PS BUSINESS PARKS INC/CA
10-Q, 1998-05-15
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q


[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934

For the period ended March 31, 1998

                                       or

[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934

For the transition period from                 to
                              -----------------  ----------------

Commission File Number 1-10709

                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
                             -----------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          California                                    95-4300881
          ----------                                    ----------
(State or Other Jurisdiction                         I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                           Identification Number)


            701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California 91201-2397
            ---------------------------------------------------
            (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


    Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (818) 244-8080
                                                        --------------



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports)  and  (2)  has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                                    Yes X No
                                       ---  ---

Number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
of May 7, 1998: Common Stock, $.01 par value, 18,609,850 shares outstanding
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.

                                      INDEX





                                                                           Page
                                                                           ----
PART I.   FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

     Condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 1998
         and December 31, 1997                                                2

     Condensed consolidated statements of income for the three
         months ended March 31, 1998 and 1997                                 3

     Condensed consolidated statement of shareholder's equity for
         the three months ended March 31, 1998                                4

     Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the
         three months ended March 31, 1998 and 1997                         5-6

     Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements                  7-15


Item 2.  Management's discussion and analysis
         of financial condition and results of operations                16-21


PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2.  Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds                          23

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders             23-24

Item 5.  Other Information                                               25-37

Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                                   38

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                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
                      CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          March 31,              December 31,
                                                                             1998                    1997
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
                                                                         (unaudited)
                                     ASSETS
                                     ------

<S>                                                                     <C>                     <C>            
Cash and cash equivalents.............................                  $    11,259,000         $     3,884,000

Real estate facilities, at cost:
     Land.............................................                      122,784,000              91,754,000
     Buildings and equipment..........................                      301,042,000             226,466,000
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
                                                                            423,826,000             318,220,000
     Accumulated depreciation.........................                       (6,133,000)             (3,982,000)
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
                                                                            417,693,000             314,238,000

Intangible assets, net................................                        1,808,000               3,272,000
Other assets..........................................                        2,233,000               2,060,000
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
              Total assets............................                  $   432,993,000         $   323,454,000
                                                                       ==================      =================



                      LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                      ------------------------------------

Accrued and other liabilities............................               $    10,069,000         $     8,331,000
Mortgage notes payable...................................                    14,526,000                       -
Note payable to affiliate................................                             -               3,500,000
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
   Total liabilities.....................................                    24,595,000              11,831,000

Minority interest........................................                   140,904,000             168,665,000

Shareholders' equity:
   Preferred  Stock,  $0.10  par  value,  100,000,000  
     shares authorized, none outstanding at March 31, 1998 and
     December 31, 1997...................................                             -                       -
   Common stock, $0.10 par value, 100,000,000 shares
     authorized 14,020,965 shares issued and outstanding
     at March 31, 1998 (7,728,309 shares issued and
     outstanding at December 31, 1997)...................                     1,402,000                 773,000
   Paid in capital.......................................                   266,237,000             142,581,000
   Cumulative net income.................................                     7,484,000               3,154,000
   Cumulative distributions..............................                    (7,629,000)             (3,550,000)
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
         Total shareholders' equity......................                   267,494,000             142,958,000
                                                                       ------------------      -----------------
              Total liabilities and shareholders' equity.               $   432,993,000         $   323,454,000
                                                                       ==================      =================
</TABLE>
                            See accompanying notes.
                                       2
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                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
                   CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                   (Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                For the three months ended March 31,
                                                                                ------------------------------------
                                                                                     1998                 1997
                                                                                -----------------   ----------------
Revenues:
   <S>                                                                          <C>                  <C>            
   Rental income........................................................        $    14,353,000      $     5,805,000
   Facility management fees primarily from affiliates...................                202,000              247,000
   Interest and other income............................................                233,000               29,000
                                                                                -----------------   ----------------
                                                                                     14,788,000            6,081,000
                                                                                -----------------   ----------------

Expenses:
  Cost of operations....................................................              4,627,000            2,493,000
  Cost of facility management...........................................                 25,000               60,000
  Depreciation and amortization.........................................              2,300,000              820,000
  General and administrative............................................                445,000              213,000
   Interest expense.....................................................                247,000                    -
                                                                                -----------------   ----------------
                                                                                      7,644,000            3,586,000
                                                                                -----------------   ----------------

Income before minority interest.........................................              7,144,000            2,495,000

  Minority interest in income...........................................             (2,814,000)          (1,813,000)
                                                                                -----------------   ----------------

Net income..............................................................        $     4,330,000      $       682,000
                                                                                =================   ================

Net income per share:
  Basic.................................................................        $         0.38       $         0.31
                                                                                =================   ================
  Diluted...............................................................        $         0.38       $         0.31
                                                                                =================   ================
Weighted average shares outstanding:
  Basic.................................................................             11,314,469            2,192,848
                                                                                =================   ================
  Diluted...............................................................             11,357,036            2,192,848
                                                                                =================   ================
</TABLE>
                            See accompanying notes.
                                       3
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                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
            CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
                    For the three months ended March 31, 1998
                                   (Unaudited)

                                                                                
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      Preferred Stock              Common Stock                               
                                                      ---------------              ------------                               
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                              
                                                    Shares       Amount        Shares        Amount       Paid-in Capital     
                                                    ------       ------      -----------  -------------   ---------------     

<S>                                                    <C>   <C>             <C>          <C>            <C>                  
Balances at December 31, 1997.............             -     $       -       7,728,309    $   773,000    $  142,581,000       

   Issuances of common stock:
       Conversion of OP Units.............             -             -       1,785,008        179,000        32,844,000       
       Private offering, net of costs.....             -             -       2,185,189        219,000        47,381,000       
       Exercise of stock options..........             -             -          39,021          3,000           648,000       
       In connection with a business
         combination......................             -             -       2,283,438        228,000        46,582,000       

   Net income.............................             -             -            -              -                 -          

   Distributions ($0.347 per common share)
                                                       -             -            -              -                 -          
 
   Adjustment to reflect minority
     interest to underlying ownership                  -             -            -              -           (3,799,000)      
     interest.............................
                                                    ------       ------      -----------  -------------   ---------------     

Balances at March 31, 1998................             -     $       -      14,020,965    $ 1,402,000    $  266,237,000       
                                                    ======       ======      ===========  =============   ===============     
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        
                                                        
                                                                                               Total
                                                        Cumulative        Cumulative       Shareholders'
                                                        Net Income       Distributions         Equity
                                                        ------------   ---------------     ---------------

<S>                                                    <C>             <C>                <C>           
Balances at December 31, 1997.............             $  3,154,000    $  (3,550,000)     $  142,958,000

   Issuances of common stock:
       Conversion of OP Units.............                        -                -          33,023,000
       Private offering, net of costs.....                        -                -          47,600,000
       Exercise of stock options..........                        -                -             651,000
       In connection with a business
         combination......................                        -                -          46,810,000

   Net income.............................                4,330,000                -           4,330,000

   Distributions ($0.347 per common share)
                                                                  -       (4,079,000)         (4,079,000)
 
   Adjustment to reflect minority
     interest to underlying ownership                             -                -          (3,799,000)
     interest.............................
                                                        ------------   ---------------     ---------------

Balances at March 31, 1998................             $  7,484,000    $  (7,629,000)     $  267,494,000
                                                        ============   ===============     ===============
</TABLE>
                            See accompanying notes.
                                       4
<PAGE>

                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       For the three months ended March 31,
                                                                       ------------------------------------
                                                                            1998                   1997
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------

Cash flows from operating activities:
   <S>                                                                <C>                    <C>           
   Net income.................................................        $    4,330,000         $      682,000
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
     by operating activities:
       Depreciation and amortization expense..................             2,300,000                820,000
       Minority interest in income............................             2,814,000              1,813,000
       Increase in other assets...............................              (521,000)               358,000
       Increase in accrued and other liabilities..............               371,000                388,000
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
            Total adjustments.................................             4,964,000              3,379,000
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------

         Net cash provided by operating activities............             9,294,000              4,061,000
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
       Cash flows from investing activities:
        Payment received from sellers for net property
          operating liabilities assumed.......................                     -              1,779,000
       Acquisition of real estate facilities..................           (38,754,000)                     -
       Acquisition cost of business combination...............              (424,000)                     -
       Capital improvements to real estate facilities.........              (857,000)              (582,000)
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
         Net cash used in investing activities................           (40,035,000)             1,197,000
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
       Repayment of note payable to affiliate.................            (3,500,000)                     -
       Increase in receivable from affiliate..................                     -               (308,000)
       Net proceeds from the issuance of common stock.........            48,251,000                 80,000
       Dividends paid to shareholders.........................            (4,079,000)                     -
       Distributions to minority interests....................            (2,556,000)                     -
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
         Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities..            38,116,000               (228,000)
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents.....................             7,375,000              5,030,000

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period......             3,884,000                919,000
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period............        $   11,259,000         $    5,949,000
                                                                       =================   ================
</TABLE>
                            See accompanying notes.
                                       5
<PAGE>



                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                   (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                       For the three months ended March 31,
                                                                       ------------------------------------
                                                                            1998                   1997
                                                                       -----------------   ----------------

Supplemental schedule of non cash investing and financial activities:

Acquisitions of real estate facilities in exchange for preferred 
stock, minority interests, and mortgage notes payable:
       <S>                                                          <C>                        <C>           
       Real estate facilities.................................      $     (16,680,000)         $(117,180,000)
       Other assets...........................................                800,000                      -
       Accrued and other liabilities..........................                149,000                      -
       Minority interest......................................              1,205,000             97,180,000
       Preferred stock........................................                      -                120,000
       Paid in capital .......................................                      -             19,880,000
       Mortgage notes payable.................................             14,526,000                      -

Business combination:
       Real estate facilities.................................            (48,000,000)                     -
       Other assets...........................................               (452,000)                     -
       Accrued and other liabilities..........................              1,218,000                      -
       Common stock...........................................                228,000                      -
       Paid in capital........................................             46,582,000                      -

Conversion of OP Units into shares of common stock:
       Minority interest......................................            (33,023,000)                     -
       Common stock...........................................                179,000                      -
       Additional paid in capital.............................             32,844,000                      -

Adjustment to reflect minority interest to underlying ownership interest:
       Minority interest......................................              3,799,000                      -
       Additional paid in capital.............................             (3,799,000)                     -

Exchange of preferred stock for common stock:
       Preferred stock........................................                      -               (210,000)
       Common stock...........................................                      -                210,000

Adjustment to acquisition cost (see Note 2):
       Real estate facilities.................................             (1,315,000)            (7,146,000)
       Accumulated depreciation...............................                      -               (820,000)
       Intangible assets......................................              1,315,000             (4,395,000)
       Paid in capital........................................                      -             12,361,000

</TABLE>
                            See accompanying notes.
                                       6

<PAGE>

                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 March 31, 1998

1.   ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

     ORGANIZATION

     PS Business Parks, Inc. ("PSB"), a California corporation, is the successor
     to American  Office Park  Properties,  Inc.  ("AOPP") which merged with and
     into Public  Storage  Properties XI, Inc. ("PSP 11") on March 17, 1998 (the
     "Merger"). The name of the company was changed to "PS Business Parks, Inc."
     in connection  with the Merger.  See Note 3 for a description of the Merger
     and its terms.

     Based upon the terms of the Merger, the transaction for financial reporting
     and  accounting  purposes has been  accounted for as a reverse  acquisition
     whereby  AOPP is  deemed  to have  acquired  PSP11.  However,  PSP11 is the
     continuing  legal entity and  registrant  for both  Securities and Exchange
     filing  purposes  and  income  tax  reporting   purposes.   All  subsequent
     references to PSB for periods prior to March 17, 1998 shall refer to AOPP.

     PSB was  organized in California  in 1986 as a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of
     Public Storage Management,  Inc. ("PSMI"),  a privately owned company of B.
     Wayne Hughes and his family (collectively "Hughes").

     On November 16, 1995,  Public  Storage,  Inc.  ("PSI")  acquired  PSMI in a
     business combination accounted for using the purchase method. In connection
     with  the  transaction,  PSI  exchanged  its  common  stock  for all of the
     non-voting  participating  preferred  stock  of  PSB,  representing  a  95%
     economic interest, and Hughes purchased all the voting common stock of PSB,
     representing  the remaining 5% economic  interest.  During  December  1996,
     Ronald L. Havner,  Jr. (then an executive  officer of PSI)  acquired all of
     Hughes' common stock in PSB.

     On January 2, 1997, in connection with the reorganization of the commercial
     property  operations  of  PSI  and  affiliated   entities,   PSB  formed  a
     partnership  (the "Operating  Partnership")  whereby PSB became the general
     partner.  Concurrent with the formation of the Operating  Partnership,  PSI
     and affiliated entities contributed  commercial properties to the Operating
     Partnership  in exchange for limited  partnership  units ("OP  Units").  In
     addition,  PSI  contributed  commercial  properties  to PSB in exchange for
     shares of non-voting  participating  preferred  stock,  and such properties
     were  immediately  contributed  by PSB along with its  commercial  property
     management operations and cash to the Operating Partnership for OP Units.

     Subject to certain limitations as described in Note 7, holders of OP Units,
     other than PSB,  have the right to require PSB to redeem  such  holders' OP
     Units at any time or from  time to time  beginning  on the date that is one
     year  after the date on which  such  limited  partner  is  admitted  to the
     Operating Partnership.

     On March 31, 1997,  PSI exchanged its  non-voting  participating  preferred
     stock into common shares of PSB. As a result of the  exchange,  PSI owned a
     majority of the voting common stock and  effectively  gained control of PSB
     at that time.

     DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

     PSB  is a  fully-integrated,  self-managed  real  estate  investment  trust
     ("REIT") that acquires,  owns and operates commercial properties containing
     commercial and industrial  rental space. From 1986 through 1996, PSB's sole
     business  activity  consisted of the  management of  commercial  properties
     owned by PSI and affiliated entities.

     Commencing in 1997, PSB began to own and operate commercial  properties for
     its own  behalf.  At March  31,  1998,  PSB and the  Operating  Partnership


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<PAGE>


     collectively owned and operated 65 commercial properties (approximately 7.6
     million net rentable  square feet) located in 11 states.  In addition,  the
     Operating Partnership managed, on behalf of PSI and affiliated entities, 35
     commercial properties (approximately 1.0 million net rentable square feet).

2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     BASIS OF PRESENTATION

     The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have
     been prepared in accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles
     for interim  financial  information and with  instructions to Form 10-Q and
     Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly,  they do not include all of the
     information  and  footnotes  required  by  generally  accepted   accounting
     principles  for  complete  financial  statements.  The  preparation  of the
     condensed  consolidated  financial  statements in conformity with generally
     accepted  accounting  principles  requires management to make estimates and
     assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed  consolidated
     financial  statements and accompanying  notes.  Actual results could differ
     from estimates.  In the opinion of management,  all adjustments (consisting
     of normal recurring  accruals)  necessary for a fair presentation have been
     included.  Operating  results for the three months ended March 31, 1998 are
     not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year
     ended December 31, 1998. For further information, refer to the consolidated
     financial  statements  and footnotes of PSB for the year ended December 31,
     1997 filed on Form 8-K/A  dated  April 17,  1998  (amending  Form 8-K dated
     March 17, 1998).

     The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PSB
     and the  Operating  Partnership.  PSB, as the sole general of the Operating
     Partnership, has full, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion
     in managing and controlling the Operating Partnership.

     On  March  31,  1997,  PSB  and  PSI  agreed  to  exchange  the  non-voting
     participating  preferred  stock held by PSI for 2,098,288  shares of voting
     common stock of PSB. After the exchange,  PSI owned in excess of 95% of the
     outstanding  common  voting  common stock of PSB and PSB  accounted for the
     transaction  as if PSI acquired  PSB in a  transaction  accounted  for as a
     purchase. Accordingly, PSB reflected PSI's cost of its investment in PSB in
     accordance with Accounting  Principles Board Opinion No. 16. As a result of
     PSI  attaining  control  of PSB,  the  carrying  value of PSB's  assets and
     liabilities  were  adjusted  to  reflect  PSI's  acquisition  cost  of  its
     controlling  interest in PSB of approximately $35 million. As a result, the
     carrying value of real estate facilities was increased  approximately  $8.0
     million, intangible assets increased approximately $4.4 million and paid in
     capital increased approximately $12.4 million.

     STOCK SPLIT AND STOCK DIVIDEND:

     On January  1, 1997,  the number of  outstanding  shares of  preferred  and
     common  stock  increased  as a result of a 10 for 1 stock  split.  In March
     1997, the preferred stock of PSB was converted into common stock on a share
     for share basis.  In December 1997, PSB declared a common stock dividend at
     a rate of .01583 shares for each common share outstanding.  Similarly,  the
     Operating  Partnership's  outstanding OP Units were adjusted to reflect the
     stock dividend.  No adjustment was made to the outstanding OP Units for the
     January 1997 stock  split,  as the issuance of OP Units during 1997 already
     reflected the stock split.

     On March 17, 1998, in connection with the merger,  PSB's common shares were
     converted  into  1.18  shares  of  PSP11.  Similarly,  holders  of OP Units
     received an additional  0.18 OP Units for each  outstanding OP Unit held at
     the time of the merger.



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<PAGE>


     References in the condensed  consolidated  financial  statements  and notes
     thereto with  respect to shares of preferred  stock,  common  stock,  stock
     options,  and OP Units and the related per share/per unit amounts have been
     retroactively  adjusted  to  reflect  the  January  1997 stock  split,  the
     December  1997 stock  dividend and the March 1998  conversion in connection
     with the Merger.

     CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:

     PSB considers all highly liquid  investments  with an original  maturity of
     three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

     REAL ESTATE FACILITIES:

     Costs  related  to  the   improvements   of  properties  are   capitalized.
     Expenditures  for  repair and  maintenance  are  charged  to  expense  when
     incurred.  After March 31, 1997,  acquisition  of  facilities  from PSI and
     entities  controlled by PSI are recorded at the  predecessor's  basis until
     such time that PSB is not  controlled  by PSI.  Buildings and equipment are
     depreciated  on the straight line method over the  estimated  useful lives,
     which is generally 25 and 5 years, respectively.

     INTANGIBLE ASSETS:

     Intangible assets consist of property  management  contracts for properties
     managed,  but not owned, by PSB. The intangible  assets are being amortized
     over seven years. As properties  managed are subsequently  acquired by PSB,
     the  unamortized  basis of  intangible  assets  related to such property is
     included in the cost of acquisition  of such  property.  During April 1997,
     PSB  acquired  four  properties  from PSI and  included in the cost of real
     estate  facilities  for such  properties  is  $730,000  of cost  previously
     classified  as  intangible  assets.  In  connection  with the  Merger,  PSB
     acquired  13  properties  and  included in the cost of such  properties  is
     $1,315,000 (which is net of accumulated  amortization of $228,000) of costs
     previously classified as intangible assets.  Intangible assets at March 31,
     1998 are net of accumulated amortization of $314,000.

     EVALUATION OF ASSET IMPAIRMENT:

     In 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement
     of Financial  Accounting  Standards  ("SFAS") No. 121,  "Accounting for the
     Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets and for  Long-Lived  Assets to be Disposed
     Of" which requires  impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived  assets.
     PSB evaluates its assets used in operations,  by identifying  indicators of
     impairment  and by comparing the sum of the estimated  undiscounted  future
     cash flows for each asset to the asset's carrying  amount.  When indicators
     of impairment are present and the sum of the undiscounted future cash flows
     is less  than the  carrying  value of such  asset,  an  impairment  loss is
     recorded equal to the difference between the asset's current carrying value
     and its value based on discounting  its estimated  future cash flows.  SFAS
     No. 121 also  addresses  the  accounting  for  long-lived  assets  that are
     expected to be disposed  of. Such assets are to be reported at the lower of
     their  carrying  amount or fair value,  less cost to sell. PSB adopted SFAS
     No.  121  in  1996  and  the  adoption  had  no  effect.  PSB's  subsequent
     evaluations  have  indicated no  impairment  in the carrying  amount of its
     assets.

     NOTE PAYABLE TO AFFILIATE:

     Note  payable to  affiliate  at December  31, 1997 of  $3,500,000  reflects
     amounts borrowed from PSI on that date. The note bore interest at 6.97% and
     was repaid on January 31, 1998.


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<PAGE>


     REVENUE AND EXPENSE RECOGNITION:

     All leases are classified as operating leases.  Rental income is recognized
     on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases.  Reimbursements from
     tenants for real estate taxes and other recoverable  operating expenses are
     recognized as revenue in the period the applicable costs are incurred.

     Costs incurred in connection with leasing  (primarily  tenant  improvements
     and leasing  commissions)  are  capitalized  and  amortized  over the lease
     period.

     Property management fees are recognized in the period earned.

     NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE:

     In 1997,  the FASB issued SFAS No. 128,  Earnings  per Share.  SFAS No. 128
     replaced the  calculation  of "primary"  and "fully  diluted"  earnings per
     share with "basic" and "diluted" earnings per share.

     "Diluted"  shares  include  the  dilutive  effect of stock  options,  while
     "basic" shares exclude such effect.  In addition,  weighted  average shares
     utilized in computing  basic and diluted  earnings  per share  includes the
     weighted average participating  preferred shares,  because such shares were
     allocated income (subject to certain preferences upon liquidation described
     below) on an equal per share basis with the common shares.

     INCOME TAXES:

     During  1997,  PSB  qualified  and intends to continue to qualify as a real
     estate investment trust ("REIT"), as defined in Section 856 of the Internal
     Revenue  Code.  As a REIT,  PSB is not taxed on that portion of its taxable
     income which is  distributed  to its  shareholders  provided that PSB meets
     certain  tests.  PSB believes it met these tests during 1997.  In addition,
     PSP11 (the legal entity for income tax reporting purposes subsequent to the
     March 17, 1998 merger)  believes it has also met the REIT tests during 1997
     and for the three months ended March 31,  1998.  Accordingly,  no provision
     for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements.

     GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE:

     General and administrative expense includes legal and office expense, state
     income taxes,  executive salaries,  cost of acquisition personnel and other
     such administrative  items. Such amounts include amounts incurred by PSI on
     behalf of PSB, which were  subsequently  charged to PSB in accordance  with
     the   allocation   methodology   pursuant  to  the  cost   allocation   and
     administrative services agreement between PSB and PSI.

     RECLASSIFICATIONS:

     Certain  reclassifications  have been made to the financial  statements for
     1997 in order to conform to the 1998 presentation.


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3.   BUSINESS COMBINATION

     On March 17, 1998,  AOPP merged into PSP11,  a publicly  traded real estate
     investment  trust and an affiliate of PSI. Upon  consummation of the Merger
     of AOPP into PSP11,  the  surviving  corporation  was renamed "PS  Business
     Parks, Inc." (PSB as defined in Note 1). In connection with the Merger:

               * Each  outstanding  share of PSP11 common  stock,  which did not
                 elect cash,  continued to be owned by current holders.  A total
                 of 106,155  PSP11  common  shares  elected  to receive  cash of
                 $20.50 per share.

               * Each  share of PSP11  common  stock  Series B and each share of
                 PSP11 common stock Series C converted into .8641 share of PSP11
                 common stock.

               * Each share of AOPP common stock  converted  into 1.18 shares of
                 PSP11 common stock.

               * Concurrent with the Merger,  PSP11 exchanged 11 mini-warehouses
                 and two properties that combine  mini-warehouse  and commercial
                 space for 11 commercial properties owned by PSI. The fair value
                 of the real estate  facilities owned by PSP11 was approximately
                 $48 million.

     The  Merger  has been  accounted  for as a reverse  merger  whereby  PSB is
     treated as the accounting acquirer using the purchase method. This has been
     determined  based  upon the  following:  (i) the  former  shareholders  and
     unitholders of PSB owned in excess of 80% of the merged  companies and (ii)
     the  business  focus  post-Merger  will  continue to be that of PSB's which
     includes  the   acquisition,   ownership   and   management  of  commercial
     properties.  Prior to the Merger, PSP11's business focus has been primarily
     on the  ownership  and  operation  of  its  self-storage  facilities  which
     represented approximately 81% of its portfolio.

     Allocations of the total  acquisition  cost to the net assets acquired were
     made based upon the fair value of PSP11's assets and  liabilities as of the
     date of the Merger.  The acquisition cost and the fair market values of the
     assets  acquired and  liabilities  assumed in the Merger are  summarized as
     follows:

                 Acquisition cost:
                 Issuance of common stock.........            $46,810,000
                 Cash.............................                424,000
                                                              -----------
                     Total acquisition cost.......            $47,234,000
                                                              ===========

                 Allocation of acquisition cost:
                 Real estate facilities...........            $48,000,000
                 Other assets.....................                452,000
                 Accrued and other liabilities....             (1,218,000)
                                                              -----------
                     Total allocation.............            $47,234,000
                                                              ===========


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     The historical operating results of PSP11 prior to the Merger have not been
     included  in PSB's  historical  operating  results.  Pro forma data for the
     three  months  ended  March 31, 1998 and 1997 as though the Merger had been
     effective at the beginning of fiscal 1997 are as follows:

                                                    Three months ended March 31,
                                                      1998              1997
                                                  -------------     ------------

       Revenues..............................     $  16,666,000     $  8,145,000
       Net income............................         5,115,000        1,410,000
       Net income per share - basic..........          $  0.39          $  0.32
       Net income per share - diluted........             0.39             0.32

     The pro forma data does not purport to be indicative  either of the results
     of  operations  that would have  occurred  had the Merger  occurred  at the
     beginning of fiscal 1997 or future results of PSB.

4.   REAL ESTATE FACILITIES

     The activity in real estate facilities for the three months ended March 31,
     1998 is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  Accumulated
                                                   Land           Buildings       Depreciation           Total
                                               ------------     -------------    ----------------   ---------------

       <S>                                     <C>              <C>              <C>                <C>            
       Balances at December 31, 1997........   $ 91,754,000     $ 226,466,000    $    (3,982,000)   $   314,238,000
       Property acquisitions................     16,630,000        38,804,000                  -         55,434,000
       Acquired in connection with Merger...     14,400,000        33,600,000                  -         48,000,000
       Adjustment from intangible assets....              -         1,315,000                  -          1,315,000
       Capital improvements.................              -           857,000                  -            857,000
       Depreciation expense.................              -                 -         (2,151,000)        (2,151,000)
                                               ------------     -------------    ----------------   ---------------

       Balances at March 31, 1998...........   $122,784,000     $ 301,042,000    $    (6,133,000)   $   417,693,000
                                               ============     =============    ================   ===============

</TABLE>

     On  January  13,  1998,  PSB  purchased  a  commercial   property  from  an
     unaffiliated  third  party for  approximately  $22,518,000,  consisting  of
     $22,325,000  cash (of which $500,000 was paid before December 31, 1997) and
     the issuance of 8,428 OP Units having a value of approximately $193,000.

     In March 1998, PSB purchased two commercial  properties  from  unaffiliated
     third parties for an aggregate cost of approximately $32,916,000,  composed
     of $17,377,000  cash (of which $300,000 was paid before December 31, 1997),
     the issuance of 44,250 OP units having a value of approximately $1,013,000,
     and the assumption of mortgage notes payable of $14,526,000.



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5.    LEASING ACTIVITY

     Future minimum rental revenues under non-cancelable  leases as of March 31,
     1998 with tenants for the above real estate facilities are as follows:

             1998 (April - December)          $   42,761,000
             1999                                 41,079,000
             2000                                 27,079,000
             2001                                 15,762,000
             2002                                  9,047,000
             Thereafter                           10,118,000
                                              --------------
                                              $  145,846,000
                                              ==============

6.    MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE

     Mortgage notes at March 31, 1998 consist of the following:

     7-1/8 % mortgage note, secured by one commercial property,
          principal and interest payable monthly, due May 2006       $9,036,000

     8-1/8 % mortgage note, secured by one commercial property,
          principal and interest payable monthly, due July 2005       5,490,000
                                                                    -----------
                                                                    $14,526,000
                                                                    ===========

7.   MINORITY INTERESTS

     In  consolidation,  PSB  classifies  ownership  interests in the  Operating
     Partnership,  other than its own, as minority  interest on the consolidated
     financial statements.  Minority interest in income consists of the minority
     interests' share of the consolidated operating results.

     Subject to certain limitations  described below, each limited partner other
     than PSB has the right to require the redemption of such limited  partner's
     partnership  interests  at any time or from time to time  beginning  on the
     date  that is one year  after the date on which  such  limited  partner  is
     admitted to the Operating Partnership.

     Unless PSB, as general partner,  elects to assume and perform the Operating
     Partnership's  obligation with respect to a redemption  right, as described
     below, a limited  partner that exercises its redemption  right will receive
     cash from the Operating  Partnership in an amount equal to the market value
     (as defined in the  Operating  Partnership  Agreement)  of the  partnership
     interests  redeemed.  In lieu of the  Operating  Partnership  redeeming the
     partner  for  cash,  PSB,  as  general  partner,  has the right to elect to
     acquire the partnership interest directly from a limited partner exercising
     its redemption right, in exchange for cash in the amount specified above or
     by  issuance  of one share of PSB  common  stock  for each unit of  limited
     partnership interest redeemed.

     A limited  partner  cannot  exercise  its  redemption  right if delivery of
     shares  of PSB  common  stock  would be  prohibited  under  the  applicable
     articles of incorporation,  if the general partner believes that there is a
     risk  that  delivery  of shares of common  stock  would  cause the  general
     partner to no longer  qualify as a REIT,  would  cause a  violation  of the
     applicable securities laws, or would result in the Operating Partnership no
     longer being treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.



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<PAGE>


     At  March  31,  1998,  there  were  7,385,529  OP Units  owned by  minority
     interests  (7,305,352 were owned by PSI and affiliated  entities and 80,177
     were owned by  unaffiliated  third parties).  On a fully  converted  basis,
     assuming  all  7,385,529  minority  interest OP Units were  converted  into
     shares of common  stock of PSB at March 31, 1998,  the  minority  interests
     would own approximately  34.5% of the pro forma common shares  outstanding.
     At the end of each  reporting  period,  PSB determines the amount of equity
     (book value of net assets)  which is  allocable  to the  minority  interest
     based upon this pro forma  ownership  interest and an adjustment is made to
     the minority interest,  with a corresponding  adjustment to Additional paid
     in capital, to reflect the minority interests' equity.

8.   PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

     The Operating Partnership manages industrial,  office and retail facilities
     for PSI and entities  affiliated  with PSI, and third party  owners.  These
     facilities,  all located in the United  States,  operate  under the "Public
     Storage" or "PS Business Parks" name.

     The property management  contracts provide for compensation of five percent
     of the gross revenue of the facilities  managed.  Under the  supervision of
     the property owners, the Operating Partnership coordinates rental policies,
     rent  collections,  marketing  activities,  the purchase of  equipment  and
     supplies,  maintenance  activities,  and the  selection  and  engagement of
     vendors, suppliers and independent contractors.  In addition, the Operating
     Partnership  assists  and  advises  the  property  owners  in  establishing
     policies for the hire,  discharge  and  supervision  of  employees  for the
     operation  of  these  facilities,  including  property  managers,  leasing,
     billing and maintenance personnel.

     The property management contract with PSI is for a seven year term with the
     term being  extended one year each  anniversary.  The  property  management
     contracts with  affiliates of PSI are cancelable by either party upon sixty
     days notice.

9.   SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

     On January 7, 1998, a holder of OP Units exercised its option and converted
     its  1,785,008 OP Units into an equal number of shares of PSB common stock.
     The  conversion  resulted  in an  increase  in  shareholders'  equity and a
     corresponding  decrease in minority interest of approximately  $33,023,000,
     representing the book value of the OP Units at the time of conversion.

     In  January  1998,   PSB  entered  into  an  agreement   with  a  group  of
     institutional  investors  under  which PSB agreed to issue up to  6,744,074
     shares of PSB common stock at $22.88 per share in cash (an  aggregate of up
     to  $155,000,000)  in separate  tranches.  The first tranche,  representing
     2,185,189 shares or $50.0 million,  was issued in January 1998. The Company
     incurred $2,400,000 in costs associated with the issuance. The remainder of
     the common shares  (4,558,885 common shares) were issued on May 6, 1998 and
     the net proceeds  ($105.0  million) were used to fund a portion of the cost
     to acquire commercial properties in May 1998.

     On March 31,  1998,  PSB paid  distributions  to its  common  shareholders'
     totaling $4,079,000, or $0.347 per common share.



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<PAGE>

10.  LINE OF CREDIT WITH PSI

     PSB has entered into a line of credit  agreement with PSI for borrowings up
     to $50,000,000 with an interest rate of the London  Interbank  Offered Rate
     ("LIBOR") plus 1.25%.  The credit  agreement  expires on December 31, 1998.
     There were no amounts  outstanding  as of March 31, 1998. In addition,  PSI
     has provided PSB with additional  funds,  at the same interest rate,  which
     PSB required to acquire the property  portfolio on May 4, 1998.  At May 14,
     1998,  there was  approximately  $74.0 million  outstanding on the lines of
     credit as a result of borrowings to fund a portion of the acquisition  cost
     of properties acquired in May 1998.

11.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

     PROPERTY ACQUISITION

     On May 4, 1998,  the Company  purchased 14  properties  (approximately  1.0
     million  rentable  square  feet)  located  in  Beaverton,   Oregon  and  14
     properties  (approximately 1.3 million rentable square feet) located in the
     Dallas, Texas area. The properties were acquired from Principal Mutual Life
     Insurance Company, an insurance company, and its affiliated companies.  The
     aggregate  purchase  price was  approximately  $190.5  million in cash. The
     acquisition  contains  approximately  2,265,000  rentable  square  feet and
     contains  approximately 15 acres of land in the Beaverton market for future
     development.  In addition, the Company contracted to purchase an additional
     property  containing  56,000  square feet in Texas for  approximately  $5.7
     million. The property is currently under construction and pre-leased.




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

GENERAL:  Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act Safe Harbor  Statement.  In
addition  to  historical  information,   management's  discussion  and  analysis
includes  certain  forward-looking  statements  regarding  events and  financial
trends which may affect the  Company's  future  operating  results and financial
position.  Such  forward-looking  statements  are often  identified by the words
"estimate,"   "project,"  "intend,"  "plan,"  "expect,"  "believe,"  or  similar
expressions.  Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties  that could
cause the Company's actual results and financial  position to differ  materially
from that indicated by the forward-looking  statement. Such factors include, but
are not limited to a change in economic conditions in the various markets served
by the Company's operations which would adversely affect the level of demand for
rental of commercial  space and the cost  structure of the Company.  Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date  hereof.  The  Company  undertakes  no  obligation  to
publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements
to reflect  events or  circumstances  after the date  hereof or to  reflect  the
occurrence of unanticipated events.


HISTORICAL  OVERVIEW:  PS Business  Parks,  Inc.  ("PSB" or the  "Company") is a
self-managed,  self-advised real estate investment trust that acquires, owns and
operates  commercial  properties.  The Company is the sole general partner of PS
Business  Parks,  L.P. (the "Operating  Partnership")  through which the Company
conducts most of its activities and owned, as of May 6, 1998, an approximate 66%
partnership interest. Substantially all of the remaining partnership interest is
owned by Public Storage, Inc. ("PSI") and its affiliates.

The  commercial  properties  owned by the Company and the Operating  Partnership
generally include both business park  (industrial/flex  space) and office space.
The industrial space is used for, among other things,  light  manufacturing  and
assembly,  storage and  warehousing,  distribution  and research and development
activities. Most of the office space is occupied by tenants who are also renting
industrial  space.  The commercial  properties  typically  consist of one to ten
one-story  buildings located on three to 20 acres and contain from approximately
10,000 to 500,000 square feet of rentable space (more than 50,000 square feet in
the case of the free-standing  properties). A property is typically divided into
units ranging in size from 500 to 10,000  square feet.  Leases  generally  range
from one to five years and some  tenants  have  options  to extend the  original
terms of their leases.

During 1997 and the first three months of fiscal 1998,  the Company  completed a
number of  business  transactions  which  have had a  significant  impact to the
Company's  comparative  operating  results for the three  months ended March 31,
1998 and 1997:


               * Merger:  PS Business  Parks,  Inc.  ("PSB") is the successor to
                 American  Office Park  Properties,  Inc.  ("AOPP") which merged
                 with and into Public Storage  Properties XI, Inc. ("PSP 11") on
                 March  17,  1998  (the  "Merger").  The  name of the  surviving
                 company was changed to "PS Business Parks,  Inc." in connection
                 with the merger.

                 Based  upon  the  terms  of the  Merger,  the  transaction  for
                 financial  accounting  purposes  has  been  accounted  for as a
                 reverse  acquisition  whereby  AOPP is deemed to have  acquired
                 PSP11.  However,  PSP11  is the  continuing  legal  entity  and
                 registrant for both Securities and Exchange  Commission  filing
                 purposes  and income tax  reporting  purposes.  All  subsequent
                 references to "PSB" or the "Company" for periods prior to March
                 17, 1998 shall refer to AOPP.

                 In  connection  with  the  Merger,   PSP11   exchanged   eleven
                 mini-warehouses and two properties that combine  mini-warehouse
                 and commercial space for eleven commercial  properties owned by
                 PSI.  The fair  value of the real  estate  facilities  owned by
                 PSP11  and the  commercial  facilities  received  by PSP11  was


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<PAGE>

                 approximately $48 million. As a result of this transaction, PSB
                 acquired 13 properties  with a total of  approximately  815,000
                 net rentable square feet.

               * PROPERTY  ACQUISITIONS:  Prior to January 2, 1997,  the Company
                 and  its  Operating  Partnership  did  not  have  an  ownership
                 interest in any properties.

                 On  January  2,  1997,  the  Company   acquired  35  commercial
                 properties (approximately 3.0 million net rentable square feet)
                 from Public Storage,  Inc.  ("PSI") and affiliated  entities in
                 exchange  for  1,198,680  shares  of  non-voting  participating
                 preferred   stock  and   5,824,383   units  of  the   Operating
                 Partnership ("OP Units").

                 On  April  1,  1997,  the  Company   acquired  four  commercial
                 properties from PSI (approximately 370,000 million net rentable
                 square feet) in exchange for 1,480,968 OP Units.

                 On  July  31,  1997,   the  Company   acquired  two  commercial
                 properties  (approximately  435,000 net  rentable  square feet)
                 from an unaffiliated third party for cash totaling $33,310,000.

                 On  September  24,  1997,  the  Company  acquired a  commercial
                 property  (approximately 150,000 net rentable square feet) from
                 an   unaffiliated   third  party  for  an  aggregate   cost  of
                 $10,283,000  consisting of cash of $9,959,000  and the issuance
                 of 14,384 OP Units.

                 On  December  10,  1997,  the Company  purchased  a  commercial
                 property  (approximately  51,000 net rentable square feet) from
                 an unaffiliated third party for $3,854,000,  consisting of cash
                 of $3,554,000 and the issuance of 13,111 OP Units.

                 On December  24,  1997,  the Company  acquired  six  commercial
                 properties (approximately 2.0 million net rentable square feet)
                 valued at $118,655,000 and $1,000,000 in cash from a subsidiary
                 of a state pension plan through a merger and  contribution.  In
                 connection  with the  transaction,  the  Company  issued to the
                 subsidiary of the state pension plan 3,504,758 common shares of
                 the  Company  and  1,785,007  OP Units.  The  Company  incurred
                 approximately  $3,300,000  in  costs  in  connection  with  the
                 transaction.

                 On January 13, 1998, the Company acquired a commercial property
                 (approximately   308,000   net   rentable   square   feet)  for
                 $22,518,000, consisting of cash of $22,325,000 and the issuance
                 of 8,428 OP Units having a value of approximately $193,000.

                 In March 1998, the Company  acquired two commercial  properties
                 (approximately   403,000  net  rentable  square  feet)  for  an
                 aggregate   cost  of   $32,916,000,   consisting   of  cash  of
                 $17,377,000,   assumption   of   mortgage   notes   payable  of
                 $14,526,000  and the issuance of 44,250 OP Units having a value
                 of approximately $1,013,000.

               * COMMON  STOCK  ISSUANCES  FOR  CASH:  In  connection  with  the
                 Company's  July 1997  acquisition  of  properties,  the Company
                 issued  2,025,769  shares of common stock  primarily to PSI for
                 cash totaling $33,800,000.

                 In January 1998,  the Company  entered into an agreement with a
                 group of institutional investors under which the Company agreed
                 to issue up to  6,744,074  shares of common stock at $22.88 per
                 share in separate  tranches.  The first  tranche,  representing
                 2,185,189  shares or $50.0  million was issued in January 1998.
                 The  remainder  of the  shares  were  issued on May 6, 1998 for
                 $105.0 million.


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<PAGE>

               * EXCHANGE OF NON-VOTING PREFERRED STOCK FOR VOTING COMMON STOCK:
                 On March 31, 1997,  PSI exchanged its  non-voting  common stock
                 for  voting  common  stock  of  the  Company  in a  transaction
                 accounted  for as a purchase  of PSB by PSI. As a result of PSI
                 attaining a 95% ownership  interest in PSB voting common stock,
                 PSB reflected PSI's cost of its investment in PSB in accordance
                 with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 16. As a result of
                 PSI  attaining  control  of PSB,  the  carrying  value of PSB's
                 assets  and   liabilities   were   adjusted  to  reflect  PSI's
                 acquisition  cost  of  its  controlling   interest  in  PSB  of
                 approximately $35 million.  As a result,  the carrying value of
                 real  estate  facilities  was  increased  at March 31,  1997 by
                 approximately  $8.0  million,  intangible  assets  increased by
                 approximately  $4.4  million and paid in capital  increased  by
                 approximately $12.4 million.



RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE MONTHS  ENDED MARCH 31, 1998  COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
1997:  Net income  for the three  months  ended  March 31,  1998 was  $4,330,000
compared to $682,000 for the same period in 1997. Net income per common share on
a diluted basis was $0.38 (based on weighted average diluted shares  outstanding
of 11,357,036)  for the three months ended March 31, 1998 compared to net income
per common share on a diluted basis of $0.31 (based on diluted  weighted average
shares  outstanding  of  2,192,848)  for the three  months ended March 31, 1997,
representing an increase of 22.6%.  The  significant  increase in net income and
net income per share reflects the Company's significant growth in its asset base
through the acquisition of commercial properties.

PROPERTY OPERATIONS: The Company's property operations account for more than 98%
of the net  operating  income  earned by the Company for the three  months ended
March 31,  1998.  The  following  table  presents the  operating  results of the
properties for the three months ended March 31, 1998 and 1997:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     Three months ended March 31,
                                                                            ---------------------------------------------
                                                                                 1998             1997          Change
                                                                            ----------------  --------------  -----------
      Rental income:
         <S>                                                                 <C>               <C>              <C>
         Facilities owned throughout each period (35 facilities, 3.0
           million net rentable square feet)...........................      $    6,015,000    $5,805,000         3.6%
         Facilities acquired between March 31 and December 31, 1997
           (14 facilities, 3.0 million net rentable square feet).......           7,047,000             -       n/a
         Facilities acquired during the three months ended March 31,
           1998 (16 facilities, 1.6 million net rentable square feet)..           1,291,000             -       n/a
                                                                            ----------------  --------------  -----------
           Total rental income.........................................        $ 14,353,000    $5,805,000       147.3%
                                                                            ================  ==============  ===========

      Cost of operations (excluding depreciation):
        Facilities owned throughout each period........................      $    2,528,000    $2,493,000         1.4%
        Facilities acquired between March 31 and December 31, 1997.....           1,811,000             -       n/a
        Facilities acquired during the three months ended March 31,             
           1998........................................................             288,000             -       n/a 
                                                                            ----------------  --------------  -----------
           Total cost of operations....................................      $    4,627,000    $2,493,000        85.6%
                                                                            ================  ==============  ===========

      Net operating income (rental income less cost of operations):
         Facilities owned throughout each period.......................      $   3,487,000     $3,312,000         5.3%
         Facilities acquired between March 31 and December 31, 1997....          5,236,000              -       n/a
         Facilities acquired during the three months ended March 31,        
         1998..........................................................          1,003,000              -       n/a
                                                                            ----------------  --------------  -----------
           Total net operating income..............................          $   9,726,000     $3,312,000       193.7%
                                                                            ================  ==============  ===========

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                     Three months ended March 31,
                                                                            ---------------------------------------------
                                                                                 1998             1997          Change
                                                                            ----------------  --------------  -----------

         Other operating data: Facilities owned throughout each period:
            <S>                                                                <C>               <C>            <C> 
            Annualized realized rent per occupied square foot.........          $8.50             $8.16          4.2%
            Weighted average occupancy for the period.................          94.6%             95.1%         (0.5%)

</TABLE>

The results of  operations  for the 35  facilities  operated in both periods was
negatively  impacted by one of the Company's  commercial  properties  located in
Culver  City,  California.  Rental  revenues  for  this  property  decreased  by
approximately $100,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1998 compared to the
same  period in 1997,  primarily  as a result of the  following  lease  renewal.
During the three  months  ended March 31,  1997,  a tenant at this  property was
leasing  space on a  "hold-over"  lease  rate (a  rental  rate  which  was above
long-term market rates for the area) on a  month-to-month  basis pending renewal
of the lease. The lease was renewed during the second quarter of 1997 at a lower
long-term  lease rate. . Excluding  the  reduction in the Culver City  revenues,
revenues  from  facilities  owned  throughout  each period would have  increased
$310,000 or 5.3%, net operating income would have increased $275,000 or 8.3% and
annualized  rent per square foot would have  increased  $0.48 or 5.9%.  No other
facility within this group had significant variances.

SUPPLEMENTAL  PROPERTY  DATA AND TRENDS:  In order to evaluate how the Company's
overall portfolio has performed,  management analyzes the operating  performance
of a consistent  group of 51 properties  (4.2 million net rentable square feet).
These 51  properties  represent  a mature  group of  properties  which have been
managed by the Company for at least three years and, as of March 31, 1998,  were
owned by the Company.  The table below  summarizes the historical  operations of
the 51 properties  for the three months ended March 31, 1998 and 1997;  however,
the Company did not own all of the properties  throughout the periods  presented
and therefore, such operations are not all reflected in the Company's historical
operating results.

The following table summarizes the pre-depreciation historical operating results
of these "Same Park" facilities:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Three months ended March 31,
                                                     ----------------------------------------
                                                        1998            1997          Change
                                                     --------------  -------------  ---------

    <S>                                               <C>             <C>               <C> 
    Rental income.................................    $9,390,000      $8,876,000        5.8%
    Cost of operations (1)........................     4,067,000       4,027,000        1.0%
                                                     --------------  -------------  ---------
      Net operating income........................    $5,323,000      $4,849,000        9.8%
                                                     ==============  =============  =========

        Gross Margin (2)..........................        56.7%           54.6%

    Annualized realized rent per occupied 
      square foot (3).............................        $9.36           $8.83         6.0%

    Weighted average occupancy for the period.....        95.5%           95.7%        (0.2%)

</TABLE>

- -----------------------

(1)  Assumes  payment  of a  management  fee  equal  to 5% of  revenues  on  all
     facilities, including those facilities while owned by the Company for which
     no fee is paid.

(2)  Gross  margin is computed  by dividing  property  net  operating  income by
     rental revenues.

(3)  Realized  rent per square foot  represents  the actual  revenue  earned per
     occupied square foot.


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FACILITY MANAGEMENT  OPERATIONS:  The Company's facility management accounts for
approximately 2% of the net operating income earned by the Company for the three
months ended March 31, 1998  compared to  approximately  5% of the net operating
income  earned by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 1997.  During
the three  months  ended March 31, 1998,  $177,000 in net  operating  income was
recognized from facility management operations compared to $187,000 for the same
period in 1997.  During the three  months  ended  March 31,  1997,  the  Company
managed 53  properties.  As of March 31,  1998,  the Company had  acquired 17 of
these 53 facilities previously managed.  Accordingly,  due to the acquisition of
properties  previously  managed,  the Company's facility  management fees should
continue to decrease in 1998 compared to 1997.

INTEREST AND OTHER INCOME: Interest and other income primarily reflects earnings
on cash  balances.  Interest  and other income was $233,000 for the three months
ended March 31,  1998 as  compared  to $29,000 for the same period in 1997.  The
increase is attributable to increased  average cash balances  principally due to
the  Company's  issuance of common stock to  institutional  investors in January
1998 and the timing of  investing  these  funds in newly  acquired  real  estate
facilities.

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION EXPENSE: Depreciation and amortization expense for
the three  months ended March 31, 1998 was  $2,300,000,  as compared to $820,000
for the same  period in 1997.  The  increase is due to the  acquisition  of real
estate facilities in 1997 and 1998.

GENERAL  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPENSE:  General and  administrative  expense was
$445,000 for the three months ended March 31, 1998  compared to $213,000 for the
three months ended March 31, 1997.  The increase is due to the  increased  scope
and acquisition activities of the Company.  Management anticipates that upon the
hiring of certain  additional  executive  staff,  and as the Company's asset and
shareholder bases increase, general and administrative expense will increase.

INTEREST EXPENSE:  Interest expense is attributable to amounts borrowed from PSI
pursuant to its line of credit, as well as to interest expense on mortgage notes
assumed in connection  with the  acquisition of real estate  facilities in March
1998. There were no outstanding borrowings in the same period in 1997.

MINORITY  INTEREST IN INCOME:  Minority  interest in income  reflects the income
allocable to equity interests in the Operating  Partnership  which are not owned
by the Company. Minority interest in income for the three months ended March 31,
1998 was  $2,814,000 as compared to $1,813,000  for the same period in 1997. The
increase in minority interest in income is due to improved operating results and
the issuance of additional Operating Partnership units,  primarily in connection
with the acquisition of real estate facilities from PSI on April 1, 1997.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Net cash provided by operating  activities  for the three months ended March 31,
1998 and 1997 was $9,294,000 and 4,061,000,  respectively.  Management  believes
that its  internally  generated net cash provided by operating  activities  will
continue to be sufficient to enable it to meet its operating  expenses,  capital
improvements,  debt service  requirements and  distributions to shareholders and
holders of Operating Partnership units for the foreseeable future.

The  following   table   summarizes  the  Company's   ability  to  make  capital
improvements  to maintain  its  facilities  through the use of cash  provided by
operating activities. The remaining cash flow is available to the Company to pay
distributions to shareholders and acquire property interests.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          Three months ended March 31,
                                                                        --------------------------------
                                                                             1998               1997
                                                                        ----------------  --------------

<S>                                                                      <C>                <C>        
Net income..........................................................     $  4,330,000       $   682,000
Depreciation and amortization.......................................        2,300,000           820,000
Change in working capital...........................................         (150,000)          746,000
Minority interest in income.........................................        2,814,000         1,813,000
                                                                        ----------------  --------------
Net cash provided by operating activities...........................        9,294,000         4,061,000
Capital improvements to maintain facilities.........................         (857,000)         (582,000)
                                                                        ----------------  --------------
Funds available for distributions to shareholders, minority
  interests, acquisitions and other corporate purposes..............        8,437,000         3,479,000
Cash distributions to shareholders and minority interests...........       (6,635,000)                -
                                                                        ----------------  --------------
Excess funds available for acquisitions and other corporate purposes     $  1,802,000       $ 3,479,000
                                                                        ================  ==============
</TABLE>

The Company's capital structure is characterized by low level of leverage. As of
March 31, 1998, the Company had two fixed rate mortgage  notes payable  totaling
$14,526,000,  which  represented  less  than  4%  of  its  total  capitalization
(including minority interests and debt).

The Company has entered into a line of credit  agreement with PSI for borrowings
up  to  $50  million  which  are  available  to  fund   operations   and  future
acquisitions.  The  line  of  credit  bears  interest  at a rate  of the  London
Interbank  Offered Rate ("LIBOR")  plus 1.25% and matures  December 31, 1998. In
addition,  PSI has  provided  the Company  with  additional  funds,  at the same
interest rate, which the Company  required to acquire the property  portfolio on
May 4, 1998.  At May 14, 1998,  the Company had  outstanding  borrowings  of $74
million on the lines of credit.

The Company expects to fund its growth strategies with cash on hand,  internally
generated  retained  cash  flows and  borrowings  from its line of  credit.  The
Company  intends  to repay  amounts  borrowed  under the  credit  facility  from
undistributed  cash flow or, as market conditions permit and as determined to be
advantageous, from the public or private placement of equity securities.

In January  1998,  the Company  entered  into an  agreement  with  institutional
investors  whereby the  Company  agreed to issue up to  6,744,074  shares of its
common stock for cash ($155  million) in separate  tranches.  The first tranche,
representing  2,185,189 shares or $50.0 million, was issued in January 1998. The
Company incurred $2,400,000 in costs associated with the issuance. The remainder
of the common shares  (4,558,885  common  shares) were issued on May 6, 1998 and
the net  proceeds  ($105.0  million)  were used to fund a portion of the cost to
acquire commercial properties in May 1998.

FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS:  Funds from operations  ("FFO") is defined by the Company
as net income (loss),  computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles  ("GAAP"),  before  depreciation,  amortization and  extraordinary or
non-recurring  items. FFO is presented because the Company considers FFO to be a
useful measure of the operating  performance of a REIT which,  together with net
income and cash flows, provides investors with a basis to evaluate the operating
and cash flow  performances of a REIT. FFO does not represent net income or cash
flows from  operations as defined by GAAP. FFO does not take into  consideration
scheduled principal payments on debt and capital improvements.  Accordingly, FFO
is not  necessarily  a  substitute  for cash flow or net  income as a measure of
liquidity or operating  performance or ability to make  acquisitions and capital
improvements or ability to pay distributions or debt principal  payments.  Also,
FFO as  computed  and  disclosed  by the Company  may not be  comparable  to FFO
computed and disclosed by other REITs.


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Funds from operations for the Company is computed as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          Three months ended March 31,
                                                                       -----------------------------------
                                                                             1998               1997
                                                                       -----------------  ----------------
<S>                                                                     <C>                <C>          
Net income.........................................................     $   4,330,000      $     682,000
Minority interest in income........................................         2,814,000          1,813,000
Depreciation and amortization......................................         2,300,000            820,000
                                                                       -----------------  ----------------
  Subtotal.........................................................         9,444,000          3,315,000
FFO allocated to minority interests................................        (3,719,000)        (2,408,000)
                                                                       -----------------  ----------------
Funds from operations allocated to shareholders....................     $   5,725,000      $     907,000
                                                                       =================  ================

</TABLE>

DISTRIBUTIONS:  The  Company  has  elected  and intends to qualify as a REIT for
federal  income tax  purposes.  As a REIT,  the Company  must meet,  among other
tests,  sources of income, share ownership and certain asset tests. In addition,
the  Company  is not  taxed  on that  portion  of its  taxable  income  which is
distributed to its shareholders provided that at least 95% of its taxable income
is so distributed to its shareholders prior to filing of its tax return.

On May 7,  1998,  the  Company  declared a regular  dividend  of $0.25 per share
payable  on June 30,  1998 to  shareholders  of  record on June 15,  1998.  This
reflects a decrease  from $0.34 per common  share which was paid to the previous
shareholders  of Public  Storage  Properties XI, Inc. The Board of Directors has
established a  distribution  policy to maximize the retention of operating  cash
flow and only distribute the minimum amount required for the Company to maintain
its tax status as a REIT.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On May 4, 1998, the Company acquired 28 commercial properties (approximately 2.3
million net rentable square feet) and  approximately 15 acres of vacant land for
an aggregate cost of approximately  $190.5 million in cash. The Company financed
the acquisition with the remaining $105.0 million from its equity agreement with
institutional investors, available cash balances, and borrowings from PSI on its
line of credit.



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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2.  CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

As a result of the  conversion of the  Registrant's  common stock Series B and C
into  common  stock  Series A in  connection  with the  merger  of AOPP into the
Registrant,  the Registrant's  common stock series A was reconstituted as common
stock.

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The Registrant held an annual meeting of shareholders on March 16, 1998. Proxies
for the annual  meeting  were  solicited  pursuant  to  Regulation  14 under the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934.  The annual  meeting  involved  the  following
matters:

1.   Approval of Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Reorganization among
     the Registrant,  American Office Park Properties,  Inc. and Public Storage,
     Inc.  - this  proposal  was  approved  by more than 50% of the  outstanding
     shares of common stock; less than 3% of such shares were voted against such
     proposal  and less than 2% of such shares  abstained  with  respect to such
     proposal.

2.   Adoption of an amendment to the  Registrant's  articles of incorporation in
     the form of Appendix E-1 to the Registrant's Proxy Statement and Prospectus
     dated  February 5, 1998 (the "Proxy  Statement")  to  authorize  additional
     shares of common  stock and new  preferred  stock  and  equity  stock  (and
     eliminate  references to the common stock series B and C and reclassify the
     common stock series A as common stock) - this proposal was approved by more
     than 50% of the  outstanding  shares of common stock;  less than 3% of such
     shares were voted  against  such  proposal  and less than 2% of such shares
     abstained with respect to such proposal.

3.   Adoption of (i) amendments to the Registrant's articles of incorporation to
     (a) eliminate the  Registrant's  fixed term and (b) eliminate the provision
     allowing  the  Registrant's  officers  and  directors  to compete  with the
     Registrant  for  investment   opportunities  and  (ii)  amendments  to  the
     Registrants'  bylaws  to (a)  eliminate  the  requirement  for  shareholder
     approval for  disposition  of assets or issuance of  securities,  except as
     required  by  California  law (b) allow  transactions  with  affiliates  if
     approved  by  the   independent   directors  upon  receipt  of  independent
     appraisals or fairness opinions, (c) modify the proposal for disposition of
     the  Registrant's  assets if the  merger is  approved,  (d)  eliminate  the
     restrictions  on the  Registrant's  investment  objectives,  (e)  eliminate
     provisions that are inapplicable upon conversion of the common stock series
     B and C into  common  stock  series  A and (f)  delete  or  modify  certain
     definitions  -  this  proposal  was  approved  by  more  than  50%  of  the
     outstanding  shares of common stock; less than 3% of such shares were voted
     against  such  proposal  and less  than 2% of such  shares  abstained  with
     respect to such proposal.

4.   Adoption of (i) amendments to the Registrant's articles of incorporation in
     the form of Appendix E-3 to the Proxy Statement to create certain ownership
     limitations with respect to all classes of the  Registrant's  capital stock
     and (ii) amendments to the  Registrant's  bylaws to eliminate the ownership
     limitation  contained  in the bylaws - this  proposal  was approved by more
     than 50% of the  outstanding  shares of common stock;  less than 3% of such
     shares were voted  against  such  proposal  and less than 2% of such shares
     abstained with respect to such proposal.

5.   Adoption of an amendment to the Registrant's bylaws in the form of Appendix
     E-4 to the Proxy  Statement  to change the  authorized  number of directors
     from a range of three  to five to a range of five to nine,  with the  exact
     number of  directors  to be  initially  fixed at seven - this  proposal was
     approved by more than 50% of the outstanding  shares of common stock;  less
     than 3% of such shares were voted against such proposal and less than 2% of
     such shares abstained with respect to such proposal.



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6.   Assumption and adoption of the American Office Park  Properties,  Inc. 1997
     Stock  Option  and  Incentive  Plan in the form of  Appendix F to the Proxy
     Statement - this proposal was approved by more than 50% of the  outstanding
     shares of common stock; less than 4% of such shares were voted against such
     proposal  and less than 2% of such shares  abstained  with  respect to such
     shares.

7.   Election of  Directors  - more than 50% of the shares of common  stock were
     voted for each of the  following  persons,  and less than 3% of such shares
     were  withheld  with respect to each of the  following  persons:  Ronald L.
     Havner, Jr., Harvey Lenkin, Vern O. Curtis, Jack D. Steele, James H. Kropp,
     Arthur M. Friedman and Alan K. Pribble.



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ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

BUSINESS:

GENERAL.  The Company is a  self-managed,  self-advised  real estate  investment
trust that acquires, owns and operates commercial properties. The Company is the
sole general  partner of PS Business Parks,  L.P. (the "Operating  Partnership")
through which the Company  conducts most of its activities and owned,  as of May
6, 1998, an  approximate  66%  partnership  interest.  Substantially  all of the
remaining  partnership interest is owned by Public Storage, Inc. ("PSI") and its
affiliates.

In a March 1998 merger (the "Merger") with American Office Park Properties, Inc.
("AOPP"),  the Company  acquired the  commercial  property  business  previously
operated by AOPP and was renamed "PS Business Parks,  Inc."  Concurrent with the
Merger, the Company exchanged 11  mini-warehouses  and 2 properties that combine
mini-warehouse  and commercial space for 11 commercial  properties owned by PSI.
In May 1998,  the Company  acquired  from The  Principal  Mutual Life  Insurance
Company and certain of its affiliates,  a portfolio  consisting of 28 commercial
properties  (approximately 2,265,000 net rentable square feet) located in Oregon
and Texas.

As of May 6, 1998, the Company and the Operating Partnership owned 93 commercial
properties  in 11 states  containing  approximately  9.9 million  square feet of
space.  The  Operating   Partnership  also  manages  35  commercial   properties
(approximately  1.0 million  square feet of space) in which it has no  ownership
interest.

The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended,  commencing  with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997. To
the extent  that the  Company  continues  to  qualify as a REIT,  it will not be
taxed,  with certain limited  exceptions,  on the net income that is distributed
currently to its shareholders.

The  commercial  properties  owned by the Company and the Operating  Partnership
generally include both business park  (industrial/flex  space) and office space.
The industrial space is used for, among other things,  light  manufacturing  and
assembly,  storage and  warehousing,  distribution  and research and development
activities. Most of the office space is occupied by tenants who are also renting
industrial  space.  The commercial  properties  typically  consist of one to ten
one-story  buildings located on three to 20 acres and contain from approximately
10,000 to 500,000 square feet of rentable space (more than 50,000 square feet in
the case of the free-standing  properties). A property is typically divided into
units ranging in size from 500 to 10,000  square feet.  Leases  generally  range
from one to five years and some  tenants  have  options  to extend the  original
terms of their leases. The larger facilities have on-site management. Parking is
open or  covered,  and the ratio of spaces to  rentable  square feet ranges from
three to four per thousand  square feet,  depending upon the use of the property
and its location.  Office space generally  requires a greater parking ratio than
most industrial uses. The Company may acquire  properties that do not have these
characteristics.

The  Company  intends to  continue  to  acquire  commercial  properties  located
throughout  the United  States.  The  Company's  policy of acquiring  commercial
properties  may be  changed  by  its  Board  of  Directors  without  shareholder
approval.  However,  the Board of  Directors  has no  intention  to change  this
policy.  Although the Company currently operates properties in 11 states, it may
expand its  operations to other states.  Properties are acquired both for income
and potential  capital  appreciation;  there is no limitation on the amount that
can be invested in any specific  property.  Although  there is no  limitation on
mortgage debt, the Company has no current  intention to incur  significant  debt
(other than short-term borrowings from time to time (including from PSI) to fund
acquisitions).  The  Company may  acquire  land on which it develops  commercial
properties,   particularly  land  which  is  adjacent  to  existing   commercial



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properties  which the  Company  acquires.  However,  the  Company has no current
intention to engage in a significant amount of development.

OPERATING  PARTNERSHIP.  The  properties  in which  the  Company  has an  equity
interest  generally will be owned by the Operating  Partnership.  This structure
enables  the  Company  to  acquire   interests  in   additional   properties  in
transactions that could defer the contributors' tax consequences. This structure
also enabled PSI and its  consolidated  partnerships to contribute  interests in
their  properties and to defer until a later date the tax liabilities  that they
otherwise would have incurred if they had received Common Stock.

As the  general  partner  of the  Operating  Partnership,  the  Company  has the
exclusive power under the Operating  Partnership Agreement to manage and conduct
the business of the Operating  Partnership.  The Board of Directors  will direct
the affairs of the Operating  Partnership by managing the Company's affairs. The
Operating  Partnership  will be responsible  for, and pay when due, its share of
all administrative and operating expenses of the properties it owns.

The Company's interest in the Operating Partnership entitles it to share in cash
distributions from, and in the profits and losses of, the Operating  Partnership
in proportion to the Company's  economic  interest in the Operating  Partnership
(apart  from  tax  allocations  of  profits  and  losses  to take  into  account
pre-contribution  property  appreciation or depreciation).  Substantially all of
the  economic  interest in the  Operating  Partnership  which is not held by the
Company is held by PSI and its consolidated partnerships as limited partners.

SUMMARY OF THE OPERATING  PARTNERSHIP  AGREEMENT.  The following  summary of the
Operating Partnership Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Operating  Partnership  Agreement,  which has been filed as an exhibit  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

ISSUANCE OF  ADDITIONAL  PARTNERSHIP  INTERESTS.  As the general  partner of the
Operating  Partnership,  the  Company  is  authorized  to  cause  the  Operating
Partnership from time to time to issue to partners of the Operating  Partnership
or to other persons additional  partnership units in one or more classes, and in
one or more series of any of such classes,  with such designations,  preferences
and  relative,  participating,  optional,  or other special  rights,  powers and
duties  (which  may be senior to the  existing  partnership  units),  as will be
determined  by the  Company,  in its  sole  and  absolute  discretion.  No  such
additional  partnership units, however, will be issued to the Company unless (i)
the agreement to issue the additional partnership interests arises in connection
with the  issuance of shares of the  Company,  which  shares have  designations,
preferences and other rights, such that the economic interests are substantially
similar to the  designations,  preferences  and other  rights of the  additional
partnership  units  that  would be issued to the  Company  and (ii) the  Company
agrees to make a capital contribution to the Operating  Partnership in an amount
equal to the proceeds  raised in connection  with the issuance of such shares of
the Company.

CAPITAL  CONTRIBUTIONS.  No  partner  is  required  to make  additional  capital
contributions  to the Operating  Partnership,  except the Company as the general
partner  is  required  to  contribute  the net  proceeds  of the sale of  equity
interests in the Company to the Operating Partnership.  A limited partner may be
required to pay to the  Operating  Partnership  any taxes paid by the  Operating
Partnership on behalf of that limited partner.  No partner is required to pay to
the Operating Partnership any deficit or negative balance which may exist in its
capital account.

DISTRIBUTIONS.  The Company,  as general  partner,  is required to distribute at
least  quarterly the "available  cash" (as defined in the Operating  Partnership
Agreement)   generated  by  the   Operating   Partnership   for  such   quarter.
Distributions are to be made (i) first, with respect to any class of partnership
interests having a preference over other classes of partnership  interests;  and
(ii) second, in accordance with the partners' respective percentage interests on
the  "partnership  record  date"  (as  defined  in  the  Operating   Partnership
Agreement).  Commencing in 1998, the Operating  Partnership's  policy is to make
distributions per unit that are equal to the per share distributions made by the
Company with respect to its Common  Stock,  and in any case the per unit and per
share distributions will be equal during partnership years 1998, 1999 and 2000.



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REDEMPTION OF PARTNERSHIP  INTERESTS.  Subject to certain limitations  described
below,  each limited partner other than the Company has the right to require the
redemption  of such limited  partner's  unit.  This right may be exercised on at
least 10 days  notice  at any time or from time to time,  beginning  on the date
that is one year after the date on which such limited partner is admitted to the
Operating  Partnership  (unless  otherwise  contractually  agreed by the general
partner).

Unless  the  Company,  as general  partner,  elects to assume  and  perform  the
Operating  Partnership's  obligation  with  respect to a  redemption  right,  as
described  below, a limited  partner that  exercises its  redemption  right will
receive  cash  from  the  Operating  Partnership  in  an  amount  equal  to  the
"redemption amount" (as defined in the Operating Partnership Agreement generally
to reflect the average  trading  price of the Common Stock of the Company over a
specified  ten day  period)  for the units  redeemed.  In lieu of the  Operating
Partnership redeeming the partner for cash, the Company, as the general partner,
has the right to elect to  acquire  the units  directly  from a limited  partner
exercising its redemption  right,  in exchange for cash in the amount  specified
above as the  "redemption  amount" or by  issuance  of the  "shares  amount" (as
defined in the Operating Partnership Agreement generally to mean the issuance of
one share of the  Company  Common  Stock for each  unit of  limited  partnership
interest redeemed).

A limited partner cannot exercise its redemption  right if delivery of shares of
Common Stock would be prohibited under the applicable  articles of incorporation
or if the general partner  believes that there is a risk that delivery of shares
of Common Stock would cause the general  partner to no longer qualify as a REIT,
would cause a violation of the applicable  securities or certain antitrust laws,
or would  result in the  Operating  Partnership  no longer  being  treated  as a
partnership for federal income tax purposes.

MANAGEMENT.  The  Operating  Partnership  is organized  as a California  limited
partnership.  The  Company,  as  the  sole  general  partner  of  the  Operating
Partnership has full,  exclusive and complete  responsibility  and discretion in
managing and  controlling the Operating  Partnership,  except as provided in the
Operating  Partnership  Agreement and by applicable law. The limited partners of
the  Operating  Partnership  have no  authority  to  transact  business  for, or
participate  in  the  management  activities  or  decisions  of,  the  Operating
Partnership  except as provided in the  Operating  Partnership  Agreement and as
permitted  by  applicable  law.  However,  the consent of the  limited  partners
holding a majority of the interests of the limited partners  (including  limited
partnership  interests held by the Company)  generally will be required to amend
the  Operating  Partnership   Agreement.   Further,  the  Operating  Partnership
Agreement  cannot be  amended  without  the  consent of each  partner  adversely
affected if, among other things,  the amendment would alter the partner's rights
to  distributions  from  the  Operating   Partnership  (except  as  specifically
permitted in the Operating Partnership  Agreement),  alter the redemption right,
or impose on the limited  partners an  obligations  to make  additional  capital
contributions.  The consent of all limited partners will be required to (i) take
any action that would make it  impossible  to carry on the ordinary  business of
the  Operating  Partnership,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in the  Operating
Partnership Agreement; or (ii) possess Operating Partnership property, or assign
any  rights in  specific  Operating  Partnership  property,  for  other  than an
Operating  Partnership  purpose  except as otherwise  provided in the  Operating
Partnership  Agreement.  In  addition,  without  the  consent  of any  adversely
affected limited partner, the general partner may not perform any act that would
subject a limited partner to liability as a general partner in any  jurisdiction
or any other liability except as provided in the Operating Partnership Agreement
or under California law.

EXTRAORDINARY  TRANSACTIONS.  The Operating  Partnership Agreement provides that
the  Company  may not engage in any  business  combination,  defined to mean any
merger,  consolidation or other  combination with or into another person or sale
of  all  or  substantially  all  of  its  assets,  any   reclassification,   any
recapitalization  (other than certain stock splits or stock dividends) or change
of outstanding  shares of common stock,  unless (i) the limited  partners of the
Operating Partnership will receive, or have the opportunity to receive, the same
proportionate  consideration  per unit in the transaction as shareholders of the
Company (without regard to tax considerations);  or (ii) limited partners of the
Operating  Partnership  (other than the general partner) holding at least 60% of
the interests in the Operating  Partnership held by limited partners (other than
the general partner) vote to approve the business combination.  In addition, the
Company,  as general  partner of the  Operating  Partnership,  has agreed in the
Operating  Partnership  Agreement  with the limited  partners  of the  Operating
Partnership  that it will not  consummate  a business  combination  in which the
Company conducted a vote of shareholders  unless the matter is also submitted to
a vote of the  partners.  The foregoing  provision of the Operating  Partnership


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Agreement would under no  circumstances  enable or require the Company to engage
in a business  combination  which required the approval of  shareholders  if the
shareholders of the Company did not in fact give the requisite approval. Rather,
if the  shareholders did approve a business  combination,  the Company would not
consummate the transaction  unless the Company as general partner first conducts
a vote of partners of the Operating  Partnership on the matter.  For purposes of
the  Operating  Partnership  vote,  the  Company  shall  be  deemed  to vote its
partnership  interest in the same proportion as the  shareholders of the Company
voted on the matter  (disregarding  shareholders who do not vote). The Operating
Partnership  vote will be deemed approved if the votes recorded are such that if
the Operating  Partnership  vote had been a vote of  shareholders,  the business
combination would have been approved by the  shareholders.  As a result of these
provisions of the  Operating  Partnership,  a third party may be inhibited  from
making an  acquisition  proposal that it would  otherwise  make, or the Company,
despite having the requisite authority under its articles of incorporation,  may
not be authorized to engage in a proposed business combination.

TAX PROTECTION  PROVISIONS.  The Operating  Partnership Agreement provides that,
until  2007,  the  Operating  Partnership  may  not  sell  any of 13  designated
properties in a transaction  that will produce taxable gain for the contributing
partner without the prior written  consent of PSI. The Operating  Partnership is
not required to obtain PSI's consent if PSI and its affiliated  partnerships  do
not  continue  to hold at the time of the sale at  least  30% of their  original
interest in the Operating  Partnership.  Since PSI's consent is required only in
connection  with a  taxable  sale of one of the 13  designated  properties,  the
Operating Partnership will not be required to obtain PSI's consent in connection
with a "like-kind"  exchange or other  nontaxable  transaction  involving one of
these properties.

INDEMNIFICATION.  The Operating  Partnership Agreement provides that the Company
and its officers and  directors  will be  indemnified  and held  harmless by the
Operating  Partnership for any act performed for, or on behalf of, the Operating
Partnership, or in furtherance of the Operating Partnership's business unless it
is  established  that (i) the act or  omission  of the  indemnified  person  was
material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in
bad faith or was the  result  of  active  and  deliberate  dishonesty;  (ii) the
indemnified  person  actually  received an improper  personal  benefit in money,
property  or  services;  or (iii) in the case of any  criminal  proceeding,  the
indemnified  person had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was
unlawful.  The  termination of any  proceeding by judgment,  order or settlement
does not  create a  presumption  that the  indemnified  person  did not meet the
requisite standard of conduct set forth above. The termination of any proceeding
by conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its  equivalent,  or an entry
of an order of  probation  prior to judgment,  creates a rebuttable  presumption
that the indemnified  person did not meet the requisite  standard of conduct set
forth above. Any indemnification so made shall be made only out of the assets of
the Operating Partnership.

DUTIES AND CONFLICTS.  The Operating Partnership Agreement allows the Company to
operate the  Operating  Partnership  in a manner that will enable the Company to
satisfy the  requirements for being classified as a REIT. The Company intends to
conduct all of its business activities,  including all activities  pertaining to
the acquisition,  management and operation of properties,  through the Operating
Partnership.  However,  the Company may own,  directly or through  subsidiaries,
interest  in  Operating  Partnership  properties  that do not  exceed  1% of the
economic  interest of any property,  and if appropriate for regulatory,  tax, or
other  purposes,  the Company  also may own,  directly or through  subsidiaries,
interests in assets that the Operating  partnership  otherwise could acquire, if
the Company grants to the Operating Partnership the option to acquire the assets
within a  period  not to  exceed  three  years in  exchange  for the  number  of
partnership units that would be issued if the Operating Partnership had acquired
the assets at the time of acquisition by the Company.

TERM.  The  Operating  Partnership  will continue in full force and effect until
December 31, 2096 or until sooner  dissolved  upon the withdrawal of the general
partner   (unless  the  limited   partners   elect  to  continue  the  Operating
Partnership), or by the election of the general partner (with the consent of the
holders of a majority of the partnerships  interests if such vote is held before
January 1, 2056), in connection with a merger,  by the sale or other disposition
of all or substantially  all of the assets of the Operating  Partnership,  or by
judicial decree.

COST  ALLOCATION  AND  ADMINISTRATIVE  SERVICES.  Pursuant to a cost sharing and
administrative  services  agreement,  PSCC,  Inc.  has been formed to serve as a
cooperative  cost  allocation and  administrative  services  clearing house that
performs  centralized  administrative  services for the  Company,  PSI and other
property  owners  affiliated  with PSI.  These services  include  accounting and


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finance,  employee  relations,  management  information  systems,  legal, office
services,  marketing,   administration  and  property  management  training.  In
addition,  to take advantage of economies of scale, PSCC purchases many supplies
and services for the benefit of multiple property owners and allocates the costs
of these supplies and services to the benefited  property owners and employs and
administers  the  payroll  for  employees  required  for  the  operation  of the
properties and the ownership entities.  As to the Company, this agreement is not
terminable  for five years.  The  Company has no  intention  to  terminate  this
agreement.  The capital  stock of PSCC is owned by the Company,  PSI and certain
other property owners. Since the Company owns less than 10% of the capital stock
of PSCC,  the Company does not control the  operations  and  activities of PSCC.
Under this  agreement,  PSCC allocates costs to the Company in accordance with a
methodology  that is intended to fairly  allocate  charges  among  participating
entities.

COMMON  OFFICERS  AND  DIRECTORS.  Harvey  Lenkin,  the  president  of PSI, is a
director of both the Company and PSI.  Ronald L.  Havner,  Jr., the chairman and
chief  executive  officer of the Company,  was a senior vice president and chief
financial  officer of PSI until  December  1996 and is  currently an employee of
PSI.  Mary Jayne  Howard,  the executive  vice  president of the Company,  was a
senior vice president of PSI until December 1996.  John Reyes,  Obren B. Gerich,
David  Goldberg,  Sarah Hass, A. Timothy Scott and David P. Singelyn,  executive
officers of PSI,  are vice  presidents  of the Company.  The Company  intends to
engage additional  executive personnel who will render services  exclusively for
the  Company.  However,  it is expected  that  officers of PSI will  continue to
render services for the Company as requested.

MANAGEMENT  AGREEMENT.  The Company  continues to manage  commercial  properties
owned by PSI and affiliates,  which are generally  adjacent to  mini-warehouses,
for a fee of 5% of the gross revenues of such properties.


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PROPERTIES

The following  table  contains  information  as of May 6, 1998 about  properties
owned by the Company and the Operating Partnership.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Rentable Square Footage
                                        ----------------------------------------------------

                                                                                                Occupancy at
                   City                 Business Park            Office             Total         March 31, 1998
     -------------------------------    -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      ARKANSAS
      <S>                                      <C>                <C>               <C>                <C>
      Little Rock                              91,100                  -            91,100             95%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   1           91,100                  -            91,100             95%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      ARIZONA
      Tempe                                    22,900                  -            22,900             98%
      Tempe                                   199,800                  -           199,800             99%
      Mesa                                     78,000                  -            78,000            100%
      Tempe                                    68,600                  -            68,600             99%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   4          369,300                  -           369,300             99%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
      San Ramon                                     -             27,500            27,500             86%
      So. San Francisco                        41,400                  -            41,400             98%
      So. San Francisco                        52,300                  -            52,300            100%
      San Jose                                173,200                  -           173,200            100%
      Sacramento                              153,500                  -           153,500             92%
      San Ramon                                24,600                  -            24,600             86%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   6          445,000             27,500           472,500             95%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
      Torrance                                115,200                  -           115,200             96%
      Monterey Park                           199,100                  -           199,100             95%
      Monterey                                      -             12,000            12,000             96%
      Cerritos                                      -             31,300            31,300             81%
      San Diego                               107,600                  -           107,600             99%
      Torrance                                 32,000                  -            32,000             80%
      Signal Hill                              69,800                  -            69,800             95%
      Lakewood                                      -             56,900            56,900            100%
      San Diego                                     -             75,300            75,300             94%
      Culver City                             145,400                  -           145,400             88%
      Signal Hill                             108,400                  -           108,400            100%
      Carson                                   77,600                  -            77,600             95%
      Studio City                              22,100                  -            22,100            100%
      Buena Park                              317,300                  -           317,300             61%
      Cerritos                                394,600                  -           394,600             93%
      Hayward                                 406,700                  -           406,700             98%
      Lake Forest                             296,600                  -           296,600             91%
      Laguna Hills                            513,100                  -           513,100             91%
      Laguna Hills                            100,800                  -           100,800             91%


</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Rentable Square Footage
                                        ----------------------------------------------------

                                                                                                Occupancy at
                   City                 Business Park            Office             Total         March 31, 1998
     -------------------------------    -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      <S>                                   <C>                  <C>             <C>                  <C>
      San Diego                                74,500                  -            74,500             92%
      San Diego                                89,600                  -            89,600             92%
      San Diego                               117,800                  -           117,800             71%
      San Diego                                57,000                  -            57,000             86%
      San Diego                                83,000                  -            83,000             86%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                  24        3,328,200            175,500         3,503,700             90%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      KANSAS
      Overland Park                            61,800                  -            61,800             98%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   1           61,800                  -            61,800             98%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      MARYLAND
      Gaithersburg                             29,000                  -            29,000             94%
      Largo                                   149,900                  -           149,900            100%
      Beltsville                              307,800                  -           307,800            100%
      Landover                                      -            254,200           254,200             94%
      Baltimore (1)                                 -            240,900           240,900             91%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   5          486,700            495,100           981,800             96%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      OKLAHOMA
      Broken Arrow                             87,900                  -            87,900             91%
      Tulsa                                    56,600                  -            56,600             93%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   2          144,500                  -           144,500             92%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      OREGON
      Beaverton (2)                           115,800                  -           115,800            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            33,000                  -            33,000            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            20,200                  -            20,200            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            54,400                  -            54,400            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            54,200                  -            54,200            100%
      Beaverton (2)                                 -             45,800            45,800             98%
      Beaverton (2)                            75,200                  -            75,200            100%
      Beaverton (2)                           117,900                  -           117,900            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            35,900                  -            35,900             94%
      Beaverton (2)                           131,000                  -           131,000            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            43,000                  -            43,000             83%
      Beaverton (2)                            54,300                  -            54,300            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            85,900                  -            85,900            100%
      Beaverton (2)                            94,100                  -            94,100            100%
      Milwaukee                                61,400                  -            61,400             99%
      Milwaukee                                40,200                  -            40,176             99%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                  16        1,056,500             45,800         1,102,300             99%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      TENNESSEE
      Nashville                                76,600                  -            76,600             91%
      Nashville                                61,400                  -            61,400             97%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   2          138,000                  -           138,000             94%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                     Rentable Square Footage
                                        ----------------------------------------------------

                                                                                                Occupancy at
                   City                 Business Park            Office             Total         March 31, 1998
     -------------------------------    -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      TEXAS
      <S>                                     <C>                <C>               <C>                <C> 
      Pasadena (2)                            154,000                  -           154,000            100%
      Richardson (2)                          116,800                  -           116,800             88%
      Plano (2)                               184,800                  -           184,800            100%
      Dallas (2)                              193,300                  -           193,300             85%
      Dallas (2)                               44,600                  -            44,600             81%
      Irving (2)                               35,000                  -            35,000            100%
      Irving (2)                               56,300                  -            56,300            100%
      Irving (2)                               43,300                  -            43,300             99%
      Irving (2)                               22,100                  -            22,100            100%
      Irving (2)                              231,200                  -           231,200            100%
      Irving (2)                               69,900                  -            69,900            100%
      Irving (2)                               33,500                  -            33,500            100%
      Irving (2)                               82,600                  -            82,600            100%
      Irving (2)                               49,000                  -            49,000            100%
      Irving (2)                              102,200                  -           102,200            100%
      Austin                                  199,800                  -           199,800             89%
      Houston                                       -            130,600           130,600             98%
      San Antonio                                   -            155,800           155,800             85%
      San Antonio                                   -             43,400            43,400             93%
      Mesquite                                 56,500                  -            56,500             92%
      Garland                                  36,500                  -            36,400             96%
      Missouri City                            66,000                  -            66,000            100%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                  23        1,177,400            329,800         2,107,200             95%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      VIRGINIA
      Alexandria                               94,900                  -            94,900             97%
      Woodbridge                              113,600                  -           113,600             96%
      Sterling                                 51,000                  -            51,000             96%
      Sterling                                148,500                  -           148,500            100%
      Herndon                                 193,600                  -           193,600             99%
      Alexandria                               53,700                  -            53,700             71%
      Alexandria                               59,800                  -            59,800             71%
      Springfield                              90,400                  -            90,400             86%
      Springfield                              59,800                  -            59,800             86%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   9          865,300                  -           865,300             93%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
      WASHINGTON
      Renton                                   27,900                  -            27,900             92%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------
                                   1           27,900                  -            27,900             92%
                                        -------------          ----------         ----------    ----------------

      Totals - 11 states         93         8,791,700          1,073,700         9,865,400             93%
                                        =============          ==========         ==========    ================
</TABLE>

(1)      Property is subject to a ground lease.
(2)      Property acquired May 1998.

As of May 6, each of these properties is generating sufficient revenues to cover
its current  operating  expenses.  Only two of the properties are subject to any
material  mortgage,  lien,  or any  encumbrance  other  than liens for taxes and
assessments not due or payable,  utility  easements or other immaterial liens or
encumbrances.  The two  properties  are encumbered by mortgages in the aggregate


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amount of approximately $14,500,000 bearing interest at rates ranging from 71/8%
to 81/8% per year and  maturing  between 2005 and 2006.  The  carrying  value of
these two properties is approximately $32.9 million at March 31, 1998

Each of these  properties  will continue to be used for its current purpose and,
in the Company's  opinion,  are  adequately  covered by  insurance.  Competition
exists in the market areas in which these  properties  are located,  barriers to
entry are  relatively  low for  competitors  with the necessary  capital and the
Company will be competing  for  properties  and tenants with  entities that have
greater financial resources than the Company. However, the Company believes that
the current overall demand for commercial space is strong.

As of May 6, 1998, none of these properties has a book value of more than 10% of
the Company's  current total assets or accounts for more than 10% of its current
aggregate gross revenues. As of May 6, 1998, 85 (6 of which render services part
time) persons rendered services on behalf of the Company.

For the properties that the Company owned as of May 6, 1998,  approximately 28%,
20% and 19% of the  leases in place as of  January  1, 1998  expire in the years
1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively.

In order to evaluate  the ongoing  performance  of its  properties,  the Company
analyzes  the  operating   performance  of  a  consistent  group  of  properties
representing 51 properties in which the Company currently has an equity interest
(the  "Same  Park"  facilities)  and which have been  managed  by the  Operating
Partnership or its predecessor for at least the past three years.  The following
table reflects information on the "Same Park" facilities:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Three months ended
                                                        Years ended December 31,                    March 31,
                                                   ------------------------------------    -------------------------
                                                    1995          1996          1997          1997          1998
                                                   -----------  -----------  ----------    ------------  -----------
<S>                                                   <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>  
Weighted average occupancy level............          95.1%        95.8%         95.8%         95.7%         95.5%
Realized  annualized  rent per occupied  square
   foot (1).................................          $8.45        $8.66         $9.13         $8.83         $9.36

</TABLE>

(1) Realized  annualized  rent per occupied  square foot  represents  the actual
    annualized revenue earned per occupied square foot.


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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
The  following  table  sets forth  information  as of the dates  indicated  with
respect to the persons known to the  Registrant to be the  beneficial  owners of
more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock:

Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                          Name and Address                            Number of Shares               Percent
<S>                                                                    <C>                           <C>  
Public Storage, Inc. ("PSI"),                                           4,914,428                     26.4%
  PS Texas Holdings, Ltd.,
  PS GPT Properties, Inc.
701 Western Avenue
Glendale, California 91201-2397(1)

Acquiport Two Corporation                                               5,289,765                     28.4%
c/o Heitman Capital Management
  Corporation
180 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601,
New York State Common Retirement Fund
633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10017-6754(2)

State of Michigan Retirement Systems                                    1,311,111                      7.0%
430 West Allegan
Lansing, Michigan 48901(3)

Cohen & Steers Capital
  Management, Inc.                                                      1,311,111                      7.0%
757 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017(3)(4)

Morgan Stanley Asset Management                                         1,092,593                      5.9%
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020(3)(4)
</TABLE>
- ---------------
(1) This  information is as of May 7, 1998.  The reporting  persons listed above
have filed a joint  Schedule  13D,  amended as of March 17, 1998.  The 4,914,428
shares of Common Stock  beneficially  owned by the reporting persons include (i)
4,533,367  shares as to which PSI has sole voting and  dispositive  power,  (ii)
114,355  shares  which  PSI  has an  option  to  acquire  (together  with  other
securities)  from B. Wayne Hughes as trustee of the B.W. Hughes Living Trust and
as to which PSI has sole voting power (pursuant to an irrevocable  proxy) and no
dispositive  power and (iii) 266,706 shares held of record by PS Texas Holdings,
Ltd., a Texas limited partnership, as to which (a) PS GPT Properties,  Inc., the
sole general partner of PS Texas Holdings, Ltd. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
PSI, and (b) PSI, share voting and dispositive power.

The  4,914,428  shares  of  Common  Stock in the above  table  does not  include
7,305,355  units of limited  partnership  interest in the Operating  Partnership
("Units") held by PSI and affiliated  partnerships  which (pursuant to the terms
  

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of the Operating  Partnership  Agreement")  are  redeemable  for cash, or at the
Registrant's  election,  for  shares  of  the  Registrant's  Common  Stock  on a
one-for-one  basis.  Upon conversion of such Units to Common Stock,  PSI and its
affiliated partnerships would own 47.2% of the Common Stock.

(2) This  information  is as of March 17, 1998 and is based on a joint  Schedule
13D dated March 17, 1998 filed by the  reporting  persons  listed above  (except
that the  percent  shown in the table is based on the  shares  of  Common  Stock
outstanding at May 7, 1998). The 5,289,765  shares of Common Stock  beneficially
owned by the reporting  persons are held of record by Acquiport Two Corporation.
New York State Common  Retirement Fund, as the sole stockholder of Acquiport Two
Corporation,  shares voting and dispositive  power with respect to the 5,289,765
shares.

(3) This information is as of May 7, 1998. To the  Registrant's  best knowledge,
the  persons  listed as  beneficial  owners of the shares  have sole  voting and
investment power with respect to such shares.

(4) All shares of Common  Stock held as agent for and for the benefit of certain
of such holder's clients.

  
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<PAGE>

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT
The following  table sets forth  information  as of May 7, 1998  concerning  the
beneficial  ownership of the  Registrant's  Common Stock of each director of the
Registrant, B. Wayne Hughes (who was the Registrant's chief executive officer on
December 31, 1997) and all directors and executive officers as a group:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                Shares of Common Stock:
                                                                 Beneficially Owned (1)
                                                             Shares Subject to Options (2)
                                                        ------------------------------------------
                                                          Number of Shares
Name                                                                               Percent

<S>                                                     <C>                                 <C> 
Ronald L. Havner, Jr.                                   71,448(1)(3)                        0.4%
                                                        25,945(2)                           0.1%
                                                        ------
                                                        97,393                              0.5%

Harvey Lenkin                                           313(1)(4)                           *
                                                        3,995(2)                            *
                                                        ------
                                                                                            -
                                                        4,308                               *

Vern O. Curtis                                          2,000(1)                            *

Arthur M. Friedman                                      100(1)(5)                           *

James H. Kropp                                          8,891(1)(6)                         *

Alan K. Pribble                                         2,000(1)                            *

Jack D. Steele                                          1,100(1)(7)                         *

B. Wayne Hughes                                         114,355(1)(8)                       0.6%

All Directors and Executive Officers
  as a Group (eight persons)                            85,912(1)(3)(4)                     0.5%

                                                        (5)(6)(7)(8)
                                                        45,922(2)                           0.2%
                                                        -------
                                                        131,834                             0.7%
- ---------------
*   Less than 0.1%.

</TABLE>
(1)  Shares of Common  Stock  beneficially  owned as of May 7,  1998.  Except as
otherwise  indicated  and subject to applicable  community  property and similar
statutes, the persons listed as beneficial owners of the shares have sole voting
and investment power with respect to such shares.

(2)  Represents  vested  portion as of May 7, 1998, and portion of which will be
vested  within 60 days of May 7,  1998,  of shares of Common  Stock  subject  to
options under the 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Plan which were assumed by the
Registrant in the Merger.

(3)  Includes  500 shares  held by a custodian  of an IRA for Mrs.  Havner as to
which she has investment power.

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(4) Includes 77 shares held by a custodian of an IRA for Mr.  Lenkin as to which
he has  investment  power,  68  shares  held by Mrs.  Lenkin as to which she has
investment  power and 76 and 62 shares held by Mrs.  Lenkin as custodian for two
sons.

(5) Shares held by Mr. Friedman as trustee of Friedman Living Trust.

(6)  Includes  8,391  shares held by a custodian  of an IRA for Mr.  Kropp as to
which he has investment power and 500 shares held by CWC Good Company Portfolio,
a general partnership of which Mr. Kropp is a general partner.

(7) Shares held by a custodian of a simplified  employee  pension for Mr. Steele
as to which he has investment power.

(8) Shares owned by B. Wayne Hughes as trustee of the B.W.  Hughes  Living Trust
as to Mr.  Hughes has sole  dispositive  power and no voting  power;  PSI has an
option to acquire these shares and an irrevocable proxy to vote these shares.


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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

          (a)  The following Exhibits are included herein:

               (10.1) Form of Indemnity Agreement


               (10.2) Cost Sharing and  Administrative  Services Agreement dated
                    as of  November  16, 1995 by and among  PSCC,  Inc.  and the
                    owners listed therein.

               (10.3)  Amendment  to Cost  Sharing and  Administrative  Services
                    Agreement  dated as of  January  2, 1997 by and among  PSCC,
                    Inc. and the owners listed therein.

               (10.4)  Accounts  Payable  and  Payroll   Disbursement   Services
                    Agreement  dated as of January 2, 1997 by and between  PSCC,
                    Inc. and American Office Park Properties, LP.

               (11) Statement re: Computation of Earnings per Share

               (12) Statement  re:  Computation  of Ratio of  Earnings  to Fixed
                    Charges

               (27) Financial Data Schedule

         (b)   Reports on Form 8-K

                    The  Registrant  filed a Current  Report on Form 8-K/A dated
               January  29, 1998  pursuant  to Item 5 relating  to the  proposed
               merger  of  American  Office  Park  Properties,   Inc.  into  the
               Registrant.

                    The  Registrant  filed a  Current  Report  on Form 8-K dated
               March 17, 1998 (filed April 1, 1998)  pursuant to Item 2 and Item
               5 relating to the merger of American Office Park Properties, Inc.
               into the Registrant.

                    The  Registrant  filed a Current  Report on Form 8-K/A dated
               April 17, 1998  (amending Form 8-K dated March 17, 1998) pursuant
               to Item 7 which filed financial statements for PS Business Parks,
               Inc. (successor to American Office Park Properties, Inc).



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                            Dated:  May 14, 1998

                            PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
                            BY: /s/ Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
                               --------------------------
                                    Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
                                    President and Chief Financial Officer

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                               INDEMNITY AGREEMENT



     THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made as of this ------ day of
- -----------,  19---  by and  between  PS  Business  Parks,  Inc.,  a  California
corporation  (the "Company") and  ---------------,  [an officer] [a director] of
the Company ("Indemnitee").



                                    RECITALS

     A.  Both  the  Company  and  Indemnitee  recognize  the  increased  risk of
litigation  and other claims  currently  being  asserted  against  directors and
officers of corporations.

     B.  The Company  wishes to continue  to  attract  and retain  high  quality
directors  and officers of its choice and believes  that  adequate  indemnity or
insurance against the risks of liability is required for this purpose.

     C.  In recognition of Indemnitee's need for substantial protection  against
personal  liability in order to enhance  Indemnitee's  continued  and  effective
service to the Company, and in order to induce Indemnitee to provide services to
the Company as [an officer], [a director], the Company wishes to provide in this
Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancing of expenses to Indemnitee
to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete)  permitted by law and as set
forth in this  Agreement,  and, to the extent  insurance is maintained,  for the
coverage of Indemnitee  under the Company's  directors' and officers'  liability
insurance policies.



                                    AGREEMENT

     In consideration of the foregoing  recitals and of Indemnitee's  continuing
to serve the Company and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree
as follows:

     1.   CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.

          As used in this Agreement the following  terms shall have the meanings
     set forth in this section:

               (a)  EXPENSES:  any  expense,   liability,   or  loss,  including
     attorneys'  fees,  judgments,  fines,  ERISA  excise  taxes and  penalties,
     amounts paid or to be paid in  settlement,  any interest,  assessments,  or
     other charges imposed thereon,  and any federal,  state,  local, or foreign
     taxes  imposed as a result of the actual or deemed  receipt of any payments
     under this Agreement,  paid or incurred in connection  with  investigating,
     defending,  being a witness in, or  participating in (including on appeal),
     or preparing for any of the foregoing  in, any  Proceeding  relating to any
     Indemnifiable Event.

               (b) INDEMNIFIABLE EVENT: any event or occurrence that takes place
     either  prior to or after  the  execution  of this  Agreement,  related  to
     Indemnitee's  service as [an  officer] [a  director]  of the Company [or an
     affiliate],  or, at the request of the  Company,  as a  director,  officer,
     employee,  trustee,  agent,  or  fiduciary  of another  foreign or domestic
     corporation,  partnership,  joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust, or
     other  enterprise,  or as a  director,  officer,  employee,  or  agent of a
     foreign or domestic  corporation that was a predecessor  corporation of the
     Company  or of  another  enterprise  at the  request  of  such  predecessor

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     corporation,  or related to anything  done or not done by Indemnitee in any
     such capacity, whether or not the basis of the Proceeding is 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
     of the Company, as described above.

               (c) PROCEEDING: (i) any threatened, pending, or completed action,
     suit,   or   proceedings,   whether   civil,   criminal,    administrative,
     investigative  or other, or (ii) any inquiry,  hearing,  or  investigation,
     whether  conducted by the Company or any other party,  that  Indemnitee  in
     good faith believes might lead to the institution of any such action,  suit
     or proceeding.

     2.   AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY.

               (a)  GENERAL  AGREEMENT.  If  Indemnitee  becomes  a party  to or
     witness or other  participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or
     witness or other  participant in any Proceeding by reason of (or arising in
     part out of) an  Indemnifiable  Event,  Indemnitee shall be indemnified and
     held harmless by the Company from and against any and all Expenses actually
     or reasonably  incurred or suffered by  Indemnitee in connection  with such
     Proceeding  to the fullest  extent  permitted by law, as the same exists or
     may  hereafter  be  amended  or  interpreted  (but in the  case of any such
     amendment  or  interpretation,  only to the extent that such  amendment  or
     interpretation  permits  the  Company  to provide  broader  indemnification
     rights than were permitted prior thereto). The Company shall also cooperate
     fully  with  Indemnitee  and  render  such  assistance  as  Indemnitee  may
     reasonably require in the defense of any Proceeding in which Indemnitee was
     or is a party or is threatened to be made a party, and shall make available
     to Indemnitee  and his counsel all  information  and  documents  reasonably
     available  to it which  relate to the subject of any such  Proceeding.  The
     parties hereto intend that this Agreement shall provide for indemnification
     in  excess of that  expressly  permitted  by  statute,  including,  without
     limitation,  any  indemnification  provided  by the  Company's  Articles of
     Incorporation,  its Bylaws,  or vote of its  shareholders or  disinterested
     directors.

               (b) STATUTORY  LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION.  The parties intend
     to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law. The General
     Corporation Law of California  presently  prohibits  indemnification  in an
     action  brought  by or in the  right of the  corporation  for  breach  of a
     director's  duties to the corporation and its  shareholders (i) for acts or
     omissions  that involve  intentional  misconduct  or a knowing and culpable
     violation of law, (ii) for acts or omissions that an Indemnitee believes to
     be contrary to the best  interests  of the Company or its  shareholders  or
     that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the Indemnitee, (iii)
     for any transaction from which an Indemnitee  derived an improper  personal
     benefit,  (iv) for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the
     Indemnitee's  duty to the  Company  or its  shareholders,  (v) for  acts or
     omissions that constitute an unexcused  pattern of inattention that amounts
     to  an  abdication  of  the  Indemnitee's   duty  to  the  Company  or  its
     shareholders,  (vi) under  Section  310 of the General  Corporation  Law of
     California  or (vii) under  Section 316 of the General  Corporation  Law of
     California.  The  General  Corporation  Law of  California  also  presently
     prohibits  indemnification in circumstances in which indemnity is expressly
     prohibited by Section 317 of the General Corporation Law of California.  To
     the extent that the General  Corporation  Law of  California  is amended or
     interpreted to permit the Company to provide broader indemnification rights
     than are now  permitted,  the  parties  contemplate  that  this  Agreement,
     without amendment or modification, shall encompass such broadened powers to
     indemnify  and that  Indemnitee  shall be  entitled  hereunder  to any such
     broadened indemnification rights.

               (c)  INITIATION OF PROCEEDING.  Notwithstanding  anything in this
     Agreement   to  the   contrary,   Indemnitee   shall  not  be  entitled  to
     indemnification   pursuant  to  this  Agreement  in  connection   with  any
     Proceeding  initiated by Indemnitee  against the Company or any director or
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     officer of the Company unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board of
     Directors has consented to the initiation of such  Proceeding,  or (ii) the
     Proceeding is one to enforce indemnification rights.

               (d)  EXPENSE   ADVANCES.   Expenses  incurred  by  Indemnitee  in
     defending any Proceeding  relating in whole or in part to an  Indemnifiable
     Event shall be advanced by the Company  prior to the final  disposition  of
     any such  Proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on
     behalf of  Indemnitee  to repay all  amounts  so  advanced  if it should be
     determined  ultimately  that  Indemnitee is not entitled to be  indemnified
     under this Agreement or otherwise.

               (e)   MANDATORY   INDEMNIFICATION.   Notwithstanding   any  other
     provision of this  Agreement,  (i) to the extent that  Indemnitee  has been
     successful on the merits in defense of any Proceeding  relating in whole or
     in part to an  Indemnifiable  Event or in  defense  of any  issue or matter
     therein,  Indemnitee shall be indemnified  against all Expenses incurred in
     connection  therewith and (ii) if the monetary liability of Indemnitee in a
     Proceeding brought by the Company or by a shareholder suing derivatively on
     behalf of the Company may be eliminated  pursuant to Section  204(a) of the
     General  Corporation  Law of  California,  Indemnitee  shall be indemnified
     against all Expenses incurred in connection therewith.

               (f) PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION.  If Indemnitee is entitled under any
     provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
     portion of Expenses,  but not, however,  for the total amount thereof,  the
     Company shall nevertheless  indemnify Indemnitee for the portion thereof to
     which Indemnitee is entitled.

     3.   NOTIFICATION AND DEFENSE OF PROCEEDING.

               (a) NOTICE. Promptly after receipt by Indemnitee of notice of the
     commencement  of any  Proceeding,  Indemnitee  will,  if a claim in respect
     thereof is to be made against the Company under this Agreement,  notify the
     Company of the  commencement  thereof;  but the  omission  so to notify the
     Company  will  not  relieve  it from  any  liability  that  it may  have to
     Indemnitee.

               (b)  DEFENSE.   With  respect  to  any  Proceeding  as  to  which
     Indemnitee  notifies the Company of the commencement  thereof,  the Company
     will be  entitled  to  participate  in the  Proceeding  to the full  extent
     permitted by law and at its own expense,  when, and only to the extent that
     the  Company,  in its  sole  discretion,  chooses  to so  participate.  The
     Indemnitee   shall  cooperate  fully  with  the  Company  and  render  such
     assistance  as  the  Company  may  reasonably   require  in  the  Company's
     participation  in any such  Proceeding  and  shall  make  available  to the
     Company and its counsel all information and documents  reasonably available
     to Indemnitee which relate to the subject of such  Proceeding.  The Company
     shall not be liable to indemnify the  Indemnitee  under this Agreement with
     regard to any judicial  award if the Company was not given a reasonable and
     timely  opportunity,  at its expense, to participate in the defense of such
     action;  the  Company's   liability  hereunder  shall  not  be  excused  if
     participation in the Proceeding by the Company was barred.

               (c)  SETTLEMENT  OF CLAIMS.  The  Company  shall not be liable to
     indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement or otherwise for any amounts paid
     in  settlement of any  Proceeding  effected  without the Company's  written
     consent;  the Company  will not  unreasonably  withhold  its consent to any
     proposed settlement.

     4.   REMEDY TO ENFORCE RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION.  If a claim for  indemnity
under  Section 2 of this  Agreement  is not paid in full by the  Company  within
ninety days after a written claim has been  received by the Company,  Indemnitee
may at any time thereafter  bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim,  together with interest thereon, and if successful in whole
or in  part,  Indemnitee  shall  also be  entitled  to be paid  the  expense  of
prosecuting  such  claim,  including  reasonable  attorneys'  fees  incurred  in
connection  therewith.  It shall be a defense to any such action  (other than an
action  brought  to  enforce a claim for  Expenses  incurred  in  defending  any
Proceeding in advance of its final  disposition  where the required  undertaking
has been tendered to the Company) that  Indemnitee  has not met the standards of
conduct  which  make  it  permissible  under  the  General  Corporation  Law  of
California for the Company to indemnify  Indemnitee for the amount claimed,  but
the  burden of  proving  such a defense  shall be on the  Company.  Neither  the
failure of the Company (or of its full Board of Directors, its directors who are
not parties to the Proceeding with respect to which  indemnification is claimed,
its  shareholders,  or independent  legal counsel) to have made a  determination
prior  to  the  commencement  of an  action  pursuant  to  this  Section  4 that
indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances  because Indemnitee
has met the applicable  standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation
Law of  California,  nor an actual  determination  by any such person or persons
that  Indemnitee  has not met such  applicable  standard of conduct,  shall be a
defense to such action or create a presumption  that  Indemnitee has not met the
applicable standard of conduct.

     5.   CONTRACT  RIGHT NOT EXCLUSIVE. The rights  conferred by this Agreement
shall not be exclusive of any other right which Indemnitee may have or hereafter
acquire under the General Corporation Law of California or any other statute, or
any provision contained in the Company's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or
any agreement, or pursuant to a vote of shareholders or disinterested directors,
or otherwise.

     6.   INSURANCE.   The  Company  may  purchase and  maintain  insurance  on
behalf of its directors and officers  against any liability  asserted against or
incurred  by any of them by  reason  of the fact  that  such  person is or was a
director  or officer of the Company  whether or not the  Company  would have the
power to  indemnify  such  persons  against  such  liability  under the  General
Corporation Law of California.

     7.   AMENDMENT  OF  THIS  AGREEMENT.   No  supplement,  modification,  or
amendment of this Agreement  shall be binding unless executed in writing by both
of the parties hereto.  Unless otherwise  consented to in writing by Indemnitee,
any  amendment  to this  Agreement  shall  apply  only to acts or  omissions  of
Indemnitee  after such  amendment is executed by Indemnitee  but such  amendment
shall not affect Indemnitee's rights hereunder with respect to acts or omissions
occurring  prior  thereto.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement
shall  operate  as a waiver  of any  other  provisions  hereof  (whether  or not
similar),  nor shall such  waiver  constitute  a  continuing  waiver.  Except as
specifically  provided herein, no failure to exercise or any delay in exercising
any right or remedy hereunder shall constitute a waiver thereof.

     8.   AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS.   The  Company
shall be entitled to amend or repeal its Articles of  Incorporation or Bylaws or
both  but any  amendment  which  reduces  or  eliminates  Indemnitee's  right to
indemnification  shall apply only to acts or omissions of Indemnitee  after such
amendment is effective and such amendment shall not affect  Indemnitee's  rights
with respect to acts or omissions  occurring prior to the  effectiveness of such
amendment. If the Company amends its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or both
to  permit  the  Company  to  provide  broader  indemnification  than  currently
permitted  under the  Articles of  Incorporation  or Bylaws or both,  Indemnitee
shall be entitled to such broadened indemnification rights to the fullest extent
permitted by law.

     9.   TERMINATION.  This Agreement  may be  terminated  by a writing to that
effect  executed by the Company and delivered to  Indemnitee;  such  termination
shall  apply  only to acts or  omissions  of  Indemnitee  after  such  notice is
delivered  to  Indemnitee  but such  termination  shall not affect  Indemnitee's
rights  hereunder  with respect to acts or omissions  occurring  prior  thereto.
Indemnitee  shall not forfeit  Indemnitee's  status as a beneficiary  under this
Agreement by the termination of Indemnitee's position with the Company.

     10.  NO DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. The Company shall not be liable under this
Agreement  to make any  payment  in  connection  with  any  claim  made  against
Indemnitee to the extent  Indemnitee has otherwise  received  payment (under any
insurance policy,  Bylaw, or otherwise) of the amounts  otherwise  indemnifiable
hereunder.

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     11.  BINDING  EFFECT. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of and be  enforceable  by the parties  hereto and their  respective
successors  (including  any direct or indirect  successor by  purchase,  merger,
consolidation,  or otherwise to all or substantially  all of the business and/or
assets of the Company),  spouses, heirs, and personal and legal representatives.
The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by
purchase, merger,  consolidation,  or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a
substantial  part,  of the business  and/or  assets of the  Company,  by written
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee,  expressly to assume
and agree to perform  this  Agreement  in the same manner and to the same extent
that the Company  would be required to perform if no such  succession  had taken
place.  The  indemnification  provided under this Agreement shall continue as to
Indemnitee  for any action  taken or not taken while  serving in an  indemnified
capacity  pertaining to an Indemnifiable Event even though he may have ceased to
serve in such capacity at the time of any Proceeding.

     12.  SEVERABILITY.  If any  provision  (or  portion  thereof)  of  this
Agreement  shall be held by a court of  competent  jurisdiction  to be  invalid,
void,  or  otherwise  unenforceable,   the  remaining  provisions  shall  remain
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore,  to the fullest
extent  possible,   the  provisions  of  this  Agreement   (including,   without
limitation,  each portion of this Agreement  containing any provision held to be
invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable,  that is not itself invalid, void, or
unenforceable)  shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested
by the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable.

     13.  GOVERNING  LAW. This Agreement  shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance  with the laws of the State of California  applicable
to contracts made and to be performed in such State without giving effect to the
principles of conflicts of laws.

     14.  NOTICES.  All notices,  demands, and other communications required
or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if delivered by hand,  against receipt,  or mailed,  postage prepaid,
certified or registered  mail,  return receipt  requested,  and addressed to the
Company at:

                                   PS Business Parks, Inc.
                                   701 Western Avenue
                                   Glendale, California 91201-2397
                                   Attn:  Obren B. Gerich, Vice President

and to Indemnitee at:

                                   701 Western Avenue
                                   Glendale, California 91201-2397

     Notice of change of address shall be effective only when done in accordance
with this Section.  All notices  complying  with this Section shall be deemed to
have been  received on the date of delivery or on the third  business  day after
mailing.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have duly  executed and delivered
this Agreement as of the day specified above.

                                    PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.




                                    By:   
                                          ------------------------
                                          Name:  Obren B. Gerich
                                          Title:    Vice President


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                                      INDEMNITEE


                                      ------------------------

                                      Name:------------------







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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

               Cost Sharing and Administrative Services Agreement


     This  Cost  Sharing  and  Administrative  Services  Agreement,  dated as of
November 16, 1995 by and among PSCC,  Inc., a California  corporation  ("PSCC"),
and  each of the  entities  listed  on the  signature  pages  hereof  under  the
designation "Owners" (individually, an "Owner" and collectively, the "Owners"):

                                    RECITALS:

     A. Each of the Owners now owns mini-warehouses and/or commercial properties
that are  operated by the Owner under the "Public  Storage"  name and may in the
future acquire other such properties (the "Properties");

     B. Each Owner is required to employ  on-site  personnel  and other  service
providers in connection  with the operation and  maintenance  of its  Properties
(including, for example, on-site resident managers, relief managers, maintenance
managers, maintenance staff, and others);

     C. Each Owner also requires the benefit of certain administrative  services
with respect to the operation of its Properties and, as to certain  Owners,  the
administration of the Owner, as an entity, that can be more efficiently provided
to the Owners  (both in terms of costs and in terms of the  quality of  services
received) on a centralized  basis (for example,  accounting and finance;  legal;
auditing;  employee relations;  advertising;  management  information;  investor
relations; office services; property software; and property tax administration);
and

     D. Each of the  Owners  desires  to engage  PSCC,  on a  cost-reimbursement
basis,  to employ  personnel  required  by the Owner  for the  operation  of its
Properties  and to provide  centralized  administrative  services  necessary  or
useful to the operation of the Owner's Properties and, as to certain Owners, the
administration  of the Owner  (referred to in the aggregate as the "Cost Sharing
and Administrative Services," as more fully described on Schedule A hereto).



     Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows:

     1. Engagement
        ----------

          (a)  Each  of  the  Owners  hereby  engages  PSCC  as  an  independent
contractor,  and PSCC hereby accepts such engagement as described  herein,  upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

          (b) Each of the Owners  acknowledges  that PSCC is in the  business of
rendering Cost Sharing and Administrative Services in connection with facilities
currently owned or to be acquired by others.  It is hereby expressly agreed that
PSCC and its  affiliates may continue to engage in such  activities  (whether or
not such other  facilities  may be in direct or  indirect  competition  with the
Owner's  facilities) and may in the future engage in other  businesses which may
compete directly or indirectly with activities of the Owners.

          (c) In the performance of its duties under this Agreement,  PSCC shall
occupy the  position of an  independent  contractor  with respect to each of the
Owners. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as making the parties hereto
partners or joint  venturers,  nor, except as expressly  otherwise  provided for
herein, construed as making PSCC an agent or employee of any of the Owners.

     2. Duties and Authority of PSCC
        ----------------------------

          (a)  Notwithstanding  anything  else  in this  Agreement,  each of the
Owners  shall  have the sole and  exclusive  authority  to fully and  completely
operate and manage the  Properties  and to supervise and direct the business and
affairs associated or related to the daily operation thereof.

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          (b) PSCC shall  provide (i) each of the Owners with all  personnel and
centralized  administrative  services  requested by Owners for the operation and
maintenance of the Properties and (ii) those Owners set forth on Schedule C with
all personnel and centralized  administrative  services  requested by Owners for
the corporate or  partnership  administration  of the Owner,  provided that PSCC
shall not be required to provide  (iii)  executive  and other senior  management
personnel  for the  Owners or (iv)  management  or  operational  oversight  with
respect to the Owners'  Properties  (which  oversight  shall be performed by the
Owner itself or a property  management  company employed directly by the Owner).
The personnel  and  centralized  administrative  services to be provided by PSCC
hereunder shall include the categories listed on Schedule A attached hereto.

          (c) PSCC shall  provide  each of the  Owners  with  necessary  central
office space and equipment for such services as are described in Section 2(b) of
this Agreement.

          (d) Each of the Owners understands and acknowledges that PSCC and some
or all of the  personnel  described  in  Section  2(b)  of  this  Agreement  may
simultaneously  render similar services for other Owners and for other owners of
facilities  for  whom  PSCC is  rendering  services,  some  of  whom  may (i) be
affiliates of PSCC and/or (ii) compete with one or more Owners.

     3. Duties of Owners
        ----------------

                  Each of the Owners  hereby  agrees to  cooperate  with PSCC in
PSCC's performance of the Cost Sharing and Administrative  Services provided for
under this  Agreement  and to that end,  upon the request of PSCC,  to give PSCC
access to all files, books and records of such Owner related its Properties that
may be relevant to the performance of such Services.

     4. Compensation of PSCC
        --------------------

          (a) In consideration for the Cost Sharing and Administrative  Services
rendered by PSCC under section 2(b) of this Agreement,  each of the Owners shall
pay to PSCC an amount  equal to the costs  incurred  by PSCC  (including  fringe
benefits)  of the  personnel  included  in the  categories  listed on Schedule A
rendering  services for or on behalf of such Owner and all other costs  incurred
by  PSCC  reasonably  related  to  the  performance  of  the  Cost  Sharing  and
Administrative Services on behalf of such Owner. The costs of such personnel and
the Services shall be allocated so that each Owner will bear all direct expenses
attributable to services  rendered or costs incurred on behalf of that Owner, as
well as the appropriate  proportionate  share of the shares expenses incurred on
behalf of all or  multiple  Owners.  The  process of  establishing  formulae  to
specify the Owners'  shares of allocated  expenses will be  consistent  with the
allocation practices of PSCC's predecessor and with any pre-existing  agreements
between the Owners and PSCC's predecessor. The allocations shall be reviewed and
appropriately  adjusted on an annual (or more frequent, as necessary) basis, and
the formulae and the basis upon which the formulae have been  produced  shall be
available  for  inspection by the Owners.  Upon request,  PSCC shall furnish the
Owners with an accounting of such allocations. The cost to an Owner for the Cost
Allocation  and  Administrative  Services  provided  hereunder  shall not exceed
prevailing  rates  for  comparable  personnel  performing  the  same or  similar
services functions.

          (b) In addition,  in  consideration of the office space to be provided
the Owners under  Section 2(c) of this  Agreement,  each of the Owners listed on
Schedule B attached hereto shall pay PSCC an appropriate  proportionate share of
the costs  incurred by PSCC in providing  such office  space,  determined as set
forth in Section 4(a) of this Agreement.

          (c) Payments to PSCC under this Agreement shall be made upon demand by
PSCC, but not more often than weekly.

     5. Term
        ----

          (a) This Agreement  shall expire on the first  anniversary of the date
hereof,  provided that on each  anniversary  of the date hereof,  this Agreement
shall be  automatically  extended for one year unless  terminated  in accordance
with the  provisions of this Section 5. At any time more than 30 days prior to a
scheduled  expiration date of this Agreement,  any Owner may give written notice
to PSCC pursuant to Section 10 hereof that this Agreement  shall not be extended
on the next scheduled  expiration  date with respect to such Owner. In the event
that an Owner  gives  such  notice,  this  Agreement  shall  expire  on the next
scheduled  expiration  date  with  respect  to  the  Properties  owned  by,  and
administrative services rendered for, such Owner.

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          (b) Upon termination of this Agreement with respect to an Owner,  PSCC
shall  promptly  return  to such  Owner all  moneys,  books,  records  and other
materials held by it for or on behalf of Owner.

     6. Indemnification
        ---------------

               Each of the Owners  hereby  agrees to indemnify and hold PSCC and
all officers and directors of PSCC  harmless  from any and all costs,  expenses,
attorneys' fees, suits, liabilities,  judgments, damages and claims when engaged
in  services  under this  Agreement  on behalf of such Owner,  arising  from any
cause, except for the willful  misconduct,  negligence or negligent omissions on
the part of PSCC or any such other person. PSCC and all officers,  directors and
employees  of PSCC also shall not be liable for any error of judgment or for any
mistake of fact or law, or for anything  which they may do or refrain from doing
hereinafter,  except in cases of willful  misconduct or negligence.  PSCC hereby
agrees to indemnify and hold Owners  harmless from any and all costs,  expenses,
attorneys' fees, suits, liabilities, judgments, damages and claims in connection
with the  Properties  arising from the willful  misconduct or negligence of PSCC
and all officers and directors of PSCC.

     7. Assignment
        ----------

               Neither  this  Agreement  nor  any  right   hereunder   shall  be
assignable  by an Owner and any attempt to do so shall be void.  PSCC shall have
the right to assign this Agreement to an affiliate or a wholly or majority owned
subsidiary  or any  entity  acquiring  substantially  all of the assets of PSCC;
provided,  however,  any such  assignee  must  assume  all  obligations  of PSCC
hereunder,  Owners'  rights  hereunder  will be  enforceable  against  any  such
assignee and PSCC shall not be released from its  liabilities  hereunder  unless
Owners shall expressly agree thereto in writing.

     8. Headings
        --------

               The headings  contained  herein are for  convenience of reference
only and are not  intended to define,  limit or describe  the scope or intent of
any provision of this Agreement.

     9. Governing Law
        -------------

               The validity of this Agreement, the construction of its terms and
the  interpretation of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by
the internal laws of the state of California.

     10. Notices
         -------

               Any notice  required  or  permitted  herein to be given  shall be
given in  writing  and shall be  personally  delivered  or mailed,  first  class
postage  prepaid,  to the  respective  addresses  of the parties set forth below
their  signatures on the signature page hereof,  or to such other address as any
party may give to the other in writing.

     11. Severability
         ------------

               Should any term or provision  hereof be deemed  invalid,  void or
unenforceable  either  in  its  entirety  or in a  particular  application,  the
remainder of this Agreement  shall  nonetheless  remain in full force and effect
and,  if the  subject  term  or  provision  is  deemed  to be  invalid,  void or
unenforceable  only  with  respect  to a  particular  application,  such term or
provision  shall  remain in full  force and  effect  with  respect  to all other
applications.

     12. Property Management Agreements With SEI and CPG
         -----------------------------------------------

               Certain of the Owners have  entered  into  management  agreements
with Storage  Equities,  Inc. ("SEI") (or the corporate  predecessor to SEI) and
Public Storage  Commercial  Properties Group, Inc. ("CPG"), a subsidiary that is
owned 95% by SEI,  pursuant  to which SEI or CPG  provides  property  management
services  with  respect  to  Properties  owned by such  Owner  (the  "Management
Agreements"). Each such Owner acknowledges and agrees that (i) PSCC shall not be
responsible  for the  performance  or failure to perform of SEI or CPG under the
Management  Agreements,  (ii)  SEI  and CPG  shall  not be  responsible  for the
performance  or failure to perform of PSCC under this  Agreement,  and (iii) the
compensation  of PSCC under this  Agreement is separate  from and in addition to
the compensation of SEI or CPG under the Management Agreements. The compensation
of  PSCC  will  not be  reduced  by the  compensation  of SEI or CPG  under  the
Management  Agreements,  and the compensation of SEI or CPG under the Management
Agreements will not be reduced by the compensation of PSCC under this Agreement.

     13. Successors
         -----------

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               This Agreement  shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the  respective  parties  hereto and their  permitted  assigns and successors in
interest.

     14. Attorneys' Fees
         ---------------

               If it shall  become  necessary  for either party hereto to engage
attorneys  to institute  legal  action for the purpose of  enforcing  its rights
hereunder  or for the purpose of  defending  legal  action  brought by the other
party  hereto,  the party or  parties  prevailing  in such  litigation  shall be
entitled  to  receive  all  costs,   expenses  and  fees  (including  reasonable
attorneys' fees) incurred by it in such litigation (including appeals).

     15. Counterparts
         -----------

               This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,  each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written. "PSCC"

                       PSCC, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
                                -------------------------------------
                                Ronald L. Havner, Jr., Vice President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       "Owners"

                       PUBLIC STORAGE, INC. (formerly known as
                       STORAGE EQUITIES, INC.)


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                -------------------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES IV, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203




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                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES V, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES IX, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES X, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XI, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203




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                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XII, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XIV, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XV, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVI, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203



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                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVII, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVIII, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XIX, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203




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                       PARTNERS PREFERRED YIELD, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PARTNERS PREFERRED YIELD II, INC.


                       By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                Harvey Lenkin, President
                                600 North Brand Boulevard
                                Glendale, California  91203


                       PS PARTNERS, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203






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                       PS PARTNERS II, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       PS PARTNERS III, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       PS PARTNERS IV, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203



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                       PS PARTNERS V, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       PS PARTNERS VI, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       PS PARTNERS VII, LTD.,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203




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                       DIVERSIFIED STORAGE FUND,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       CONNECTICUT STORAGE FUND,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       METROPUBLIC STORAGE FUND,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203




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                       PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203



                       PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND II,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203


                       PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND III,
                       a California Limited Partnership

                       By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                General Partner


                                By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                         ----------------------------
                                         Harvey Lenkin, President
                                         600 North Brand Boulevard
                                         Glendale, California  91203

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                       PS CO-INVESTMENT PARTNERS,
                       a general partnership

                       By:      Public Storage Institutional Fund IV,
                                a California Limited Partnership

                                By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                         general partner


                                         By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                                 ----------------------------
                                                  Harvey Lenkin, President
                                                  600 North Brand Boulevard
                                                  Glendale, California  91203


                       By:      Diversified Storage Venture Fund
                                a California Limited Partnership

                                By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                         general partner


                                         By:      /s/ Harvey Lenkin
                                                  ----------------------------
                                                  Harvey Lenkin, President
                                                  600 North Brand Boulevard
                                                  Glendale, California  91203

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                                   SCHEDULE A

Accounting and Finance
- ----------------------

     Property accounting and finance, including producing general ledgers and
       income statements
     Corporate tax
     Financial reporting
     Cash control
     Compliance with applicable statutes, ordinances, laws, rules, regulations

Administrative Services
- -----------------------

     Employee relations
     Property tax appeals
     Yellow page advertising
     Management information systems
     Hotline/CHAMP
     Acquisition of furniture, fixtures and supplies
     Insurance, including filing and managing insurance claims and
       administering entity level insurance
     Selection  of  vendors,  suppliers,  contractors,   subcontractors  and
     employees Negotiation and execution of agreements related to utilities,
     service,
       concessions, supplies, maintenance, operation and repair

Management
- ----------

     Legal
     Marketing
     Training
     Investor services, including answering investor's questions and sending
       correspondence  and financial  reports to investors and  coordinating
       efforts of outside transfer agents
     Institutional Realty
     Maintenance, repair and landscaping

Project personnel
- -----------------

     Resident managers
     District managers
     Relief managers
     Maintenance managers

Miscellaneous
- -------------

     PSCP facilities support


<PAGE>
                                   SCHEDULE B


PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES IV, LTD.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES V, LTD.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES IX, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES X, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XI, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XII, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XIV, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XV, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVI, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVII, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVIII, INC.
PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XIX, INC.
STORAGE EQUITIES, INC.
PS PARTNERS, LTD.
PS PARTNERS II, LTD.
PS PARTNERS III, LTD.
PS PARTNERS IV, LTD.
PS PARTNERS V, LTD.
PS PARTNERS VI, LTD.
PS PARTNERS VII, LTD.
PARTNERS PREFERRED YIELD, INC.
PARTNERS PREFERRED YIELD II, INC.
DIVERSIFIED STORAGE FUND
CONNECTICUT STORAGE FUND
METROPUBLIC STORAGE FUND
PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND
PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND II
PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND III
PS CO-INVESTMENT PARTNERS

<PAGE>
                                   SCHEDULE C




[List of Owners for which PSCC provides entity administration services]


                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                  Amendment to Cost Sharing and Administrative
                               Services Agreement





     This Amendment to Cost Sharing and  Administrative  Services Agreement (the
"Amendment")  dated as of January 2, 1997 by and among PSCC,  Inc., a California
corporation  ("PSCC"),  and each of the entities  listed on the signature  pages
hereof under the designation "Owners" (the "Owners"):

                                    RECITALS:

     A. PSCC and the Owners (other than American Office Park  Properties,  L.P.)
are parties to the Cost Sharing and  Administrative  Services Agreement dated as
of November 16, 1995 (the "Original Agreement").

     B. The  parties  to this  Amendment  desire  to add  American  Office  Park
Properties,  L.P. ("AOPP") as a party to the Original Agreement on the terms set
forth in this Amendment.

     Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows:

     1. AOPP is hereby added as a party to the Original  Agreement as one of the
Owners for all  purposes  and is hereby  included  on  Schedules  B and C to the
Original Agreement.  Amended and restated Schedules B and C are attached to this
Amendment.

     2.  Notwithstanding  section 5(a) of the Original  Agreement,  the Original
Agreement,  as  amended,  shall  not be  terminable  as to AOPP  until the fifth
anniversary of this Amendment.  Thereafter,  the Original Agreement, as amended,
shall expire in accordance with section 5(a) of the Original Agreement.

     3. Section 12 of the Original  Agreement is hereby  amended in its entirety
to read as follows:

     "12. Property Management Agreements With PSI and AOPP

     Certain of the Owners have entered into management  agreements with PSI and
AOPP,  pursuant to which PSI or AOPP provides property  management services with
respect to Properties  owned by such Owner (the "Management  Agreements").  Each
such Owner  acknowledges  and agrees that (i) PSCC shall not be responsible  for
the  performance  or failure  to  perform  of PSI or AOPP  under the  Management
Agreements,  (ii) PSI and AOPP shall not be responsible  for the  performance or
failure to perform of PSCC under this Agreement,  and (iii) the  compensation of
PSCC under this  Agreement is separate from and in addition to the  compensation
of PSI or AOPP under the Management  Agreements.  The  compensation of PSCC will
not  be  reduced  by  the  compensation  of PSI or  AOPP  under  the  Management
Agreements,  and the compensation of PSI or AOPP under the Management Agreements
will not be reduced by the compensation of PSCC under this Agreement." 4. Except
as provided by this  Amendment,  all of the terms of the Original  Agreement are
hereby  ratified  and  affirmed.  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have
executed this Amendment as of the date first above written. 


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                                  "PSCC" PSCC, INC.


                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201

                                  "Owners"
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn, Vice President
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XI, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XIV, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XV, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVI, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVII, INC.


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                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XVIII, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XIX, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES XX, INC.




                                  By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                           ------------------------------
                                           David P. Singelyn
                                           Chief Financial Officer
                                           701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California 91201



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                                  PS PARTNERS, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:     /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ----------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PS PARTNERS II, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
                                  PS PARTNERS III, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
                                  PS PARTNERS IV, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
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                                  PS PARTNERS V, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
                                  PS PARTNERS VI, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
                                  PS PARTNERS VII, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner



                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
                                  PS PARTNERS VIII, LTD.,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner



                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                    ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
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                                  CONNECTICUT STORAGE FUND,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.,
                                           General Partner



                                           By:     /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  METROPUBLIC STORAGE FUND,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.,
                                           General Partner



                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                    David P. Singelyn
                                                    Vice President
                                                    701 Western Avenue
                                                    Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND II,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                  ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE INSTITUTIONAL FUND III,
                                  a California Limited Partnership
                                  By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                       72
<PAGE>

                                  PS CO-INVESTMENT PARTNERS,
                                  a general partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage Institutional Fund IV,
                                           a California Limited Partnership
                                           By:  PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.
                                                General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  By:      Diversified Storage Venture Fund,
                                           a California Limited Partnership
                                           By:      Public Storage, Inc.
                                                    General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PARTNERS, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PARTNERS II, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner





                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201


                                    73
<PAGE>

                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner



                                     By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                              ---------------------------
                                              David P. Singelyn,  Vice President
                                              701 Western Avenue
                                              Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES IV, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                     By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                              ---------------------------
                                              David P. Singelyn,  Vice President
                                              701 Western Avenue
                                              Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE PROPERTIES V, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                     By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                              ---------------------------
                                              David P. Singelyn,  Vice President
                                              701 Western Avenue
                                              Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE MID-ATLANTIC, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE MID-ATLANTIC II, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                       74
<PAGE>

                                  PS MINI-WAREHOUSE FUND I-X
                                  By:      PSI Institutional Advisors, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE GERMAN FUND II, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO FUND III, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP IV,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP V,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                       75
<PAGE>

                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP VI,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP VII,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP VIII,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP IX,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP X,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
  
                                       76
<PAGE>

                                PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP XI,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP XII,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE EURO PARTNERSHIP XIII,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE BENELUX PARTNERS I, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE BENELUX PARTNERSHIP V, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                       77
<PAGE>

                                  PUBLIC STORAGE CRESCENT FUND, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE GLENDALE FREEWAY, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  PUBLIC STORAGE ALAMEDA, LTD.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:      Public Storage, Inc.,
                                           General Partner




                                           By:      /s/ David P. Singelyn
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   David P. Singelyn, Controller
                                                   701 Western Avenue
                                                   Glendale, California 91201
                                  AMERICAN OFFICE PARK PROPERTIES, L.P.,
                                  a California limited partnership
                                  By:    American Office Park Properties, Inc.,
                                         General Partner




                                       By:      /s/Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------
                                               Ronald L. Havner, Jr., President
                                               701 Western Avenue
                                               Glendale, California 91201


                                       78
<PAGE>
                                   SCHEDULE A


ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
- ----------------------
    Property accounting and finance, including producing general ledgers and
      income statements
    Corporate tax
    Financial reporting
    Cash control
    Compliance with applicable statutes, ordinances, laws, rules, regulations
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
- -----------------------
    Employee relations
    Property tax appeals
    Yellow page advertising
     Management information systems
     Hotline/CHAMP
     Acquisition of furniture, fixtures and supplies
     Insurance, including filing and managing insurance claims and
       administering entity level insurance
     Selection  of  vendors,  suppliers,  contractors,   subcontractors  and
     employees Negotiation and execution of agreements related to utilities,
     service,
       concessions, supplies, maintenance, operation and repair
MANAGEMENT
- ----------
       Legal
       Marketing
       Training
       Investor services, including answering investor's questions and sending
         correspondence  and financial  reports to investors and  coordinating
         efforts of outside transfer agents
       Institutional Realty
       Maintenance, repair and landscaping
PROJECT PERSONNEL
- -----------------
       Resident managers
       District managers
       Relief managers
       Maintenance managers
MISCELLANEOUS
- -------------
       PSCP facilities support

                                       79
<PAGE>


                                   SCHEDULE B


                  Public Storage Properties XI, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XIV, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XV, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XVI, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XVII, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XVIII, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XIX, Inc.
                  Public Storage Properties XX, Inc.
                  American Office Park Properties, L.P.





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<PAGE>

                                   SCHEDULE C


                  Public Storage, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XI, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XIV, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XV, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XVI, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XVII, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XVIII, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XIX, Inc.

                  Public Storage Properties XX, Inc.

                  PS Partners, Ltd.

                  PS Partners II, Ltd.

                  PS Partners III, Ltd.

                  PS Partners IV, Ltd.

                  PS Partners V, Ltd.

                  PS Partners VI, Ltd.

                  PS Partners VII, Ltd.

                  PS Partners VIII, Ltd.

                  Connecticut Storage Fund

                  Metropublic Storage Fund

                  Public Storage Institutional Fund

                  Public Storage Institutional Fund II

                  Public Storage Institutional Fund III

                  PS Co-Investment Partners

                  Public Storage Partners, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Partners II, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Properties, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Properties IV, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Properties V, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Mid-Atlantic, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Mid-Atlantic II, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Mini-Warehouse Fund I-X

                  Public Storage German Fund II, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Fund III, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership IV, Ltd.

                                       81
<PAGE>

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership V, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership VI, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership VII, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership VIII, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership IX, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership X, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership XI, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership XII, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Euro Partnership XIII, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Benelux Partners I, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Benelux Partnership V, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Crescent Fund, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Glendale Freeway, Ltd.

                  Public Storage Alameda, Ltd.

                  American Office Park Properties, L.P.


                                       82




                                                                    Exhibit 10.4


                          Accounts Payable and Payroll
                         Disbursement Services Agreement



     This Accounts Payable and Payroll Disbursement Services Agreement, dated as
of January 2, 1997 by and between PSCC, Inc., a California corporation ("PSCC"),
and American  Office Park  Properties,  L.P., a California  limited  partnership
("AOPP"):

                                    RECITALS:

     A.  AOPP  is a  party  to  certain  property  management  agreements,  (the
"Management  Agreements"),  whereby AOPP renders  management  services to owners
("Owners")  of  commercial  properties  ("Properties")  in  connection  with the
operation of such  Properties,  and AOPP operates the Properties  owned by AOPP;
and

     B. Under the Management Agreements,  AOPP is required to be responsible for
disbursing  funds  held on behalf of the  Owners  for the  payment  of  accounts
payable of the Owners and payroll  obligations of the Owners (referred to as the
"Accounts Payable and Payroll  Disbursement  Services").  AOPP desires to engage
PSCC to perform  such  Accounts  Payable and Payroll  Disbursement  Services for
AOPP,  with respect to both Properties  managed by AOPP and Properties  owned by
AOPP, and to employ the necessary personnel to perform such services.

     Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows:

     1. Engagement

          (a) AOPP hereby  engages PSCC as an  independent  contractor  and PSCC
hereby  accepts  such  engagement  as  described  herein,  upon  the  terms  and
conditions hereinafter set forth.

          (b) In the performance of its duties under this Agreement,  PSCC shall
occupy the position of an independent  contractor with respect to AOPP.  Nothing
contained  herein shall be construed  as making the parties  hereto  partners or
joint  venturers,  nor,  except as  expressly  otherwise  provided  for  herein,
construed  as making PSCC an agent or employee of AOPP or its  affiliates.  PSCC
shall not be responsible for the performance or failure to perform of AOPP under
the Management Agreements.

     2. Duties and Authority of PSCC

          (a) PSCC shall  provide  the  personnel  and  administrative  services
required for the  performance of the Accounts  Payable and Payroll  Disbursement
Services and shall be  responsible  for  performing  such  Accounts  Payable and
Payroll Disbursement Services on behalf of AOPP as and when directed by AOPP.

          (b)  AOPP  understands  and  acknowledges  that  some  or  all  of the
personnel described in Section 2(b) of this Agreement may simultaneously  render
services for other property managers and for other owners of facilities for whom
PSCC is rendering  services,  some of whom may (i) be  affiliates of PSCC and/or
(ii) compete with AOPP.

     3. Duties of AOPP

          AOPP hereby agrees to cooperate  with PSCC in the  performance  of its
duties under this  Agreement  and to that end,  upon the request of PSCC to give
PSCC  access to all files,  books and records of AOPP  relevant to the  Accounts
Payable and Payroll Disbursement Services to be performed by PSCC hereunder.

     4. Compensation of PSCC

          (a) In  consideration  for the  services  rendered  by PSCC under this
Agreement,  AOPP shall pay to PSCC an amount equal to the costs incurred by PSCC
(including  fringe  benefits)  in  rendering  to,  and on behalf of,  AOPP,  the
Accounts Payable and Payroll Disbursements Services provided for in Section 2(a)
of this Agreement. AOPP will bear all direct expenses,  attributable to services
rendered on behalf of AOPP hereunder,  as well as the appropriate  proportionate
share of shared  expenses  incurred on behalf of AOPP and others.  Upon request,
PSCC shall furnish AOPP with an accounting of such allocations.

          (b) Payments to PSCC under this Agreement shall be made upon demand by
PSCC, but not more often than weekly.

     5. Term

          (a) This Agreement  shall expire on the first  anniversary of the date
hereof,  provided that on each  anniversary  of the date hereof,  this Agreement
shall be  automatically  extended for one year unless  terminated  in accordance
with the  provisions of this Section 5. At any time more than 30 days prior to a
scheduled  expiration  date of this  Agreement,  AOPP may give written notice to
PSCC pursuant to Section 10 hereof that this Agreement  shall not be extended on
the next  scheduled  expiration  date. In the event that AOPP gives such notice,
this Agreement shall expire on the next scheduled expiration date.

          (b) Upon termination of this Agreement,  PSCC shall promptly return to
AOPP all monies,  books, records and other materials held by it for or on behalf
of AOPP.

     6. Indemnification

          AOPP hereby  agrees to  indemnify  and hold PSCC and all  officers and
directors of PSCC harmless from any and all costs,  expenses,  attorneys'  fees,
suits, liabilities, judgments, damages and claims when engaged in services under
this Agreement on behalf of AOPP, arising from any cause, except for the willful
misconduct,  negligence  or negligent  omissions on the part of PSCC or any such
other person. PSCC and all officers,  directors and employees of PSCC also shall
not be liable for any error of  judgment  or for any  mistake of fact or law, or
for  anything  which they may do or refrain  from doing  hereinafter,  except in
cases of willful  misconduct or negligence.  PSCC hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold AOPP harmless from any and all costs,  expenses,  attorneys'  fees,  suits,
liabilities,  judgments, damages and claims in connection with the management of
the Properties arising from the willful misconduct or negligence of PSCC and all
officers and directors of PSCC.

     7. Assignment

          Neither this Agreement nor any right  hereunder shall be assignable by
AOPP and any attempt to do so shall be void. PSCC shall have the right to assign
this Agreement to an affiliate or a wholly or majority  owned  subsidiary or any
entity acquiring substantially all of the assets of PSCC; provided, however, any
such  assignee  must assume all  obligations  of PSCC  hereunder,  AOPP's rights
hereunder  will be  enforceable  against any such assignee and PSCC shall not be
released  from its  liabilities  hereunder  unless  AOPP shall  expressly  agree
thereto in writing.

     8. Headings

          The headings  contained  herein are for  convenience of reference only
and are not  intended to define,  limit or  describe  the scope or intent of any
provision of this Agreement.

     9. Governing Law

          The validity of this Agreement,  the construction of its terms and the
interpretation  of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by the
internal laws of the state of California.

     10. Notices

          Any notice required or permitted  herein to be given shall be given in
writing  and shall be  personally  delivered  or  mailed,  first  class  postage
prepaid,  to the  respective  addresses  of the  parties  set forth  below their
signatures on the signature  page hereof,  or to such other address as any party
may give to the other in writing.

     11. Severability

          Should  any  term or  provision  hereof  be  deemed  invalid,  void or
unenforceable  either  in  its  entirety  or in a  particular  application,  the
remainder of this Agreement  shall  nonetheless  remain in full force and effect
and,  if the  subject  term  or  provision  is  deemed  to be  invalid,  void or
unenforceable  only  with  respect  to a  particular  application,  such term or
provision  shall  remain in full  force and  effect  with  respect  to all other
applications.

     12. Successors

          This  Agreement  shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
respective  parties  hereto  and  their  permitted  assigns  and  successors  in
interest.

     13. Attorneys' Fees

          If it shall  become  necessary  for  either  party  hereto  to  engage
attorneys  to institute  legal  action for the purpose of  enforcing  its rights
hereunder  or for the purpose of  defending  legal  action  brought by the other
party  hereto,  the party or  parties  prevailing  in such  litigation  shall be
entitled  to  receive  all  costs,   expenses  and  fees  (including  reasonable
attorneys' fees) incurred by it in such litigation (including appeals).

     14. Counterparts

          This  Agreement may be executed in one or more  counterparts,  each of
which shall be deemed an original,  but all of which together  shall  constitute
one and the same instrument.



<PAGE>

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.

                           "PSCC"

                           PSCC, INC.



                           By:    /s/ Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
                                  ------------------------------
                                  Ronald L. Havner, Jr., Vice President
                                  701 Western Avenue
                                  Glendale, California  91201


                           "AOPP"

                           AMERICAN OFFICE PARK PROPERTIES, L.P.

                           By:    American Office Park Properties, Inc.,
                                  General Partner



                                  By:      /s/ Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
                                          ------------------------------
                                          Ronald L. Havner, Jr., President
                                          701 Western Avenue
                                           Glendale, California  91201



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
           Exhibit 11: Statement re: Computation of Earnings per Share


                                                                                       For the Three Months Ended
                                                                                               March 31,
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share:                                                  1998                 1997
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------      -------------        -------------

<S>                                                                                 <C>                 <C>
Net income and net income allocable to common shareholders (same for Basic
   and Diluted computations)................................................       $  4,330,000         $    682,000
                                                                                   =============        =============

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

   Basic - weighted average common shares outstanding.......................         11,314,469            2,192,848
   Net effect of dilutive stock options - based on treasury stock method
     using average market price.............................................             42,567                    -
                                                                                   -------------        -------------

   Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.......................         11,357,036            2,192,848
                                                                                   =============        =============

Basic earnings per common share.............................................       $      0.38          $      0.31
                                                                                   =============        =============
Diluted earnings per common share...........................................       $      0.38          $      0.31
                                                                                   =============        =============

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                             PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
           Exhibit 12: Statement re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings
                                to Fixed Charges


                                                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                                                       March 31,
                                                                      ---------------------------------------
                                                                             1998                     1997
                                                                      ---------------       -----------------
                                                                         (Amounts in thousands, except ratios)

<S>                                                                   <C>                     <C>        
      Net income                                                      $     4,330             $       682
      Add:  minority interest                                               2,814                   1,813
      Less:  minority interest that do not have fixed                           -                  (1,813)
                                                                      ---------------       -----------------
      charges
                                                                            7,144                     682

        Add:  Interest expense                                                247                       -
                                                                      ---------------       -----------------
      Earnings available to cover fixed charges                       $     7,391             $       682
                                                                      ===============       =================

      Fixed charges (interest expense)                                $       247             $         -
                                                                      ===============       =================

      Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                    29.92                      NA
                                                                      ===============       =================



                                                                 Year Ended December 31,
                                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          1997             1996            1995             1994           1993
                                    -------------   --------------   -------------   --------------   -----------
                                                         (Amounts in thousands, except ratios)

Net income before taxes             $     3,836      $       519     $     1,192      $     1,245     $     1,517
Minority interest                         8,566                -               -                -               -
                                    -------------   --------------   -------------   --------------   -----------
                                         12,402              519           1,192            1,245           1,517

   Interest expense                           1                -               -                -               -
                                    -------------   --------------   -------------   --------------   -----------
Earnings available to cover
   fixed charges                    $    12,403      $       519     $     1,192      $     1,245     $     1,517
                                    =============   ==============   =============   ==============   ===========

Fixed charges - interest expense    $         1      $         -     $         -      $         -     $         -
                                    =============   ==============   =============   ==============   ===========

Ratio of earnings to fixed
   charges                               12,403               NA              NA               NA              NA
                                    =============   ==============   =============   ==============   ===========

</TABLE>
                                       84



<TABLE> <S> <C>


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