Exhibit
      31.1




CERTIFICATIONS
      UNDER SECTION 302




I,
      David
      Lichtenstein, certify that:




1.
      I have
      reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate
      Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”);




2.
      Based
      on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a 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
      included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
      condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,
      the periods presented in this report;




4.
      The
      Company’s other certifying officer and I have:




a)
      designed disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
      13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) ,
      or
      caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
      supervision, to
      ensure
      that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
      subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
      during the period in which this report is being prepared;




b)
      evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’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




c)
      disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal control over
      financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most recent fiscal
      quarter (the Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)
      that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
      the
      Company's internal control over financial reporting; and




5.
      The
      Company’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s
      auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons
      performing the equivalent functions):




a)
      all
      significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
      of
      internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
      adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
      financial information; and




b)
      any
      fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
      who
      have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial
      reporting.




March
      31,
      2008




/s/
              David
              LichtensteinDavid
                Lichtenstein
              Chairman,
                President, and Chief Executive Officer
              (Principal
                Executive Officer)