Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated March 31, 2006, relating to the consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedule of General Growth Properties, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which report expresses an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting because of material weaknesses), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our report dated June 29, 2005 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 11-K of the General Growth Management Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois
June 16, 2006