EXHIBIT 32.3

                      LIBERTY PROPERTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

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

        In connection with the Annual Report of Liberty Property Limited
Partnership (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, WILLIAM P. HANKOWSKY, Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Property
Trust (the sole general partner of the Company), certify, in connection with
Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that based on 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/ WILLIAM P. HANKOWSKY
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William P. Hankowsky
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Liberty Property Trust, its sole general partner

Date: March 10, 2004