BOSE McKINNEY & EVANS LLP
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August 9, 2001

Duke Realty Limited Partnership
600 East 96th Street, Suite 100
Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

Dear Sirs:

We are acting as counsel to Duke Realty Limited Partnership, an Indiana limited
Partnership (the "Partnership"), in connection with the shelf registration by
the Partnership of debt securities of the Partnership pursuant to a Registration
Statement, file no. 333-37920 (the "Registration Statement"), on Form S-3 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Partnership has filed a prospectus
supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") relating to the offering of up to
$150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months
or More From Date of Issue (the "Notes"). This opinion letter is supplemental to
the opinion letter filed as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement, as amended.

We have examined photostatic copies of the Second Amended and Restated Articles
of Incorporation, as amended, and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Duke
Realty Corporation, the sole general partner of the Partnership (the "Company"),
and of the Partnership's Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, as amended, the indenture and supplemental indenture pursuant to
which the Notes are to be issued (together, the "Indenture") and such other
documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render the
opinion set forth below. We have assumed the conformity to the originals of all
documents submitted to us as photostatic copies, the authenticity of the
originals of such documents, and the genuineness of all signatures appearing
thereon. As to various questions of fact material to our opinions, we have
relied upon certificates of, or communications with, officers of the Company as
general partner of the Partnership.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that:

      (1)   The issuance of the Notes has been duly authorized by the Company as
            general partner of the Partnership.


Duke Realty Limited Partnership
August 9, 2001
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(2)   When (a) the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and such
      state "blue sky" or securities laws as may be applicable have been
      complied with and (b) the Notes have been issued and delivered for value
      as contemplated in the Registration Statement and duly authenticated by
      the trustee under the Indenture, the Notes will be duly and validly issued
      and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
      Partnership, enforceable against the Partnership in accordance with their
      terms, except insofar as enforceability thereof may be limited by usury,
      bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
      affecting creditors' rights generally or general principles of equity.

We do not hold ourselves out as being conversant with the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States and the laws of
the State of Indiana and, therefore, this opinion is limited to the laws of
those jurisdictions.

No person or entity other than you may rely or claim reliance upon this opinion.
This opinion is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied
or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Bose McKinney & Evans LLP