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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


         We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statement (the "Registration Statement") of Brandywine Realty Trust of our
report dated June 19, 1997 included in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June
26, 1997 of Brandywine Realty Trust and to all references to our firm and our
report dated June 19, 1997 included in the Prospectus in the Registration
Statement.


                                       /s/ Zelenkofske, Axelrod & Company, Ltd.
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                                       Zelenkofske, Axelrod & Company, Ltd.

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
May 18, 1998


