Exhibit 4.12

EXECUTION VERSION

AGREEMENT REGARDING OWNERSHIP LIMIT WAIVER

This Agreement Regarding Ownership Limit Waiver (this "Agreement") is entered into as of October 2, 2002, between The Mills Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("TMC"), and Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. ("Cohen & Steers").

WHEREAS,
TMC and Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain accounts and institutions, entered into that certain Investor Agreement, dated as of January 26, 1996, in connection
with the Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 25, 1996 (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), among Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain accounts and institutions, Herbert S. Miller,
Patrice R. Miller, Western Development Corporation, a Maryland corporation, The Herbert S. and Patrice R. Miller Charitable Remainder Unitrust under Agreement dated January 9, 1996, and the
Irrevocable Inter Vivos Trust for the Benefit of Patrice R. Miller Under Agreement dated October 28, 1987 (collectively, except for Cohen & Steers, the "Sellers");

WHEREAS,
TMC elected, effected for its taxable year ended December 31, 1994, to be treated as a real estate investment trust for purposes of the Code (as defined below), and TMC's
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended (the "Certificate of Incorporation"), contains certain ownership limitations relating to TMC's qualification as a REIT and a "domestically
controlled REIT," including a limitation on the percentage (by value) of TMC's outstanding capital stock that any person or persons acting as a group may own, as determined by applying certain
ownership attribution rules (as further defined in the Certificate of Incorporation, the "Ownership Limit");

WHEREAS,
Section 12.11 of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that the board of directors of TMC (the "Board of Directors"), in its sole discretion, may exempt a Person (as
defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) from the Ownership Limit if such Person is not an individual for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code (determined taking into account
Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code) and such Person provides to the Board of Directors such representations and undertakings as the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion may require, and
such Person agrees that any violation of such
representations and undertaking or any attempted violation thereof will result in an application of the remedies set forth in Section 12.3 of the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to
the capital stock held in excess of the Ownership Limit with respect to such Person;

WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Investor Agreement, the Board of Directors granted to Cohen & Steers a waiver of the Ownership Limit to permit Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain
accounts and institutions, to acquire and hold up to 15 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of TMC (the "Common Stock"), including those shares acquired from the
Sellers pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement;

WHEREAS,
TMC intends to issue up to 4,600,000 shares of TMC's 9% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (with a liquidation preference of $25 per share) (the
"Series B Preferred Stock") on or about October 9, 2002, and Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain accounts and institutions, desires to acquire up to 35 percent (as
determined with reference to liquidation value), in the aggregate, of the Series B Preferred Stock and any other series of preferred stock that may be issued by TMC in the future from time to
time that would rank on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock;

WHEREAS,
Cohen & Steers has requested that the Board of Directors grant to Cohen & Steers a waiver of the Ownership Limit that will permit Cohen & Steers, on behalf
of certain accounts and institutions, to acquire the preferred stock of TMC in the amounts described herein, and the Board of Directors desires to grant such waiver, conditioned upon the continued
accuracy of the representations and covenants made by Cohen & Steers, as set forth herein; and

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WHEREAS,
TMC and Cohen & Steers desire to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of setting forth in one document their mutual agreement with regard to the ownership of TMC's
capital stock by Cohen & Steers.

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agreed as follows:

1.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TMC

TMC represents and warrants to Cohen & Steers as follows:



In connection with the Investor Agreement, in January 1996, TMC approved an exemption from the Ownership Limit (as defined in the Certificate of
Incorporation), conditioned upon Cohen & Steers' making the representation and warranty set forth in Section 3.3 of the Investor Agreement (which is also set forth in Section 2.1
below) permitting Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain accounts and institutions, to hold up to 15 percent (but not more than 15 percent) of the issued and outstanding Common
Stock of the Company.



TMC has approved an exemption from the Ownership Limit (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), conditioned upon Cohen & Steers' making the
representation, warranty and acknowledgement set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of this Agreement, permitting Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain accounts and institutions, to hold up to an
aggregate of 35 percent (but not more than 35 percent), as determined by reference to liquidation value, of the issued and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any
other series of preferred stock that may be issued by TMC in the future from time to time that would rank on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Preferred Stock").

2.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COHEN & STEERS

Cohen & Steers hereby represents and warrants to TMC as follows:



Cohen & Steers acknowledges that, in connection with the common stock Ownership Limit waiver granted by the Board of Directors in January 1996,
Cohen & Steers made the following representation and warranty, which was set forth in Section 3.3 of the Investor Agreement:



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In connection with, and as a condition to, the grant by the Board of Directors of an exemption from the Ownership Limit (as defined in the Certificate of
Incorporation) to permit Cohen & Steers, on behalf of certain accounts and institutions, to hold up to an aggregate of 35 percent (but not more than 35 percent), as determined by
reference to liquidation value, of the issued and outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, Cohen & Steers represents to TMC and covenants that no person or entity who would be considered to
be an "individual" for purposes of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code would be considered, after taking into account the ownership attribution rules under Section 544 of the Code (as modified
by Sections 856(h)(1)(B) and 856(h)(3) of the Code), the beneficial owner of more than 3.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of Preferred Stock (assuming for this purpose that such "individual" is
not considered to own any shares of Preferred Stock other than solely by reason of Cohen & Steers' ownership of Preferred Stock). Cohen & Steers acknowledges and agrees that, if at any
time the foregoing covenant and representation would not be accurate, the maximum number of shares of Preferred Stock that Cohen & Steers could own would be automatically reduced (without the
requirement for any action by TMC), to the greater of (1) the number of shares of Preferred Stock that would not exceed the Ownership Limit, or (2) the number of shares of Preferred
Stock that would cause the covenant set forth in the preceding sentence to be accurate, with any shares of Preferred Stock owned by Cohen & Steers in excess of such reduced amount being subject
to Section 12.3 of the Certificate of Incorporation.



Cohen & Steers acknowledges that, notwithstanding the waivers to the Ownership Limit granted pursuant to this Agreement, the Board of Directors is not
authorized to grant an exemption to the other ownership restrictions set forth in Section 12.2 of the Certificate of Incorporation, and such restrictions will continue to apply to
Cohen & Steers. One such ownership restriction relates to TMC's qualification as a "domestically controlled REIT" under the Code and provides substantially the following:



3.    MISCELLANEOUS



Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees to take or use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be taken such further actions, to execute, deliver and file or use
its reasonable best efforts to cause to be executed, delivered and filed such further documents, and will obtain such consents, as may be

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necessary or as may be reasonably requested in order to fully effectuate the purposes, terms and conditions of this Agreement.



Neither party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, and
any such assignment contrary to the terms hereof shall be null and void and of no force and effect. In no event shall the assignment by either party of its respective rights or obligations under this
Agreement release such party from its liabilities and obligations hereunder.



This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matters herein. No amendment, modification or discharge of
this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed and delivered by the party against whom enforcement of the amendment, modification, or discharge is sought.



No waiver shall be valid against any party hereto unless made in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought and then only
to the extent expressly specified therein.



This Amendment shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard for the choice of law provisions thereof).



If any clause or provision of this Agreement operates or would prospectively operate to invalidate this Agreement in whole or in part, then only such clause or
provision shall be ineffective, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect.



The recitals hereto are incorporated herein as part of this Agreement.



To facilitate execution, this Agreement may be executed in counterparts. It shall not be necessary that the signatures of, or on behalf of, each party, or that
the signatures of all persons required to bind any party, appear on each counterpart; but it shall be sufficient that the signature of, or on behalf of, each party, or that the signatures of the
persons required to bind any party, appear on one or more of the counterparts. All counterparts shall collectively constitute a single Agreement.

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement, or have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on their behalf, as of the day and year first above written.

| | THE MILLS CORPORATION                  
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| | By:                                    
| | Name:                                  
| | Title:                                 
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| | COHEN & STEERS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT, INC.
| | By:                                    
| | Name:                                  
| | Title:                                 

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