AMB Property Corporation® , a leading owner, operator and developer of global industrial real estate, today announced it has leased approximately 95,800 square feet (8,900 square meters) of its AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center A in Hamburg, Germany. The development is now stabilized. Kuehne + Nagel, a global leader in international forwarding, will use the space to accommodate expanding business requirements. Kuehne + Nagel is now the sole tenant in this 287,200 square foot (26,700 square meter) facility as they already occupy the two other units.

"We are pleased to be able to meet the growing needs of this global target customer at our state-of-the-art distribution space in a key market," said Guy Jaquier, AMB's president, Europe & Asia. "They were looking for a location close to their existing operations and Hausbruch was the ideal solution."

AMB Hausbruch Industrial Center provides easy access to the Altenwerder Terminals of the Port of Hamburg as well as Hamburg city center. The site is also near the A7 highway, which is the main north/south arterial through the region that intersects with the A1 highway, connecting Hamburg with the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's most densely populated and industrialized area.

AMB's Europe portfolio totaled nearly 14.0 million square feet (1.3 million square meters) of operating and development properties as of March 31, 2010, approximately 3.8 million square feet (349,900 square meters) of which is located in Germany.

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AMB Property Corporation® is a leading owner, operator and developer of global industrial real estate, focused on major hub and gateway distribution markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. As of March 31, 2010, AMB owned, or had investments in, on a consolidated basis or through unconsolidated joint ventures, properties and development projects expected to total approximately 155.7 million square feet (14.5 million square meters) in 48 markets within 15 countries. AMB invests in properties located predominantly in the infill submarkets of its targeted markets. The company's portfolio comprises High Throughput Distribution® facilities--industrial properties built for speed and located near airports, seaports and ground transportation systems.

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Our success also depends upon economic trends generally, various market conditions and fluctuations and those other risk factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

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