content: FORM 8-K - CURRENT REPORT
               (As last amended in Rel. No. 34-36968, eff. 8/13/92)
  
                                  UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
  
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                  October 22, 1996
  
                        MRI BUSINESS PROPERTIES FUND, LTD.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
             California                  0-13104               94-2919856
      (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
          of incorporation or          File Number)          Identification
             organization)                                      Number)
  
  
     One Insignia Financial Plaza
        Post Office Box 1089
      Greenville, South Carolina                                 29602
  (Address of Principal Executive Office)                      (Zip Code)
  
  
                                  (864) 239-1000
                Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
  
    The Registrant sold Resource Park West on October 22, 1996, to James M.
  Weichselbaum, an unrelated party, for $4,025,000.
  
    The Registrant is currently evaluating its cash needs to determine whether
  any portion of the net proceeds may be distributed to its partners in the
  future.
  
  
  ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
  (b)        Pro forma financial information
  
    The required pro forma financial information will be provided in the
  Registrant's Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1996.
  
  
                                    SIGNATURE
  
  
    In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized.
  
  
  
                             MRI BUSINESS PROPERTIES FUND, LTD.
  
                             BY:    Fox Realty Investors
                                    Its Managing General Partner
  
  
                             BY:    /s/William H. Jarrard, Jr.
                                    William H. Jarrard, Jr.
                                    President and Director
  
                             DATE:  November 5, 1996
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text: FORM 8-K - CURRENT REPORT
               (As last amended in Rel. No. 34-36968, eff. 8/13/92)
  
                                  UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                     FORM 8-K
  
                                  CURRENT REPORT
  
                      Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                  October 22, 1996
  
                        MRI BUSINESS PROPERTIES FUND, LTD.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
             California                  0-13104               94-2919856
      (State or other jurisdiction    (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
          of incorporation or          File Number)          Identification
             organization)                                      Number)
  
     One Insignia Financial Plaza
        Post Office Box 1089
      Greenville, South Carolina                                 29602
  (Address of Principal Executive Office)                      (Zip Code)
  
                                  (864) 239-1000
                Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  
                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  ITEM 2.   ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
  
    The Registrant sold Resource Park West on October 22, 1996, to James M.
  Weichselbaum, an unrelated party, for $4,025,000.
  
    The Registrant is currently evaluating its cash needs to determine whether
  any portion of the net proceeds may be distributed to its partners in the
  future.
  
  ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  
  (b)        Pro forma financial information
  
    The required pro forma financial information will be provided in the
  Registrant's Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1996.
  
                                    SIGNATURE
  
    In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized.
  
                             MRI BUSINESS PROPERTIES FUND, LTD.
  
                             BY:    Fox Realty Investors
                                    Its Managing General Partner
  
                             BY:    /s/William H. Jarrard, Jr.
                                    William H. Jarrard, Jr.
                                    President and Director
  
                             DATE:  November 5, 1996