Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/29/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MILLS CORP [MLS]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
225 W. WASHINGTON STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 48,935,908
I
See Note (1) (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/
225 W. WASHINGTON STREET
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204		     X    
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP L P /DE/
225 W. WASHINGTON STREET
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204		     X    

Signatures

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. By: Richard S. Sokolov 03/29/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P. By: Richard S. Sokolov 03/29/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of The Mills Corporation (the "Shares"), accepted for payment by SPG-FCM Ventures, LLC pursuant to its tender offer for all outstanding Shares, and does not include the 22,000,000 Shares for which SPG-FCM Acquisition, Inc. has given notice to exercise its option to acquire, under the Short Form Merger Option Agreement dated February 12, 2007 among The Mills Corporation, SPG-FCM Ventures, LLC and SPG-FCM Acquisition, Inc. The number of Shares reported includes all shares tendered pursuant to notice of guaranteed delivery.
(2) SPG-FCM Ventures, LLC (the "Joint Venture") is an indirect subsidiary of Simon Property Group, Inc., and Simon Property Group, L.P. (collectively the "Simon Entities") and Farallon Capital Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership, Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P., a California limited partnership, Farallon Capital Institutional Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and Tinicum Partners, L.P., a New York limited partnership, (collectively, the "Farallon Entities"). As a result of this relationship, the Joint Venture, the Simon Entities and the Farallon Entities collectively may be deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and may be deemed to beneficially own more than 10% of the Issuer.

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