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                                                                  EXHIBIT 23.2

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors of Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.
 and Unit Holders of Bradley Operating Limited Partnership:

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 September 7, 2004, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Bradley Operating Limited Partnership as of
December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, changes in partners' capital, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003 and the financial
statement schedule of real estate and accumulated depreciation as of
December 31, 2003, which report appears on Form 8-K, and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
February 2, 2005