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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>42-1283895</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>110 North Wacker Drive<BR>
Chicago, Illinois</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>60606</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.<BR>
1998 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>MR. JOHN BUCKSBAUM<BR>
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER<BR>
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.<BR>
110 NORTH WACKER DRIVE<BR>
CHICAGO,ILLINOIS 60606</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(312)&nbsp;960-5000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="17" align="left" style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">Proposed</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">Proposed</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of each</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">maximum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">maximum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">Amount of</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">class of securities</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">Amount to be</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">offering price</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">aggregate offering</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2">registration</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">to be registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">registered (2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">per share (3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">price</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">fee</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (par
value $.01 per
share)(1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">8,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="left">39.70</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="left">317,600,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="left">37,381.52</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">The shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), being
registered hereby include associated preferred share purchase rights, which attach to and
trade with the shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, such amount also covers such
additional number of shares as may be required in the event of a stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar event.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance
with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933 and based on the average of the
high and low prices of a share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on June&nbsp;2, 2005.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register an additional 8,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of General Growth Properties, Inc.
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;) as a result of an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
under the General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The
Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;16, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-74461).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement has been prepared in
accordance therewith and the previously filed Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by
reference herein.



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration
Statement:



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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended. (Incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, Filed on
April&nbsp;4, 2005).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Linda J. Wight, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the Registrant.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">23.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Linda J. Wight (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="5%" nowrap align="left">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on June&nbsp;6, 2005.



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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>General Growth Properties, Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
JOHN BUCKSBAUM
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">John Bucksbaum</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center"><I>Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">We, the undersigned officers and directors of General Growth Properties, Inc., hereby severally
constitute John Bucksbaum, Robert Michaels and Bernard Freibaum, and each of them singly, our true
and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this registration statement, and to sign a new registration statement pursuant to
Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and generally to do all such things in our name and
behalf in such capacities to enable General Growth Properties, Inc. to comply with the applicable
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and we hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said
attorneys, or any of them, to any and all such amendments.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed on
June&nbsp;6, 2005 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:


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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ MATTHEW BUCKSBAUM
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Matthew Bucksbaum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JOHN BUCKSBAUM
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
John Bucksbaum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ROBERT MICHAELS
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Robert Michaels</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, President and Chief Operating Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ BERNARD FREIBAUM
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Bernard Freibaum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ALAN COHEN
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Alan Cohen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ANTHONY DOWNS
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Anthony Downs</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ THOMAS H. NOLAN, JR.
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Thomas H. Nolan, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JOHN T. RIORDAN
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
John T. Riordan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ BETH STEWART
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Beth Stewart</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Number</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Document</U></TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed on
April&nbsp;4, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Linda J. Wight, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the Registrant.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Linda J. Wight (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
42-1283895
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
110 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip code)
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
1998 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
MR. JOHN BUCKSBAUM
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
110 NORTH WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO,ILLINOIS 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312) 960-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of each
maximum
maximum
Amount of
class of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered (2)
per share (3)
price
fee
Common Stock (par
value $.01 per
share)(1)
8,000,000
$
39.70
$
317,600,000
$
37,381.52
(1)
The shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), being
registered hereby include associated preferred share purchase rights, which attach to and
trade with the shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, such amount also covers such
additional number of shares as may be required in the event of a stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar event.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance
with Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 and based on the average of the
high and low prices of a share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on June 2, 2005.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register an additional 8,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of General Growth Properties, Inc.
(the "Registrant") as a result of an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
under the General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The
Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 16, 1999 (File No. 333-74461).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement has been prepared in
accordance therewith and the previously filed Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by
reference herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration
Statement:
4.1
General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended. (Incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, Filed on
April 4, 2005).
5.1
Opinion of Linda J. Wight, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Linda J. Wight (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on June 6, 2005.
General Growth Properties, Inc.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/                
JOHN BUCKSBAUM
John Bucksbaum
Chief Executive Officer
We, the undersigned officers and directors of General Growth Properties, Inc., hereby severally
constitute John Bucksbaum, Robert Michaels and Bernard Freibaum, and each of them singly, our true
and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this registration statement, and to sign a new registration statement pursuant to
Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and generally to do all such things in our name and
behalf in such capacities to enable General Growth Properties, Inc. to comply with the applicable
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and we hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said
attorneys, or any of them, to any and all such amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed on
June 6, 2005 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
/s/ MATTHEW BUCKSBAUM
Matthew Bucksbaum
Chairman of the Board
/s/ JOHN BUCKSBAUM
John Bucksbaum
Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ ROBERT MICHAELS
Robert Michaels
Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
/s/ BERNARD FREIBAUM
Bernard Freibaum
Director, Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ ALAN COHEN
Alan Cohen
Director
/s/ ANTHONY DOWNS
Anthony Downs
Director
/s/ THOMAS H. NOLAN, JR.
Thomas H. Nolan, Jr.
Director
/s/ JOHN T. RIORDAN
John T. Riordan
Director
/s/ BETH STEWART
Beth Stewart
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1
General Growth Properties, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on
April 4, 2005).
5.1
Opinion of Linda J. Wight, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Linda J. Wight (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).