**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPALEXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER**

**OF THE GENERAL PARTNER**

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I, Dennis D. Oklak,****certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed this Quarterly**Report on Form 10-Q of Duke Realty Limited Partnership;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, thisreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;

 

4.                                       I am responsiblefor establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) and internal controlover financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)                                      Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under mysupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

 

b)                                     Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles;

 

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

 

d)                                     Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       I havedisclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a)                                      allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

b)                                     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting.

 
| Date:                                                          | May 15, 2008 |   |
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| /s/ Dennis D. Oklak                                            |              |   |
| Dennis D. Oklak                                                |              |   |
| Chairman and Chief  Executive Officer                          |              |   |
| (Principal  Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) |              |   |
| of the General  Partner                                        |              |   |

 

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