Grubb & Ellis Company Amends $75 Million Credit Facility

SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Company
(NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment management firm,
today announced that it has amended its $75 million senior secured revolving
credit facility with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.
The amendment principally modifies and provides for an extension through
March 31, 2009 to dispose of the three real estate assets that the Company had
previously acquired on behalf of Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisors, Inc.
In addition, select debt covenants for the facility have been modified to
provide additional flexibility to facilitate the Company's 1031
tenant-in-common programs.
About Grubb & Ellis
Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected
commercial real estate services and investment companies. With more than 130
owned and affiliate offices worldwide, Grubb & Ellis offers property owners,
corporate occupants and investors comprehensive integrated real estate
solutions, including transaction, management, consulting and investment
advisory services supported by proprietary market research and extensive local
market expertise.
Grubb & Ellis and its subsidiaries are leading sponsors of real estate
investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity
to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including
tax-deferred 1031 tenant-in-common (TIC) exchanges, public non-traded real
estate investment trusts (REITs) and real estate investment funds. As of June
30, 2008, more than $3.6 billion in investor equity has been raised for these
investment programs. The Company and its subsidiaries currently manage a
growing portfolio of more than 218 million square feet of real estate. In
2007, Grubb & Ellis was selected from among 15,000 vendors as Microsoft
Corporation's Vendor of the Year. For more information regarding Grubb &
Ellis Company, please visit http://www.grubb-ellis.com.
Forward-looking Statement
Certain statements included in this announcement may constitute
forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, future revenue
growth, market trends, new business opportunities and investment programs,
synergies resulting from the merger of Grubb & Ellis Company and NNN Realty
Advisors, certain combined financial information regarding Grubb & Ellis
Company and NNN Realty Advisors, new hires, results of operations, changes in
expense levels and profitability and effects on the Company of changes in the
real estate markets. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results
and performance in future periods to be materially different from any future
results or performance suggested by these statements. Such factors which
could adversely affect the Company's ability to obtain these results include,
among other things: (i) the volume of sales and leasing transactions and
prices for real estate in the real estate markets generally; (ii) a general or
regional economic downturn that could create a recession in the real estate
markets; (iii) the Company's debt level and its ability to make interest and
principal payments; (iv) an increase in expenses related to new initiatives,
investments in people, technology and service improvements; (v) the success of
current and new investment programs; (vi) the success of new initiatives and
investments; (vii) the inability to attain expected levels of revenue,
performance, brand equity and expense synergies resulting from the merger of
Grubb & Ellis Company and NNN Realty Advisors; and (viii) other factors
described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2007 and 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed
with the SEC.
SOURCE Grubb & Ellis Company

Janice McDill of Grubb & Ellis Company, +1-312-698-6707,
janice.mcdill@grubb-ellis.com