# **Exhibit 31**

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CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, William J. Carden, certify that:

 

1)              I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of American Spectrum Realty, Inc.;

 

2)              Based on myknowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

3)              Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4)              The registrant’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)              designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the periodin which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

b)             evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

c)              disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting;

 

5)              The registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of the internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions);

 

a)              all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)             any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date: August 8, 2005 |   |   |                               |
|---------------------------|--------|--------|------------------------------------|
|                      | By:    |   | */s/ William J. Carden*            |   |
|                      |   |   | William J. Carden                  |
|                      |   |   | Chief Executive Officer and Acting |
|                      |   |   | Chief Financial Officer            |

 

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