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                                                                  EXHIBIT 23.1

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-4 of Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
Company) of our report dated February 6, 2004, except for note 11, which is
as of March 1, 2004, note 16, which is as of March 12, 2004, note 2, which is
as of April 20, 2004, and note 14, which is as of September 7, 2004, with
respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31,
2003 and 2002, 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, 2003 and the financial statement
schedule of real state and accumulated depreciation as of December 31, 2003,
which report appears in the December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 10-K, as
amended on Forms 8-K filed on September 15, 2004 and 8-K/A on October 1,
2004, of the Company, and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the registration statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
February 2, 2005