FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                        LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
                         THE MACERICH PARTNERSHIP, L.P.


     THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT (the "AMENDMENT") TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED 
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 16, 1994, AMENDED AS OF 
AUGUST 14, 1995, FURTHER AMENDED AS OF JUNE 27, 1997, FURTHER AMENDED AS OF 
NOVEMBER 16, 1997, AND FURTHER AMENDED AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 1998 (the 
"AGREEMENT") OF THE MACERICH PARTNERSHIP, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP") is dated 
effective as of February 26, 1998.  

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, SECTION 12.1(b)(iv) of the Agreement provides that the General 
Partner has the power, without the consent of the Limited Partners of the 
Partnership, to amend the Agreement as may be required to facilitate or 
implement curing any ambiguity, correcting or supplementing any provision in 
the Agreement not inconsistent with law or with other provisions of the 
Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the General Partner has made the determination pursuant to 
SECTION 12.1(b)(iv) of the Agreement that consent of the Limited Partners of 
the Partnership is not required with respect to the matters set forth in this 
Amendment; and

     WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Amendment a valid agreement 
of the Partnership have been done;

     NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority granted to the General Partner 
under the Agreement, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

1.   Amendments:

     (a)  Section 3.4 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in SECTION 3.3, the General 
     Partner may from time to time advance funds to the Partnership for any 
     proper Partnership purpose as a loan ("FUNDING LOAN") or a preferred 
     equity investment ("PREFERRED INVESTMENT"), provided that any such funds 
     must first be obtained by the General Partner from a third party lender, 
     and then all of such funds must be advanced or contributed by the 
     General Partner to the Partnership as a Funding Loan or Preferred 
     Investment on substantially the same terms and conditions, including 
     principal amount or preferred equity amount, rate of interest or 
     preferred return, repayment or redemption schedule, and costs and 
     expenses, as



     shall be applicable with respect to or incurred in connection with such 
     loan with such third party lender.  The General Partner shall not incur 
     any indebtedness for borrowed funds, except for (i) Funding Loans or 
     Preferred Investments, (ii) loans from the Partnership to the General 
     Partner to the extent the proceeds thereof are used to fund, directly or 
     indirectly, participations in, or acquisitions of, any real or personal 
     property interests for the account of the General Partner if, and only 
     if, the Partnership participates or acquires an interest in such 
     property at least to the extent of 99 times such proposed participation 
     or acquisition, directly or through a wholly-owned entity, by the 
     General Partner and/or (iii) loans from the Partnership to the General 
     Partner to facilitate the making of loans by the General Partner for 
     such purposes as are authorized under the Plan.  For purposes of this 
     Section 3.4, participations in or acquisitions of any real estate or 
     personal property interests shall include ownership through one or more 
     tiers of partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies or 
     other entities which themselves own real estate or personal property.

     (b)  Section 6.4 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:

     The General Partner agrees that all business activities of the General 
     Partner, including activities pertaining to the acquisition, development 
     and ownership of Properties, shall be conducted through the Partnership 
     (other than the General Partner's 1% interest in Existing Property 
     Partnerships owned directly or through a wholly-owned corporation); 
     PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the General Partner shall be permitted to 
     participate or acquire an interest in, directly or indirectly, any real 
     or personal property for its own account if, and only if, the 
     Partnership participates or acquires an interest in such property at 
     least to the extent of 99 times such proposed participation or 
     acquisition, directly or through a wholly-owned corporation, by the 
     General Partner.  The Company agrees that for so long as it is a Partner 
     all borrowings for the purpose of making distributions to its 
     stockholders will be incurred by the Partnership or the Property 
     Partnerships (and not by the Company directly) and the proceeds of such 
     indebtedness will be included as Net Financing Proceeds hereunder.  For 
     purposes of this Section 6.4, participations in or acquisitions of any 
     real estate or personal property interests shall include ownership 
     through one or more tiers of partnerships, joint ventures, limited 
     liability companies or other entities which themselves own real estate 
     or personal property.

2.   DEFINED TERMS AND RECITALS.  As used in this Amendment, capitalized 
terms used and defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning assigned to 
them in this Amendment, and capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not 
defined herein, shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Agreement.

3.   RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION.  Except to the extent specifically 
amended by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Agreement, as 
previously amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed. 

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amendment 
effective as of the date first above mentioned. 

                                       GENERAL PARTNER:

                                       THE MACERICH COMPANY


                                       By:
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                                           Name:
                                           Title:



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