**EXHIBIT 31.1** 
**CERTIFICATION**
 I, Kamal Abdallah, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Universal Property Development and Acquisition Corporation; 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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:1

a)   designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or cause such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure  that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)   evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report ourconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

c)   disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control overfinancial reporting; and

 

d)  designed such internal controls overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting tobe designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regardingthe reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financialstatements for external purposes in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles;

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

a)  all significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

b)   any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant's internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

 

 

Date: April 15, 2008

 

/s/ Kamal Abdallah

 

Chief Executive Officer