Hines Real Estate Investment Trust 10-Q 2012 Q1 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE

SARBANES — OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Hines Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (“the Company”), each hereby certifies that to his/her knowledge, on the date hereof:

(a) the Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012, filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section l3(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(b) information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 14, 2012	By:	/s/ CHARLES N. HAZEN
		Charles N. Hazen
		President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 14, 2012	By:	/s/ RYAN T. SIMS
		Ryan T. Sims
		Chief Financial Officer and Secretary