UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BASIC PROVISIONS

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION COPY

DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
(an Ohio corporation)

Debt Securities

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT BASIC PROVISIONS

September 25, 2009

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     1.  Introductory . Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell its senior debt securities (the “Senior Securities”) or its subordinated debt securities (the “Subordinated Securities”), or both, from time to time, in one or more offerings on terms to be determined at the time of sale. The Senior Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of May 1, 1994, as amended and supplemented by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of May 10, 1995, the second supplemental indenture, dated as of July 18, 2003, the third supplemental indenture, dated as of January 23, 2004, the fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of April 22, 2004, the fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of April 28, 2005, the sixth supplemental indenture, dated as of October 7, 2005, the seventh supplemental indenture, dated as of August 28, 2006, the eighth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007 (such indenture, as amended and supplemented, the “Base Indenture”), and the ninth supplemental indenture, dated on or prior to the Closing Time (as hereinafter defined) (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Senior Indenture”) between the Company and US Bank Trust National Association (as successor to National City Bank), as trustee (the “Senior Trustee”), and the Subordinated Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of May 1, 1994 (the “Subordinated Indenture”) between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Chemical Bank), as trustee (the

“Subordinated Trustee”). The term “Trustee” as used herein shall refer to either the Senior Trustee or the Subordinated Trustee, as appropriate, for Senior Securities or Subordinated Securities. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture, each as further amended or supplemented from time to time, including the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, are each sometimes referred to as the “Indenture.” Each series of Senior Securities or Subordinated Securities may vary, as applicable, as to aggregate principal amount, maturity date, interest rate or formula and timing of payments thereof, redemption and/or repayment provisions, conversion provisions, sinking fund requirements, if any, and any other variable terms which the Senior Indenture or the Subordinated Indenture, as the case may be, contemplates may be set forth in the Senior Securities and the Subordinated Securities as issued from time to time. The Senior Securities or the Subordinated Securities may be offered either together or separately. As used herein, “Securities” shall mean the Senior Securities or the Subordinated Securities or any combination thereof. As used herein, “you” and “your,” unless the context otherwise requires, shall mean the parties to whom this Agreement is addressed together with the other parties, if any, identified in the applicable Terms Agreement (as hereinafter defined) as additional co-managers with respect to Underwritten Securities (as hereinafter defined) purchased pursuant thereto. Securities issued in book-entry form will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to a blanket letter of representations, dated January 20, 2004, between the Company and DTC.

     Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of Securities through you or through an underwriting syndicate managed by you, the Company will enter into an agreement (the “Terms Agreement”) providing for the sale of such Securities (the “Underwritten Securities”) to, and the purchase and offering thereof by, you and such other underwriters, if any, selected by you as have authorized you to enter into such Terms Agreement on their behalf (the “Underwriters,” which term shall include you whether acting alone in the sale of the Underwritten Securities or as a member of an underwriting syndicate and any Underwriter substituted pursuant to Section 11 hereof). The Terms Agreement relating to the offering of Underwritten Securities shall specify the principal amount of Underwritten Securities to be initially issued (the “Initial Underwritten Securities”), the names of the Underwriters participating in such offering (subject to substitution as provided in Section 11 hereof), the principal amount of Initial Underwritten Securities which each such Underwriter severally agrees to purchase, the names of such of you or such other Underwriters acting as co-managers, if any, in connection with such offering, the price at which the Initial Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, the time, date and place of delivery and payment, any delayed delivery arrangements and any other variable terms of the Initial Underwritten Securities (including, but not limited to, current ratings, designations, denominations, interest rates or formulas, interest payment dates, maturity dates, conversion provisions, redemption and/or repayment provisions and sinking fund requirements. In addition, each Terms Agreement shall specify whether the Company has agreed to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase additional Underwritten Securities to cover over-allotments, if any, and the principal amount of Underwritten Securities subject to such option (the “Option Securities”). As used herein, the term “Underwritten Securities” shall include the Initial Underwritten Securities and all or any portion of the Option Securities agreed to be purchased by the Underwriters as provided herein, if any. The Terms Agreement, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, may take the form of an exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication between you and the Company. Each offering of Underwritten

Securities through you or through an underwriting syndicate managed by you will be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented by the applicable Terms Agreement.

     2.  Representations and Warranties . (a)The Company represents and warrants to you, as of the date hereof, and to you and each other Underwriter named in the applicable Terms Agreement, as of the date thereof (such latter date being referred to herein as a “Representation Date”), as of the Applicable Time referred to in Section 2(a)(iii), as of the Closing Time and, if applicable, as of each Date of Delivery referred to in Section 3(b), that:

     (i) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-139118), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses. Such registration statement registers the issuance and sale by the Company of the Securities (including the Underwritten Securities) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Promptly after execution and delivery of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus supplement relating to the offering of Underwritten Securities (the “Prospectus Supplement”) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations under the 1933 Act. Any information included in such Prospectus Supplement that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B is referred to as “Rule 430B Information.” The prospectus that is part of such registration statement and each prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of Underwritten Securities that omitted Rule 430B Information is herein called a “preliminary prospectus.” Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration Statement.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.” The final prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of Underwritten Securities, including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at the time of the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement is herein called the “Prospectus;” provided, however, that a Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus only with respect to the offering of the Underwritten Securities to which it relates. Each of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “1939 Act”).

     All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise

deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include, without limitation, the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, as of any specified date.

     (ii) (A) At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Underwritten Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”). The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, that initially became effective within three years of the date hereof, and the Securities (including the Underwritten Securities), and if applicable, the Company’s common shares (the “Common Shares”) issuable upon conversion of any of the Securities, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement.” The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.

     At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Underwritten Securities, at the date hereof and at the Representation Date, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

     (iii) The Original Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”) on December 4, 2006, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted, are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, have been threatened, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

     If applicable, any offer that is a written communication relating to the Underwritten Securities made prior to the filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in

accordance with Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 163”) and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.

     At the respective times the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto (including amendments filed for the purpose of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act) became effective, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, at the date hereof, at the applicable Representation Date, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement, as amended as of such date, complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the “1939 Act Regulations”), and the Registration Statement, as amended as of such date, did not, does not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

     Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement was issued, at the applicable Representation Date, at the Applicable Time, at the time of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations and at the Closing Time, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     Any preliminary prospectus (including the prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and any such preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of Underwritten Securities was and will be, at the time of such delivery, identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

     As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below) (including the Final Term Sheet (as defined in Section 4(c))) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the Statutory Prospectus (as defined below), all considered together (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”), nor (ii) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     The representations and warranties in this Section 2(a)(iii) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or any post-effective

amendment thereto or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, or the General Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, or the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, or the General Disclosure Package, or to that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility under the 1939 Act (Form T-1) (the “Statement of Eligibility”) of the Senior Trustee and the Subordinated Trustee under the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture, respectively.

     As used in this subsection and elsewhere in this Agreement:

     “Applicable Time” means such date and time as indicated as the “Applicable Time” in the applicable Terms Agreement.

     “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), relating to the Underwritten Securities (including the Final Term Sheet) that (i) is required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) is a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) is exempt from filing pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Underwritten Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

     “Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule I to the applicable Terms Agreement.

     “Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

     “Statutory Prospectus” means the prospectus and/or prospectus supplement relating to the Underwritten Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including the documents incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus and/or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof.

     (iv) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule I to the applicable Terms Agreement (including the Final Term Sheet), as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the Closing Time or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies you as described in Section 4(f), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The

foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter, through you specifically for use therein.

     (v) The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”), and, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, (a) at the time the Original Registration Statement became effective, (b) at the Applicable Time and (c) as of the applicable Representation Date or the Closing Time or during the period specified in Section 4(f), did not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

     (vi) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise provided therein, (A) there has not occurred any material adverse change or any development that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or in the earnings or business of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise (a “Material Adverse Effect”) from that set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of the applicable Terms Agreement), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or its subsidiaries which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise other than those in the ordinary course of business and (C) except for regular quarterly distributions on the Company’s Common Shares, and regular distributions declared, paid or made in accordance with the terms of any class or series of the Company’s preferred shares, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital shares.

     (vii) The consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (in each case, other than any pro forma financial information and projections) present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods specified; except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis; and the supporting schedules, if any, included in, or incorporated by

reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (in each case, other than any pro forma financial information and projections) present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The statements of certain revenues and expenses of the properties acquired or proposed to be acquired, if any, included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein and have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the applicable financial statement requirements of Rule 3-14 under the 1934 Act with respect to real estate operations acquired or to be acquired. The pro forma financial statements and the other pro forma financial information (including the notes thereto), if any, included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein, have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the basis described therein and the assumptions used in the preparation of such pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial information (including the notes thereto) are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission), if any, comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent applicable.

     (viii) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has expressed its opinion on the audited financial statements and related schedules included in, or incorporated by reference into, the Registration Statement, is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable 1933 Act Regulations.

     (ix) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Ohio, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; the Company is in possession of and operating in compliance with all material franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders required for the conduct of its business, all of which are valid and in full force and effect, except where the failure to so possess or comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in all other jurisdictions where its ownership or leasing of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where failure to qualify and be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (x) Each significant subsidiary, as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (each, a “Significant Subsidiary”), has been duly incorporated or formed and

is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing or in full force and effect under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (xi) The Base Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equity principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

     (xii) If applicable, the capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Capitalization;” the issued and outstanding capital shares of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to preemptive or other similar rights; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable, and such issued and outstanding capital stock owned directly or indirectly by the Company, is owned free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except as otherwise set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or for such security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, encumbrances, claims or equities that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (xiii) The Underwritten Securities have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued, authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor specified in the applicable Terms Agreement or any Delayed Delivery Contract (as hereinafter defined), the Underwritten Securities will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equity principles (regardless or whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); the Underwritten Securities and the Indenture conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General

Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Underwritten Securities will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture.

     (xiv) If applicable, the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of any of the Securities will have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such conversion, will be duly and validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such shares upon such conversion will not be subject to preemptive or other similar rights; the Common Shares so issuable will conform in all material respects, as of the applicable Representation Date, to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

     (xv) There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or its subsidiaries, which is required to be disclosed in the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein), or which would have a Material Adverse Effect or would materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or which might materially and adversely affect the consummation of this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement, or the Indenture, or the transactions contemplated herein and therein; all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective property is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including routine litigation incidental to the business, could not, considered in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and there are no material contracts or documents of the Company or its subsidiaries which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the 1933 Act or by the 1933 Act Regulations which have not been so filed.

     (xvi) Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its respective articles of incorporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”) or other organizational document, or its code of regulations or bylaws, as the case may be (the “Code of Regulations”), or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound, where such defaults in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and the Indenture, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the Articles of

Incorporation or Code of Regulations or, (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court order or decree except, in the case of clause (ii) hereof, for such conflicts, breaches, defaults, liens, charges, encumbrances or violations that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or agency is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or the applicable Terms Agreement or the Indenture, except such as has been obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1939 Act, state securities or Blue Sky laws or real estate syndication laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Underwritten Securities by the Underwriters.

     (xvii) The Company has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, and this Agreement has been, and as of the applicable Representation Date, the applicable Terms Agreement and the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

     (xviii) Starting with its taxable year ended December 31, 1993, the Company has elected under Section 856(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), and such election has not been revoked or terminated. The Company has qualified as a REIT for its taxable years ended December 31, 1993 through December 31, 2008 and the Company has operated and intends to continue to operate so as to qualify as a REIT thereafter.

     (xix) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, or will be immediately after giving effect to the receipt of payment for the Underwritten Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

     (xx) Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

     (xxi) None of the Company or any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of the officers and directors thereof acting on the Company’s or such subsidiaries’ behalf has taken, directly or indirectly, any action resulting in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act or designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or which reasonably might be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Underwritten Securities, Common Shares issuable upon conversion of any of the Securities or facilitation of the sale or resale of the Underwritten Securities.

     (xxii) If required pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement, the Underwritten Securities will be approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) as of the Closing Time.

     (xxiii) (A) Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company or its subsidiaries have good and marketable title or leasehold interest, as the case may be, to the portfolio properties, including, without limitation, shopping centers and business centers (including, without limitation, centers owned through unconsolidated joint ventures and others that are otherwise consolidated by the Company) and undeveloped land (the “Portfolio Properties”) described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by the Company or its subsidiaries (except with respect to properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being held by the Company through joint ventures), in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests and defects (excluding mortgages for borrowed money) (collectively, “Defects”), except where such Defects would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) the joint venture interest in each property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as being held by the Company through a joint venture, is owned free and clear of all Defects except for such Defects that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; (C) all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the properties and assets of the Company or its subsidiaries (excluding mortgages for borrowed money) are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except for any such liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions that would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (D) none of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any lessee of any of the Portfolio Properties is in default under any of the leases governing the Portfolio Properties, except such defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company does not know of any event which, but for the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any of such leases, except such defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (xxiv) The Company or its subsidiaries have title insurance on each of the Portfolio Properties (except with respect to each property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as held by the Company through a joint venture) in an amount at least equal to the greater of (A) the cost of acquisition of such Portfolio Property and (B) the cost of construction of the improvements located on such Portfolio Property except, in each case, where the failure to maintain such title insurance would not have a Material Adverse Effect; the joint venture owning each property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as held by the Company through a joint venture has title insurance on such property in an amount at least equal to the greater of (A) the cost of acquisition of such Portfolio Property by such joint venture and (B) the cost of construction of the improvements located on such Portfolio Property, except in each case, where the failure to maintain such title insurance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (xxv) The notes secured by the mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Portfolio Properties (except with respect to each property described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as held by the Company through a joint venture) are not convertible except where the conversion of such notes would not have a Material

Adverse Effect, and said mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized to any property that is not a Portfolio Property, except where such cross-default or cross-collateralization, if triggered, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (xxvi) The Company has no knowledge of (a) the unlawful presence of any regulated hazardous substances, hazardous materials, toxic substances or waste materials (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) in violation of Environmental Laws (as hereinafter defined) on any of the Portfolio Properties or (b) any spills, releases, discharges or disposals of Hazardous Materials in violation of Environmental Laws that have occurred or are presently occurring from the Portfolio Properties as a result of any construction on or operation and use of the Portfolio Properties, which presence or occurrence would have a Material Adverse Effect. In connection with the construction on or operation and use of the Portfolio Properties, the Company represents that, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no knowledge of any material failure to comply with all applicable local, state and federal environmental laws, regulations, ordinances and binding administrative and judicial orders relating to the generation, storage, handling, transport and disposal of any Hazardous Materials (“Environmental Laws”) that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (xxvii) The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting and other controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company has no knowledge of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting and, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

     (xxviii) The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the 1934 Act) in accordance with the rules and regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

     (xxix) No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company or its Significant Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened or imminent, that would have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplement thereto subsequent to the date of the applicable Terms Agreement).

     (xxx) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such material losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be prudent.

     (xxxi) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping in all material respects and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

     (xxxii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

     (xxxiii) None o