Form: S-11/A

Registration of securities issued by real estate companies

October 28, 1997

EXHIBIT 23.6

Published on October 28, 1997


EXHIBIT 23.6

CONSENT TO BE NAMED AS A FUTURE TRUSTEE

Pursuant to Rule 438 under the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned
hereby consents to be named in the Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed by
Entertainment Properties Trust (the "Company") as a person who will become a
trustee of the Company prior to or upon consummation of the proposed offering of
shares of the Company's common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per
share.


/s/ Charles S. Paul



Dated: October 24, 1997