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<ownershipDocument> |
| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2022-09-30 </periodOfReport> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0001063761 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> SPG </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001192086 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> HUBBARD ALLAN B </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 101 WEST OHIO STREET, SUITE 1350 </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> INDIANAPOLIS </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> IN </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 46204 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> true </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> false </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> false </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> false </isOther> |
| | | <officerTitle></officerTitle> |
| | | <otherText></otherText> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2022-09-30 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> P </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 470 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 89.29 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> A </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 28110 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value></value> |
| </natureOfOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <derivativeTable></derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Represents shares of common stock acquired through the reinvestment of dividends received on restricted stock awarded to the Reporting Person as non-cash compensation under the Simon Property Group, L.P. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Allan B. Hubbard by his attorney-in-fact, Alexander L.W. Snyder </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2022-10-04 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |