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):                                   March 1, 2016	
 	 	
TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC .	
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)	
 	 	
Michigan	
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	
 	 	
 	1-11530	38-2033632	
 	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)	
 	 	
 	200 East Long Lake Road, Suite 300,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	
48304-2324	
 	(Address of Principal Executive Office)	(Zip Code)	
 	
 	Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (248) 258-6800	
 	
None	
 	(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)	
 	 	
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Item 8.01.      OTHER EVENTS.
    
On March 1, 2016, Taubman Centers, Inc. (Taubman) issued a press release announcing the completion of the purchase of Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri from Highwoods Properties, Inc. with The Macerich Company (Macerich). Consideration for the mixed-use retail and office property was $660 million cash, excluding transaction costs. Taubman and Macerich each own a 50% interest in the center.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)    Exhibits

	
		
Exhibit	Description	
 	 	
99	Press Release, dated March 1, 2016, entitled “Taubman and Macerich Complete Purchase of Country Club Plaza."	

SIGNATURES

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

	
			
Date : March 1, 2016	TAUBMAN CENTERS, INC.	
 	 	 	
 	By:	/s/ Simon J. Leopold	
 	 	Simon J. Leopold	
 	 	Chief Financial Officer	

EXHIBIT INDEX

	
		
Exhibit	Description	
 	 	
99	Press Release, dated March 1, 2016, entitled “Taubman and Macerich Complete Purchase of Country Club Plaza."	

Exhibit 99

					
Macerich	T 310.394.6000	 	 		
401 Wilshire Blvd.	www.macerich.com	 	 		
Suite 700	 	 	 		
Santa Monica, California	 	 	 		
90401-1452	 	 	 		
 	 	 	 	 	
Taubman Centers, Inc.	T 248.258.6800	 	 		
200 East Long Lake Road	www.taubman.com	 	 		
Suite 300	 	 	 		
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	 	 	 		
48304-2324	 	 	 		

Taubman and Macerich Complete Purchase of Country Club Plaza

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., March 1, 2016 - - Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) and The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC) today announced the completion of the purchase of Country Club Plaza (Kansas City, Mo.) from Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW).

Consideration for the mixed-use retail and office property was $660 million cash, excluding transaction costs. Taubman and Macerich each own a 50% interest in the center.

About Country Club Plaza
Originally constructed in 1922, Country Club Plaza is an iconic, 15-block, 1.3 million square foot mixed-use retail and office property located in the heart of Kansas City. The retail portion of the property includes 804,000 square feet of GLA featuring 45 unique-to-market tenants, with key retailers such as Apple, H&M, Tesla and Lululemon, as well as a dynamic mix of restaurants, including The Capital Grille and The Cheesecake Factory. The 468,000 square foot office portion of the property is comprised of the ten-story Valencia tower, which serves as the worldwide headquarters of Lockton Companies, and additional office space located above the ground-level retail.

About Macerich
Macerich, an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust, which focuses on the acquisition, leasing, management, development and redevelopment of regional malls throughout the United States.

Macerich currently owns 55 million square feet of real estate consisting primarily of interests in 50 regional shopping centers. Macerich specializes in successful retail properties in many of the country’s most attractive, densely populated markets with significant presence in the Pacific Rim, Arizona, Chicago and the Metro New York to Washington, D.C. corridor. Additional information about Macerich can be obtained from Macerich's website: www.macerich.com.

About Taubman
Taubman Centers is an S&P MidCap 400 real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, management and/or leasing of 23 regional, super-regional and outlet shopping centers in the U.S. and Asia. Taubman’s U.S.-owned properties are the most productive in the publicly held U.S. regional mall industry. Taubman is currently developing four properties in the U.S. and Asia totaling 4.1 million square feet. Founded in 1950, Taubman is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Taubman Asia, founded in 2005, is headquartered in Hong Kong. www.taubman.com .
For ease of use, references in this press release to “Taubman Centers,” “Taubman” or an operating platform mean Taubman Centers, Inc. and/or one or more of a number of separate, affiliated entities. Business is actually conducted by an affiliated entity rather than Taubman Centers, Inc. itself or the named operating platform.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements reflect management's current views with respect to future events and financial performance. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Actual results may differ materially from those expected because of various risks and uncertainties.  You should review both companies’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including “Risk Factors” in its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports, for a discussion of such risks and uncertainties.

CONTACTS:
For Taubman:      Investors, Ryan Hurren 248-258-7232, rhurren@taubman.com
Media, M aria Mainville 248-258-7469, mmainville@taubman.com

For Macerich:      Investors, John Perry 424-229-3345, john.perry@macerich.com
Media, Karen Maurer 602-708-6311, karen.maurer@macerich.com

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