Grubb & Ellis Company Files Five-Day Extension for Third Quarter Form 10-Q to Include Information on Closing of $90 Million Preferred Equity Transaction

Company to Release Earnings on Wednesday, November 11

• Press Release
• Source: Grubb & Ellis
• On 8:17 am EST, Wednesday November 4, 2009

SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE - News), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that it has filed a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the filing of its Form 10-Q for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

The company said that the extension is necessary to include information on its $90 million preferred equity transaction, which is expected to close on or about November 6. Grubb & Ellis expected to file its Form 10-Q within the five-day extension period afforded by Form 12b-25.

Grubb & Ellis has scheduled a live webcast to discuss its 2009 third quarter results on Wednesday, November 11, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The Company will issue its financial results before the market opens that morning.

The conference call will be webcast on the investor relations section of Grubb & Ellis' Web site at www.grubb-ellis.com or may be accessed by dialing 1.866.510.0712 for domestic callers and 1.617.597.5380 for international callers. The conference call ID number is 54972050.

An audio replay will be available beginning at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 11, until 7 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 18 and can be accessed by dialing 1.888.286.8010 for domestic callers and 1.617.801.6888 for international callers and entering conference call ID 78476912. In addition, the conference call audio will be archived on the Company's Web site following the call.

About Grubb & Ellis

Named to The Global Outsourcing 100(TM) in 2009 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals(TM), Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE - News) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 130 company-owned and affiliate offices draw from a unique platform of real estate services, practice groups and investment products to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions to real estate owners, tenants and investors. The firm's transaction, management, consulting and investment services are supported by highly regarded proprietary market research and extensive local expertise. Through its investment subsidiaries, the company is a leading sponsor of real estate investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), tenant-in-common (TIC) investments suitable for tax-deferred 1031 exchanges, mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit www.grubb-ellis.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the ability of future revenue growth, market trends, new business opportunities and investment programs, 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) a continued or further slowdown in the volume and the decline in transaction values of sales and leasing transactions; (ii) the general economic downturn and recessionary pressures on businesses in general; (iii) a prolonged and pronounced recession in real estate markets and values; (iv) the unavailability of credit to finance real estate transactions in general and the company's tenant-in-common programs, in particular; (v) the reduction in borrowing capacity under the company's current credit facility, and the additional limitations with respect thereto; (vi) the ability to obtain the requisite stockholder approval to increase the company's authorized capital; (vii) the ability of the company to return to compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards; (viii) the success of current and new investment programs; (ix) the success of new initiatives and investments; (x) 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 in general, and in the current macroeconomic and credit environment, in particular and (xi) other factors described in the company's annual report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, Form 10-Q for the three-month periods ending March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009 and in other current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

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