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                              March 15, 2024

       Peter D. Seymour
       Chief Financial Officer
       Douglas Emmett, Inc.
       1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 1000
       Santa Monica, CA 90401

                                                        Re: Douglas Emmett, 
Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for 
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023
                                                            File No. 001-33106

       Dear Peter D. Seymour:

                                                        We have reviewed your 
filing and have the following comments.

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by 
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If 
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in 
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your 
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023

       Note 6. Investment in Unconsolidated Fund, page F-22

   1.                                                   Your disclosure 
describes your interest in Partnership X as unconsolidated. Please tell us
                                                        how you considered 
whether you obtained a controlling financial interest now that you
                                                        own a 53.8% equity 
interest in Partnership X as a result of purchasing an additional 20.2%
                                                        equity interest on 
December 31, 2023. Please cite the applicable accounting guidance in
                                                        your response.
       Note 17. Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees
       Legal Proceedings, page F-36

   2.                                                   Your disclosure 
indicates that you are currently in litigation with the insurance providers
                                                        in 2020 for Barrington 
Plaza to recover certain costs associated with reconstruction.
                                                        Please tell us how you 
determined that it was not necessary to disclose any lawsuit(s)
                                                        brought by tenants of 
Barrington Plaza to block the evictions.

              We remind you that the company and its management are responsible 
for the accuracy
       and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, 
action or absence of
 Peter D. Seymour
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
March 15, 2024
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action by the staff.

       Please contact William Demarest at 202-551-3432 or Isaac Esquivel at 
202-551-3395 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related 
matters.



FirstName LastNamePeter D. Seymour                       Sincerely,
Comapany NameDouglas Emmett, Inc.
                                                         Division of 
Corporation Finance
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