1 Exhibit 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY WHEREAS, Corporate Property Investors, Inc. ("CPI") proposes to issue shares of its Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), Class B Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Class B Common Stock"), and Class C Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "Class C Common Stock" and, together with the Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, the "CPI Common Stock") and Corporate Realty Consultants, Inc. ("CRC") proposes to issue shares of its Common Stock, par value $.0001 per share (the "CRC Common Stock") pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 18, 1998, among Simon DeBartolo Group, Inc., Corporate Property Investors (predecessor to CPI) and CRC. WHEREAS, CPI, and possibly CRC, propose to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement") to register the CPI Common Stock and, possibly, the CRC Common Stock. NOW THEREFORE, each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Hans C. Mautner, Mark S. Ticotin and Michael L. Johnson, and each of them acting individually, as such person's attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign and file on such person's behalf individually and in each capacity stated below any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, which amendments may make such changes in the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate. 2 Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Hans C. Mautner Chairman of the Board, Chief August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Executive Officer and Director Hans C. Mautner of CPI and CRC (Principal Executive Officer of CPI and CRC) /s/ Michael L. Johnson Chief Financial Officer and August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Senior Vice President of Michael L. Johnson CPI and CRC (Principal Financial Officer of CPI and CRC) /s/ Daniel J. Cohen Vice President and Controller August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- of CPI and CRC (Principal Daniel J. Cohen Accounting Officer of CPI and CRC) /s/ Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad /s/ Saleh F. Alzouman Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Saleh F. Alzouman /s/ Robert E. Angelica Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Robert E. Angelica /s/ Gilbert Butler Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Gilbert Butler /s/ David P. Feldman Director of CPI and CRC August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- David P. Feldman /s/ Andrea Geisser Director of CPI and CRC August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Andrea Geisser /s/ Damon Mezzacappa Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Damon Mezzacappa /s/ S. Lawrence Prendergast Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- S. Lawrence Prendergast /s/ Daniel Rose Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Daniel Rose /s/ Dirk van den Bos Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Dirk van den Bos /s/ Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist Director of CPI August 13, 1998 - ---------------------------- Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist