Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002





In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Capital Trust,  Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the period  ending June 30,  2002 as filed with the  Securities
and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I, John R. Klopp,
Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350,  as adopted  pursuant  to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,
that:


1.    The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and


2.    The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
      respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.





  /s/ John R. Klopp
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John R. Klopp
Chief Executive Officer
August 14, 2002