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EXHIBIT
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GRUBB & ELLIS REALTY ADVISORS, INC.

1,666,667 UNITS

REPRESENTING COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS



Unit Purchase Agreement



          , 2006




Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C.

39400 Woodward Ave., Suite 250

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304




Ladies and Gentlemen:



     Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisors, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to
Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C (“Kojaian Ventures”) an aggregate of 1,666,667 units (the
“Kojaian Units”) representing one share of common stock and two warrants in the
Corporation (the “Units”). Certain terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated
as of even date herewith, by and among the Corporation and the underwriters named
therein (the “Underwriters”), relating to the Corporation’s proposed sale of an
aggregate 19,166,667 Units (the “Underwritten Units”), to the Underwriters.



     This is to confirm the agreement between the Corporation and Kojaian Ventures
concerning the purchase of the Kojaian Units from the Corporation by Kojaian Ventures.



     1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Corporation. The
Corporation represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Kojaian Ventures that:



     (a) Registration. A registration statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-129190)
(the “Initial Registration Statement”) in respect of the Units has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”); the Initial
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form
heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits thereto, have been declared
effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any,
increasing the size of the offering (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”), filed
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
which became effective upon filing, no other document with respect to the Initial
Registration Statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission; and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Initial Registration Statement, any
post-effective amendment thereto or the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any,
has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by
the Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration
Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary
Prospectus”; the various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits thereto and including
the information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration
Statement at the time it was declared effective, each



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as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement became
effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or
hereafter becomes effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration
Statement”; the Preliminary Prospectus dated February [ ], 2006 relating to the
Units that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the
Applicable Time (as defined below) is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the
final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, is
hereinafter called the “Prospectus”. For purposes of this Agreement, “Applicable Time”
means [    ] a./p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement.



     (b) No Stop Order. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.



     (c) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Registration Statement or
Prospectus. The Registration Statement conforms, and any further amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement will, when they become effective, conform,
in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective
date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. The Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto will conform when
filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b), in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
representation and warranty in this Section 1(c) shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Corporation by an Underwriter through Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. expressly
for use therein.



     (d) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Pricing Disclosure Package. The
Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by other information, if any, listed in Schedule II hereto, taken together
(collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; and the Pricing Prospectus or
the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. Each of the statements made by the Corporation in the Pricing
Prospectus, and to be made in the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements
to the Registration Statement or Prospectus within the coverage of Rule 175(b) of the
rules and regulations under the Act, including (but not limited to) any projections of
results of operations or statements with respect to future available cash or future
cash distributions of the Corporation or the anticipated ratio of taxable income to
distributions,



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was made or will be made with a reasonable basis and in good faith. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the representation and warranty in this Section 1(d) shall not apply to
any statements or omissions made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Pricing Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Corporation by an Underwriter
through Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. expressly for use therein.



     (e) Formation and Qualification of the Corporation and the General Partner. The
Corporation has been duly formed and is validly existing in good standing as a
Corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law with full
corporate power and authority necessary to enter into this Agreement and to conduct
its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration
Statement and the Pricing Prospectus. The Corporation is duly registered or qualified
as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or
location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such registration or
qualification necessary, except where the failure so to register or qualify would not
(i) have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, the current or
future consolidated financial position, business prospects, stockholders’ equity, or
results of operations of the Corporation (a “Material Adverse Effect”), or (ii)
subject the stockholders of the Corporation to any material liability or disability.



     (f) Valid Issuance of the Units. The Kojaian Units, and the common stock and
warrants represented thereby, will be duly authorized by the Corporation and, when
issued and delivered to Kojaian Ventures against payment therefor in accordance with
the terms hereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.



     (g) Authority and Authorization. The Corporation has all requisite power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver the Kojaian Units, in accordance with and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.



     (h) Due Execution and Delivery of Purchase Agreement and Underwriting Agreement.
This Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by
the Corporation.



     (i) No Conflicts. None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Corporation of
the Kojaian Units, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (i) conflicts or will conflict
with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Corporation’s Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws, (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a breach or violation of, or a default under (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default), any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which the Corporation is a party or by which the Corporation or any of its respective
properties may be bound or subject, (iii) violates or will violate any statute, law or
regulation or any order, rule, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Corporation or any of its
properties or (iv) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Corporation, which conflicts,
breaches, violations or defaults, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), would,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or would materially



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impair the ability of the Corporation to perform its obligations under this Agreement.



     (j) Investment Company. The Corporation is not now, and after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Units and the application of the proceeds thereof, will
not be an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an “investment company” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.



     (k) Trading. The Units, common stock, and warrants have been approved for listing
on the American Stock Exchange.



     2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to
the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Corporation agrees to sell to Kojaian Ventures, and Kojaian Ventures hereby
agrees to purchase from the Corporation, at a purchase price of $6.00 per unit,
1,666,667 Kojaian Units. The proceeds received by the Corporation for the
Kojaian Units shall be deposited in the
trust fund established by the
Corporation for the benefit of the public securityholders, including Kojaian Ventures, as
described in the Registration Statement
pursuant to the terms of an Investment Management Trust Agreement.




     3. Delivery and Payment for the Kojaian Units. Delivery of and payment
for the Kojaian Units shall be made at 9:30 a.m., New York City time,
on                      , 2006 (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Kojaian Units being herein
called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Kojaian Units shall be made to Kojaian
Ventures against payment by Kojaian Ventures of the purchase price thereof to or upon
the order of the Corporation by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account
specified by the Corporation.



     4. Conditions of Kojaian Ventures’ Obligations. The obligations of
Kojaian Ventures hereunder, as to the Kojaian Units, shall be subject, in their
discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other
statements of the Corporation herein are, at and as of the Closing Date, true and
correct, the condition that the Corporation shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the closing of the purchase and
sale of the Underwritten Units shall have occurred.



     5. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to Kojaian Ventures shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission to 39400 Woodward Ave., Suite 250, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304, fax
number (248) 644-7620; and if to the Corporation shall be delivered or sent by mail to
the address of the Corporation set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention:
Mark E. Rose, Chief Executive Officer. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.



     6. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of,
Kojaian Ventures and the Corporation, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any
right under or by virtue of this Agreement.



     7. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether
written or oral) between the Corporation and Kojaian Ventures, or any of them, with
respect to the subject matter hereof.



     8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York.



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     9. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.



     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return
to us two (2) counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by Kojaian Ventures,
this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between
Kojaian Ventures and the Corporation.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very Truly Yours,



GRUBB & ELLIS REALTY

ADVISORS, INC.

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name:  	Mark E. Rose 	 
	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 



Accepted and agreed to upon

this ___ day of February, 2006:




KOJAIAN VENTURES, L.L.C.

a Michigan limited liability company




By: Kojaian Ventures — MM, Inc.,

a Michigan corporation,

Managing Member




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 
	 	 
	Name: C. Michael Kojaian	 	 
	Title:   President	 	 







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Schedule II

Materials Other Than the Pricing Prospectus

That Comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package







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