POWER OF ATTORNEY


   Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Edmund J. Hoyt, signing singly,
the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer and/or director of General Growth
Properties, Inc. (the ?Company?), Forms, 3, 4, and 5 (and any
successor forms) in accordance with section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 (and any successor forms),
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto,
and timely file such forms with the Untied States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned,  it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact?s discretion.

   The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and each attorney-in-fact, and their respective officers, directors,
employees, successors and assigns, from any losses, damages, claims,
suits, costs and expenses arising out of any and all actions taken by the
attorneys-in-fact pursuant to this Power of Attorney.

   This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 2nd day of October, 2008.


	  /s/  Bernard Freibaum
	       Bernard Freibaum
	Signature




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