EXHIBIT 99.1

JDN REALTY CORPORATION

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 Report of JDN Realty Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Craig Macnab, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 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) Information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the periods ended September 30, 2002.

Date:    November 14, 2002	/s/     Craig Macnab
	Craig Macnab, Chief Executive Officer

Date:    November 14, 2002	/s/    John D. Harris, Jr.
	John D. Harris, Jr. Chief Financial Officer