U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.  20549
                                   FORM 10-KSB
             (Mark One)
XX   ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
     OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]

     For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996

     TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
     ACT  OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
     For the transition period from             to

     Commission file number 0-2864

                     DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.
            (Name of small business issuer in its charter)

          Montana
(State or other jurisdiction                       81-0268110
of incorporation or organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

            128 Second Street South, Great Falls, Montana       59405
                 (Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

Issuer's telephone number (406) 727-2600

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

            Title of Each Class    Name of Each Exchange On Which  Registered
                   NONE   		                          N/A

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

                       Common Stock Without Par Value
                              (Title of class)

Check whether the issurer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the
past 90 days.  Yes XX  No

Check, if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of
Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10KSB.

State issuer's revenues for its most recent fiscal year $104,917.

State the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by nonaffiliates
of the registrant.  The aggregate market value shall be computed by
reference to the price at which the stock was sold, or the average bid and
asked prices of such stock, as of a specified date within the past 60 days.
(See definition of affiliate in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

As of February 28, 1997, 297,626 shares held by nonaffiliates were
outstanding.  The registrant's stock is not traded on any securities
exchange.  To registrant's knowledge, neither bid nor asked quotations for
registrant's stock have appeared in any established quotation system
during the past sixty business days. To registrant's knowledge, neither bid
nor asked quotations for registrant's stock are reported in any newspapers
nor are records kept of any quotations by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.
There exists no public market for registrant's stock.

	             (APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS)
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common equity, as of the latest practicable date.
1,872,915 shares no par value common stock are outstanding as
of February 28, 1997.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

         DOCUMENTS          			       FORM 10-KSB REFERENCE

Annual Report to Shareholders for	  		Part I,   Items 1 and 2
the year ended December 31, 1996.	  		Part II,  Items 5, 6 and 7
                                   			Part III, Item 12
  	                                 		Part IV,  Item 13


Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes   ; No X .

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                            	DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.

                                    	PART I


ITEM 1.	DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND
ITEM 2.	DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

A description of the Company's business and property ownership is set forth
on Page 1 of Exhibit 13, the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended
December 31, 1996, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

No legal proceedings presently pending by or against Diversified Realty, Inc.
are described herein as management believes that the outcome of such
litigation should not have a material adverse effect on the financial
position of the Company taken as a whole.

ITEM 4.	SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

A meeting of security holders was held during the fourth quarter of 1996
at which the Company's entire Board of Directors was elected. Directors
elected to the board were L. H. LaValley, Charles E. Reed and S. M. McCann.
The Company's security holders also authorized the Board of Directors to
select an independent certified public accounting firm to audit the
Company's financial statements for 1996.

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                         	DIVERSIFIED  REALTY, INC.

                                	PART II


ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
ITEM 6.	MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
ITEM 7.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Items 5, 6 and 7 are set forth on Page 12, Pages 1 and 2 and Pages 3 to 11,
respectively, of Exhibit 13, the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year
ended December 31, 1996, which report is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8.	CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
        FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

There have been no disagreements concerning accounting principles or
practices or financial statement disclosures between the Company and the
Company's independent auditor during the two most recent years.


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                        	DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.

                               	PART III

ITEM 9.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS;
        COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT.

The following are the directors and executive officers of the Company.
All directors and officers serve as such until the 1997 annual meeting of
shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualify.

NAME, AGE, AND YEAR ELECTED DIRECTOR		      POSITION

L. H. LaValley,	  	32,    1991             	President and Director

S. M. McCann,     	33,    1990              Director

Charles E. Reed, 		79,    1974	            	Vice President and Director

S. M. McCann is the president and a director of UAC, Inc., an affiliate of
the Company, the president and a director of M Corp and a director of
GNI, Inc. (parent company of  M Corp).

Family Relationships

S. M. McCann is the daughter of Anne Marie and Paul J. McCann.
Members of the Anne Marie and Paul J. McCann family control a majority of
the common stock of M Corp.  Anne Marie McCann and Paul J. McCann each
disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares of stock not owned of record
directly by them.  Anne Marie and Paul J. McCann do not personally own any
stock of the Company.

Following are the executive officers of the Company and a description of
their principal business experience.

Name and Position   	Business Experience During Past 5 Years

L. H. LaValley	    		Vice President
President	         		TranSecurities International, Inc.
                     Spokane, Washington

S. M. McCann       		Attorney at Law, Investor
Vice-President    			San Luis Obispo, California
and Director

Charles E. Reed	    	President, Continental Realty and Escrow,
                     Butte, Montana.

Based solely on its review of reports of persons subject to Section 16 of
the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company believes that required reports
were filed in a timely manner disclosing transactions involving the
Company's common stock.

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ITEM 10.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Summary Compensation Table.  The following table shows the cash compensation
paid by the Company to its President and Chief Executive Officer for 1996,
1995 and 1994.  No officer or director of the Company received total cash
compensation exceeding $100,000 for 1996, 1995 or 1994.


                          Summary Compensation Table

Name and                           Calendar             Total Cash
Principal Position                   Year              Compensation

L.H. LaValley                        1996                  $ 100
President, Director                  1995                  $  0
 and Chief Executive                 1994                  $ 250
 Officer

The Company has no pension plan, no stock option or stock appreciation right
plans and no long-term incentive plans and there was no other material
compensation paid during the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994.
The Company has not adopted a formal plan for the compensation of directors.
During 1996 the Company paid a total of $100 for directors fees.

ITEM 11.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

(a)	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

Set forth below is certain information concerning persons who are known by
the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the Company's voting shares
on February 28, 1997.


Title of Class                         No Par Value
                                       Common Stock

Name and Address                       M Corp
of Beneficial Owner                    110 Second Street South
                                       Great Falls, Montana

Amount and Nature                      1,572,257 (1)
of Beneficial                          Direct
Ownership


Percent                                83.9%
of Class


(1)	Members of the Anne Marie and Paul J. McCann family own indirectly a
majority of the outstanding stock of M Corp, which company owns 1,572,257
shares (83.9%) of the outstanding common stock of the Company.  Members of
the Anne Marie and Paul J. McCann family own directly 3,033 shares (.2%)
of the Company's stock.  Anne Marie and Paul J. McCann, parents of S. M.
McCann, each disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares of stock not owned
of record directly by them.  Neither Anne Marie nor Paul J. McCann personally
own any shares of stock in the Company.


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                      	DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.




ITEM 11.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT -
Continued

(b)	Security Ownership of Management

The following table sets forth as of February 28, 1997, information concerning
the beneficial ownership of the Company's common stock by each director, each
executive officer named in the Company's Summary Compensation Table and by
all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group:

                               Amount and Nature
     Name of                     of Beneficial
Beneficial Owner                   Ownership                 Percent

Charles E. Reed                    20 Direct                    -

L. H. LaValley                         -                        -

S. M. McCann                           -(1)                     -

All Directors and Officers
 as a Group                        20 (1)                       -

(1)	See Note (1) Item 11(a) on preceding page.

(c)	Changes In Control

The Company knows of no contractual arrangements which may at  a subsequent
date result in a change in control of the Company.

ITEM 12.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with the Company's parent company, M Corp and its other
subsidiaries, are disclosed in Note 6 of the notes to financial statements
in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1996,
which note is incorporated herein by reference.  M Corp owns approximately
83.9% of the Company's outstanding common stock.

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                       	DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.

                               	PART IV


ITEM 13.	EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

(a)	Exhibits

No. 13 - Diversified Realty, Inc., Annual Report to Shareholders for the
year ended December 31, 1996, incorporated by reference in this Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB.

No. 27 - Financial Data Schedule

(b)	Reports on Form 8-K

No Current Reports on Form 8-K were filed by the Company during the three
months ended December 31, 1996.





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                            DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.

                                  SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Registrant
has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.



	                                         DIVERSIFIED REALTY, INC.




Date:  February 28, 1997                 	By:s/L. H. LaValley
	                                              L. H. LaValley, President



In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated
on February 28, 1997.



Director					                                s/L. H. LaValley
                                               L. H. LaValley


Director					                                s/S. M. McCann
                                               S. M. McCann


Principal Accountant	                        s/Jerry K. Mohland
                                               Jerry K. Mohland



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