CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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                                                                Exhibit 23.1


The Board of Directors
The Rouse Company



        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (No. 2-83612) on Form S-8 of The Rouse Company of our report dated
June 23, 2000, relating to the statements of net assets available for plan
benefits of The Rouse Company Savings Plan as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, the
related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the
years then ended and the related schedule for the year ended December 31, 1999,
which report appears elsewhere in this Form 11-K/A.


                                                /s/ KPMG LLP

                                                KPMG LLP


Baltimore, Maryland
June 28, 2000