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Exhibit 99.1
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Janice McDill 312.698.6707 janice.mcdill@grubb-ellis.com |
Grubb & Ellis Company Receives $18 Million
Financing Commitment from Colony Capital
Financing Commitment from Colony Capital
SANTA ANA, Calif. (March 30, 2011) Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate
services and investment firm, today announced that it has received an $18 million financing
commitment from Colony Capital, LLC, a private, international investment firm focusing primarily on
debt and equity investments in real estate-related assets and operating companies, headquartered in
Los Angeles. In conjunction with this financing, Colony was granted the right to an exclusive
60-day negotiating period during which it can evaluate a potential larger strategic investment with
Grubb & Ellis.
Colony Capital is a premier real estate investment and advisory firm with a strong track record of
identifying undervalued real estate and corporate investment opportunities, and we welcome their
support and the confidence they have shown in Grubb & Ellis, said Thomas P. DArcy, president and
chief executive officer. We will work with Colony over the next 60 days as they focus on a
possible larger strategic transaction. With this show of support by Colony, our clients and
partners should feel confident that our experienced team of professionals will continue to provide
the same outstanding service that they have come to expect from us.
Should the company and Colony enter into a definitive agreement for a strategic transaction, Grubb
& Ellis retains the right to solicit competing strategic transactions for a period of 25 business
days.
JMP Securities served as financial advisor to Grubb & Ellis in connection with this financing.
About Grubb & Ellis Company
Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate
services and investment companies in the world. Our 5,200 professionals in more than 100
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 firms transaction, management, consulting and investment
services are supported by highly regarded proprietary market research and extensive local
expertise. Through its investment management business, the company is a leading sponsor of real
estate investment programs. For more information, visit www.grubb-ellis.com.
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Grubb & Ellis Company 1151 N. Tustin Avenue, Suite 300 |
Santa Ana, CA 92705 |
714.667.8252 |
714.667.6860 fax |
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Grubb & Ellis Company Receives $18 Million Financing Commitment from Colony Capital
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Grubb & Ellis Company Receives $18 Million Financing Commitment from Colony Capital
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. These
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the
companys actual results and events in future periods to be materially different from those
anticipated, including risks and uncertainties related to the financial markets. Such factors which
could adversely affect the companys ability to obtain these results include, among other things:
(i) a continued or further weakness in the companys Investment Management business, including the
velocity and volume of equity raised; (ii) the general economic downturn and recessionary pressures
on transaction values of sales and leasing transactions and 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 companys tenant-in-common programs,
in particular; (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 in general, and in the current macroeconomic and credit environment, in particular;
(viii) the inability of the companys subsidiary, NNN Realty Advisors, Inc. to come into compliance
with the contractually specified net worth requirements with respect to approximately 30 percent of
the tenant-in-common programs managed by the company; (ix) the nature and amount of the net
intercompany balance between the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NNN Realty Advisors,
Inc., (x) the occurrence of bankruptcies by unaffiliated, individual investor entities in the
companys tenant-in-common programs which may result in demands for payments on certain
non-recourse/carve-out guaranty and indemnification obligations issued by the companys
subsidiaries, which may, in turn, in the event such guaranty or indemnification obligations cannot
be met, result in a cross-default under the companys issued and outstanding Convertible Senior
Notes; (xi) the ultimate outcome in various legal proceedings concerning tenant-in-common programs
sponsored by the companys subsidiaries, including the arbitration proceeding with respect to the
Met 10 Center in Texas; (xii) the closing of the $18 million financing from Colony Capital; and
(xiii) other factors described in the companys annual report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2009, Form 10-Q for the three-month periods ending March 31, 2010, June 30,
2010 and September 30, 2010 and in other Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the company from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company does not undertake any obligation
to update forward-looking statements.
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Grubb & Ellis Company 1151 N. Tustin Avenue, Suite 300 |
Santa Ana, CA 92705 |
714.667.8252 |
714.667.6860 fax |