UNITED STATES 
               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549

                          SCHEDULE 13D

            Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                       (Amendment No. 3)*
                              CHELSEA GCA REALTY, INC.                  
                    (Name of Issuer)
                   Common Stock, par value $.01 per share         
                 (Title of Class of Securities)
                          163262108                               
                         (CUSIP Number)
           Leon G. Cooperman c/o Omega Advisors, Inc.
          88 Pine Street, Wall Street Plaza, 31st Floor
                       New York, NY 10005 
                       (212)495-5200                             
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)

                       March 26, 1997                         
     (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If this filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4)
check the following box [ ].


Note:  Six copies of this statement, including all exhibits, should
be filed with the Commission.  See Rule 13d-1(a) for other parties
to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a
prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
                          SCHEDULE 13D


CUSIP No.   163262108                        
__________________________________________________________________
     1)   Names of Reporting Person S.S. or I.R.S. Identification
          No. of Above Person

           LEON G. COOPERMAN 
           S.S. No. ###-##-####
 _________________________________________________________________
     2)   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
          Instructions)

                                                          (a) [ ]
                                                          (b) [ ]
_________________________________________________________________
     3)   SEC Use Only
_________________________________________________________________
     4)   Source of Funds:
          WC        
_________________________________________________________________
     5)   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required
          Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . 
          NOT APPLICABLE
_________________________________________________________________
     6)   Citizenship or place of Organization: 
          UNITED STATES
_________________________________________________________________
               (7)  Sole voting Power 
Number of           507,800
Shares Bene- ____________________________________________________
ficially       (8)  Shared Voting Power
owned by            160,000               
Each Report- ____________________________________________________
ing Person     (9)  Sole Dispositive Power 
With                507,800             
____________________________________________________
               (10) Shared Dispositive Power
                    160,000
_________________________________________________________________
     11)  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
          Person:   667,800
_________________________________________________________________
     12)  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) 
                    N/A
_________________________________________________________________
     13)  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Box (11):
                    4.8%
_________________________________________________________________
     14)  Type of Reporting Person
               I N  


  
Item 2.   Identity and Background.  
          This statement is being filed by Leon G. Cooperman,
("Cooperman").  Cooperman is the Managing Member of Omega
Associates, L.L.C. ("Associates"), a limited liability company 
organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.  Associates is
a private investment firm formed to invest in and act as general
partner of investment partnerships or similar investment
vehicles.Associates is the general partner of three limited
partnerships organized under the laws of Delaware known as Omega
Capital Partners, L.P.,  Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., and
Omega Equity Partners, L.P.   They are private investment firms
engaged in the purchase and sale of securities for investment for
their own accounts.  The business address of Cooperman and the
principal business and office of Associates, Omega Capital
Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., and Omega
Equity Partners, L.P. is c/o Omega Advisors, Inc., 88
Pine Street, Wall Street Plaza - 31st Floor, New York, New York
10005.  Cooperman is a citizen of the United States.
          Cooperman is also the President and majority stockholder
of Omega Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, engaged in
providing investment management.  The address of the principal
business and office of Omega Advisors, Inc. is 88 Pine Street, Wall
Street Plaza - 31st Floor, New York, New York 10005.  Omega
Advisors, Inc. serves as investment manager to Omega Overseas
Partners, Ltd., and Omega Overseas Partners II, Ltd., and Cooperman
is deemed to control said entities.  Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd.,


is a Cayman Island corporation, with a business address at British
American Tower, Third Floor, Jennrett Street, Georgetown, Grand
Cayman Island, British West Indies.  Omega Overseas Partners II,
Ltd. is a Cayman Island corporation, with a business address c/o
Hemisphere House, 9 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda.  Omega
Advisors, Inc. also serves with discretionary power as investment
manager to unrelated third parties (herein referred to as the
"Managed Account").
          Cooperman is also one of the Trustees of the Leon and
Toby Cooperman Foundation (the "Foundation"), a charitable trust
dated December 16, 1981.  The other Trustees are his wife, Toby
Cooperman, and his sons, Wayne Cooperman and Mark Cooperman.  
          Neither Cooperman nor any of the investment entities
controlled by him have, during the last five years, been convicted
in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar
misdemeanors), nor has any such person, during the last five years,
been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative
body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which any such person
was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.  
Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
          Cooperman beneficially owns 667,800 Shares.  Of this
amount, 175,000 Shares were purchased by Omega Capital Partners,
L.P., at a cost of $5,113,937; 17,200 Shares were purchased by
Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., at a cost of $509,848; 315,600
Shares were purchased by Omega Overseas Partners, Ltd., at a cost
of $10,250,840; 135,900 Shares were purchased by the Managed
 
Account at a cost of $3,701,449; and 24,100 Shares were purchased
by the Foundation, at a cost of $589,075.  The source of funds for
the purchase of all such Shares was investment capital.
Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
          Based upon the information contained in the Company's 10K
for the period ended December 31, 1996 filed with the Securities &
Exchange Commission, there were issued and outstanding at March 20,
1997 13,795,834 Shares of Common Stock.  Based thereon, Omega
Capital Partners, L.P., owns 175,000 Shares, or 1.3% of those
outstanding; Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., owns 17,200
Shares, or 0.1% of those outstanding; Omega Overseas Partners,
Ltd., owns 315,600 Shares, or 2.3% of those outstanding; the
Managed Account owns 135,900 Shares, or 1.0% of those outstanding;
and the Foundation owns 24,100 Shares, or 0.2% of those
outstanding.  Cooperman possesses sole power to vote and direct the
disposition of all Shares of Common Stock owned by Omega Capital
Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., Omega Overseas
Partners, Ltd., and Omega Overseas Partners, II, L.P.       
     The following table details all transactions by each of Omega
Capital Partners, L.P., Omega Institutional Partners, L.P., Omega
Overseas Partners, Ltd., Omega Overseas Partners II, Ltd., the
Managed Account, and the Foundation in shares of Common Stock
within the 60 day period prior to March 26, 1997 and through this
filing.  All such transactions were open market sale transactions. 


                Omega Overseas Partners II, Ltd. 

            Date of           Amount of           Price Per
          Transaction           Shares              Share  
          01/27/97             2,200              $34.38


          


                       The Managed Account

            Date of           Amount of           Price Per
          Transaction           Shares              Share  
          03/20/97               900              $36.63
          03/25/97               900               36.25
          03/26/97             5,900               36.17




Item 10.  Certification.  

          Inasmuch as the reporting persons are no longer the
beneficial owners of more than five percent of the number of shares
outstanding, the reporting persons have no further reporting
obligation under Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, and the reporting persons have no obligation
to amend this Statement if any material change occurs in the facts
set forth herein.  


                            Signature
          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the
undersigned's knowledge and belief, the undersigned hereby
certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated:  May 12, 1997


/s/ Alan M. Stark                 
ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G.
COOPERMAN, pursuant to Power of 
Attorney on file.  





/s/ Alan M. Stark                 
ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G.
COOPERMAN, as Managing Member of
Omega Associates, L.L.C. on behalf
of Omega Capital Partners, L.P.,
pursuant to Power of Attorney on file.



/s/ Alan M. Stark                
ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G.
COOPERMAN, as Managing Member of
Omega Associates, L.L.C. on behalf
of Omega Institutional Partners, L.P.,
pursuant to Power of Attorney on file.


/s/ Alan M. Stark                
ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G.
COOPERMAN, Trustee of the Leon and
Toby Cooperman Foundation
pursuant to Power of Attorney on file.


/s/ Alan M. Stark                
ALAN M. STARK on behalf of LEON G.
COOPERMAN, as President of Omega
Advisors, Inc., pursuant to Power
of Attorney on file.  



ATTENTION:  INTENTIONAL MISSTATEMENTS OR OMISSIONS OF FACT
CONSTITUTE FEDERAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS (SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001).