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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
September 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: November 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.