EXHIBIT 32.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section  1350,  I, Richard J.  Carbone,  Chief  Financial
Officer of The Prudential Insurance Company of America,  hereby certify that the
accompanying  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 2003,
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: March 29, 2004

/s/ Richard J. Carbone
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Name: Richard J. Carbone
Title: Chief Financial 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.