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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-12-061941
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120906

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MACERICH CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912242
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				954448705
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 WILSHIRE BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 700
		CITY:			SANTA MONICA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90401
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3103946000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		401 WILSHIRE BLVD SUITE 700
		CITY:			SANTA MONICA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90401
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:3.0in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">September&nbsp;6, 2012</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Kevin Woody</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Branch Chief</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Re:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Macerich Company<br> Form&nbsp;10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2011<br> Filed February&nbsp;24, 2012<br> File No.&nbsp;001-12504</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Woody:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">This letter is in response to additional comments of the staff (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) contained in your letter dated August&nbsp;6, 2012 regarding the above mentioned Form&nbsp;10-K (the &#147;2011 10-K&#148;) for The Macerich Company (the &#147;Company&#148;).</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Our specific responses to your questions follow the restatement of each question below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011</font></u></i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">Financial Statements</font></u></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, page&nbsp;74</font></u></i></p>
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<p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">1.</font></i><i><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></i><i>We have read your response to our prior comment 3.&#160; In future filings please disclose the breakdown included in your response on the face of your Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows or the footnotes to your financial statements.</i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">In future filings, we will provide the breakdown of the amounts paid for acquisitions of property, development, redevelopment and property improvements on the face of our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows or in our footnotes to our financial statements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements</font></u></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">16.&#160; Acquisitions, page&nbsp;103</font></u></i></p>
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<p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;">2.</font></i><i><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></i><i>We have considered your response to our prior comment 10.&#160; In future filings where you provide a reconciliation of the net assets of acquired properties, please ensure that the amounts reconcile to the purchase price.</i></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Response</font></u>:</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">In future filings, we will ensure that when we provide a reconciliation of the net assets of acquired properties the amounts reconcile to the purchase price.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">In making these responses, the Company acknowledges that:&#160; the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (310) 899-6331.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>
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