COPT Defense Properties (CDP) 10-K 2004 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.3

CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST

CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY
RULE 13a-14(b) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

In connection with the Annual Report of Corporate Office Properties Trust (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Roger A. Waesche, Jr., Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify that to my 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 result of operations of the Company.

/s/ Roger A Waesche, Jr.

Roger A. Waesche, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 16, 2005