POWER OF ATTORNEY

 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey H. Miro,

Donald J. Kunz and Liesl A. Maloney, signing
singly, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

 1. execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned,
with respect to the undersigned's
position as a director
and/or officer of Taubman
Centers, Inc.(the "Company"), Forms
3,4 and 5
in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules
thereunder;

 2. do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable
to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute
any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with
the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange, stock
market or similar authority; and

 3. take any other
action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in
the
opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, and in the
best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being
understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any of the
rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes
as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full

power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming
all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this
power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the
undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with
respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by
the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed
writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

 IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this
8th day of January 2005.

				    /s/Graham T. Allison

				    Graham T. Allison