Exhibit 32.1


                            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,  2003 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. ss. 1350,
as adopted pursuant to ss. 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, 2003