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                                                                  Exhibit 10.391

                                 PROMISSORY NOTE

$16,535,000.00                                                New York, New York
                                                               November 11, 2004

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, INLAND WESTERN SUMMERVILLE AZALEA SQUARE, L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company having its principal place of business at
2901 Butterfield Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523, a maker hereunder (referred to
herein as "BORROWER"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of
BEAR STEARNS COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, INC., a New York corporation, as payee, having
an address at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 ("LENDER"), or at
such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in
writing, the principal sum of SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND
AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($16,535,000.00), in lawful money of the United States of
America with interest thereon to be computed from the date of this Note at the
Interest Rate, and to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Note and that
certain Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Borrower and Lender
(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 interest on the unpaid principal sum of this
Note from time to time outstanding at the rates and at the times specified in
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. This Note shall be the "Note" as defined in the Loan Agreement.

                                    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 if not paid on the Maturity Date 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.

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                                  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 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 (without
prepayment penalty or premium) 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 other Loan Documents. No notice to or demand on Borrower shall
be deemed to be a waiver of the obligation of Borrower or the right of Lender
to take further action without further notice or demand as provided for in
this Note, the Loan Agreement or other 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
limited liability company, the agreements herein contained shall remain in
force and applicable, notwithstanding any changes in the members comprising
the company, and the

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term "Borrower," as used herein, shall include any alternate or successor
company, but any predecessor company 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 entity 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 except as provided in the Loan Agreement, 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 from that date forward 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.

                                    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

          THIS NOTE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO
THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS
BE GOVERNED, APPLIED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN
WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS.

                                   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:

                                  INLAND WESTERN SUMMERVILLE
                                  AZALEA SQUARE, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
                                  liability company

                                  By:   Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust,
                                        Inc., a Maryland corporation, its sole
                                        member


                                        By:   /s/ Debra A. Palmer
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                                              Name: Debra A. Palmer
                                              Title: Asst Secretary

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                                 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF ILLINOIS

COUNTY OF DUPAGE

          The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 8th day of
November, 2004 by Debra Palmer as Asst. Sec. of INLAND WESTERN RETAIL REAL
ESTATE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation, which is the sole member and manager
of INLAND WESTERN SUMMERVILLE AZALEA SQUARE, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company, who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the
execution thereof to be his/her free act and deed as such officer on behalf of
said corporation in its capacity as sole member and manager of said limited
liability company for the use and purposes therein mentioned, and the said
instrument is the act and deed of said corporation and limited liability
company. He/She is personally known to me or who has produced
____________________________________________ as identification.

          My commission expires:


                                           /s/ Andrew M. Viola
[Notarial Seal]                            -------------------------------------
                                           Print Name: Andrew M. Viola
         OFFICIAL SEAL                     Notary Public Illinois
        ANDREW M. VIOLA                    Serial Number:
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF ILLINOIS                         -----------------------
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 6-13-2007

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