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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