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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 6, 2001 relating to the
consolidated financial statements, which appears in General Growth Properties,
Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 6, 2001
relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K.

/s/  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, Illinois
December 13, 2001


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