Franklin Street Properties (FSP) 10-Q 2012 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Franklin Street Properties Corp. (the “Company”) for the period ended September 30, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, George J. Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to his knowledge:

(1)	the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  October 30, 2012	/s/ George J. Carter
	George J. Carter
	President and Chief Executive Officer