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Douglas Abbey

Lecturer in Finance at Stanford Graduate School of Business

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  • Stanford Graduate School of Business

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    Biography

    Stanford Graduate School of Business

    Teaching Statement

    Douglas Abbey is actively involved in commercial and residential real estate investment and development throughout the U.S. He is a leader in a number of nonprofit organizations related to affordable housing and land use issues. He works with GSB students to evaluate career opportunities in real estate and to expose them to research and educational opportunities in the field. While the focus of his course is real estate investment, students are introduced to broader issues of how land use decisions are created through a combination of market forces, demographics, and regulation, and how resulting land use patterns impact housing affordability and integration or isolation of households by income level.

    Bio

    Douglas Abbey is a co-founder of AMB Property Corporation (predecessor to Prologis (NYSE:PLD) and IHP Capital Partners a leading homebuilding finance company. Mr. Abbey has more than 35 years of experience in commercial and residential real estate investment and development. He is a graduate of Amherst College and has a Master of City Planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

    He is a past Trustee and  Vice Chairman of the Urban Land Institute, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Golden Gate University and on the real estate committee of the UCSF Foundation. Mr. Abbey is a member of the Board  of Bridge Housing Corporation, a non-profit affordable housing developer active throughout the West Coast.

    Academic Degrees

    • MCP, UC Berkeley, 1979
    • BA, Amherst College, 1971

    Academic Appointments

    • At Stanford since 2005

    Professional Experience

    • Cofounder, IHP Capital Partners, 1991-present
    • Cofounder, AMB Property Corp., 1983-present
    • Vice President, John McMahan Associates, 1978-1983
    • Senior Associate, Gladstone Associates, 1975-1977

    Teaching

    Degree Courses

    2017-18

    GSBGEN 306: Real Estate Investment

    This course teaches the fundamentals of real estate investing. The course begins by introducing the financial analysis tools that investors use to make decisions and structure deals. Topics will include cap rates, debt and equity financing, DCF...

    2016-17

    GSBGEN 306: Real Estate Investment

    The major objective of this course is to provide the student with an understanding of the fundamentals of real estate investment. The course covers land economics, market analysis, finance, taxation, investment analysis, investment vehicles, real...

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    Cases

    L. A. Heir | RE139 Douglas Abbey, Nicholas Crews, Joseph Malchow, D'Anna Piro, Devesh Senapati, Alexandra Ressler, Davina Drabkin2015

    Landlocked Homes Catching a Falling Knife | RE137 old version Douglas Abbey, Chris Mahowald, Max Lamont2012

    Landlocked Homes: Lot A Dirt | RE137 Douglas Abbey, Chris Mahowald, Max Lamont2012

    AMB Property Corporation: Navigating Treacherous Waters | RE134 Douglas Abbey2010

    Eucalyptus Sand Hill Hotel and Office Development Project | RE133 Douglas Abbey, Sara Leslie Gaviser2010

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