Headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, Grubb and Ellis (GBE) is one of the nation's largest publicly traded full-service commercial real estate firms, with over 4,000 professionals and staff. Through its offices and affiliates in approximately 53 offices, GBE serves every major metropolitan area in the United States and many international markets. In January 1993, Warburg Pincus invested $12.9 million in GBE at the time that it was a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. Warburg Pincus subsequently invested an additional $42 million from 1994 to 2002. Warburg Pincus invested in GBE towards the end of an extended downturn in the real estate industry with the belief that GBE had the capability to become a significant provider of real estate services.

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