UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 20, 2006

THE MILLS CORPORATION

THE MILLS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware Delaware	1-12994 000-50694	52-1802283 52-1873369
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

5425 Wisconsin Avenue

Suite 500

Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (301) 968-6000

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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THE MILLS CORPORATION

THE MILLS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 20, 2006, The Mills Corporation announced that it had extended the closing date on the previously announced Meadowlands Xanadu-related transaction with Colony Capital Acquisitions, LLC and Kan Am USA Management XXII Limited Partnership to September 27, 2006 and that it had extended the closing date of its previously announced sale of its interests in three international operating properties to Ivanhoe Cambridge, which it now expects to be on or before the first week of October 2006, subject to the completion of due diligence and the satisfaction of various other closing conditions. A copy of the press release dated September 20, 2006 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits:

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	September 20, 2006 press release.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

THE MILLS CORPORATION
By:	/s/    MARK S. ORDAN
Name:	Mark S. Ordan
Title:	Chief Operating Officer
THE MILLS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:	The Mills Corporation, its general partner
By:	/s/    MARK S. ORDAN
Name:	Mark S. Ordan
Title:	Chief Operating Officer

Date: September 21, 2006

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	September 20, 2006 press release.

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