Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer

Date: August 5, 2011

/s/ Philip L. Hawkins

Philip L Hawkins

President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.1 9 dex321.htm SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer

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)

Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of DCT Industrial Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), does hereby certify with respect to the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”) that, to his knowledge:

(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 results of operations of the Company.