**Exhibit 31.1**

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**CERTIFICATIONOF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

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I, Robert M. Behringer, certify that:

 
| 1.     |   | I have reviewed this special financial report on  Form 10-K of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT II, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| 2.     |   | Based on my knowledge, this special financial 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 special financial 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 and I are  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)) for the  registrant and have:                                                                                                       |

 

(a)                                  Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

(b)                                 [Intentionally omitted.]

 

(c)                                  Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

(d)                                 Disclosed in this special financialreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               The registrant’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofthe registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

(a)                                  All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)                                 Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 
| Dated this 31st day of March, 2008. | /s/ Robert M. Behringer |
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|                                | Robert M. Behringer     |
|                                | Chief Executive Officer |

 

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