UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (earliest event reported): June 6, 2005

TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (248) 258-6800

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On June 6, 2005, Taubman Centers, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Lisa A. Payne has been appointed Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer and William S. Taubman has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Payne and Mr. Taubman also continue to serve on the Company’s board of directors.

     Ms. Payne, who is 46, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and a director of the Company since 1997. Mr. Taubman, who is 46, has been Executive Vice President of the Company since 1994 and a director of the Company since 2000. Mr. Taubman is the brother of Robert S. Taubman, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer.

      Ms. Payne has an existing employment agreement with the Company, entered into in January 1997, and an existing change in control agreement with the Company, entered into in May 2003, which remain in place. A description of such agreements is contained in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2005 annual meeting of shareholders, a copy of which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2005.

SIGNATURES

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