The Mills Corporation Plans to Hold 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 21, 2006

  
    
  
  
    
      The Mills Corporation (NYSE:MLS) announced today that it currently plans 
      to hold its 2006 annual meeting of stockholders on Thursday, December 
      21, 2006, at a time and place to be determined and announced later. The 
      date of the meeting may be moved to the last week of December if the 
      Company determines that it is unable to complete the process for the 
      solicitation of proxies by December 21.
    
    
      The Company is required by its bylaws and by the listing requirements of 
      the New York Stock Exchange to hold an annual meeting of stockholders in 
      2006. The Company’s Board of Directors adopted 
      resolutions on November 2, 2006 calling the 2006 annual meeting and 
      fixing the close of business on December 1, 2006 as the record date for 
      purposes of determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote 
      at the meeting. At the 2006 annual meeting, the Company will be 
      submitting for stockholder consideration (1) the election of directors 
      and (2) ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the 
      Company’s independent registered public 
      accounting firm.
    
    
      In accordance with Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 
      all stockholder proposals to be considered for inclusion in the Company’s 
      proxy statement for the 2006 annual meeting pursuant to the stockholder 
      proposal rule must be received by the Company’s 
      Corporate Secretary by the close of business on Monday, November 
      20, 2006.
    
    
      About The Mills Corporation
    
    
      The Mills Corporation, based in Chevy Chase, MD, is a developer, owner 
      and manager of a diversified global portfolio of retail destinations, 
      including regional shopping malls and market-dominant retail and 
      entertainment centers. It currently owns 39 properties in the United 
      States totaling approximately 48 million square feet. In addition, The 
      Mills has various projects in development, redevelopment or under 
      construction. The Mills is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under 
      the ticker: MLS. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.themills.com.
    
  
The Mills Corporation (NYSE:MLS) announced today that it currently
plans to hold its 2006 annual meeting of stockholders on Thursday,
December 21, 2006, at a time and place to be determined and announced
later. The date of the meeting may be moved to the last week of
December if the Company determines that it is unable to complete the
process for the solicitation of proxies by December 21.

   The Company is required by its bylaws and by the listing
requirements of the New York Stock Exchange to hold an annual meeting
of stockholders in 2006. The Company's Board of Directors adopted
resolutions on November 2, 2006 calling the 2006 annual meeting and
fixing the close of business on December 1, 2006 as the record date
for purposes of determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to
vote at the meeting. At the 2006 annual meeting, the Company will be
submitting for stockholder consideration (1) the election of directors
and (2) ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm.

   In accordance with Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, all stockholder proposals to be considered for inclusion in the
Company's proxy statement for the 2006 annual meeting pursuant to the
stockholder proposal rule must be received by the Company's Corporate
Secretary by the close of business on Monday, November 20, 2006.

   About The Mills Corporation

   The Mills Corporation, based in Chevy Chase, MD, is a developer,
owner and manager of a diversified global portfolio of retail
destinations, including regional shopping malls and market-dominant
retail and entertainment centers. It currently owns 39 properties in
the United States totaling approximately 48 million square feet. In
addition, The Mills has various projects in development, redevelopment
or under construction. The Mills is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker: MLS. For more information, visit the
Company's website at www.themills.com.