CALI REALTY CORP /NEW/
424B3, 1996-10-17
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                                                     Filed pursuant to Rule
                                                     424(b)(3) of the Securities
                                                     Act of 1933

PROSPECTUS
                                  93,458 Shares
                             CALI REALTY CORPORATION
                                  Common Stock

         All of the  93,458  shares of common  stock,  $0.01 par value per share
(the  "Common   Stock"),   of  Cali  Realty   Corporation   (together  with  its
subsidiaries,  the "Company")  offered hereby are offered for the account of the
shareholder named herein (the "Selling Shareholder"). See "Selling Shareholder."
The Company will not receive any proceeds  from the sale of such Common Stock by
the Selling  Shareholder.  The 93,458 shares of Common Stock offered  hereby are
referred to herein as the "Selling Shareholder Shares."

         Shares  of Common  Stock  may be sold from time to time by the  Selling
Shareholder,  or  by  pledgees,  donees,  transferees  or  other  successors  in
interest.  Such sales may be made on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") or
other   exchanges   on  which  the  Common   Stock  is  then   traded,   in  the
over-the-counter  market, or otherwise at prices and at terms then prevailing or
at  prices  related  to  the  then  current  market  price,   or  in  negotiated
transactions.  The Selling  Shareholder Shares may be sold in one or more of the
following  transactions:  (a) a block  trade in which  the  broker  or dealer so
engaged  will  attempt to sell the Selling  Shareholder  Shares as agent but may
position  and  resell a portion  of the block as  principal  to  facilitate  the
transaction;  (b) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by the
broker or dealer for its account  pursuant to this  Prospectus;  (c) an exchange
distribution  in  accordance  with the rules of the  exchange;  and (d) ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers.
In effecting  sales,  brokers or dealers engaged by the Selling  Shareholder may
arrange for the other brokers or dealers to participate.  Brokers or dealers may
receive  commissions or discounts from the Selling  Shareholder in amounts to be
negotiated immediately prior to the sale. These brokers or dealers and any other
participating  brokers  or  dealers,  as  well  as  certain  pledgees,   donees,
transferees and other successors in interest, may be deemed to be "underwriters"
within the meaning of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities
Act"), in connection with the sales. In addition, any securities covered by this
Prospectus  that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the  Securities Act
may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this Prospectus.

         The aggregate proceeds to the Selling  Shareholder from the sale of the
Selling Shareholder Shares will be the purchase price of the Selling Shareholder
Shares sold less the aggregate agents' commissions and underwriters'  discounts,
if any. By  agreement,  the Company will pay  substantially  all of the expenses
incident to the  registration  of the  Selling  Shareholder  Shares,  except for
selling commissions  associated with the sale of the Selling Shareholder Shares,
all of which will be paid by the Selling Shareholder.

         The  Common  Stock is listed on the NYSE  under the  symbol  "CLI." The
closing price of the Common Stock as reported on the NYSE on August 5, 1996, was
$23.75 per share.

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

              THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT
  PASSED ON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
                              CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

                 The date of this Prospectus is August 13, 1996. 
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         No dealer,  salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give
any  information or to make any  representations  other than those  contained in
this  Prospectus in connection  with the offer made by this  Prospectus  and, if
given or made, such  information or  representations  must not be relied upon as
having  been  authorized  by  the  Company  or  the  Selling  Shareholder.  This
Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to
buy the  securities  offered hereby in any  jurisdiction  in which such offer or
solicitation is not authorized,  or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale
made hereunder shall, under any  circumstances,  create any implication that any
information  contained  therein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date
hereof.


                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION 

         The  Company  is  subject  to  the  informational  requirements  of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange  Act"),  and in
accordance therewith files reports,  proxy statements and other information with
the Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission").  The  Registration
Statement,  the exhibits and  schedules  forming a part thereof and the reports,
proxy statements and other  information filed by the Company with the Commission
in  accordance  with  the  Exchange  Act  can be  inspected  and  copied  at the
Commission's  public  reference  section,  450 Fifth  Street,  N.W.,  Room 1024,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the following regional offices of the Commission:
Seven World Trade Center,  13th Floor, New York, New York 10048 and Northwestern
Atrium  Center,  500  West  Madison  Street,   Suite  1400,  Chicago,   Illinois
60661-2511.  Copies of such material can also be obtained at prescribed rates by
writing to the public reference  section of the Commission,  450 Fifth Street, N
W.,  Washington,  D.C. 20549. The Commission  maintains a Web Site that contains
reports,  proxy  and  information  statements  and other  information  regarding
registrants  that file  electronically  with the Commission.  The address of the
Commission's Web site is: http://www.sec.gov.  In addition, the Company's Common
Stock is listed on the NYSE and similar  information  concerning the Company can
be inspected and copied at the offices of the NYSE,  20 Broad Street,  New York,
New York 10005.

         The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement (the
"Registration  Statement")  (of  which  this  Prospectus  is a part)  under  the
Securities Act with respect to the securities  offered  hereby.  This Prospectus
does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement,
certain  portions  of which  have been  omitted  as  permitted  by the rules and
regulations of the Commission. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the
contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete,  and in
each instance  reference is made to the copy of such contract or other  document
filed as an exhibit to the  Registration  Statement,  each such statement  being
qualified in all  respects by such  reference  and the  exhibits  and  schedules
thereto.  For further  information  regarding  the  Company  and the  securities
offered hereby,  reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and such
exhibits  and  schedules  which  may be  obtained  from  the  Commission  at its
principal office in Washington,  D.C. upon payment of the fees prescribed by the
Commission.

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                 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 

         The  documents  listed  below have been filed by the Company  under the
Exchange Act with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:

         a. The Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 1-13274) for the
         fiscal year ended December 31, 1995;

         b. The  Company's  Proxy  Statement  relating to the Annual  Meeting of
         Shareholders held on May 13, 1996;

         c. The Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 1-13274) for
         the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1996;

         d. The Company's  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 16, 1996 (File
         No. 1-13274); and

         e. The  description of the Common Stock and the  description of certain
         provisions   of  Maryland  Law  and  of  the   Company's   Articles  of
         Incorporation and Bylaws, both contained in the Company's  Registration
         Statement on Form 8-A, dated August 9, 1994.

         All documents filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act  subsequent to the date of this  Prospectus and
prior to the  termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this  Prospectus and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents (provided, however, that the information referred to in Item 402(a)(8)
of  Regulation  S-K  of  the  Commission   shall  not  be  deemed   specifically
incorporated by reference herein).

         Any statement contained herein or in a document  incorporated or deemed
to be  incorporated  by  reference  herein  shall be  deemed to be  modified  or
superseded  for  purposes  of this  Prospectus  to the extent  that a  statement
contained  herein (or in the applicable  Prospectus  Supplement) or in any other
subsequently  filed  document which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein modifies or supersedes  such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

         Copies of all documents which are incorporated herein by reference (not
including   the  exhibits  to  such   information,   unless  such  exhibits  are
specifically  incorporated  by reference in such  information)  will be provided
without charge to each person,  including any beneficial owner of the securities
offered  hereby to whom this  Prospectus  is  delivered,  upon  written  or oral
request.  Requests should be made to Barry Lefkowitz, Vice President-Leasing and
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, 11 Commerce Drive,  Cranford, New Jersey
07016-3501 (telephone number: (908) 272-8000).

                                   THE COMPANY

         Cali Realty Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company")
is a  fully-integrated  real  estate  investment  trust  ("REIT")  that owns and
operates a portfolio  comprised  predominantly of Class A office and office/flex
buildings  located  primarily in New Jersey,  as well as commercial  real estate
leasing, management, acquisition, development and construction businesses. As of
June 30,  1996,  the  Company  owned 100 percent of 42  properties  encompassing
approximately  4.2 million  square feet and a 327 unit  multifamily  residential
property (collectively, the "Properties"). The 42 properties are comprised of 29
office buildings containing an aggregate of 3.7 million square feet (the "Office
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Properties")   and  13   office/flex   buildings   containing  an  aggregate  of
approximately  500,000 square feet (the "Office/Flex  Properties").  The Company
believes  that its  Properties  have  excellent  locations  and  access  and are
well-maintained  and professionally  managed.  As a result, the Company believes
that its Properties  attract high quality  tenants and achieve among the highest
rents, occupancy and tenant retention rates within their markets. As of June 30,
1996, the Office Properties and Office/Flex  Properties were  approximately 97.0
percent leased to over 430 tenants.

         The Company's  strategy has been to focus its development and ownership
of  properties in  sub-markets  where it is, or can become,  a  significant  and
preferred  owner and  operator.  The  Company  will  continue  this  strategy by
expanding,  primarily through acquisitions,  initially into sub-markets where it
has, or can achieve,  similar status.  Management believes that the recent trend
towards  increasing  rental  and  occupancy  rates in  office  buildings  in the
Company's sub-markets presents significant opportunities for growth. The Company
may also develop properties in such sub-markets. Management believes that its ex
tensive  market  knowledge  provides the Company with a significant  competitive
advantage which is further enhanced by its strong reputation for and emphasis on
delivering highly responsive management services, including direct and continued
access to the Company's senior management.

         Cali Associates was founded by John J. Cali,  Angelo R. Cali and Edward
Leshowitz (the "Founders") who have been involved in the  development,  leasing,
management,  operation and disposition of commercial and residential  properties
in Northern  and  Central  New Jersey for over 40 years and have been  primarily
focusing on office building  development for the past fifteen years. In addition
to the  Founders,  the  Company's  executive  officers have been employed by the
Company  and its  predecessor  for an average  of  approximately  10 years.  The
Company and its predecessor have built approximately four million square feet of
office space,  more than one million  square feet of industrial  facilities  and
over 5,500 residential units.

         The Company  has  elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal  income tax
purposes  and  expects to continue to elect such  status.  Although  the Company
believes  that it was organized  and has been  operating in conformity  with the
requirements  for  qualification  under the Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as
amended (the  "Code"),  no assurance can be given that the Company will continue
to qualify as a REIT. Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly
technical and complex Code  provisions of which there are only limited  judicial
or  administrative  interpretations.  If in any taxable year the Company were to
fail to qualify as a REIT,  the  Company  would not be allowed a  deduction  for
distributions  to stockholders in computing  taxable income and would be subject
to federal  taxation at regular  corporate  rates.  As a result,  such a failure
would  adversely  affect  the  Company's  ability to make  distributions  to its
stockholders  and  could  have  an adverse  affect  on the  market  value  and
marketability of the Common Stock.

         To ensure that the Company  qualifies as a REIT, the transfer of shares
of Common  Stock and  Preferred  Stock (as defined  below) is subject to certain
restrictions,  and ownership of capital stock by any single person is limited to
9.8 percent of the value of such capital stock,  subject to certain  exceptions.
The Company's  Articles of Incorporation  provide that any purported transfer in
violation of the above-described ownership limitations shall be void ab initio.

         The shares of Common  Stock of the Company are listed on the NYSE under
the symbol "CLI." The Company has paid regular  quarterly  distributions  on its
Common  Stock  since it  commenced  operations  as a REIT in 1994.  The  Company
intends  to  continue  making  regular  quarterly  distributions  to its  Common
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Stockholders.  Distributions  depend upon a variety of factors, and there can be
no assurance that distributions will be made.

         All of the Company's  interests in the  Properties are held by, and its
operations  are  conducted  through,  Cali  Realty,  L.P.,  a  Delaware  limited
partnership  (the  "Operating  Partnership"),  or by entities  controlled by the
Operating Partnership. As of June 30, 1996, the Company was the beneficial owner
of approximately 85 percent of the Operating Partnership and is its sole general
partner.  As used  herein,  the  term  "Units"  refers  to  limited  partnership
interests in the Operating Partnership.

         The  Company  was  incorporated  under the laws of  Maryland on May 24,
1994,  its executive  offices are located at 11 Commerce  Drive,  Cranford,  New
Jersey 07016, and its telephone number is (908) 272-8000.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         The shares of Common Stock offered hereby are being  registered for the
account of the Selling  Shareholders  and,  accordingly,  the  Company  will not
receive  any  proceeds  from the sale of the Selling  Shareholder  Shares by the
Selling Shareholders.

                               SELLING SHAREHOLDER 

         The  Selling  Shareholder  is M.B.M.  Associates.  None of the  Selling
Shareholder  Shares are  presently  issued and  outstanding.  All of the Selling
Shareholder  Shares are  issuable  upon the  redemption  of Units.  The  Selling
Shareholder  received its Units redeemable for the Selling Shareholder Shares in
March 1995, in connection  with an  acquisition  by the Company from the Selling
Shareholder  of an office  building  located in Bergen County,  New Jersey.  The
Selling  Shareholder  was granted  93,458 Units  redeemable for 93,458 shares of
Common Stock of the Company. The Selling Shareholder will receive all of the net
proceeds from the sale of its Selling Shareholder Shares offered hereby. Because
the Selling Shareholder may sell all or part of their Selling Shareholder Shares
pursuant to this  Prospectus,  and this offering is not being  underwritten on a
firm commitment  basis, no estimate can be given as to the number and percentage
of shares of Common  Stock  that will be held by the  Selling  Shareholder  upon
termination of the offering covered by this Prospectus.

 
                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 

         The  Selling  Shareholder  Shares  may be sold from time to time by the
Selling Shareholder,  or by pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in
interest.  Such  sales may be made on the NYSE or other  exchanges  on which the
Common Stock is traded, in the  over-the-counter  market, or otherwise at prices
and at terms then  prevailing  or at prices  related to the then current  market
price, or in negotiated transactions. The Selling Shareholder Shares may be sold
in one or more of the  following  transactions:  (a) a block  trade in which the
broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the Selling  Shareholder Shares
as agent but may  position  and  resell a portion of the block as  principal  to
facilitate the transaction; (b) purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and
resale by the broker or dealer for its account pursuant to this Prospectus;  (c)
an exchange  distribution in accordance with the rules of the exchange;  and (d)
ordinary  brokerage  transactions  and transactions in which the broker solicits
purchasers.  In  effecting  sales,  brokers  or dealers  engaged by the  Selling
Shareholder may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate.  Any broker
or dealer to be  utilized by the  Selling  Shareholder  will be selected by such
Selling  Shareholder.  Brokers or dealers will receive  commissions or discounts
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from the Selling  Shareholder in amounts to be negotiated  immediately  prior to
the sale.  These  brokers  or  dealers  and any other  participating  brokers or
dealers, as well as certain pledgees,  donees,  transferees and other successors
in interest,  may be deemed to be  "underwriters"  within the meaning of Section
2(11) of the  Securities  Act in  connection  with the sales.  In addition,  any
securities covered by this Prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this
Prospectus.

         Upon the Company  being  notified by the Selling  Shareholder  that any
material  arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of
Selling  Shareholder  Shares through a block trade,  special offering,  exchange
distribution or secondary  distribution  or a purchase by a broker or dealer,  a
supplemental  prospectus  will be filed,  if  required,  pursuant to Rule 424(c)
under  the  Securities  Act,  disclosing:  (i) the  name of  each  such  Selling
Shareholder  and of the  participating  broker-dealer(s),  (ii)  the  number  of
Selling  Shareholder  Shares  involved,  (iii) the price at which  such  Selling
Shareholder  Shares  were  sold,  (iv)  the  commissions  paid or  discounts  or
concessions allowed to such  broker-dealer(s),  where applicable,  (v) that such
broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set
out or  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Prospectus  and (vi)  other  facts
material to the transaction.

         The Selling Shareholder reserves the sole right to accept and, together
with any  agent of the  Selling  Shareholder,  to reject in whole or in part any
proposed purchase of the Selling  Shareholder  Shares.  The Selling  Shareholder
will pay any sales commissions or other seller's compensation applicable to such
transactions.

         To the extent required, the amount of the Selling Shareholder Shares to
be sold,  purchase  prices,  public  offering  prices,  the names of any agents,
dealers or  underwriters,  and any  applicable  commissions  or  discounts  with
respect to a  particular  offer will be set forth by the Company in a prospectus
supplement  accompanying  this Prospectus or, if appropriate,  a  post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement.  The Selling Shareholder and agents who
execute  orders on its behalf may be deemed to be  underwriters  as that term is
defined in Section 2(11) of the  Securities Act and a portion of any proceeds of
sales and discounts, commissions or other seller's compensation may be deemed to
be underwriting compensation for purposes of the Securities Act.

         Offers and sales of shares of the Common Stock have not been registered
or qualified  under the laws of any country,  other than the United  States.  To
comply  with  certain  states'  securities  laws,  if  applicable,  the  Selling
Shareholder  Shares will be offered or sold in such  jurisdictions  only through
registered or licensed  brokers or dealers.  In addition,  in certain states the
Selling  Shareholder  Shares may not be offered  or sold  unless  they have been
registered  or  qualified  for  sale  in  such  states  or  an  exemption   from
registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

         Under  applicable  rules and  regulations  under the Exchange  Act, any
person  engaged  in a  distribution  of  shares  of the  Common  Stock  may  not
simultaneously engage in market-making activities with respect to such shares of
Common Stock for a period of two to nine business days prior to the commencement
of such  distribution.  In addition to and without  limiting the foregoing,  the
Selling Shareholder and any other person participating in a distribution will be
subject  to  applicable  provisions  of the  Exchange  Act  and  the  rules  and
regulations  thereunder,  including without  limitation,  Rules 10b-2, 10b-6 and
10b-7,  which  provisions  may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of
the shares of Common Stock by the Selling  Shareholder or any such other person.
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All of the  foregoing may affect the  marketability  of the Common Stock and the
brokers' and dealers' ability to engage in market-making activities with respect
to the Common Stock.

         The Company will pay  substantially all of the expenses incident to the
registration  of the shares of Common  Stock  offered  hereby,  estimated  to be
approximately $25,000.

                   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED 

General

         The  authorized  capital  stock of the Company  consists of  95,000,000
shares of Common  Stock,  par value  $0.01 per share,  and  5,000,000  shares of
preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock"). At August 8,
1996,  15,206,361 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding;  no shares
of Preferred Stock are outstanding as of the date hereof.

         Each  outstanding  share of Common Stock will entitle the holder to one
vote  on all  matters  presented  to  shareholders  for a vote,  subject  to the
provisions of the Company's Articles of Incorporation regarding the ownership of
shares of Common Stock in excess of the Ownership Limit described below. Holders
of shares of Common Stock will have no preemptive  rights or  cumulative  voting
rights.  All shares of Common Stock to be  outstanding  following  this offering
will be duly authorized,  fully paid, and  nonassessable.  Distributions  may be
paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock if and when  declared by the Board
of Directors of the Company out of funds legally available therefor. The Company
has paid regular and uninterrupted quarterly dividends from the third quarter of
1994.

         Under  Maryland  law,  shareholders  are  generally  not liable for the
Company's  debts or  obligations.  If the Company is liquidated,  subject to the
right of any holders of Preferred  Stock to receive  preferential  distribution,
each outstanding  share of Common Stock will be entitled to participate pro rata
in the assets  remaining after payment of, or adequate  provision for, all known
debts and liabilities of the Company,  including  debts and liabilities  arising
out of its status of general partner of the Operating Partnership.

         With  certain  exceptions,  the  Company's  Articles  of  Incorporation
provide that no person may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution
rules of the Code,  more than 9.8 percent of the value of the  Company's  issued
and  outstanding  shares of capital  stock.  See "--  Restrictions  on Transfer"
below.

         The  registrar  and transfer  agent for the  Company's  Common Stock is
Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, LLC.

         Under the  Company's  Articles of  Incorporation,  shares of  Preferred
Stock may be issued from time to time,  in one or more series,  as authorized by
the Board of  Directors.  Prior to the  issuance of shares of each  series,  the
Board of  Directors  is required by the Maryland  General  Corporation  Law (the
"MGCL") and the Company's  Articles of  Incorporation  to adopt  resolutions and
file  Articles  Supplementary  with the  State  Department  of  Assessments  and
Taxation  of  Maryland,  fixing for each such series the  designations,  powers,
preferences  and  rights of the shares of such  series  and the  qualifications,
limitations or  restrictions  thereon,  including,  but not limited to, dividend
rights,  dividend rate or rates,  conversion rights,  voting rights,  rights and
terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), the redemption price or
prices,  and the  liquidation  preferences  as are  permitted  by Maryland  law.
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Because  the  Board of  Directors  has the  power to  establish  the  terms  and
conditions of each series of Preferred  Stock,  it may afford the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock power,  preferences  and rights,  voting or otherwise,
senior to the rights of  holders  of shares of Common  Stock.  The  issuance  of
Preferred  Stock  could have the effect of delaying  or  preventing  a change in
control of the Company.

Redemption Rights

         Beginning on the first  anniversary  of the  Company's  initial  public
offering of shares of its Common  Stock which closed in August 1994 (the "IPO"),
persons who received Units in the Operating  Partnership in exchange for certain
formation partnership interests at the time of the IPO (such persons hereinafter
being referred to as members of the "Cali Group"),  received rights which enable
them to require the Operating  Partnership  to redeem part or all of their Units
for cash (based upon the fair market value of an equivalent  number of shares of
Common Stock at the time of such redemption) or, at the election of the Company,
shares of Common Stock (on a one-for-one  basis).  The  obligation to redeem the
Cali  Group's  Units may be  assumed  by the  Company in  exchange  for,  at the
Company's  election,  either cash or shares of Common  Stock,  provided that the
Company  may not pay for such  redemption  with  shares of  Common  Stock to the
extent  that it would  result  in a member  of the Cali  Group  beneficially  or
constructively  owning shares of Common Stock in excess of the Ownership  Limit.
See "-- Restrictions on Transfer" below.


Restrictions On Transfer

         Ownership  Limits.  The  Company's  Articles of  Incorporation  contain
certain  restrictions  on the number of shares of capital stock that  individual
shareholders may own, directly or beneficially.  For the Company to qualify as a
REIT under the Code,  no more than 50  percent  of the value of its  outstanding
shares of capital stock may be owned,  directly or indirectly,  by five or fewer
individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) during the last
half of a taxable  year (other  than the first  year) or during a  proportionate
part of a shorter  taxable  year.  The capital  stock must also be  beneficially
owned by 100 or more  persons  during  at least  335 days of a  taxable  year or
during a  proportionate  part of a shorter  taxable  year.  Because  the Company
expects to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Articles of  Incorporation  of the
Company contain restrictions on the direct and beneficial acquisition of capital
stock intended to ensure compliance with these requirements.

         The Company's Articles of Incorporation, subject to certain exceptions,
provide that no holder may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution
provisions  of the Code,  more than 9.8 percent (the  "Ownership  Limit") of the
value of the  issued  and  outstanding  shares of  capital  stock.  The Board of
Directors may exempt a person from the Ownership Limit if evidence  satisfactory
to the Board of Directors or the  Company's  tax counsel is presented  that such
ownership will not then or in the future  jeopardize  the Company's  status as a
REIT.  As a condition  of such  exemption,  the  intended  transferee  must give
written  notice to the Company of the  proposed  transfer  and must furnish such
opinions of counsel, affidavits, undertakings, agreements and information as may
be  required by the Board of  Directors  no later than the 15th day prior to any
transfer which, if consummated,  would result in the intended  transferee having
the direct or beneficial  ownership of shares in excess of the Ownership  Limit.
The foregoing  restrictions on  transferability  and ownership will not apply if
the Board of Directors  determines that it is no longer in the best interests of
the Company to continue to qualify as a REIT.  Any transfer of  securities  that
would: (i) create a direct or indirect ownership of shares of stock in excess of
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the  Ownership  Limit;  (ii)  result in the shares of stock being owned by fewer
than 100 persons; or (iii) result in the Company being "closely held" within the
meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code shall be null and void, and the transferor
will be deemed not to have transferred the shares.

         The  Company's  Articles of  Incorporation  exclude from the  Ownership
Limit  shareholders who exceeded the Ownership Limit  immediately  following the
IPO.

         In addition to the foregoing  transfer  restrictions,  the Company will
have the right, for a period of 90 days during the time any Excess Stock is held
by the Company in trust, to purchase all or any portion of the Excess Stock from
the  original  transferee-stockholder  for the  lesser of the price paid for the
shares by the original transferee-stockholder or the market price (as determined
in the manner set forth in the  Articles of  Incorporation  by  reference to the
average  closing sale price of the shares as reported on the NYSE) of the shares
on the date on which the Company  exercises  its option to purchase.  The 90-day
period begins on the date on which the Company  receives  written  notice of the
transfer or other event resulting in the exchange of shares for Excess Stock.

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

         Every  owner of more  than 5  percent  (or  such  lower  percentage  as
required by the Code or regulations  thereunder)  of the issued and  outstanding
shares of capital stock must file a written  notice with the Company  containing
the information specified in the Articles of Incorporation no later than January
31 of each year. In addition, every shareholder shall upon demand be required to
disclose to the Company in writing such  information  as the Company may request
in order to  determine  the effect of such  shareholder's  direct,  indirect and
constructive ownership of such shares on the Company's status as a REIT.

         The foregoing  ownership  limitations may have the effect of precluding
acquisition  of  control  of the  Company  without  the  consent of the Board of
Directors.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

         Certain legal matters in connection  with this offering,  including the
validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered  hereby,  will be
passed upon for the Company by Pryor,  Cashman,  Sherman & Flynn,  New York, New
York.

                                     EXPERTS

         The financial  statements  incorporated in this Prospectus by reference
to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31,
1995 have been so  incorporated  in reliance  on the report of Price  Waterhouse
LLP, independent accountants,  given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing  and  accounting.   The  financial  statements   incorporated  in  this
Prospectus by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company,  dated
June  16,  1996,  have  been  so  incorporated  in  reliance  on the  report  of
Schonbraun,  Safris, Sternlieb & Co., L.L.C., independent accountants,  given on
the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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                                   CALI REALTY
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         No dealer,  salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give
any  information or to make any  representations  other than those  contained in
this  Prospectus in connection  with the offer made by this  Prospectus  and, if
given or made, such  information or  representations  must not be relied upon as
having  been  authorized  by  the  Company  or  the  Selling  Shareholder.  This
Prospectus  does not con stitute an offer to sell or a solicitation  of an offer
to buy, the securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
soli citation is not authorized, or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or soli  citation.  Neither the  delivery of this Prospec tus nor any
sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances,  create any implication that
any  information  contained  therein is correct as of any time subsequent to the
date hereof.









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Available Information
Incorporation of Certain Documents by
  Reference
The Company
Use of Proceeds
Selling Shareholder
Plan of Distribution
Description of Securities to be
  Registered
Legal Matters
Experts 







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