Exhibit 10.71

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$43,000,000.00                                                New York, New York
                                                         As of November 20, 2006

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as maker, having an address at 150 East Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio
43215 ("Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of
LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, a federal stock savings bank, having an address at
1000 West Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 ("Lender"), or at such
other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing, the
principal sum of FORTY-THREE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($43,000,000.00), or so
much thereof as may be advanced by Lender to Borrower pursuant to that certain
Loan Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender (the "Loan
Agreement") in lawful money of the United States of America with interest
thereon to be computed from the date of this Note at the Applicable Interest
Rate, and to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Note and the Loan
Agreement. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the respective
meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.

                            ARTICLE 1: PAYMENT TERMS

     Borrower agrees to pay the principal sum of this Note and interest on the
unpaid principal sum of this Note from time to time outstanding at the rates and
at the times specified in Article 2 of the Loan Agreement and the outstanding
balance of the principal sum of this Note and all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.

                       ARTICLE 2: DEFAULT AND ACCELERATION

     The Debt shall without notice become immediately due and payable at the
option of Lender if any payment required in this Note is not paid on or prior to
the date when due or on the happening of any other Event of Default.

                            ARTICLE 3: LOAN DOCUMENTS

     This Note is secured by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents. All of
the terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Loan Agreement, the
Mortgage and the other Loan Documents are hereby made part of this Note to the
same extent and with the same force as if they were fully set forth herein. In
the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the
Loan Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement shall govern.

                            ARTICLE 4: SAVINGS CLAUSE

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) all agreements and
communications between Borrower and Lender are hereby and shall automatically be
limited so that, after taking into account all amounts deemed interest, the
interest contracted for, charged or received by Lender shall never exceed the
maximum lawful rate or amount, (b) in calculating whether any interest exceeds
the lawful maximum, all such interest shall be amortized, prorated, allocated

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and spread over the full amount and term of all principal indebtedness of
Borrower to Lender, and (c) if through any contingency or event, Lender receives
or is deemed to receive interest in excess of the lawful maximum, any such
excess shall be deemed to have been applied toward payment of the principal of
any and all then outstanding indebtedness of Borrower to Lender, or if there is
no such indebtedness, shall immediately be returned to Borrower.

                            ARTICLE 5: NO ORAL CHANGE

     This Note may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed,
discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of
Borrower or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party
against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension,
change, discharge or termination is sought.

                               ARTICLE 6: WAIVERS

     Borrower and all others who may become liable for the payment of all or any
part of the Debt do hereby severally waive presentment and demand for payment,
notice of dishonor, notice of intention to accelerate, notice of acceleration,
protest and notice of protest and non-payment and all other notices of any kind.
No release of any security for the Debt or extension of time for payment of this
Note or any installment hereof, and no alteration, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents made by
agreement between Lender or any other Person shall release, modify, amend,
waive, extend, change, discharge, terminate or affect the liability of Borrower,
and any other Person who may become liable for the payment of all or any part of
the Debt, under this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents. No
notice to or demand on Borrower shall be deemed to be a waiver of the obligation
of Borrower or of the right of Lender to take further action without further
notice or demand as provided for in this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other
Loan Documents. If Borrower is a partnership, the agreements herein contained
shall remain in force and applicable, notwithstanding any changes in the
individuals comprising the partnership, and the term "Borrower," as used herein,
shall include any alternate or successor partnership, but any predecessor
partnership and their partners shall not thereby be released from any liability.
If Borrower is a corporation, the agreements contained herein shall remain in
full force and applicable notwithstanding any changes in the shareholders
comprising, or the officers and directors relating to, the corporation, and the
term "Borrower" as used herein, shall include any alternative or successor
corporation, but any predecessor corporation shall not be relieved of liability
hereunder. (Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as a consent
to, or a waiver of, any prohibition or restriction on transfers of interests in
such partnership which may be set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or
any other Loan Document.)

                               ARTICLE 7: TRANSFER

     Upon the transfer of this Note, Borrower hereby waiving notice of any such
transfer, Lender may deliver all the collateral mortgaged, granted, pledged or
assigned pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any part thereof, to the transferee
who shall thereupon become vested with all the rights herein or under applicable
law given to Lender with respect thereto, and Lender shall thereafter forever be
relieved and fully discharged from any liability or responsibility in the
matter; but Lender shall retain all rights hereby given to it with respect to
any liabilities and the collateral not so transferred.


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                             ARTICLE 8: EXCULPATION

     The provisions of Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated
by reference into this Note to the same extent and with the same force as if
fully set forth herein.

                            ARTICLE 9: GOVERNING LAW

     (A) THIS NOTE WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND MADE BY BORROWER
AND ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THIS NOTE
WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A
SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION
EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY
OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS NOTE
AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT LAWS) AND
ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS NOTE AND
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW.

     (B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE MAY AT LENDER'S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY
FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND BORROWER WAIVES ANY
OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON
CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING. BORROWER DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT:

                    Corporation Service Company
                    80 State Street
                    Albany, New York 12207-2543


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AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY
AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN
ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF
PROCESS UPON SAID AGENT AT SAID ADDRESS AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID SERVICE
MAILED OR DELIVERED TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN
EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT
NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGED ADDRESS OF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREUNDER, (II)
MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE A SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZED AGENT
WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH SUBSTITUTE AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE
DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL
PROMPTLY DESIGNATE SUCH A SUBSTITUTE IF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT CEASES TO HAVE AN
OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IS DISSOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING A SUCCESSOR.

                               ARTICLE 10: NOTICES

     All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be delivered in
accordance with Section 10.6 of the Loan Agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has duly executed this Note as of the day and
year first above written.


                                   BORROWER:

                                   EM COLUMBUS II, LLC,
                                   a Delaware limited liability company

                                   By: Glimcher Properties Limited Partnership,
                                       a Delaware limited partnership,
                                       its sole equity member

                                       By:  Glimcher Properties Corporation,
                                            a Delaware corporation,
                                            its sole general partner


                                            By: __________________________
                                               George A. Schmidt
                                               Executive Vice President


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                                 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF _____________     )
                           )ss:
COUNTY OF ____________     )

     Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally
appeared George A. Schmidt, as executive vice president of Glimcher Properties
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as sole general partner of Glimcher
Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, as sole equity
member of EM COLUMBUS II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, who
acknowledged execution of the foregoing for and on behalf of said corporation,
limited partnership and limited liability company, and who, having been duly
sworn, stated that the execution thereof was his/her free act and deed and the
free act and deed of said corporation for and on behalf of said limited
partnership and limited liability company.



_______________________________________
Notary Public

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