8-K

                                    UNITED STATES
                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                               Washington, D.C.  20549

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                                       FORM 8-K
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                                    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 1, 1998

                       CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
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                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Minnesota                   0-20047             41-1691930
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(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission         (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                  File Number)        Identification
                                                            Number)

                             One Logan Square, Suite 1105
                          Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  19103 
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                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
                                           
                                    (215) 567-1800
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                 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                                           
                               Royale Investments, Inc.
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            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) 



Item 5.  Other Events                                                   Form 8-K
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                                                                 January 5, 1998

          At a December 22, 1997 Special Meeting of Shareholders, the 
Shareholders of Royale Investments, Inc. (the "Company") approved a change of 
the Company's name to "Corporate Office Properties Trust, Inc."  The name 
change was effective January 1, 1998.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(c)       Exhibits

          3(i).1    Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated 
December 23, 1997.

                                      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 hereunto duly authorized.

          Dated: January 5, 1998

                                        CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.

                                        BY:  /s/ Thomas D. Cassel
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                                             Thomas D. Cassel
                                             Vice President Finance



                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number      Description                                            Page
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    3(i).1          Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
                    dated December 23, 1997.

EX-3.I

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO 
                            THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                             OF ROYALE INVESTMENTS, INC.

     The undersigned, President of Royale Investments, Inc., a Minnesota 
corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies:

     1.   That effective January 1, 1998, Article I of the Company's Articles 
of Incorporation shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          "RESOLVED, that Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of
     this corporation be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as
     follows:

                                      ARTICLE I

               The name of this corporation shall be CORPORATE OFFICE
          PROPERTIES TRUST, INC."

     2.   That a majority of the shareholders of the Company approved said 
amendment at a special meeting of the shareholders held on December 22, 1997, 
and such amendments have been adopted in accordance with the requirements of 
and pursuant to Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes.

     I have subscribed my name this 23rd day of December, 1997.

                                   
                                   /s/ Clay W. Hamlin, III 
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                                   Clay W. Hamlin, III 
                                   President and CEO
STATE OF MINNESOTA  )
                    ) ss.
COUNTY OF DAKOTA    )

     Clay W. Hamlin, III, being first duly sworn, deposes and states that he 
is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Royale Investments, Inc., a 
Minnesota corporation; that he executed the foregoing Certificate of 
Amendment; that the contents thereof are true; that he takes this action 
pursuant to authority conferred upon him by the Board of Directors of said 
Corporation; that he makes this Articles of Amendment for and on behalf of 
said Corporation.

                                   /s/ Clay W. Hamlin, III 
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                                   Clay W. Hamlin, III

Subscribed and sworn to be before me
this 23rd day of December, 1997.

/s/ Albert Woodward 
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Notary Public