**POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Frederic K. Becker   Frederic K. Becker   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Gordon M. Bethune   Gordon M. Bethune   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Gaston Caperton   Gaston Caperton III   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Gilbert F. Casellas   Gilbert F. Casellas   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ James G. Cullen   James G. Cullen   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ William H. Gray   William H. Gray III   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Mark B. Grier   Mark B. Grier   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Jon F. Hanson   Jon F. Hanson   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Constance J. Horner   Constance J. Horner   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Karl J. Krapek   Karl J. Krapek   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ Christine A. Poon   Christine A. Poon   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ John R. Strangfeld   John R. Strangfeld   Director  
 

 
     **POWER OF ATTORNEY**     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below, being adirector or officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey corporation (the“Company”), constitutes and appoints John R. Strangfeld, Richard J. Carbone, Susan L. Blount andThomas C. Castano, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead, inany and all capacities, and to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that suchattorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the“Exchange Act”), as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the U.S. Securities andExchange Commission (the “Commission”), in connection with the filing with the Commission of anAnnual Report on Form 10-K of the Company in respect of The Prudential Variable Contract RealProperty Account (the “Registrant”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”),including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power andauthority to sign his or her name in his or her respective capacity as a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Registrant to the Form 10-K and such other Exchange Act form or forms as may beappropriate to be filed with the Commission as any of them may deem appropriate, together with allexhibits thereto, and to any and all amendments thereto, as fully and for all intents and purposesas he or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, and his or her substitute or substitutes, maylawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of February 2009.         /s/ James A. Unruh   James A. Unruh   Director