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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.
SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF
2002


I, Anthony W. Thompson, certify that:



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| | 1.     I have reviewed
    this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of T REIT, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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| | 2.     Based on my
    knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly
    report;
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| | 3.     Based on my
    knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
    information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in
    all material respects the financial condition, results of
    operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
    periods presented in this quarterly report;                        
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| | 4.     The
    registrants other certifying officers and I are
    responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
    and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-14 and
    15d-14) for the registrant and have:                                                                                                                



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| | a) designed such disclosure controls and
    procedures to ensure that material information relating to the
    registrant, 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;         
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| | b) evaluated the effectiveness of the
    registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of the
    end of the period covered by this report based on such
    evaluation; and                                                                                                                              
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| | c) disclosed in this report any change in
    the registrants internal control over financial reporting
    that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal
    quarter that has materially affected, or is likely to materially
    affect, the registrants internal control over financial;
    and



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| | 5.     The
    registrants other certifying officers and I have
    disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the
    registrants auditors and the audit committee of the
    registrants board of directors (or persons performing the
    equivalent function):



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| | a) all significant deficiencies in the
    design or operation of internal controls which could adversely
    affect the registrants ability to record, process,
    summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
    registrants auditors any material weakness in internal
    controls; and
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| | b) any fraud, whether or not material, that
    involves management or other employees who have a significant
    role in the registrants internal controls.                                                                                                                                                      



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| | /s/ ANTHONY W. THOMPSON
| | Anthony W. Thompson    
| | Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 14, 2003

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