EXHIBIT 32.1



Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code



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|In connection with the Amendment No. 2 to the Annual Report of Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 (the Report), I, Brenda G. Gujral, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
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|(1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and                               
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|(2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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|By:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Brenda G. Gujral                                                                                                                                     | 
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Chief Executive Officer                                                                                                                              | 
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|Date:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | April 28, 2006                                                                                                                                       |