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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.2



                            AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION

                            CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION



        AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, having its principal
office within the State of Maryland at 300 East Lombard Street, Suite 1900,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"), hereby
certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the
"Department") that:

        FIRST: This Certificate of Correction corrects the Articles
Supplementary of the Corporation, establishing and fixing the rights and
preferences of the 81/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of the
Corporation (the "Series A Articles Supplementary").

        SECOND: The name of the sole party to the Series A Articles
Supplementary is the Corporation.

        THIRD: The Series A Articles Supplementary were filed for record with
the Department on July 23, 1998.

        FOURTH: As previously filed, Article THIRD, Section 7(b)(iii) of the
Series A Articles Supplementary stated:

               (iii) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein,
               prior to the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer of Series
               A Preferred Stock that, if effective, would result in the capital
               stock of the Corporation being beneficially owned by less than
               100 Persons (determined without reference to any rules of
               attribution) shall be void ab initio, and the intended transferee
               shall acquire no rights in such Series A Preferred Stock.

        FIFTH: Article THIRD, Section 7(b)(iii) of the Series A Articles
Supplementary is hereby corrected to state:

               (iii) Subject to Section 7(l) of these Articles Supplementary and
               notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, prior to
               the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer of Series A
               Preferred Stock that, if effective, would result in the capital
               stock of the Corporation being beneficially owned by less than
               100 Persons (determined without reference to any rules of
               attribution) shall be void ab initio, and the intended transferee
               shall acquire no rights in such Series A Preferred Stock.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AMB Property Corporation has caused this Certificate
of Correction to be signed and acknowledged in its name and on its behalf by its
Senior Vice President, and its corporate seal affixed and attested to by its
Secretary, on this 17th day of March, 1999. The Senior Vice President
acknowledges this Certificate of Correction to be the act of the Corporation and
states to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, the matters and
facts set forth herein are true in all material respects, subject to the
penalties for perjury.

ATTEST:                                      AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION



/s/ David S. Fries                           By:  /s/ Michael A. Coke
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David S. Fries, Secretary                       Name:  Michael A. Coke
                                                Title: Senior Vice President



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