SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, DC  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) January 19, 1996
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                     MRI Business Properties Fund, Ltd.
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                 California
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               (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

        0-13104                               94-2919856
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(Commission File Number)        (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

c/o Insignia Financial Group, Inc., 
One Insignia Financial Plaza, P.O. Box 1089
Greenville, South Carolina                            29602
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)

                              (803)   239-1000
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            (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

             5665 Northside Drive, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 29602
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       (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)





Item 1.   Change in Control

          On August 17, 1995, Michael L. Ashner, Martin Lifton, Arthur N.
Queler and certain of their respective family members, and AP-NPI II L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership, entered into an agreement to sell to IFGP
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, an affiliate of Insignia Financial
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Insignia"), all of the issued and
outstanding common stock of National Property Investors, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("NPI"), for an aggregate purchase price of $1,000,000.  NPI is
the sole shareholder of NPI Equity Investments II, Inc., a Florida
corporation ("NPI Equity"), the managing general partner of Fox Realty
Investors, a California general partnership ("FRI").  FRI is the general
partner of Montgomery Realty Company-83 and of MRI Associates, Ltd., the
general partners of the Registrant.  All of the funds used in making the
purchase were drawn under a revolving credit facility established by a
syndicate of lenders for the benefit of Insignia, with First Union National
Bank of South Carolina as Administrative Agent and Lehman Commercial Paper,
Inc. as Syndication Agent.  The closing of the transactions contemplated by
the above mentioned agreement (the "Closing") occurred on January 19, 1996.

          Upon the Closing, the officers and directors of NPI and NPI
Equity resigned and Insignia caused new officers and directors of each of
those entities to be elected.  Insignia does not now own, directly or
indirectly, any units of limited partnership of the Registrant.





                                 SIGNATURES

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

                              MRI BUSINESS PROPERTIES FUND, LTD.

                              By:  Montgomery Realty Company-83,
                                   its managing general partner

                              By:  Fox Realty Investors,
                                   its managing general partner

                              By:  NPI Equity Investments II, Inc.
                                   its managing partner



Date:  February 5, 1996       By:  /s/ John K. Lines                       
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                                   Name:     John K. Lines
                                   Title:    Vice President/
                                             Secretary