TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LTD PARTNERSHIP
10-Q, 1997-08-13
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    Form 10-Q


                   QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                      For the Quarter Ended: June 30, 1997
                         Commission File No.  33-73988


                  The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


      Delaware                                         38-3097317
     ----------------------------------        ---------------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)             Identification No.)

  200 East Long Lake Road, Suite 300, P.O. Box 200, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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   (Address of principal executive offices)                         48303-0200
                                                                  ------------
                                                                    (Zip Code)

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


      Indicate by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

      Yes   X   .  No      .
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                          PART 1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1. Financial Statements.

The  following  financial   statements  of  The  Taubman  Realty  Group  Limited
Partnership (TRG) are provided pursuant to the requirements of this item.



                          INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
- --------------------------------------------

Consolidated  Balance  Sheet as of  December  31,  1996 and June 30, 1997 .....2
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended
  June 30, 1996 and 1997.......................................................3
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the six months ended
  June 30, 1996 and 1997.......................................................4
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended
  June 30, 1996 and 1997.......................................................5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.....................................6









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                  THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                           CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                                 (in thousands)


                                                December 31     June 30
                                                -----------     -------
                                                    1996          1997
                                                    ----          ----

Assets:
 Properties                                     $1,126,873    $1,181,476
  Accumulated depreciation and amortization        234,030       249,258
                                                ----------    ----------
                                                $  892,843    $  932,218

 Cash and cash equivalents                           7,902         1,702
 Accounts and notes receivable, less
  allowance for doubtful accounts of $393
  and $256 in 1996 and 1997                         20,751        18,320
 Accounts receivable from related parties            6,293         5,869
 Deferred charges and other assets                  41,494        40,117
                                                ----------    ----------
                                                $  969,283    $  998,226
                                                ==========    ==========

Liabilities:
 Unsecured notes payable                        $  786,705    $  786,786
 Mortgage notes payable                            159,703       159,472
 Other notes payable                                54,997       104,249
 Capital lease obligation                           39,849        49,642
 Accounts payable and other liabilities             84,505        85,227
 Distributions in excess of net income of
  unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Note 3)           135,662       123,097
                                                ----------    ----------
                                                $1,261,421    $1,308,473

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5)

Accumulated deficiency in assets                  (292,138)     (310,247)
                                                ----------    ----------
                                                $  969,283    $  998,226
                                                ==========    ==========
Allocation of accumulated deficiency
 in assets:
  General Partners                              $ (226,242)   $ (240,274)
  Limited Partners                                 (65,896)      (69,973)
                                                ----------    ----------
                                                $ (292,138)   $ (310,247)
                                                ===========   ==========



                       See notes to financial statements.


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                  THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                        (in thousands, except units data)


                                               Three Months Ended June 30
                                               --------------------------
                                                   1996          1997
                                                   ----          ----

Revenues:
  Minimum rents                                  $34,760       $42,416
  Percentage rents                                 1,425         1,709
  Expense recoveries                              18,653        23,480
  Other                                            3,074         3,081
  Revenues from management, leasing
    and development services                       1,905         2,014
                                                 -------       -------
                                                 $59,817       $72,700
                                                 -------       -------

Operating Costs:
  Recoverable expenses                           $15,430       $20,293
  Other operating                                  6,375         9,746
  Management, leasing and development
    services                                       1,124         1,005
  General and administrative                       5,520         6,414
  Interest expense                                17,238        17,330
  Depreciation and amortization                    8,378        10,232
                                                 -------       -------
                                                 $54,065       $65,020
                                                 -------       -------
Income before equity in net income of
  unconsolidated Joint Ventures                  $ 5,752       $ 7,680
Equity in net income of unconsolidated
  Joint Ventures (Note 3)                         12,748        14,490
                                                 -------       -------
Net Income                                       $18,500       $22,170
                                                 =======       =======

Allocation of Net Income:
  General Partners                               $14,803       $17,169
  Limited Partners                                 3,697         5,001
                                                 -------       -------
                                                 $18,500       $22,170
                                                 =======       =======

Net Income per Unit of Partnership Interest      $   291       $   317
                                                 =======       =======

Weighted Average Number of Units of
  Partnership Interest Outstanding                63,521        70,000
                                                 =======       =======



                       See notes to financial statements.


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                  THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                        (in thousands, except units data)


                                                Six Months Ended June 30
                                                ------------------------
                                                   1996          1997
                                                   ----          ----

Revenues:
  Minimum rents                                  $ 69,523      $ 85,266
  Percentage rents                                  2,452         3,163
  Expense recoveries                               38,260        46,185
  Other                                             5,608         7,005
  Revenues from management, leasing
    and development services                        3,706         3,623
                                                 --------      --------
                                                 $119,549      $145,242
                                                 --------      --------
Operating Costs:
  Recoverable expenses                           $ 31,016      $ 39,291
  Other operating                                  11,594        18,238
  Management, leasing and development
    services                                        2,369         1,928
  General and administrative                       10,273        12,070
  Interest expense                                 34,340        34,614
  Depreciation and amortization                    16,700        20,334
                                                 --------      --------
                                                 $106,292      $126,475
                                                 --------      --------
Income before equity in net income
  of unconsolidated Joint Ventures               $ 13,257      $ 18,767
Equity in net income of unconsolidated
  Joint Ventures (Note 3)                          26,111        26,987
                                                 --------      --------
Net Income                                       $ 39,368      $ 45,754
                                                 ========      ========

Allocation of Net Income:
  General Partners                               $ 31,501      $ 35,434
  Limited Partners                                  7,867        10,320
                                                 --------      --------
                                                 $ 39,368      $ 45,754
                                                 ========      ========

Net Income per Unit of Partnership Interest      $    620      $    654
                                                 ========      ========

Weighted Average Number of Units of
  Partnership Interest Outstanding                 63,521        69,999
                                                 ========      ========



                       See notes to financial statements.


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                  THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (in thousands)

                                                    Six Months Ended June 30
                                                    ------------------------
                                                         1996       1997
                                                         ----       ----
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
  Net Income                                          $ 39,368   $ 45,754
  Adjustments to reconcile net income
   to net cash provided by operating activities:
   Depreciation and amortization                        16,700     20,334
   Provision for losses on accounts receivable           1,025        474
   Amortization of deferred financing costs              1,141      1,181
   Other                                                   371        294
   Gain on sale of land                                   (322)      (316)
   Increase (decrease) in cash attributable to
   changes in assets and liabilities:
    Receivables, deferred charges and other assets      (1,360)    (1,206)
    Accounts payable and other liabilities             (10,095)       722
                                                      --------   --------
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities             $ 46,828   $ 67,237
                                                      --------   --------

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
  Purchase of interest in Center                      $(37,196)
  Additions to properties                              (10,609)  $(46,860)
  Proceeds from sale of land                               686        830
  Contributions to unconsolidated Joint Ventures        (4,187)   (16,254)
  Distributions from unconsolidated Joint Ventures
   in excess of net income                               5,613      3,689
                                                      --------   --------
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities                 $(45,693)  $(58,595)
                                                      --------   --------

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
  Debt proceeds                                       $ 55,663   $ 49,252
  Debt payments                                           (227)      (231)
  Issuance of units of partnership interest (Note 5)                  176
  Cash distributions                                   (58,113)   (64,039)
                                                      --------   --------
Net Cash Used In Financing Activities                 $ (2,677)  $(14,842)
                                                      --------   --------
Net Decrease In Cash                                  $ (1,542)  $ (6,200)

Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period        16,836      7,902
                                                      --------   --------

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period            $ 15,294   $  1,702
                                                      ========   ========

Interest on mortgage notes and other loans paid during the six months ended June
30, 1996 and 1997, net of amounts  capitalized of $2,294 and $4,337, was $32,506
and $32,811, respectively.


                      See notes to financial statements.


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                  THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                         Six months ended June 30, 1997


Note 1 - Interim Financial Statements

  The Taubman Realty Group Limited  Partnership  (TRG) engages in the ownership,
operation,   management,  leasing,  acquisition,   development,   redevelopment,
expansion,  financing  and  refinancing  of  regional  retail  shopping  centers
(Taubman Shopping Centers) and interests therein.  Taubman Centers,  Inc. is the
managing general partner of TRG. GMPTS Limited Partnership,  TG Partners Limited
Partnership and Taub-Co Management, Inc. are also general partners.

  The unaudited interim financial  statements should be read in conjunction with
the audited  financial  statements  and related  notes  included in TRG's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December  31,  1996.  In the  opinion of
management,  all adjustments  (consisting only of normal recurring  adjustments)
necessary for a fair  presentation  of the financial  statements for the interim
periods  have been made.  The results for  interim  periods are not  necessarily
indicative of the results for a full year.


Note 2 - Great Lakes Crossing

  In the second  quarter of 1997,  TRG entered into a  partnership  agreement to
develop,  own and operate  Great Lakes  Crossing,  a value  super-regional  mall
presently  under  construction  in Auburn Hills,  Michigan.  The accounts of the
partnership  are  consolidated  in these  financial  statements  since TRG,  the
managing  and sole  general  partner,  has a  controlling  80%  interest  in the
venture. The Center is expected to open in the fall of 1998.


Note 3 - Investments in Joint Ventures

  Certain  Taubman  Shopping  Centers are partially owned through joint ventures
that are not controlled by TRG (Joint  Ventures).  TRG is generally the managing
general partner of these Joint Ventures. TRG's interest in each Joint Venture is
as follows:

                                                                  TRG's %
                                                                 Ownership
                                                                   as of
   Joint Venture                   Taubman Shopping Center     June 30, 1997
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Arizona Mills, L.L.C.            Arizona Mills
                                   (under construction)              37%
  Fairfax Associates               Fair Oaks                         50
  Lakeside Mall Limited
    Partnership                    Lakeside                          50
  Rich-Taubman Associates          Stamford Town Center              50
  Taubman-Cherry Creek
    Limited Partnership            Cherry Creek                      50
  Taubman MacArthur Associates     MacArthur Center
    Limited Partnership            (under construction)              70
  Twelve Oaks Mall Limited
    Partnership                    Twelve Oaks Mall                  50
  West Farms Associates            Westfarms                         79
  Woodfield Associates             Woodfield                         50
  Woodland                         Woodland                          50


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                    TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)


  TRG reduces its investment in Joint Ventures to eliminate intercompany profits
on sales of services that are  capitalized by the Joint  Ventures.  As a result,
the  carrying  value of TRG's  investment  in Joint  Ventures is less than TRG's
share of the deficiency in assets reported in the combined  balance sheet of the
Joint Ventures by $8.6 million and $8.8 million at December 31, 1996 and at June
30, 1997, respectively. These differences are amortized over the useful lives of
the related assets.

  Combined  balance  sheet and results of operations  information  are presented
below  (in  thousands)  for the Joint  Ventures,  followed  by TRG's  beneficial
interest in the combined information. Beneficial interest is calculated based on
TRG's ownership interest in each of the Joint Ventures.

                                                  December 31    June 30
                                                  -----------    -------
                                                     1996          1997
                                                     ----          ----

 Assets:
  Properties, net                                  $ 461,658   $ 517,051
  Other assets                                        71,278      69,471
                                                   ---------   ---------
                                                   $ 532,936   $ 586,522
                                                   =========   =========

 Liabilities and partners' accumulated
 deficiency in assets:
  Debt                                             $ 724,162   $ 781,280
  Capital lease obligations                            5,000       6,699
  Other liabilities                                   53,817      41,658
  TRG accumulated deficiency in assets              (127,097)   (114,319)
  Joint Venture Partners' accumulated
   deficiency in assets                             (122,946)   (128,796)
                                                   ---------   --------- 
                                                   $ 532,936   $ 586,522
                                                   =========   =========

 TRG accumulated deficiency in assets (above)      $(127,097)  $(114,319)
 Elimination of intercompany profit                   (8,565)     (8,778)
                                                   ---------   ---------
 Distributions in excess of net income
  of unconsolidated Joint Ventures                 $(135,662)  $(123,097)
                                                   =========   =========

                                     Three Months          Six Months
                                    Ended June 30        Ended June 30
                                    -------------        -------------
                                    1996     1997        1996      1997
                                    ----     ----        ----      ----

Revenues                           $68,680  $64,452    $138,712  $125,133
                                   -------  -------    --------  --------
Recoverable and other
 operating expenses                $27,444  $23,233    $ 54,929  $ 45,590
Interest expense                    13,607   12,505      27,457    24,872
Depreciation and amortization        6,226    5,333      11,899    10,617
                                   -------  -------    --------  --------
Total operating costs              $47,277  $41,071    $ 94,285  $ 81,079
                                   -------  -------    --------  --------
Net Income                         $21,403  $23,381    $ 44,427  $ 44,054
                                   =======  =======    ========  ========

Net income attributable to TRG     $11,073  $12,394    $ 23,114  $ 23,800
Realized intercompany profit         1,675    2,096       2,997     3,187
                                   -------  -------    --------  --------
Equity in net income of
 unconsolidated Joint Ventures     $12,748  $14,490    $ 26,111  $ 26,987
                                   =======  =======    ========  ========


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                   TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)


                                      Three Months          Six Months
                                      Ended June 30        Ended June 30
                                      -------------        -------------
                                      1996     1997       1996      1997
                                      ----     ----       ----      ----
TRG's beneficial interest in
 unconsolidated Joint Ventures'
 operations:
  Revenues less recoverable and
   other operating expenses         $22,434  $23,838    $ 45,751  $ 45,637
  Interest expense                   (6,762)  (6,640)    (13,934)  (13,229)
  Depreciation and amortization      (2,924)  (2,708)     (5,706)   (5,421)
                                    -------  -------    --------  --------
  Net Income                        $12,748  $14,490    $ 26,111  $ 26,987
                                    =======  =======    ========  ========


Note 4 - Beneficial Interest in Debt and Interest Expense

  TRG's beneficial  interest in the debt (excluding capital lease  obligations),
capitalized interest, and interest expense (net of capitalized interest) of TRG,
its  consolidated   subsidiaries  and  its  unconsolidated   Joint  Ventures  is
summarized as follows:

                                       TRG's Share     TRG's       TRG's
                               Joint    of Joint   Consolidated  Beneficial
                             Ventures   Ventures   Subsidiaries   Interest
                             ----------------------------------------------
Debt as of:
 December 31, 1996           $724,162   $396,962    $1,001,405   $1,398,367
 June 30, 1997                781,280    423,268     1,050,506    1,473,774

Capitalized interest:
 Six months ended
  June 30, 1996              $  2,222   $  1,545    $    2,294   $    3,839
 Six months ended
  June 30, 1997                 4,547      2,830         4,337        7,167

Interest expense
(Net of capitalized interest):
 Six months ended
  June 30, 1996              $ 27,457   $ 13,934    $   34,340   $   48,274
 Six months ended
  June 30, 1997                24,872     13,229        34,614       47,843


Note 5 - Incentive Option Plan

  TRG has an incentive  option plan for  employees  of the  Manager.  Currently,
4,500 units of  partnership  interest may be issued under the plan. The exercise
price of all outstanding  options is equal to market value on the date of grant.
Incentive  options  generally  become  vested to the extent of  one-third of the
units on each of the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date of grant.
Options expire ten years from the date of grant.

  During the first six months of 1997,  options  for 51 units were  issued at an
exercise  price of $26.0  thousand  per  unit,  options  for  eight  units  were
exercised with a weighted average exercise price of $22.0 thousand per unit, and
options for six units were canceled with a weighted  average  exercise  price of
$21.2 thousand per unit. As of June 30, 1997 there were outstanding  options for
3,573 units with a weighted average exercise price of $22.2 thousand. As of June
30, 1997,  options for 2,054 units were vested with a weighted  average exercise
price of $22.4 thousand.


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                    TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- (Continued)


Note 6 - Subsequent Event

  In July 1997,  TRG entered in an agreement to acquire for cash Regency  Square
shopping  center located in Richmond,  Virginia.  The  transaction is contingent
upon  completion  of  due  diligence  and  receipt  of  necessary  consents  and
approvals.  TRG has agreed with the seller not to disclose  the  purchase  price
until after  closing,  which is expected to be  completed  before year end.  TRG
intends to use  existing  lines of credit to pay for the  acquisition,  which is
expected to have an immaterial effect on net income in 1997.

  Also in July 1997, TRG issued $55 million of unsecured 10-year notes under its
medium-term  note  program at a coupon rate of seven  percent.  The net proceeds
were used to pay down floating rate debt under its revolving credit facilities.



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Item 2.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- ---------------------------------------------

  The following  discussion  should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
Consolidated   Financial   Statements  of  The  Taubman   Realty  Group  Limited
Partnership and the Notes thereto.

General Background and Performance Measurement

  The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership (TRG) is an operating partnership
that engages in the full range of  activities  of the regional  shopping  center
business.  These  activities  include  the  ownership,  operation,   management,
leasing,  expansion,  acquisition,  development,  redevelopment,  financing  and
refinancing of regional shopping centers.  TRG's Managed Businesses include: (i)
Taubman   Shopping  Centers  that  TRG  controls  by  ownership  or  contractual
agreement,   development   projects  for  future   regional   shopping   centers
(Development   Projects)  and  The  Taubman  Company  Limited  Partnership  (the
Manager), (collectively, the Consolidated Businesses); and (ii) Taubman Shopping
Centers  partially  owned through joint ventures that are not controlled  (Joint
Ventures). The Joint Ventures are accounted for under the equity method in TRG's
Consolidated Financial Statements.

  Certain  aspects  of  the  performance  of the  Managed  Businesses  are  best
understood by measuring  their  performance as a whole,  without regard to TRG's
ownership interest. For example, mall tenant sales and shopping center occupancy
trends fit this  category  and are so analyzed  below.  In  addition,  trends in
certain  items of revenue  and  expense  are often best  understood  in the same
fashion and the discussions following take this approach when appropriate.  When
relevant,  these  items  are  also  discussed  separately  with  regard  to  the
Consolidated Businesses and the Joint Ventures.

Seasonality

  The regional shopping center industry is seasonal in nature,  with mall tenant
sales  highest in the  fourth  quarter  due to the  Christmas  season,  and with
lesser, though still significant,  sales fluctuations associated with the Easter
holiday and  back-to-school  events.  While  minimum  rents and  recoveries  are
generally not subject to seasonal  factors,  most leases are scheduled to expire
in the first quarter,  and the majority of new stores open in the second half of
the year in anticipation of the Christmas selling season. Accordingly,  revenues
and occupancy levels are generally highest in the fourth quarter.

  The following  table  summarizes  certain  quarterly  operating data for TRG's
Managed Businesses for 1996 and the first and second quarters of 1997:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                       1st       2nd       3rd       4th                   1st       2nd
                     Quarter   Quarter   Quarter   Quarter     Total     Quarter   Quarter
                       1996      1996      1996      1996      1996        1997      1997
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                (in thousands)
<S>                  <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>         <C>       <C>     
Mall tenant sales    $591,677  $617,821  $627,791  $989,956  $2,827,245  $600,709  $629,906
Revenues              129,764   128,497   129,730   138,250     526,241   130,322   134,429

Occupancy
 Average Occupancy      87.8%     87.3%     86.8%     87.6%       87.4%     86.5%     86.8%
 Ending Occupancy       87.7%     87.3%     86.8%     88.0%       88.0%     86.4%     87.1%
Leased Space            89.5%     88.2%     87.6%     89.0%       89.0%     88.7%     89.5%
</TABLE>


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  Because the  seasonality of sales contrasts with the generally fixed nature of
minimum rents and  recoveries,  mall tenant  occupancy costs (the sum of minimum
rents,   percentage  rents  and  expense  recoveries)   relative  to  sales  are
considerably  higher in the first  three  quarters  than they are in the  fourth
quarter.  The following table summarizes  occupancy costs,  excluding utilities,
for mall  tenants  as a  percentage  of sales for 1996 and the first and  second
quarters of 1997:

                     1st      2nd      3rd      4th               1st      2nd
                   Quarter  Quarter  Quarter  Quarter   Total   Quarter  Quarter
                     1996     1996     1996     1996    1996      1997     1997
                   -------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum rents        12.3%    11.7%    11.7%     7.6%   10.4%     12.6%    11.8%
Percentage rents      0.3      0.3      0.3      0.3     0.3       0.2      0.3
Expense recoveries    5.6      5.0      4.6      3.5     4.5       5.2      5.1
                     ----     ----     ----     ----    ----      ----     ----
Mall tenant
 occupancy costs     18.2%    17.0%    16.6%    11.4%   15.2%     18.0%    17.2%
                     ====     ====     ====     ====    ====      ====     ====

Rental Rates

  Average base rent per square foot for all mall tenants at the 18 Centers owned
and open for at least five years was $38.49 for the twelve months ended June 30,
1997, compared to $37.12 for the twelve months ended June 30, 1996.

  As leases have expired in the Taubman Shopping Centers, TRG has generally been
able to rent the available space, either to the existing tenant or a new tenant,
at rental rates that are higher than those of the expired leases. In a period of
increasing sales, rents on new leases will tend to rise as tenants' expectations
of future  growth  become  more  optimistic.  In  periods  of  slower  growth or
declining  sales,  rents on new leases will grow more slowly or will decline for
the opposite reason.  However,  Center revenues  nevertheless  increase as older
leases roll over or are terminated early and replaced with new leases negotiated
at current  rental  rates that are usually  higher  than the  average  rates for
existing leases.

  The annual spread between  average  annualized base rent of stores opening and
closing,  excluding  renewals,  has ranged  between  six and eleven  dollars per
square foot during the past five years.  TRG anticipates that the spread between
opening  and  closing  rents for the 1997  fiscal year will narrow from the nine
dollars per square foot achieved in 1996. This statistic is difficult to predict
in part because TRG's  leasing  policies and practices may result in early lease
terminations  with actual average  closing rents which may vary from the average
rent per square foot of scheduled lease expirations. In addition, the opening or
closing of large  tenant  spaces,  which  generally  pay a lower rent per square
foot, can significantly change the spread in a given year.

Results of Operations

Comparison  of the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 1997 to the Three and Six
Months Ended June 30, 1996

1996 Transactions

  During 1996,  TRG completed the following  acquisitions:  Paseo Nuevo in June,
the remaining 75% interest in Fairlane Town Center (Fairlane) previously held by
a Joint Venture Partner in July, and La Cumbre Plaza (La Cumbre) in December.

  Also during 1996, TRG issued new units of  partnership  interest to the former
Joint  Venture  Partner of  Fairlane in  connection  with TRG's  acquisition  of
Fairlane, and to TRG's managing general partner, Taubman Centers, Inc. (TCO), in
connection  with an offering of TCO's common stock and the exercise of incentive
options.  The net  proceeds  from the  issuances  were used to repay  short term
borrowings and to acquire La Cumbre.


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  In November  1996,  TRG entered into an agreement to lease  Memorial City Mall
(Memorial City) while TRG  investigates the  redevelopment  opportunities of the
center  (See  Liquidity  and  Capital  Resources  --  Capital  Spending).  As  a
development  project,  Memorial  City  has  been  excluded  from  all  operating
statistics in this report,  and Memorial  City's results of operations have been
presented as a net line item in the  following  tabular  presentations  of TRG's
results  of  operations  for the  second  quarter  and first six  months of 1997
compared to 1996.

Occupancy and Mall Tenant Sales

  The average  occupancy rate in the Taubman  Shopping Centers was 86.8% for the
three months ended June 30, 1997 compared to 87.3% for the comparable  period in
1996.  For the six  months  ended  June 30,  1997  average  occupancy  was 86.7%
compared  to 87.6% for the same  period in 1996.  TRG  expects  that it will not
achieve year over year increases in average  occupancy before the fourth quarter
of 1997. The ending  occupancy rate for the Taubman Shopping Centers at June 30,
1997 was 87.1% versus  87.3% at the same date in 1996.  Leased space at June 30,
1997 was 89.5% compared to 88.2% at the same date in 1996.

  Total sales for Taubman Shopping Center mall tenants in the three months ended
June 30, 1997 were $629.9  million,  a 2.0% increase from $617.8  million in the
second quarter of 1996. Tenant sales increased 1.7% to $1.23 billion for the six
months ended June 30, 1997 from $1.21 billion for the comparable period in 1996.
Mall  tenant  sales per  square  foot  increased  0.4% in both the three and six
months ended June 30, 1997 over the compared  periods in 1996. Mall tenant sales
for  centers  owned and open for all of the  first  six  months of 1997 and 1996
(which  excludes  Paseo Nuevo and La Cumbre)  were $605.1  million and  $1,183.4
million in the second  quarter and the first six months of 1997, a 2.1% decrease
and a 2.2% decrease,  respectively,  from the comparable  periods of 1996. Sales
statistics  for  the  first  half  of  1997  were  negatively  affected  by  new
competition near certain centers. TRG expects that the effect of the competition
on sales will moderate late in 1997 after the anniversary date of the opening of
the  competing  centers.  In addition,  sales in the first  quarter of 1996 were
favorably  impacted as most  retailers  reported five weeks of sales for January
(this extra week occurs  every five to six years).  The compound  annual  growth
rate on sales per square foot for the two year  period  ending June 30, 1997 was
3.2%.


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Comparison  of the Three  Months  Ended June 30, 1997 to the Three  Months Ended
June 30, 1996

  The following table sets forth operating results for TRG's Managed  Businesses
for the three months ended June 30, 1996 and June 30, 1997,  showing the results
of the Consolidated Businesses and Joint Ventures:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                     Three Months Ended June 30, 1996            Three Months Ended June 30, 1997
                                 -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------
                                           TRG                     TOTAL:             TRG                      TOTAL:
                                  CONSOLIDATED       JOINT        MANAGED    CONSOLIDATED        JOINT        MANAGED
                                    BUSINESSES   VENTURES(1)   BUSINESSES    BUSINESSES(2)   VENTURES(1)   BUSINESSES
                                 -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------
                                           (in millions of dollars)                  (in millions of dollars)
<S>                                      <C>         <C>            <C>             <C>          <C>            <C>
REVENUES:
  Minimum rents                           34.8        40.5           75.3            40.5         37.0           77.5
  Percentage rents                         1.4         0.8            2.2             1.6          0.8            2.4
  Expense recoveries                      18.6        25.0           43.7            22.8         21.3           44.0
  Other                                    5.0         2.3            7.3             5.0          5.5           10.5
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
Total revenues                            59.8        68.7          128.5            69.8         64.6          134.4

OPERATING COSTS:
  Recoverable expenses                    15.4        21.5           36.9            19.4         18.2           37.5
  Other operating                          6.4         4.6           11.0             7.8          3.4           11.2
  Management, leasing and
   development                             1.1                        1.1             1.0                         1.0
  General and administrative               5.5                        5.5             6.4                         6.4
  Interest expense                        17.2        13.5           30.7            17.3         12.6           30.0
  Depreciation and amortization            8.4         5.9           14.3            10.2          5.1           15.3
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
Total operating costs                     54.1        45.5           99.5            62.0         39.4          101.4
Net results of Memorial City (2)                                                     (0.1)                       (0.1)
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
                                           5.8        23.3           29.0             7.7         25.2           32.9
                                                     =====          =====                        =====          =====
Equity in net income of Joint Ventures    12.7                                       14.5
                                         -----                                      -----
NET INCOME                                18.5                                       22.2
                                         =====                                      =====

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (3)
  EBITDA contribution                     31.4        22.4           53.8            35.2         23.8           59.1
  TRG's Beneficial Interest Expense      (17.2)       (6.8)         (24.0)          (17.3)        (6.6)         (24.0)
  Non-real estate depreciation            (0.5)                      (0.5)           (0.5)                       (0.5)
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
  Distributable Cash Flow contribution    13.7        15.7           29.3            17.4         17.2           34.6
                                         =====       =====          =====           =====        =====          =====


(1)  With the exception of the Supplemental Information,  amounts represent 100%
     of Joint Ventures. Amounts are net of intercompany profits.
(2)  The results of operations of Memorial City are presented net in this table.
     TRG expects that Memorial City's net operating  income will approximate the
     ground rent payable under the lease for the immediate future.
(3)  EBITDA,  TRG's Beneficial  Interest Expense and Distributable Cash Flow are
     defined and discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources - Distributions.
(4)  Amounts in the table may not add due to rounding.
</TABLE>


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TRG --Consolidated Businesses
- -----------------------------

  Total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 1997 were $69.8 million,  a
$10.0 million or 16.7%  increase  over the  comparable  period in 1996.  Minimum
rents increased $5.7 million,  of which $5.1 million was caused by the Fairlane,
Paseo  Nuevo,  and La Cumbre  acquisitions.  The results of  Fairlane  have been
consolidated in TRG's results  subsequent to the  acquisition  date in July 1996
(prior to that date  Fairlane  was  accounted  for under the equity  method as a
Joint  Venture).  The  increase  in  expense  recoveries  was  primarily  due to
Fairlane, Paseo Nuevo, and La Cumbre.

  Total  operating  costs  increased $7.9 million,  or 14.6%,  to $62.0 million.
Recoverable,   other  operating,  and  depreciation  and  amortization  expenses
increased   primarily  due  to  the  Fairlane,   Paseo  Nuevo,   and  La  Cumbre
acquisitions.  General and  administrative  expense  increased  by $0.9  million
primarily due to increases in compensation (including the continuing phase-in of
the long-term compensation plan), recruiter fees and relocation charges, travel,
and training.

  Revenues  and expenses as  presented  in the  preceding  table differ from the
amounts  shown in TRG's  consolidated  statement  of  operations  by the amounts
representing  Memorial City's revenues and expenses,  which are presented in the
preceding table as a net amount.

Joint Ventures
- --------------

  Total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 1997 were $64.6 million,  a
$4.1 million,  or 6.0%,  decrease from the  comparable  period of 1996, of which
$6.7  million  was caused by the change of  Fairlane  from a Joint  Venture to a
Consolidated  Business  offset by  increases at other  Centers.  The decrease in
minimum  rents was  primarily  due to  Fairlane,  offset by  increases  at other
Centers.  The decrease in expense  recoveries was due to Fairlane and a decrease
in recoverable expenses. Other income increased by $3.2 million primarily due to
gains on peripheral land sales.

  Total operating  costs  decreased by $6.1 million,  or 13.4%, to $39.4 million
for the three months ended June 30, 1997  including a $4.7 million  decrease due
to  Fairlane.  Recoverable  expenses  decreased  $3.3 million  primarily  due to
Fairlane and decreases in utilities and property  taxes.  Other  operating costs
decreased primarily due to Fairlane and a decrease in bad debt expense. Interest
expense  decreased  $0.9 million  primarily due to a decrease in debt related to
Fairlane  and an  increase  in  capitalized  interest,  partially  offset  by an
increase  in debt  used to  finance  capital  expenditures.  Operating  costs as
presented in the preceding  table differ from the amounts shown in the combined,
summarized  financial statements of the unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Note 3 to
TRG's financial statements) by the amount of intercompany profit.

  As a result of the foregoing,  net income of the Joint  Ventures  increased by
$1.9 million, or 8.2%, to $25.2 million. TRG's equity in net income of the Joint
Ventures was $14.5 million, a 14.2% increase from the comparable period in 1996.

Net Income
- ----------

  As a result of the  foregoing,  net income for the second  quarter of 1997 was
$22.2 million, a 20.0% increase from the comparable period in 1996.


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Comparison  of the Six Months  Ended June 30, 1997 to the Six Months  Ended June
30, 1996

  The following table sets forth operating results for TRG's Managed  Businesses
for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and June 30, 1997, showing the results of
the Consolidated Businesses and Joint Ventures:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                      Six Months Ended June 30, 1996             Six Months Ended June 30, 1997
                                 -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------
                                           TRG                     TOTAL:             TRG                      TOTAL:
                                  CONSOLIDATED       JOINT        MANAGED    CONSOLIDATED        JOINT        MANAGED
                                    BUSINESSES   VENTURES(1)   BUSINESSES    BUSINESSES(2)   VENTURES(1)   BUSINESSES
                                 -----------------------------------------  ------------------------------------------
                                           (in millions of dollars)                  (in millions of dollars)
<S>                                      <C>         <C>            <C>             <C>          <C>            <C>
REVENUES:
  Minimum rents                           69.5        81.5          151.1            81.3         74.7          156.0
  Percentage rents                         2.4         1.6            4.0             2.9          1.2            4.1
  Expense recoveries                      38.3        51.4           89.6            44.7         42.8           87.5
  Other                                    9.3         4.2           13.5            10.5          6.7           17.2
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
Total revenues                           119.5       138.7          258.3           139.5        125.3          264.8

OPERATING COSTS:
  Recoverable expenses                    31.0        44.0           75.0            37.4         36.4           73.8
  Other operating                         11.6         7.8           19.4            14.3          6.1           20.4
  Management, leasing and
   development                             2.4                        2.4             1.9                         1.9
  General and administrative              10.3                       10.3            12.1                        12.1
  Interest expense                        34.3        27.5           61.8            34.6         25.2           59.8
  Depreciation and amortization           16.7        11.4           28.1            20.2         10.2           30.4
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
Total operating costs                    106.3        90.6          197.0           120.5         77.9          198.4
Net results of Memorial City (2)                                                     (0.3)                       (0.3)
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
                                          13.3        48.1           61.4            18.8         47.3           66.1
                                                     =====          =====                        =====          =====
Equity in net income of Joint Ventures    26.1                                       27.0
                                         -----                                      -----
NET INCOME                                39.4                                       45.8
                                         =====                                      =====

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (3)
  EBITDA contribution                     64.3        45.7          110.0            73.7         45.6          119.4
  TRG's Beneficial Interest Expense      (34.3)      (13.9)         (48.3)          (34.6)       (13.2)         (47.8)
  Non-real estate depreciation            (0.9)                      (0.9)           (1.1)                       (1.1)
                                         -----       -----          -----           -----        -----          -----
  Distributable Cash Flow contribution    29.0        31.8           60.8            38.0         32.4           70.5
                                         =====       =====          =====           =====        =====          =====


(1)  With the exception of the Supplemental Information,  amounts represent 100%
     of Joint Ventures. Amounts are net of intercompany profits.
(2)  The results of operations of Memorial City are presented net in this table.
     TRG expects that Memorial City's net operating  income will approximate the
     ground rent payable under the lease for the immediate future.
(3)  EBITDA,  TRG's Beneficial  Interest Expense and Distributable Cash Flow are
     defined and discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources - Distributions.
(4)  Amounts in the table may not add due to rounding.
</TABLE>


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TRG --Consolidated Businesses
- -----------------------------

  Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 1997 were $139.5  million,  a
$20.0 million or 16.7%  increase  over the  comparable  period in 1996.  Minimum
rents  increased  $11.8  million,  of which  $10.6  million  was  caused  by the
Fairlane, Paseo Nuevo, and La Cumbre acquisitions.  The results of Fairlane have
been  consolidated in TRG's results  subsequent to the acquisition  date in July
1996 (prior to that date Fairlane was accounted for under the equity method as a
Joint  Venture).  The  increase  in  expense  recoveries  was  primarily  due to
Fairlane,  Paseo Nuevo,  and La Cumbre,  offset by  decreases  at certain  other
Centers.  Other  revenue  increased  $1.2 million  primarily due to an insurance
recovery and a litigation  settlement,  partially  offset by a decrease in lease
cancellation revenue.

  Total operating  costs  increased $14.2 million,  or 13.4%, to $120.5 million.
Recoverable,   other  operating,  and  depreciation  and  amortization  expenses
increased   primarily  due  to  the  Fairlane,   Paseo  Nuevo,   and  La  Cumbre
acquisitions.  General and  administrative  expense  increased  by $1.8  million
primarily due to increases in compensation (including the continuing phase-in of
the long-term compensation plan), recruiter fees and relocation charges, travel,
and training.

  Revenues  and expenses as  presented  in the  preceding  table differ from the
amounts  shown in TRG's  consolidated  statement  of  operations  by the amounts
representing  Memorial City's revenues and expenses,  which are presented in the
preceding table as a net amount.

Joint Ventures
- --------------

  Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 1997 were $125.3  million,  a
$13.4 million,  or 9.7%,  decrease from the comparable  period of 1996, of which
$13.7  million  was caused by the change of Fairlane  from a Joint  Venture to a
Consolidated  Business,  offset by increases at other  Centers.  The decrease in
minimum  rents was  primarily  due to  Fairlane,  offset by  increases  at other
Centers.  The decrease in expense  recoveries was due to Fairlane and a decrease
in recoverable expenses. Other income increased by $2.5 million primarily due to
gains on  peripheral  land  sales,  partially  offset by a decrease  in interest
income.

  Total operating  costs decreased by $12.7 million,  or 14.0%, to $77.9 million
for the six months ended June 30, 1997 including a $9.3 million  decrease due to
Fairlane.  Recoverable expenses decreased $7.6 million primarily due to Fairlane
and  decreases  in  utilities  and  maintenance  costs.  Other  operating  costs
decreased primarily due to Fairlane and a decrease in bad debt expense. Interest
expense  decreased  $2.3 million  primarily due to a decrease in debt related to
Fairlane  and an  increase  in  capitalized  interest,  partially  offset  by an
increase  in debt  used to  finance  capital  expenditures.  Operating  costs as
presented in the preceding  table differ from the amounts shown in the combined,
summarized  financial statements of the unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Note 3 to
TRG's financial statements) by the amount of intercompany profit.

  As a result of the foregoing,  net income of the Joint  Ventures  decreased by
$0.8 million, or 1.7%, to $47.3 million. TRG's equity in net income of the Joint
Ventures was $27.0 million, a 3.4% increase from the comparable period in 1996.

Net Income
- ----------

  As a result of the  foregoing,  net income  for the six months  ended June 30,
1997 was $45.8 million, a 16.2% increase from the comparable period in 1996.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

  As of June 30, 1997,  TRG had a cash balance of $1.7  million.  In March 1997,
TRG completed the  renegotiation of the terms of its unsecured  revolving credit
facility available for general partnership purposes. The new terms increased the
facility to $300  million  from $200  million,  reduced the current  contractual
interest  rate by 60 basis points to LIBOR plus 90 basis points and extended the
maturity until March 2000.  Included in the credit facility is a competitive bid
option program,  which allows TRG to hold auctions among the banks participating
in the  facility for short term  borrowings  of up to $150  million.  Borrowings
under this facility at June 30, 1997 were $15 million. TRG also has available an
unsecured  bank line of credit of up to $30  million  with  borrowings  of $14.4
million  at June 30,  1997.  This  line  expires  in August  1998.  TRG also has
available a secured commercial paper facility of up to $75 million, all of which
had been issued at June 30, 1997.  Commercial  paper is generally sold with a 30
day maturity. This facility is supported by a line of credit facility,  which is
renewable quarterly for a twelve month period.

  Proceeds from short term borrowings  provided $49.3 million of funding for the
first half of 1997 compared to $55.7 million in 1996  (including $37 million for
the  acquisition in June 1996 of the Paseo Nuevo shopping  center).  Proceeds in
both  1997  and  1996  were  also  used to  fund  capital  expenditures  for the
Consolidated  Businesses and  contributions  to Joint Ventures for  construction
costs of new centers.

  TRG has a medium-term note program under TRG's $500 million shelf registration
statement.  There were no medium-term  note issuances in the first six months of
1997 and 1996.  During July 1997,  TRG issued $55 million of  unsecured  10-year
notes at a coupon  rate of 7  percent.  The net  proceeds  were used to pay down
floating  rate debt under  TRG's  revolving  credit  facilities.  Including  the
issuance in July 1997, TRG has issued a total of $342 million of notes since the
program's inception in 1995.

  In January  1997,  Arizona  Mills,  L.L.C.  closed on a secured  $145  million
construction  facility  maturing in 2002.  The loan bears  interest at one month
LIBOR plus 1.3%. The loan is hedged until maturity at a one month LIBOR cap rate
of 9.5%.  The payment of the principal and interest is guaranteed by each of the
owners of  Arizona  Mills,  L.L.C.  to the  extent of its  respective  ownership
percentage.  The  loan  agreement  provides  for  the  reduction  of the  amount
guaranteed  as  certain  center  performance  and  valuation  criteria  are met.
Proceeds  totaling $13.1 million were distributed to the owners as reimbursement
for amounts previously  expended on construction costs, of which TRG's share was
$4.8 million.  Borrowings  on the facility at June 30, 1997 were $45.3  million.
TRG owns a 37% interest in Arizona Mills, L.L.C.

  At June 30, 1997,  TRG's debt and its  beneficial  interest in the debt of its
Joint Ventures  (excluding $53.4 million of capital lease  obligations)  totaled
$1,473.8  million.  As shown  in the  following  table,  there  was no  unhedged
floating  rate  debt at June 30,  1997.  Interest  rates  shown  do not  include
amortization of debt issuance costs and interest rate hedging costs. These items
are  reported  as  interest  expense  in TRG's  results  of  operations.  In the
aggregate,  these  costs added 0.4% to the  effective  rate of interest on TRG's
beneficial  interest  in debt at June 30,  1997.  Included  in TRG's  beneficial
interest in debt at June 30, 1997 is debt used to fund development and expansion
costs.  TRG's  beneficial   interest  in  assets  on  which  interest  is  being
capitalized  totaled  $234.9  million  as of June  30,  1997.  TRG's  beneficial
interest in capitalized interest was $3.9 million and $7.2 million for the three
and six months ended June 30, 1997, respectively.


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<PAGE>



                                          Beneficial Interest in Debt
                                ------------------------------------------------
                                    Amount   Interest LIBOR  Frequency  LIBOR
                                (In millions  Rate at  Cap   of Rate     at
                                 of dollars)  6/30/97  Rate   Resets   6/30/97
                                 ----------  --------  ----   ------  --------
Total beneficial interest 
 in fixed rate debt              1,112.7(1)  7.55%(2)
Floating rate debt hedged
 via interest rate caps:
  Through January 1998             100.0     6.26(2)   6.50   Monthly      5.72
  Through January 1998              65.0     6.44      6.50   Monthly      5.72
  Through July 1998                 65.0     6.26(2)   8.35   Monthly      5.72
  Through October 1998              39.3     6.32      6.00   Three Months 5.81
  Through October 2001              25.0     6.14      8.55   Monthly      5.72
  Through January 2002              23.4     6.78(2)   9.50   Monthly      5.72
  Through July 2002                 43.4     6.66(2)   6.50   Monthly      5.72
                                 -------           
Total beneficial interest
 in debt                         1,473.8     7.26(2)
                                 =======

(1)  Includes TRG's $100 million floating rate notes due in November 1997, which
     were swapped to a fixed rate of 6.15% until maturity.  The interest rate on
     the  refinancing  of this debt is hedged via an  interest  rate cap for the
     period  November  1997 to December  1998 at a three month LIBOR cap rate of
     6.5%.
(2)  Denotes weighted average interest rate.

  TRG's loan  agreements and indenture  contain various  restrictive  covenants,
including  limitations  on the amount of secured and unsecured  debt and minimum
debt service coverage ratios,  the latter being the most restrictive.  TRG is in
compliance with all of such covenants.

Distributions

  A  principal  factor  considered  by TRG in  deciding  upon  distributions  to
partners is an amount,  which TRG defines as  Distributable  Cash Flow, equal to
EBITDA less TRG's Beneficial  Interest Expense and non-real estate  depreciation
and  amortization.  This  measure  of  performance  is  influenced  not  only by
operations but also by capital structure.  EBITDA is defined as TRG's beneficial
interest in revenues,  less operating costs before  interest,  depreciation  and
amortization,  meaning  TRG's  pro  rata  share of this  result  for each of the
Managed Businesses, after recording appropriate intercompany eliminations. TRG's
Beneficial  Interest Expense is defined as 100% of the interest expense of TRG's
Consolidated  Businesses and TRG's pro rata share of the interest expense on the
debt of the Joint Ventures.  EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow do not represent
cash  flows  from  operations,  as  defined  by  generally  accepted  accounting
principles,  and should not be considered to be an  alternative to net income as
an indicator  of operating  performance  or to cash flows from  operations  as a
measure of liquidity.


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<PAGE>



  The following table  summarizes  TRG's  Distributable  Cash Flow for the three
months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                            Three months ended                     Three months ended
                                               June 30, 1996                          June 30, 1997
                                  -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------
                                              TRG                                   TRG
                                     Consolidated         Joint            Consolidated         Joint
                                       Businesses   Ventures(1)   Total      Businesses   Ventures(1)   Total
                                  -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------
                                                                (in millions of dollars)
<S>                                         <C>        <C>         <C>            <C>        <C>        <C>

TRG's Net Income(2)                                                 18.5                                 22.2
Depreciation and Amortization(3)(4)                                 11.3                                 12.9
TRG's Beneficial Interest Expense(3)                                24.0                                 24.0
                                                                   -----                                -----
EBITDA                                       31.4      22.4         53.8           35.2       23.8       59.1
TRG's Beneficial Interest Expense(3)        (17.2)     (6.8)       (24.0)         (17.3)      (6.6)     (24.0)
Non-real estate depreciation                 (0.5)                  (0.5)          (0.5)                 (0.5)
                                            -----     -----        -----          -----      -----      -----
Distributable Cash Flow                      13.7      15.7         29.3           17.4       17.2       34.6
                                            =====     =====        =====          =====      =====      =====

(1)  Amounts represent TRG's beneficial  interest in the operations of its Joint
     Ventures.
(2)  Includes TRG's share of gains on peripheral  land sales of $0.3 million and
     $1.8   million  for  the  three  months  ended  June  30,  1996  and  1997,
     respectively.
(3)  Amounts  represent  TRG's  and  TRG's  beneficial  interest  in  the  Joint
     Ventures' depreciation and amortization and interest expense.
(4)  Includes   $0.8  million  and  $0.9   million  of  mall  tenant   allowance
     amortization in the second quarter of 1996 and 1997, respectively.
(5)  Amounts may not add due to rounding.
</TABLE>


   The following  table  summarizes  TRG's  Distributable  Cash Flow for the six
months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                             Six months ended                      Six months ended
                                               June 30, 1996                          June 30, 1997
                                  -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------
                                              TRG                                   TRG
                                     Consolidated         Joint            Consolidated         Joint
                                       Businesses   Ventures(1)   Total      Businesses   Ventures(1)   Total
                                  -------------------------------------  ------------------------------------
                                                                (in millions of dollars)
<S>                                         <C>        <C>         <C>            <C>        <C>        <C>
TRG's Net Income(2)                                                 39.4                                 45.8
Depreciation and Amortization(3)(4)                                 22.4                                 25.8
TRG's Beneficial Interest Expense(3)                                48.3                                 47.8
                                                                   -----                                 ----
EBITDA                                       64.3       45.7       110.0           73.7       45.6      119.4
TRG's Beneficial Interest Expense(3)        (34.3)     (13.9)      (48.3)         (34.6)     (13.2)     (47.8)
Non-real estate depreciation                 (0.9)                  (0.9)          (1.1)                 (1.1)
                                            -----      -----       -----          -----      -----      ----- 
Distributable Cash Flow                      29.0       31.8        60.8           38.0       32.4       70.5
                                            =====      =====       =====          =====      =====      =====

(1)  Amounts represent TRG's beneficial  interest in the operations of its Joint
     Ventures.
(2)  Includes TRG's share of gains on peripheral  land sales of $0.3 million and
     $1.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
(3)  Amounts  represent  TRG's  and  TRG's  beneficial  interest  in  the  Joint
     Ventures' depreciation and amortization and interest expense.
(4)  Includes   $1.6  million  and  $1.8   million  of  mall  tenant   allowance
     amortization for the six months ended June 30, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
(5)  Amounts may not add due to rounding.
</TABLE>

  During the second  quarter of 1997,  EBITDA and  Distributable  Cash Flow were
$59.1 million and $34.6 million, compared to $53.8 million and $29.3 million for
the same period in 1996.  TRG  distributed  $32.0 million to its partners in the
second quarter of 1997, compared to $29.1 million in the same period of 1996.

  During the first half of 1997, EBITDA and Distributable  Cash Flow were $119.4
million and $70.5 million,  compared to $110.0 million and $60.8 million for the
same period in 1996.  TRG  distributed  $64.0  million and $58.1  million to its
partners in the six month periods ended June 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively.


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  The Partnership  Committee of TRG makes an annual determination of appropriate
distributions   for  each  year.  The  determination  is  based  on  anticipated
Distributable  Cash Flow,  as well as  financing  considerations  and such other
factors  as  the  Partnership  Committee  considers  appropriate.  Further,  the
Partnership  Committee has decided that the growth in distributions will be less
than the growth in Distributable Cash Flow for the immediate future.

  Except under unusual  circumstances,  TRG's  practice is to  distribute  equal
monthly  installments of the determined  amount of distributions  throughout the
year.  Due  to  seasonality  and  the  fact  that  cash  available  to  TRG  for
distributions  may be  more  or less  than  net  cash  provided  from  operating
activities  plus  distributions  from Joint  Ventures  during the year,  TRG may
borrow  from  unused  credit  facilities  (described  above)  to  enable  it  to
distribute the amount decided upon by TRG's Partnership Committee.

  Distributions  by each Joint Venture may be made only in  accordance  with the
terms of its  partnership  agreement.  TRG acts as the managing  partner in each
case and, in general,  has the right to determine  the amount of cash  available
for  distribution  from the Joint Venture.  In general,  the provisions of these
agreements  require the  distribution  of all available cash (as defined in each
partnership agreement), but most do not allow borrowing to finance distributions
without approval of the Joint Venture Partner.

  As a result,  distribution  policies of many Joint  Ventures will not parallel
those of TRG.  While TRG may not,  therefore,  receive as much in  distributions
from each Joint Venture as it intends to  distribute  with respect to that Joint
Venture, TRG does not believe this will impede its intended  distribution policy
because  of TRG's  overall  access  to  liquid  resources,  including  borrowing
capacity.

  Any inability of TRG or its Joint Ventures to secure  financing as required to
fund  maturing  debts,  capital  expenditures  and  changes in working  capital,
including development activities and expansions,  may require the utilization of
cash to satisfy such  obligations,  thereby possibly  reducing  distributions to
partners of TRG.

  In  addition,  if the GM Trusts  exercise  their  rights under the Cash Tender
Agreement (see Liquidity and Capital  Resources -- Cash Tender Agreement below),
TRG will be  required  to pay the GM  Trusts  $10.9  million  and may  borrow to
finance such expenditures.

Capital Spending

  Capital  spending for routine  maintenance of the Taubman  Shopping Centers is
generally  recovered  from  tenants.  Excluding  acquisitions,  planned  capital
spending  by the  Managed  Businesses  not  recovered  from  tenants for 1997 is
summarized in the following table:

                                                    1997
                              ------------------------------------------------
                              Consolidated          Joint      TRG's Share of
                                Businesses    Ventures(1)    Joint Ventures(1)
                              ------------------------------------------------
                                          (in millions of dollars)

Development, renovation,
 and expansion                     126.5(2)      225.1(3)          120.3
Mall tenant allowances               5.8           3.7               2.2
Pre-construction development
 and other                          10.7(4)        1.0               0.6
                                   -----         -----             -----
Total                              143.0         229.8             123.1
                                   =====         =====             =====

(1)  Costs are net of intercompany profits.
(2)  Includes  costs  related to  leasehold  improvements  at The Mall at Tuttle
     Crossing;  excludes  capital  lease assets.  Also  includes  TRG's share of
     construction costs for Great Lakes Crossing.
(3)  Includes costs related to expansion projects at Westfarms and Cherry Creek.
     Also includes construction costs for MacArthur Center and Arizona Mills.
(4)  Includes  the costs to evaluate  the  redevelopment  of  Memorial  City and
     required property expenditures under the terms of the lease.


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  An expansion at Westfarms  includes  approximately 135 thousand square feet of
mall GLA, which opened approximately 85% leased in August 1997, and Nordstrom as
an  anchor  which  will  open  in  early  September  1997.  The  expansion  cost
approximately  $100  million.  An expansion at Cherry Creek will include a newly
constructed  Lord & Taylor store,  which will open in November of 1997,  and the
addition of 132 thousand square feet of mall GLA, which will open in the fall of
1998. The expansion is expected to cost approximately $50 million. TRG has a 79%
and 50% ownership interest in Westfarms and Cherry Creek, respectively.

  A project is now under  construction to add  approximately  48 thousand square
feet of new mall tenant  space in the  building  vacated  when Saks Fifth Avenue
moved to the I. Magnin site at Biltmore.  The new space is completely leased and
will be  fully  open in the  fall of  1997.  The  project  is  expected  to cost
approximately $8 million.

  The Mall at Tuttle  Crossing,  a 980 thousand  square foot Center in northwest
Columbus,  Ohio,  opened in July 1997,  anchored by Marshall  Field's,  Lazarus,
JCPenney  and Sears.  TRG is leasing  the land and mall  buildings  from  Tuttle
Holding Co.,  which owns the land on which the Center is located.  TRG will make
ninety  annual  minimum lease  payments of $4.4 million  beginning in July 1997.
Substantially  all of each payment in the first ten years of  operation  will be
recognized  as  interest  expense.  TRG will also pay  additional  rent based on
achieved  levels of net  operating  income,  a measure of operating  performance
before rent payments,  as defined in the agreement (NOI); 100% of the portion of
NOI which is over $11.6 million but less than or equal to $14.4 million,  30% of
the  portion of NOI between  $14.4  million  and $18.3  million,  and 50% of the
portion of NOI over $18.3 million.  TRG estimates this  additional  rent,  which
will be recognized as other operating expense, will approximate $2 million to $3
million annually  beginning in 1999.  Substantially all of the Center's mall GLA
has been  leased.  The Center is expected to cost  approximately  $115  million,
including capital lease assets of $55 million.

  Arizona Mills, an enclosed value super-regional mall in Tempe,  Arizona,  will
open in November 1997.  Leases on approximately  88% of the in-line tenant space
are signed or out for signature. The 1.2 million square foot value-oriented mall
is expected to cost approximately $180 million. TRG has a 37% ownership interest
in Arizona Mills.

  In May 1997, TRG began construction on Great Lakes Crossing, an enclosed value
super-regional mall in Auburn Hills,  Michigan,  owned by a partnership in which
TRG has an 80%  controlling  interest.  The 1.7  million  square  foot Center is
expected to have  approximately  1.4 million square feet of GLA and is scheduled
to open in the fall of 1998.  The cost of building this Center will  approximate
$210 million.

  MacArthur Center, a new Center being developed by TRG in Norfolk, Virginia, is
expected to open in the spring of 1999.  The Center is expected to open with 930
thousand  square feet and will initially be anchored by Nordstrom and Dillard's.
This Center is owned by a joint  venture in which TRG has a 70%  interest and is
projected to cost approximately $150 million.

  In 1996,  TRG entered  into an agreement  to lease  Memorial  City Mall, a 1.4
million square foot shopping center located in Houston,  Texas. Memorial City is
anchored by Sears, Foley's,  Montgomery Ward and Mervyn's. TRG has the option to
terminate  the  lease  after the third  full  year by paying $2  million  to the
lessor.   TRG  is  using  this  option  period  to  evaluate  the  redevelopment
opportunities  of the  Center.  Under the terms of the lease,  TRG has agreed to
invest a minimum of $3  million  during the three  year  option  period.  If the
redevelopment  proceeds,  TRG is required to invest an additional $22 million in
property  expenditures not recoverable from tenants during the first 10 years of
the lease term.

  TRG's share of costs for  development and expansion  projects  currently under
construction and scheduled to be completed in 1998 and 1999 is anticipated to be
as much as $165 million in 1998 and $19 million in 1999.  TRG generally does not
provide estimates of capital expenditures on individual projects until the total
project cost has been approved and construction is underway or imminent.


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<PAGE>



  TRG's   estimates   regarding   capital   expenditures   presented  above  are
forward-looking  statements  and  certain  significant  factors  could cause the
actual  results to differ  materially,  including  but not limited to: 1) actual
results of negotiations with anchors, tenants and contractors; 2) changes in the
scope of projects;  3) cost overruns;  4) timing of expenditures;  and 5) actual
time to complete projects.

Planned Acquisition

  In July 1997,  TRG entered  into an  agreement to acquire for cash the Regency
Square shopping center in Richmond, Virginia. The transaction is contingent upon
the completion of due diligence and receipt of necessary consents and approvals.
TRG has agreed with the seller not to disclose  the  purchase  price until after
closing,  which is expected to be  completed  before year end.  TRG plans to use
existing  lines of credit to pay for the  acquisition,  which is  expected to be
modestly  accretive to  Distributable  Cash Flow and immaterial to net income in
1997. The Center is anchored by Hecht's, JCPenney and Sears.

Capital Resources

  TRG believes that its net cash provided by operating activities, together with
distributions  from the Joint  Ventures,  the  unutilized  portion of its credit
facilities  and its ability to generate  cash from the  issuance of  medium-term
notes under TRG's shelf registration  statement,  other securities  offerings or
mortgage  financings,  assure  adequate  liquidity to conduct its  operations in
accordance with its distribution and financing policies.

  The financing of TRG is intended to maintain an investment grade credit rating
for  TRG  and  (i)  minimize,  to the  extent  practical,  secured  indebtedness
encumbering  TRG's wholly owned  properties,  (ii)  mitigate  TRG's  exposure to
increases  in  floating  interest  rates,  (iii)  assure that the amount of debt
maturing in any future year will not pose a significant  refinancing  risk, (iv)
provide for additional capital and liquidity resources, and (v) maintain average
maturities  for TRG's  debt  obligations  of between  five and ten years.  TRG's
intent to continue to minimize  secured  indebtedness  is  dependent  on actions
taken by credit rating agencies and market conditions.

  TRG  expects to  finance  its  capital  requirements,  including  development,
expansions and working capital,  with available cash, borrowings under its lines
of credit and cash from future  securities  offerings under its medium-term note
program, other securities offerings,  or mortgage financings.  TRG's acquisition
activities are discretionary in nature, and will only be undertaken by TRG after
arranging  adequate  financing on terms that are consistent with TRG's financing
policies.  TRG's Joint  Ventures  expect to finance  development  and  expansion
spending with secured debt to the extent it is available.

Cash Tender Agreement

  A. Alfred  Taubman  and the GM Trusts each have the annual  right to tender to
TCO units of partnership  interest in TRG (provided that the aggregate  value is
at least $50  million)  and cause TCO to purchase  the  tendered  interests at a
purchase  price  based  on a  market  valuation  of  TCO  on  the  trading  date
immediately preceding the date of the tender (the Cash Tender Agreement).  At A.
Alfred Taubman's  election,  his family, and Robert C. Larson and his family may
participate  in tenders.  The GM Trusts will be entitled to receive  from TRG an
amount  (not to  exceed  $10.9  million  in the  aggregate  over the term of the
Partnership)  equal to 5.5% of the amounts  that TCO pays to the GM Trusts under
the Cash Tender Agreement.

  Although certain partners in TRG have pledged,  and other partners may pledge,
their units of partnership  interest,  TRG is not aware of any present intention
of any partner to sell its interest in TRG.


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<PAGE>



                                     PART II

                                OTHER INFORMATION


Item 6.   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

      a)  Exhibits

            12    --  Statement Re:  Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed
                      Charges.

            27    --  Financial Data Schedule.

      b)   Current Reports on Form 8-K.

           None.



                                     - 23 -

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES


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


                                                THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP
                                                LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


Date:   August 13, 1997                   By:   /s/ Lisa A. Payne
                                                ----------------------------
                                                Lisa A. Payne
                                                Executive Vice President and
                                                Chief Financial Officer



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<PAGE>



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
- ------


12  --  Statement Re:  Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.

27  --  Financial Data Schedule.






                                                                      Exhibit 12


                  THE TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

               Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
                          (in thousands, except ratios)


                                                  Six Months Ended June 30
                                                  ------------------------
                                                     1996          1997
                                                     ----          ----



Net Earnings from Continuing Operations            $39,368       $45,754
 Add back:
  Fixed charges                                     55,052        59,255
  Amortization of previously
   capitalized interest (1)                            981           953
  Distributions in excess of equity in
   net income of 25% owned Joint Venture              (250)            0

 Deduct:
  Capitalized interest (1)                          (3,839)       (7,167)
                                                   -------       ------- 
   Earnings Available for Fixed Charges            $91,312       $98,795
                                                   =======       =======

Fixed Charges
 Mortgage notes and other                          $34,340       $34,614
 Capitalized interest                                2,294         4,337
 Interest portion of rent expense                    2,508         3,749
 Proportionate share of Joint Ventures'
  fixed charges                                     15,910        16,555
                                                   -------       -------
   Total Fixed Charges                             $55,052       $59,255
                                                   =======       =======

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                     1.7           1.7



- -----------------
(1) Amounts   include  TRG's  pro  rata  share  of   capitalized   interest  and
    amortization of previously capitalized interest of the Joint Ventures.


<TABLE> <S> <C>


<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>

   THIS SCHEDULE  CONTAINS  SUMMARY  FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  EXTRACTED  FROM THE
TAUBMAN REALTY GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (TRG) CONSOLIDATED  BALANCE SHEET AS OF
JUNE 30, 1997  (UNAUDITED) AND TRG'S  CONSOLIDATED  STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR
THE SIX  MONTHS  ENDED  JUNE 30, 1997  (UNAUDITED)  AND IS  QUALIFIED  IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

</LEGEND>
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                                           0
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<F1>      EXCEPT FOR SHARE DATA.
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<F3>      REPRESENTS EARNINGS DIVIDED BY WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF UNITS OF
          PARTNERSHIP INTEREST OUTSTANDING DURING THE PERIOD.  EPS - DILUTED IS
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