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                                  CERTIFICATION



     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, I, Arthur F. Ryan, Chief Executive
Officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, hereby certify that
the accompanying Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30,
2002, containing the financial statements of The Prudential Variable Contract
Real Property Account (a separate account of The Prudential Insurance Company
of America) and The Prudential Variable Contract Real Property Partnership
(the "Report"), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of The Prudential Variable
Contract Real Property Account and The Prudential Variable Contract Real
Property Partnership.

Date: August 14, 2002


                                            /s/ Arthur F. Ryan
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Name: Arthur F. Ryan
                                            Title:   Chief Executive Officer




     The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate
disclosure document.