless  in the opinion of  its counsel the matter  has been
 settled  by  controlling  precedent,  submit  to   a  court  of  appropriate
 jurisdiction  the question  whether  such indemnification  by it  is against
 public policy  as expressed  in the Act  and will be  governed by  the final
 adjudication of such issue.
    

                                  SIGNATURES

   
     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933, the
registrant  has duly  caused this registration  statement to be signed on its
behalf  by  the  undersigned, thereunto  duly  authorized,  in  the  City  of
Melville, New York on April 29, 1998.
    

                                   RECKSON SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.


                                   By:  /s/ Scott H. Rechler
                                        -------------------------------------
                                        Scott H. Rechler
                                        President and Chief Operating Officer


     Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement and Power  of  Attorney have  been  signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


 Donald Rechler/*/       Director and Chief
- ---------------------    Executive Officer
 Donald Rechler

   
 /s/ Scott H. Rechler    Director, President                April 29, 1998
- ---------------------    and Chief Operating Officer
 Scott H. Rechler        (Principal Executive Officer)
    


 Michael Maturo/*/       Executive Vice
- ---------------------    President and Chief
 Michael Maturo          Financial Officer
                         (Principal Financial
                         and Accounting Officer)

   
 Roger Rechler/*/        Director
- ---------------------  
 Roger Rechler


/*/By:  /s/ Scott H. Rechler                                April 29, 1998
       ---------------------
        Scott H. Rechler
        Attorney-in-Fact
    

                                EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
  NO.                            DESCRIPTION
- -------                          -----------
  
23.1                --   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2                --   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP 
23.3                --   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP

                                                                 Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to  the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and
to the use of our reports dated March 10, 1998, with respect to the financial
statements of Reckson  Service Industries Inc., March 10,  1998, with respect
to RO  Partners Management  LLC, February 5,  1998, except for  Note 9  as to
which the  date is February 20, 1998, with  respect to Veritech Ventures LLC,
February  23, 1998,  with respect  to American  Campus  Lifestyles Companies,
L.L.C. and February 23, 1998, with  respect to Dobie Center all of  which are
included in the Amendment No. 2 to the Registration  Statement (Form S-1) and
related Prospectus  of Reckson Service Industries, Inc.  for the registration
of $25,196,875 of its common stock.

   
New York, New York                                      /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
April 28, 1998
    

                                                                 Exhibit 23.2

                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

   
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated April 4, 1997, on  the financial statements of Dobie Center (and to all
references  to our  Firm),  included in  or made  part  of this  Registration
Statement on Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1.


Dallas, Texas                                         /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
April 28, 1998
    
                                                                 Exhibit 23.3

                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

   
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
dated  March  28,  1997,  on  the financial  statements  of  American  Campus
Lifestyles Companies, L.L.C. (and to all references to our Firm), included in
or made part of this Registration Statement on Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1.


Dallas, Texas                                         /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
April 28, 1998
    



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