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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.A


        In the event that the General Partners decide to honor a request, they
will notify the requesting Limited Partner in writing of such fact and will
forward to such Limited Partner the documents necessary to effect such
repurchase within 60 days following the receipt of the request by the General
Partners. The purchase price will be equal to 90% of the estimated fair value
of the Interests to be repurchased, as determined by the General Partners by
using such methods of valuation as they deem appropriate. The General Partners
may consider, among other criteria, the current market value of the
Partnership's properties and other assets, less all outstanding Partnership
debts and obligations. The General Partners will, as soon as possible following
return of such documents from the Limited Partner, repurchase the Interests of
the Limited Partner, provided that (i) sufficient amounts are then available in
the Repurchase Fund to repurchase all of such Interests and (ii) such documents
are returned by the end of the fiscal quarter in which the Limited Partner's
request was received by the General Partners ("current quarter"). In the event
that items (i) or (ii) above are not met, the General Partners may repurchase a
portion of such Interests or defer the repurchase of all such Interests. If the
General Partners determine to defer all or a portion of the repurchase of
certain Interests, the Limited Partners will be deemed to have priority over
subsequent requests for repurchases.

Special Power of Attorney

        Under the Partnership Agreement and Subscription Agreement, each
Limited Partner irrevocably appoints the General Partners his attorney-in-fact
to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, record and file any
document or instrument which may be considered necessary or desirable by the
General Partners executing the same to carry out fully the provisions of the
Partnership Agreement.

Dissolution and Liquidation

        Article XV of the Partnership Agreement provides that the Partnership
shall be dissolved and its business wound up upon the earliest to occur of (a)
the date of disposition of all assets of the Partnership, (b) the date of the
removal, resignation, adjudication of bankruptcy, insolvency or dissolution of
a General Partner, unless the Limited Partners elect to continue the business
of the Partnership, (c) that date on which Limited Partners holding a majority
of Interests vote in favor of dissolution and termination, or (d) January 31,
2020.

        Upon the election by the Limited Partners to continue the business of
the Partnership after an event specified in (b) above, the Partnership shall be
required to purchase the General Partner's general partnership interest
pursuant to Section 12.3 and Section 12.4 of the Partnership Agreement.

        Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership, the General
Partners have the authority to execute and record a certificate of cancellation
of the Partnership, as well as any and all other documents required to
effectuate the dissolution and termination of the Partnership.

                                    GLOSSARY

        As used in this Prospectus, the following definitions of terms are
applicable:

                "Affiliate": (i) any person directly or indirectly controlling,
        controlled by, or under common control with, another person, (ii) a
        person owning or controlling 10% or more of the outstanding voting
        securities or beneficial interests of such other person, (iii) any
        officer, director, partner, general trustee, or any other person acting
        in a substantially similar capacity of such person, and (iv) if such
        other person is an officer, director, partner, trustee or holder of 10%
        or more of the voting securities or beneficial interests of such person,
        any other entity for which such person acts in any capacity.

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        "Average Annual Unreturned Invested Capital": The total of all the
Limited Partners' Original Invested Capital reduced by the total of all Cash
Distributions from Sales or Refinancings (but not below zero) to Limited
Partners, as reflected on the Partnership's books and records, weighted on a
daily average basis for the period.

        "Cash Distributions from Operations": Distributions of cash receipts
from Gross Revenues after (i) operating expenses (without deduction for
depreciation), (ii) amounts set aside for reasonable reserves and (iii)
payments on the Partnership's other current obligations.

        "Cash Distributions from Sales or Refinancings": Distributions of cash
receipts from Net Proceeds from Sales or Refinancings realized by the
Partnership from sales or refinancings of the Partnership's properties after
(i) amounts set aside for reasonable reserves and (ii) payments on the
Partnership's other current obligations.

        "Closing Date": Such date as designated by the General Partners as the
date when the last Interest has been sold by the Partnership, but in no event
later than one year after the Registration Statement first became effective.

        "Corporate General Partner": Murray Realty Investors VIII, Inc.

        "Escrow Agent": Mercantile National Bank at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, or
its successor.

        "General Partners": Murray Realty Investors VIII, Inc. and Crozier
Partners VIII, Ltd.

        "Gross Revenues": All Partnership revenues from whatever source
derived, exclusive of revenues from the sale or refinancing of Partnership
properties.

        "Initial Closing Date": The date on which subscriptions for the minimum
of 3,000 Interests have been accepted by the General Partners.

        "Interest": The limited partnership interest in the Partnership
acquired by the payment of 81,000 to the Partnership.

        "Limited Partners": All persons who are admitted to the Partnership as
limited partners.

        "Minimum Deadline": This date that is 120 days after the date of this
Prospectus, unless extended by the General Partners by up to an additional 90
days.

        "NASAA Guidelines": The guidelines for real estate programs as adopted
by the North American Securities Administrators Association as they exist on
the date the Partnership's Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

        "Net Proceeds from Sales or Refinancings": The net cash realized by the
Partnership from sales, refinancings or other dispositions of Partnership
properties after the payment of all debts and expenses related to the
transactions.

        "Non-corporate General Partner": Crozier Partners VIII, Ltd.

        "Organizational and Offering Expenses": Expenses incurred in connection
with the organization of the Partnership and the offering of the Interests
(excluding selling commissions), including legal fees, accounting fees, escrow
fees, printing costs, filing and qualification fees, reimbursement of expenses
(excluding salaries and related salary expenses incurred during the
organization of the Partnership) incurred by the General Partners or their
Affiliates and other disbursements in connection with the sale and distribution
of Interests.

        "Original Invested Capital": An amount equal to $1,000 per Interest.

        "Partner": Any General Partner or Limited Partner.

        "Partnership": The partnership created under the Agreement of Limited
Partnership attached as Exhibit A.

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                "Preferred Return": The cumulative preferred return to each
Limited Partner equal to 12% per annum on his Average Annual Unreturned
Invested Capital from either Cash Distributions from Operations or Cash
Distributions from Sales or Refinancings, or both. Such cumulative preferred
return shall be calculated from the beginning of the first full fiscal quarter
after such Limited Partner purchased such Interest. A Limited Partner shall be
deemed to have purchased an Interest as of the date on which the purchase of
such Interest is reflected on the certificate of limited partnership filed with
the Secretary of State of Texas.

                "Property Management Fee": The fee payable for property
management services.

                "Prospectus": The prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement on the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                "Registration Statement": The Partnership's Registration
Statement on Form S-11 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and as
amended from time to time.

                "Repurchase Fund": 25% of the Corporate General Partner's share
of Cash Distributions from Operations to be used to repurchase Limited Partner
Interests under certain circumstances.

                                  THE OFFERING

        Subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Partnership Agreement, the
Partnership offers through the Dealer Manager a maximum of 30,000 Interests
priced at $1,000 per Interest. Except for investors in certain states that have
imposed higher purchase requirements as set forth in the Subscription
Agreement, a form of which is included as Exhibit B, the minimum subscription
for an Individual Retirement Account is two Interests. The minimum subscription
for other investors is five Interests.

        The Interests are being offered on a "best efforts" basis through
Murray Securities Corporation (the "Dealer Manager"), an Affiliate of the
General Partners. As compensation for its services in soliciting and obtaining
subscribers for the purchase of the Interests, the Partnership has agreed to
pay the Dealer Manager a commission of up to a maximum of 8 1/2% of the gross
proceeds on all sales made directly by it or by other dealers in accordance
with the following schedule:

<Table>
<Caption>
       Amount of Investment
----------------------------------                      Commission
   From                     To                             Rate
----------              ----------                      ----------
<S>                     <C>                             <C>
$  2,000                $   25,000....................     8 1/2%
  26,000                   100,000....................     7 1/2%
 101,000                   250,000....................     6 1/2%
 251,000                   500,000....................     5 1/2%
 501,000                 1,000,000....................     4 1/2%
 over $1,000,000......................................     2 1/2%
</Table>

        Subscriptions may be combined for the purpose of determining the total
commissions payable in the case of subscriptions made by any investor who,
subsequent to his initial purchase of Interests, subscribes for the purchase of
additional Interests. Any request to combine subscriptions will be subject to
verification by the General Partners that all of such subscriptions were made
by a single investor. In such an event, the commission payable with respect to
the initial purchase of Interests will be computed using the commission
schedule set forth above. The commission payable with respect to any subsequent
purchase of Interests will equal the commission that would have been payable in
accordance with the commission schedule set forth above if all purchases had
been made simultaneously, less the commissions that previously have been paid
with respect to all prior purchases of Interests by such an investor. The
difference between 8.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Interests and
the amount payable to the Dealer Manager with respect to such sale will be
reimbursed to the Limited Partner as soon as possible after his admission to
the Partnership.

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