EXHIBIT 31.1



                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

                 PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I,  Curtis B.  McWilliams,  the Chief  Executive  Officer of  Trustreet
Properties, Inc., certify that:

         1.  I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Trustreet
             Properties, Inc.;

         2.  Based on my knowledge,  this quarterly  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 quarterly report;

         3.  Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,   and  other
             financial  information  included in this quarterly  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 quarterly report;

         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 we 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.   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):

                 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:  May 9, 2005


/s/ Curtis B. McWilliams
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Curtis B. McWilliams
Chief Executive Officer