Sunday, September 17, 2006
Dessert Lover's Delight
with Chef Yaro Strohyj

Chef Yaro Strohyj showcases his confectionary flair with red white and blue cream puffs at the 2nd Annual Dessert Lovers Delight. Great tastes for a good cause.
For more inforamation see the press release below.

2nd Annual Dessert Lover’s Delight
at The Florida Mall and Seminole Towne Center

The Central Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association teams with Simon malls

World-renowned pastry chef Ewald Notter gives sugar decorating demonstrations, and shoppers go for the world record in eating M&M’s with chopsticks

Orlando, Fla. (Sept. 6, 2006) - Dessert lovers lend their taste buds to a good cause on Sunday, September 17, when top area confectioners, restaurants and bakeries serve their finest creations at the 2nd Annual Dessert Lover’s Delight at The Florida Mall and Seminole Towne Center. World-renowned pastry chef, Ewald Notter, offers demonstrations in chocolate and sugar decorating. All ticket proceeds go towards high school scholarships for ProStart-to-Career Program and Simon Youth Foundation’s® Education Resource Center.

Five-dollars buys four tickets and allows locals to sample a mouth-watering array of cookies, cakes, candies and desserts from over twenty local restaurants, confectioners and bakeries.

Highlights include:

· Chef Ewald Notter offers chocolate and sugar demonstrations at The Florida Mall
· Cake decorating competition among three Pro-Start high school teams at
The Florida Mall
· Ice-cream sandwich eating contest provided by Blue Bell Creameries at both malls
· Cake decorating competition among shoppers provided by Sprinkles
· Children’s cookie stacking contest at both malls
· M&M’S eating contest with chopsticks provided by M&M’S WORLD®– going for the world record at both malls

Lucky participants at The Florida Mall and Seminole Towne Center have the chance to beat the world record in eating M&M’s with chopsticks. In 2004, UK resident Katherine Ratcliffe took the record by eating 170 bite-size candies at the Guinness World RecordsTM 2005 Roadshow. M&M’s provided by M&M’S WORLD®.

World-renowned pastry chef, chocolate and sugar artist and founder of the Notter School of
Confectionary Arts in Orlando, Ewald Notter, will demonstrate chocolate and sugar decorating techniques at The Florida Mall. Audience members can ask questions about his craft. Notter is the leading expert in modern day confectionary arts.

Some of the participating restaurants and vendors include: Sprinkles, The Melting Pot, Enzo’s Restaurant on the Lake, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Signature by the Lake, Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q, Panera Bread, Cookies by Design, Outback Steakhouse, Orlando Culinary Academy, Häagen-Dazs/Nestlé Toll House Café, Blue Bell Creameries and more!

When: Sunday, September 17, 2006, from Noon – 5:00 p.m.

Where: The Florida Mall, 8001 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809
Seminole Towne Center, 200 Towne Center Circle, Sanford, FL 32771

Cost: $5 for four dessert sampling tokens.

About ProStart-to-Career
Also at the event will be students from ProStart-to-Career – a non-profit organization that provides high school students with the opportunity for a career and higher education in the culinary field. To learn more about this program, visit http://www.fra-stc.org/aboutus.htm.

About Simon Youth Foundation
Simon Youth Foundation, established in 1998, exists to foster and improve educational opportunities, career development and life skills for at-risk youth. SYF accomplishes its mission through two initiatives: Education Resource Centers (ERCs) that enable students to complete high school and a multidimensional scholarship program that helps graduates to pursue additional education opportunities. The foundation has awarded more than $3 million in post-secondary scholarships and operates 21 alternative schools in 11 states. More information about this foundation can be found at http://syf.simon.com/index.aspx.

About Simon Properties
Simon Property Group, Inc., an S&P 500 company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, development and management of retail real estate, primarily regional malls, Premium Outlet® centers and community/lifestyle centers. The Company's current total market capitalization is approximately $42 billion. Through its subsidiary partnership, it currently owns or has an interest in 284 properties in the United States containing an aggregate of 200 million square feet of gross leasable area in 38 states plus Puerto Rico. Simon also owns interests in 52 European shopping centers in France, Italy, and Poland; 5 Premium Outlet centers in Japan; and one Premium Outlet center in Mexico. Additional Simon Property Group information is available at www.simon.com. Simon Property Group, Inc. is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol SPG.