CERTIFICATION                     Exhibit 31.1
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I, T. Wilson Eglin,  Chief Executive Officer of Lexington  Corporate  Properties
Trust (the "Company"), certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company;

2.       Based on my  knowledge,  this  quarterly  report  does not  contain any
         untrue  statement of a material  fact or omit to state a material  fact
         necessary to make the  statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
         under which such  statements  were made, not misleading with respect to
         the period covered by this quarterly report;

3.       Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this quarterly  report,  fairly present in all
         material  respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
         cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this
         quarterly report;

4.       The  Company's  other  certifying  officers and I are  responsible  for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
         and have:

         a)       designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
                  such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under
                  our supervision,  to ensure that material information relating
                  to the Company,  including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is
                  made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                  during  the  period in which  this  quarterly  report is being
                  prepared;

         b)       evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  Company's   disclosure
                  controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in this  report our
                  conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
                  and  procedures  as of the end of the  period  covered by this
                  report based on such evaluation; and

         c)       disclosed in this report any change in the Company's  internal
                  control over  financial  reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
                  Rules  13a-15(f) and  15(d)-15(f))  that  occurred  during the
                  period covered by this report that has materially affected, or
                  is  reasonably  likely to  materially  affect,  the  Company's
                  internal control over financial reporting;

5.       The Company's other certifying officers and I have disclosed,  based on
         our  most  recent   evaluation  of  internal   control  over  financial
         reporting,  to the  Company's  auditors  and  the  Audit  Committee  of
         Company's  board of trustees  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent
         functions):

         a)       all significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
                  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the
                  Company's  ability to record,  process,  summarize  and report
                  financial information; and

         b)       any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
                  or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the
                  Company's internal control over financial reporting.



/s/ T. Wilson Eglin
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T. Wilson Eglin
Chief Executive Officer
November 9, 2004