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 FORM 5                                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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/ / CHECK BOX IF NO LONGER               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
    SUBJECT TO SECTION 16.
    FORM 4 OR FORM 5 OBLI-    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
    GATIONS MAY CONTINUE.        Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
    SEE INSTRUCTION 1(b).                Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
/ / FORM 3 HOLDINGS REPORTED
/ / FORM 4 TRANSACTIONS REPORTED
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*    2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol       6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
                                                                                                  to Issuer (Check all applicable)
                                                                                                X  Director           10% Owner
   Tese         Vincent                        Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (CLI)              ----               ----
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   (Last)       (First)      (Middle)       3. IRS or Social Security  4. Statement for        ----         title ----       below)
                                               Number of Reporting        Month/Year                        below)
c/o Mack-Cali Realty Corporation               Person (Voluntary)
11 Commerce Drive                                                         December 2000            --------------------------
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                (Street)                                               5. If Amendment,       7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
                                                                          Date of Original             (check applicable line)
                                                                           (Month/Year)         X Form Filed by One Reporting Person
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                                                                                                  Form filed by More than One
                                                                                                  Reporting Person
   Cranford,    NJ              07016                                                          ---
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   (City)       (State)         (Zip)       TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security             2. Trans-  3. Transac-   4. Securities Acquired (A) or  5. Amount of    6. Owner-     7. Nature of
   (Instr. 3)                       action     tion          Disposed of (D)                Securities      ship          Indirect
                                    Date       Code          (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)            Beneficially    Form:         Beneficial
                                               (Instr. 8)                                   Owned at        Direct        Ownership
                                   (Month/                                                  end of          (D) or        (Instr. 4)
                                    Day/                  ------------------------------    Issuer's        Indirect
                                    Year)     Code     V     Amount    (A) or    Price      Fiscal Year     (I)
                                                                       (D)                  (Instr. 3       (Instr. 4)
                                                                                            and 4)
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*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v).                                            (Over)
                                                                                                                     SEC 2270 (7/97)

                              POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
                              CONTAINED IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS
                              A CURRENTLY VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.







FORM 5 (CONTINUED)          TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                     (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security     2. Conver-   3. Trans-   4. Trans-     5. Number of             6. Date Exer-
   (Instr. 3)                          sion of      action      action        Derivative               cisable and
                                       Exercise     Date        Code          Securities Ac-           Expiration
                                       Price of    (Month/      (Instr. 8)    quired (A) or            Date
                                       Deriv-       Day/                      Disposed of              Month/Day/
                                       ative        Year)                     (D)                      Year)
                                       Security                               (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

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                                                                                                     Date      Expir-
                                                                            ----------------------   Exer-     ation
                                                                                                     cisable   Date
                                                               Code    V       (A)        (D)

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Phantom Stock Units                    1-for-1      3/31/00     A      V     168.142                  (1)       (1)
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Phantom Stock Units                    1-for-1      6/30/00     A      V     162.861                  (1)       (1)
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Phantom Stock Units                    1-for-1      9/30/00     A      V     165.258                  (1)       (1)
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Phantom Stock Units                    1-for-1      12/31/00    A      V     160.217                  (1)       (1)
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7. Title and Amount of Under-       8. Price   9. Number     10. Owner-     11. Na-
   lying Securities                    of         of Deriv-      ship           ture of
   (Instr. 3 and 4)                    Deriv-     ative          of             Indirect
                                       ative      Secur-         Deriv-         Bene-
                                       Secur-     ities          ative          ficial
                                       ity        Bene-          Secur-         Owner-
                                       (Instr.    ficially       ity:           ship
                                       5)         Owned          Direct         (Instr. 4)
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                                                  of Year        or In-
                     Amount or                    (Instr. 4)     direct
       Title         Number of                                   (I)
                     Shares                                      (Instr. 4)

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Common Stock          168.142         $24.8125    744.614        D
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Common Stock          162.861         $26.1875    907.475        D
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Common Stock          165.258         $26.5625    1,072.733      D
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Common Stock          160.217         $28.00      1,232.950      D
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Explanation of Responses:

(1)  The phantom stock units were accrued under the Mack-Cali Realty Corporation
     Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors and are to be settled 100% in
     Mack-Cali Realty Corporation common stock upon the termination of the
     reporting person's service on the Board of Directors of Mack-Cali Realty
     Corporation or upon a change in control of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation.

                                                                                           /s/ Vincent Tese              2/14/01
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute                        **Signature of Reporting Person       Date
  Federal Criminal Violations.  SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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