ROUSE COMPANY
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
10.3</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Rouse Company</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10275
Little Patuxent Parkway</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Columbia,
MD 21044</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August
9, 2004</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Anthony
W. Deering</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Rouse Company</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10275
Little Patuxent Parkway</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Columbia,
MD 21044</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear
Mr. Deering:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As authorized by the Board of Directors of The Rouse Company (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;),
the Employment Agreement, dated as of September 24, 1998, as amended, to which
you and the Company are parties (the &#147;<u>Employment Agreement</u>&#148;), is hereby
amended as follows:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:38.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The payments and benefits to be paid and
provided pursuant to Sections 4.3, 4.6 and 4.7 of the Employment Agreement
following a Change in Control (as defined in the Employment Agreement) of the
Company shall be subject to Exhibit A attached hereto and accordingly may be
reduced upon application of the formula set forth therein.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:37.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>As you know, accruals under the Company&#146;s
tax-qualified Pension Plan (the &#147;<u>Pension Plan</u>&#148;) and Supplemental Benefit
Retirement Plan (the &#147;<u>SERP</u>&#148;) have been frozen, and these plans are in
the process of being terminated.&#160;
Accordingly, in full satisfaction of the Company&#146;s obligation under the
Employment Agreement to pay you the &#147;Retirement Supplement&#148; (as defined in
Section 2.4 thereof), the Company shall contribute [$1,696,102] to your account
maintained under the Company&#146;s Savings Plan in a direct rollover, and the
Company shall credit [$12,313,764] to your notional account maintained under
the Company&#146;s Excess Savings Plan.&#160; This
contribution and this credit shall be made on the date on which distributions
and credits are made in respect of other participants in the Pension Plan and
the SERP.&#160; You acknowledge and agree that
this contribution and this credit equal, in the aggregate, the present value of
your frozen accrued benefit under the Pension Plan and the SERP.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:38.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The references to &#147;the SERP&#148; in Section 4.3(h)(A) of your Employment Agreement shall be deemed to refer
to the Company&#146;s Excess Savings Plan, and Section 4.3(h)(B) of your Employment
Agreement is hereby deleted.</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:38.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In all respects other than as amended by this letter, the Employment
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please acknowledge your agreement to the above amendment by signing
this letter below and returning a copy to me.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Very
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE
  ROUSE COMPANY</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/</font></p>
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  H. Glenn</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gordon
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior
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  Anthony W. Deering</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit
A</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reduction
of Payments and Benefits</font></u></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding any provision of the Employment Agreement to the
contrary, in the event that the Total Executive Parachute Payments (as
hereinafter defined) exceed 2% of the Subject Amount (as hereinafter defined),
then the payments and benefits to be paid and provided to you hereunder shall
be reduced to the Reduced Amount (as hereinafter defined). Unless you shall
have given prior written notice to the Company specifying a different order by
which to effectuate such reduction, those payments and benefits that are not
payable in cash shall be reduced or eliminated first, and those payments and
benefits that are payable in cash shall be reduced or eliminated only after all
non-cash payment and benefits have been eliminated and, in each case payments
and benefits shall be reduced in reverse order beginning with those that are to
be paid the farthest in time from the date of the Change in Control.&#160; Any notice given by you pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall take precedence over the provisions of any other plan,
arrangement or agreement governing your rights and entitlements to any benefits
or compensation.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For purposes of this Exhibit A, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Total Executive Parachute Payments</u>&#148; means
the total aggregate cash value of all payments in the nature of compensation
that are contingent on a change in ownership or control of the Company (as
determined under Treasury Regulation &#167;&nbsp;1.280G-1 or successor regulation
thereto) to be paid or provided to you pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.6 (and,
if applicable, Section 4.7) of the Employment Agreement and to all executives
who are parties to Executive Agreements with the Company that provide the same
(or substantially similar) payments and benefits as those payments and benefits
to be paid or provided to you pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.6 (and, if
applicable, Section 4.7) of the Employment Agreement (it being understood that
the application of different multiples or formulas in calculating substantially
similar types of payments or benefits shall not cause such payments or benefits
not to be substantially similar), determined immediately following the Change
in Control and assuming that your employment and the employment of all
executives who are parties to Executive Agreements have been terminated
immediately following the Change in Control under circumstances that entitle
you and them to such payments and benefits.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Reduced Amount</u>&#148; means the product of (i) 2%
of the Subject Amount times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
portion of the Total Executive Parachute Payments allocable to you and the
denominator of which is the Total Executive Parachute Payments.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;<u>Subject Amount</u>&#148; means the amount determined
by multiplying (i) the total number of outstanding shares of common stock of
the Company (the &#147;<u>Common Shares</u>&#148;) immediately prior to the Change in
Control (assuming, for this purpose, that all securities convertible into
Common Shares have been so converted, other than</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">stock options and warrants
as to which the per share exercise price exceeds the last publicly available
trading price of a Common Share prior to the Change in Control (or, if higher,
the per share cash value of the consideration to be paid to holders of the
Common Shares as a result of the Change in Control) times (ii) the last
publicly available trading price of a Common Share prior to the Change in
Control (or, if higher, the per share cash value of the consideration to be
paid to holders of the Common Shares as a result of the Change in Control); <u>provided</u>,
that there shall be subtracted therefrom the aggregate exercise price of all
stock options and warrants not so excluded.</font></p>

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