EXHIBIT 31.1



SARBANES-OXLEY SECTION 302(a) CERTIFICATION



I, Michael Baumann, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Trade
                                                              Street Residential, Inc.;
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| | 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;
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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 report;
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| | 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))
                                                              [intentionally omitted] (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;
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| | (b) | [Intentionally omitted];
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| | (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
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| | (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
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| | 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):
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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
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| | (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.
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|Date: | June 13, 2013 | /s/ Michael
    Baumann             
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|      |               | Michael Baumann                     
|      |               | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer