1 EXHIBIT 3.2 AMENDMENT TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES REIT The undersigned, acting as the Trust Managers of American Industrial Properties REIT, a real estate investment trust formed under the Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act (the "Texas REIT Act"), hereby adopt the following amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for such trust which amendment replaces in its entirety the following Article of the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for such trust. ARTICLE FIVE The names and mailing addresses of the Trust Managers are as follows: Name Mailing Address ---- --------------- William H. Bricker 16475 Dallas Parkway, Suite 350 Dallas, Texas 75248 T. Patrick Duncan 8000 Robert F. McDermott Freeway Suite 600, IH-10 West San Antonio, Texas 78230-3884 Robert E. Giles 5051 Westheimer, Suite 300 Houston, Texas 77056 Edward B. Kelley 8000 Robert F. McDermott Freeway Suite 600, IH-10 West San Antonio, Texas 78230-3884 Stanley J. Kraska, Jr. 100 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Russell C. Platt 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor New York, New York 10020 Charles W. Wolcott 6210 North Belt Line Road, Suite 170 Irving, Texas 75063 2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Trust Managers do hereby execute this Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust as of the 16th day of July, 1998. /s/ William H. Bricker --------------------------- WILLIAM H. BRICKER /s/ T. Patrick Duncan --------------------------- T. PATRICK DUNCAN /s/ Robert E. Giles --------------------------- ROBERT E. GILES /s/ Edward B. Kelley --------------------------- EDWARD B. KELLEY /s/ Stanley J. Kraska, Jr. --------------------------- STANLEY J. KRASKA, JR. /s/ Russell C. Platt --------------------------- RUSSELL C. PLATT /s/ Charles W. Wolcott --------------------------- CHARLES W. WOLCOTT