Ken Baudry Joins Grubb & Ellis as Senior Vice President, National Data Center Practice

ATLANTA (Feb. 25, 2010) – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Ken Baudry (top right photo) , founder and former president of KJ Baudry Inc. and a leading data center expert, has joined the company as senior vice president, National Data Center Practice, effective immediately.

With more than 23 years of experience in real estate brokerage, data center design, consulting and project management, Baudry will represent owners and users in their data center real estate needs while overseeing Grubb & Ellis’ National Data Center Practice efforts in the Southeast region.

“Bringing Ken on board to oversee the Southeast fills the last region of the map for our National Data Center Practice,” said Jack Van Berkel, (bottom left photo)  chief operating officer and president, Real Estate Services.

“By recruiting top talent and leveraging the company’s national platform, the National Data Center Practice has become a leading service provider to many major corporations, including Equinix, Sabey and United Airlines.”

Baudry becomes the 19th member of Grubb & Ellis’ National Data Centers Practice, which was formed in 2008 to serve the increasingly complex data center needs of its clients in markets throughout the country. The team’s members have highly technical backgrounds in a number of disciplines, including corporate real estate, brokerage, engineering, construction, project management and digital consulting.

Contact: Erin Mays, Phone: 312.698.6735, Email: erin.mays@grubb-ellis.com