Exhibit 23.1


                            INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
Company) of our report dated January 31, 2003, except for notes 11 and 16, as
to which the date is March 3, 2003, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2002 and the financial statement schedule of real estate and accumulated
depreciation as of December 31, 2002, which report appears in the Current
Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated October 7, 2003, and to the reference
to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Registration Statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 7, 2003