COPLEY PROPERTIES INC
SC 13D, 1996-02-05
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
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                            UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                             SCHEDULE 13D

              Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                         (Amendment No. _____)1

                        Copley Properties Inc.
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                         (Name of Issuer)

               Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
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                    (Title of Class of Securities)

                              217454107
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                           (Cusip Number)

                          Daniel R. Tisch
                        Mentor Partners, L.P.
                           500 Park Avenue
                      New York, New York 10022
                            (212) 935-7640
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           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
          Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                             January 23, 1996
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                  (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                              of this Statement)

         If the filing person has  previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition  which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box
[ ].

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement [x]. (A fee is
not required only if the reporting person:  (1) has a previous statement on file
reporting  beneficial  ownership  of more  than  five  percent  of the  class of
securities  described  in Item 1;  and (2) has  filed  no  amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7.)

Note: Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should be filed
with the commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties to whom copies are
to be sent.

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     1 The  remainder  of this cover  page  shall be filled out for a  reporting
persons's  initial  filing on this form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes.).

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                              SCHEDULE 13D



CUSIP No.     217454107                         Page  2    of   9   Pages
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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

        Mentor Partners, L.P.  Employer I.D.# 06-126-0469
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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*        (a)  |_|
                                                                  (b)  x
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3       SEC USE ONLY
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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS*

               WC
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5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
        TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                            |_|
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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
             State of Delaware
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NUMBER OF       7     SOLE VOTING POWER
                        205,400
 SHARES        ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
BENEFICIALLY    8     SHARED VOTING POWER

 OWNED BY               0
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  EACH          9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

REPORTING               205,400
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 PERSON        10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

  WITH                  0
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11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             205,400
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12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*                                              |_|

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13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

              5.7%
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14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
              PN

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                        *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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Item 1.        Security and Issuer.

     This statement  relates to the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
"Shares"),  of Copley  Properties Inc., a Delaware  corporation (the "Company").
The Company's  principal  executive  offices are located at 399 Boylston Street,
Boston, MA 02116- 3305.

Item 2.        Identity and Background.

     This  statement  is filed on behalf of Mentor  Partners,  L.P.,  a Delaware
limited partnership (the "Partnership").  The general partner of the Partnership
is WTG & Co., L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership (the "General  Partner") and
the general  partner of the General  Partner is D. Tisch & Co., Inc., a Delaware
corporation  ("D.  Tisch & Co."),  all of the common  stock of which is owned by
Daniel R. Tisch  (collectively with D. Tisch & Co. and the General Partner,  the
"Control Persons").

     The address of the principal  offices and principal  business of the
Partnership  and each of the Control  Persons is 500 Park Avenue,  New York, New
York 10022.

     The  Partnership's  principal  business is investment in securities,
primarily in  connection  with "merger" (or "risk")  arbitrage  and, to a lesser
extent,  classic arbitrage,  including  convertible  securities  arbitrage.  The
principal  business of the General  Partner is serving as the general partner of
the Partnership. The sole business of D. Tisch & Co. is serving as the Page 3 of
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general partner of the General Partner, and other than such service, D. Tisch
& Co. has no investment or operating history of any kind.  Daniel R. Tisch's
principal occupation is that of President and sole Director of D. Tisch & Co.,
and he is a United States citizen.

     Neither  the  Partnership  nor, to its best  knowledge,  any of the Control
Persons  has  during  the last five  years:  (i) been  convicted  in a  criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) been a
party to a civil  proceeding of a judicial or  administrative  body of competent
jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment,
decree  or final  order  enjoining  future  violations  of,  or  prohibiting  or
mandating activities subject to, Federal or State securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3.        Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     The  $2,562,949.04   used  to  purchase  Shares  of  the  Company  for  the
Partnership came from the Partnership's working capital,  which may at any given
time include funds  borrowed in the ordinary  course of its business  activities
from margin accounts. All of the Company Shares acquired by the Partnership were
purchased in the ordinary course of business.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

  The Partnership acquired the Shares of the Company for

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investment purposes, and only in the ordinary course of business.

     In the ordinary course of business, the Partnership from time to time
evaluates its holdings of securities, and based on such evaluation, the 
Partnership  may  determine to acquire or dispose of securities of
specific issuers.

  Neither the Partnership nor, to its knowledge, any of the Control Persons have
any present  plans or  intentions  which would result in or relate to any of the
transactions  described in sub-paragraphs (a) through (j), inclusive,  of Item 4
of Schedule 13D.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

           (a) As of the date  hereof,  the  Partnership  owns  beneficially  an
aggregate of 205,400 Shares of the Company (or  approximately  5.7% of the
Company's Common Stock outstanding on September 30, 1995) based on the number of
3,584,350  Shares of Company  Common Stock then  outstanding as set forth in the
Company's most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

           (b) The Partnership (through the Control Persons) has the sole power
to vote, and dispose of, all the Shares beneficially owned by the Partnership.

           (c) Except as set forth in  Exhibit  A, which is hereby  incorporated
herein by reference, no transactions in the Shares have been effected during the
past sixty days by the Partnership

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or, to its best knowledge, any of the Control Persons.
 
          (d)  Neither the Partnership nor, to its best knowledge, any of the
Control  Persons  have or know any other  person who has the right to receive or
the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale
of, any Shares beneficially owned by the Partnership.

          (e) Not applicable.

Item  6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationship
           with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

     Except as referred or described above, there are no contracts arrangements,
understandings or relationships  (legal or otherwise) among the persons named in
Item 2 or between any of such  persons and any other  person with respect to any
securities of the Company.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit A --   Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership
               During the Past Sixty Days.




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                                 SIGNATURE

     After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


                                   February 5, 1996
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                                            (Date)

  
                                   DANIEL R. TISCH
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                                          (Signature)


                                   Daniel R. Tisch
                                   Authorized Signatory
                                   MENTOR PARTNERS, L.P.
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                                   (Name/Title)

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                            EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit A --   Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership During
               the Past Sixty Days.

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                             EXHIBIT A

              Acquisitions of Shares by the Partnership
                      During the Past Sixty Days

     Date of            Number       Aggregate        Price Per
   Transaction        of Shares        Price            Share

January 25, 1996        46,900       658,325.92         14.037

January 26, 1996         7,600       106,743.52         14.045

January 29, 1996         5,100        71,706.00         14.060
 
January 30, 1996         3,500        49,210.00         14.060

January 31, 1996         4,000        56,102.40         14.026

February 1, 1996         7,000        98,420.00         14.060

February 2, 1996         4,300        59,920.50         13.935


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