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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * HERSH MITCHELL E   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MACK CALI REALTY CORP [CLI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION, 343 THORNALL STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/10/2014 (Street) EDISON, NJ 08837 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock Units

$ 0 (1)

10/10/2014

A(2)

143.134

10/10/2014

08/08/1988(3)

Common Stock

143.134

$ 0 (1)

41,713.055 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HERSH MITCHELL E C/O MACK-CALI REALTY CORPORATION 343 THORNALL STREET EDISON, NJ 08837	X		President and CEO

Signatures

/s/ Mitchell E. Hersh		10/15/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The phantom stock units shall be settled solely in cash based on the fair market value of an equal number of shares of common stock of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (the "Company") on the earliest to occur of any of the following triggering events (each, a "Triggering Event"): (a) the reporting person's death or "disability"; (b) the date of the reporting person's separation from service to the Company; and (c) the effective date of a "change in control", in each case as such terms are defined in the reporting person's employment agreement.
(2)	The phantom stock units were issued pursuant to a Multi-Year Deferred Retirement Compensation Agreement pursuant to the Company's dividend paid on October 10, 2014 solely in respect of vested phantom stock units.
(3)	The phantom stock units are not subject to expiration and shall become payable within 30 days after the earliest to occur of any Triggering Event.
(4)	The reported amount excludes 121,424 common units of limited partnership interest of Mack-Cali Realty, L.P. beneficially owned by the reporting person.

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