**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION**

**CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF2002**

 

I, Nelson C. Rising, certify that: 

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Catellus Development Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of Catellus Development Corporation as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 

 

4. Catellus Development Corporation’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d –15(f)) for CatellusDevelopment Corporation and have: 

 

(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to Catellus Development Corporation, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; 

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed underour supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of Catellus DevelopmentCorporation’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change inCatellus Development Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during Catellus Development Corporation’s most recent fiscal quarter (Catellus Development Corporation’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case ofan annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Catellus Development Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting; and 

 

5. Catellus Development Corporation’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to Catellus Development Corporation’s auditors and the Audit Committee of Catellus Development Corporation’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses inthe design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Catellus Development Corporation’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and 

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in Catellus Development Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting. 

 

Date: May 6, 2005