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Grubb & Ellis Company Issues Statement Regarding Passing of Co-Founder Hal Ellis
SANTA ANA, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Company
(NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today issued
the following statement in response to the death of company co-founder Harold
A. "Hal" Ellis.
"We were saddened to learn of Hal Ellis' passing following his courageous
and prolonged battle with metastatic melanoma cancer," said Gary Hunt, interim
chief executive officer. "We know he will be missed by many and share our
deepest condolences with his family. For those of us here at Grubb & Ellis,
there is a special appreciation for what Hal accomplished during his career."
Ellis served as Grubb & Ellis' chairman and chief executive officer until
1992. Under his leadership, Grubb & Ellis grew into one of the largest
diversified real estate service companies inthe United States. In addition,
he served as a director of Koll Real Estate Group and is a past director of
two publicly traded real estate investment trusts and a large Canadian real
estate development company. Most recently, he was president of Ellis Partners
LLC, aNorthern California real estate development and investment company he
co-founded with two partners in 1993. Ellis also served as chairman and chief
executive officer of CataList Homes, Inc., a residential real estate brokerage
company based inSouthern California. He held the distinguished Counselor of
Real Estate designation and was active in number of industry and business
organizations.
"We were thrilled to have Hal participate in Grubb & Ellis' 50th
anniversary celebration last year, where his warmth, humor and intelligence
were on full display," said Hunt. "We honor his accomplishments and mourn his
passing. His memory will be an inspiration to us all."
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