EXHIBIT 32.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Richard J. Smith, Chief Financial Officer of Ramco-Gershenson Properties
Trust (the "Company"), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

      1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended
         September 30, 2003 which this certification accompanies 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.



/s/ Richard J. Smith
--------------------
Richard J. Smith
Chief Financial Officer
November 6, 2003




                                       26