Exhibit 23.2(a)
                            Consent of Ernst & Young

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 pertaining to the Rights to Purchase up to
4,418,540 shares of Common Stock of Grubb & Ellis Company and subsidiaries and
to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 29, 1994,
with respect to the financial statements and schedules of Grubb & Ellis Company
and Subsidiaries included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 2)) for the year ended December 31, 1993, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                              Very truly yours,



                                                                 ERNST & YOUNG



San Francisco, California
July 21, 1994