Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and diluted earnings per share

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2015		2014
Net income attributable to Taubman Centers, Inc. common shareowners (Numerator):
Basic	$	29,622	$	369,125
Impact of additional ownership of TRG	125		3,055
Diluted	$	29,747	$	372,180
Shares (Denominator) – basic	63,039,777		63,165,611
Effect of dilutive securities	895,503		1,655,992
Shares (Denominator) – diluted	63,935,280		64,821,603
Earnings per common share - basic	$	0.47	$	5.84
Earnings per common share – diluted	$	0.47	$	5.74

Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block]

The table below presents the potential common stock excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as they were anti-dilutive in the period presented.

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2015	2014
Weighted average noncontrolling partnership units outstanding	4,149,149	4,338,681
Unissued partnership units under unit option deferral elections	871,262