Form: S-11

Registration statement for securities to be issued by real estate companies

September 18, 1997

CONSENT OF DOUGLAS D. ABBEY

Published on September 18, 1997


EXHIBIT 23.4


CONSENT OF DIRECTOR NOMINEE

The undersigned hereby consents to the reference of the undersigned as
a director nominee of AMB Property Corporation (the "Company") in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11.



/s/ DOUGLAS D. ABBEY
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Douglas D. Abbey



September 17, 1997