Exhibit 32.1

ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with this annual report of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 (the “Report”), I, Keith R. Guericke, Principal Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify as of the date hereof, solely for purposes of Title 18, Chapter 63, Section 1350 of the United States Code, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, 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 at the dates and for the periods indicated.

Date: March 30, 2005	/s/ Keith R. Guericke
	Keith R. Guericke
	Chief Executive Officer, Director and
	Vice Chairman of the Board, Essex
	Property Trust, Inc.