In 2000, Oakbrook Commercial Real Estate, Inc. was formed to affiliate with the Grubb & Ellis Company and its Affiliates, and operate using the name Grubb & Ellis|Oakbrook. It is an independent and proprietary company wholly owned by Oakbrook Corporation. The following describes the Grubb & Ellis Company and Affiliates system we are associated with.

Grubb & Ellis Company and Affiliates system is a global commercial real estate company that provides customized solutions to meet the changing real estate requirements of owners, corporate occupants and investors. Grubb & Ellis Company is one of the world's leading full-service commercial real estate organizations, providing a complete range of transaction, management and consulting services. By leveraging local expertise with our global reach, Grubb & Ellis offers innovative, customized solutions and seamless service to owners, corporate occupants and investors throughout the globe.

Grubb & Ellis Company’s and Affiliates’ professionals have built a reputation for providing informed solutions that combine local market knowledge and specialty expertise with detailed analysis. The Company’s and the Affiliate’s local market and international research is widely considered to be some of the best in the industry. By combining this knowledge and real-time market intelligence with smart negotiation skills, Grubb & Ellis Company’s and its Affiliates’ transaction and management professionals unlock opportunities that support corporate and business goals.

In 2004, the Grubb & Ellis Company’s and Affiliates’ brokerage professionals completed more than 17,800 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $18.6 billion. At year-end 2004, Grubb & Ellis Company Management Services, Affiliates and Strategic Alliance partners managed nearly 267.1 million square feet of property overall.

Customer Focus
Since the beginning as a local brokerage company in Northern California more that 47 years ago, Grubb & Ellis Company has focused on serving the needs of its clients. Today, as these needs run the gamut from a single location to multiple regional or global facilities, Grubb & Ellis Company and Affiliates has the people, resources and best in class processes to deliver superior service.

Core Competency
Transaction Services – Whether you are looking to lease, acquire or dispose of a single property or a portfolio of properties, Grubb & Ellis Company’s and Affiliates’ Transaction Services Group can assist you. A full range of brokerage services is provided to meet the needs of real estate owners, occupants and investors throughout the globe. With one of the nation’s largest and most experienced brokerage forces, Grubb & Ellis Company and Affiliates employ professionals that can provide you with the access to teams of specialists covering all aspects of commercial real estate including office, industrial, retail, investment, multi-housing and vacant land.

Transaction teams work closely with clients to assess the ways in which real estate issues relate to, and can contribute to, an organization’s strategic business objectives. Market Research plays an integral role in Grubb & Ellis Company’s and Affiliates’ business, allowing our professionals to provide informed solutions that combine local market knowledge with detailed analysis. This combination of detailed analysis and market knowledge, plus specialized expertise in economic issues, property types, and geographic location analysis provide clients of Grubb & Ellis Company and Affiliates with customized solutions that support their business and real estate objectives.

Global Client Services
Global Client Services leverages Grubb & Ellis Company and Affiliates global real estate network to provide the full range of commercial real estate services to clients with multiple real estate needs. By combining local market expertise with state-of-the-art technology, unmatched market intelligence, best of class processes and procedures and a single point of contact, we offer multi-market clients consistent, high quality transaction and management services solutions wherever they have a need.

Global Client Services includes the Corporate Services Group (CSG), and Institutional Investment Group (IIG), which are dedicated to solving multi-market real estate issues for Grubb & Ellis Company’s and its Affiliates’ and Alliance partners’ largest corporate and investment clients. These groups offer expertise in consulting, office, industrial, investment and retail properties within distinct industry specialties. Supported by unparalleled market research around the globe, Global Client Services’ professionals identify trends and business opportunities and consistently deliver effective real estate solutions.

• Grubb & Ellis Company common stock is traded over-the-counter under the symbol GBEL.
• For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.grubb-ellis.com.

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