Exhibit 31.1


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

          I, David S. Givner, certify that:

          1. I have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on Form  10-K of  Watermark
Investors Realty Trust;

          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 have:

               a) Designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
          such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to be designed  under our
          supervision,  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;

               b) Evaluated the  effectiveness  of the  registrant's  disclosure
          controls and procedures  and presented in this report our  conclusions
          about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as
          of the  end of the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such
          evaluation; and

               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  (the  registrant's  fourth
          fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual  report) that has  materially
          affected,   or  is  reasonably  likely  to  materially   affect,   the
          registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

          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  and material  weaknesses in the
          design or operation of internal control financial  reporting which are
          reasonably  likely to  adversely  affect the  registrant's  ability to
          record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

               b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
          or other  employees  who have a significant  role in the  registrant's
          internal control over financial reporting.

          Date:  March 27, 2007             /s/ David S. Givner
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                                            David S. Givner
                                            Principal Executive Officer