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**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-15 OF THE SECURITIES****EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE****SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Larry Feldman, certify that: 

| 1) |   | I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Feldman Mall Properties, Inc.; |   |
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| 2) |   | Based on my knowledge, this Annual 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; |   |
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| 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 Annual Report; |   |
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| 4) |   | The registrant’s    other certifying officer 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined    in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |   |
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(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) designed such internal control    over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial    reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance    regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial    statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting    principles;

(c) 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 

(d) 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 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): |   |
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(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over 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: April 5, 2006 

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|   | By:    |   | /s/ Larry Feldman                                |
|   | Name:  |   | Larry Feldman                                    |
|   | Title: |   | Chairman of the Board and ChiefExecutive Officer |
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