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Exhibit 10.16



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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

By and Between

GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY

and

RICHARD L. FULTON



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August __, 2002





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Exhibit 10.16

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT(this Agreement) dated as of August      , 2002, by
and between GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation having an address at
55 East 59th Street, New York, New York 10022 (the Company), and RICHARD L.
FULTON, an individual residing at 71 Wyn Oak, Nashville, Tennessee
(Executive).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive and Executive desires to
provide his exclusive services to the Company in connection with the Companys
business; and

WHEREAS, both parties desire to clarify and specify the rights and
obligations which each have with respect to the other in connection with
Executives employment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and covenants herein
set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:



| | 1. |  | Employment
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The Company hereby employs Executive as Executive Vice President,
Transaction Services  East Coast, and Executive hereby accepts such exclusive
employment and agrees to render Executives exclusive services as an employee
of the Company, for the Term of this Agreement (as set forth in Section 5
below), all subject to and on the terms and conditions herein set forth.



| | 2. |  | Duties and Responsibilities of Executive
| | -- |  | ----------------------------------------

Executive shall be exclusively employed as Executive Vice President,
Transaction Services  East Coast, and Executive agrees to provide Executives
exclusive services to the Company, subject to the other provisions of this
Section 2. Executives responsibilities and duties shall be commensurate with
those of a regional Executive Vice President  Transaction Services of a
company engaged in the business engaged, or proposed to be engaged, in by the
Company. Executive shall be responsible for leading the three (3) regional
transactional managing directors responsible for New York, the southeast and
midwestern areas of the United States. In the performance of his duties,
Executive shall report to the Companys Chief Executive Officer or his
designee. Executive shall use Executives best efforts to maintain and enhance
the business and reputation of the Company and shall perform such other duties
commensurate with Executives position as may, from time to time, be designated
to Executive by the Chief Executive Officer or his designee. Executive shall
be available to travel as the reasonable needs of the Company shall require.
Executives principal place of employment shall be Nashville, Tennessee, but
Executive shall make himself available in New York from time to time, as
needed. Nothing contained in this Section 2 shall limit Executives right to
continue his current teaching responsibilities or engage in charitable
activities provided the same do not materially effect the performance of
Executives responsibilities hereunder.





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| | 3. |  | Compensation
| | -- |  | ------------

(a)  In consideration for Executives services to be performed under this
Agreement and as compensation therefor, Executive shall receive, in addition to
all other benefits provided for in this Agreement, a base salary (the Base
Salary) at a rate of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) per annum during
the first year of the Term (as hereinafter defined) and Five Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($550,000) per annum during the second year of the Term. All
payments of Base Salary shall be subject to all applicable withholdings and
deductions, and shall be payable in accordance with the Companys payroll
practices.

(b)  In addition to the Base Salary, Executive shall receive annual bonus
compensation (Bonus Compensation) based upon the performance of both the
Executive and the Company of goals to be established by the Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, in consultation with the Executive, within three (3)
months of the Executives commencement of employment. All Bonus Compensation
shall be payable after December 31st of the year to which the Bonus
Compensation is applicable in one lump sum, subject to all applicable
withholding and deductions, in accordance with the Companys customary payroll
and bonus payment practices. Bonus Compensation payable hereunder shall be
prorated by reference to the days of the period ending December 31st during
which Executive was employed by the Company. The Executive understands and
agrees that no assurances have been made to him of any particular amount of
bonus to be paid, if any, all Bonus Compensation being within the absolute
discretion of the Company.



| | 4. |  | Benefits
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(a) In addition to the Base Salary and the Bonus Compensation provided for
in Section 3 hereof, during the Term Executive shall be entitled to participate
in or receive benefits equivalent to any employee benefit plan or other
arrangement, including but not limited to any medical, dental, retirement,
disability, life insurance, sick leave and vacation plans or arrangements,
generally made available by the Company to similar executives, subject to or on
a basis consistent with the terms, conditions and overall administration of
such plans or arrangements; PROVIDED, that such plans and arrangements are made
available at the discretion of the Company and nothing in this Agreement
establishes any right of the Executive to the availability or continuance of
any such plan or arrangement.

(b) Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable
travel, entertainment and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with
the Companys business, provided that such expenses are (i) pre-approved by the
Company if not in accordance with the Companys policies, and (ii) adequately
documented and vouchered in accordance with the Companys policies. The
Company shall pay or reimburse Executive for all usual and customary dues and
subscriptions reasonably related to the performance of Executives
responsibilities hereunder.

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| | 5. |  | Term of Employment
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The term (the Term) of Executives employment hereunder shall commence
on September 1, 2002 and shall expire two (2) years thereafter, unless
terminated prior thereto in accordance with Section 8 hereof.



| | 6. |  | Confidentiality
| | -- |  | ---------------

(a) Executive agrees and covenants that, at any time during which
Executive is employed by the Company (which, for purpose of this Section 6
shall include the Companys subsidiaries and affiliates) or thereafter,
Executive will not (without first obtaining the express permission of the
Company) (i) at any time during employment by the Company or thereafter,
divulge to any person or entity, nor use (either by Executive or in connection
with any business) any Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined in
Section 6(c) hereof) and (ii) at any time during employment by the Company or
thereafter, divulge to any person or entity, nor use (either by Executive or in
connection with any business) any Trade Secrets (as hereinafter defined in
Section 6(c) hereof) to which Executive may have had access or which had been
revealed to Executive during the course of Executives employment unless such
disclosure is pursuant to a court order, disclosure in litigation involving the
Company or in any reports or applications required by law to be filed with any
governmental agency, but only after no less than ten (10) days prior
consultation with the Company.

(b) Any interest in patents, patent applications, inventions, copyrights,
developments, innovations, methods, processes, analyses, drawings, and reports
(collectively, Inventions) which Executive may develop during the period
Executive is employed under this Agreement (either during regular business
hours or otherwise) relating to the fields in which the Company may then be
engaged shall belong to the Company; and Executive shall disclose the
Inventions to the Company and forthwith upon request of the Company, Executive
shall execute all such assignments and other documents and take all such other
action as the Company may reasonably request in order to vest in the Company
all right, title, and interest in and to the Inventions free and clear of all
liens, charges, and encumbrances.

(c) As used in this Agreement, the term Confidential Information shall
mean and include all information and data in respect of the Companys
operations, financial condition, products, customers and business (including,
without limitation, artwork, photographs, specifications, facsimiles, samples,
business, marketing or promotional plans, creative written material and
information relating to characters, concepts, names, trademarks, tradenames,
tradedress and copyrights) which may be communicated to Executive or to which
Executive may have access in the course of Executives employment by the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Confidential Information
shall not include information which:



| |  | (i) | is, at the time of the disclosure, a part of
the public domain through no act or omission by Executive;
or
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| |  | (ii) | is hereafter lawfully disclosed to Executive
by a third party who or which did not acquire the
information under an obligation of confidentiality to or
through the Company.
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As used in this Agreement, the term Trade Secrets shall mean and include
information, without regard to form, including, but not limited to, technical
or non-technical data, a formula, a pattern, a compilation, a program, a
device, a method, a technique, a drawing, a process, financial data, financial
plans, product plans, or a list of actual or potential customers or suppliers
which is not commonly known by or available to the public and which information
(i) derives economic value, actual or potential, from not being known to, and
not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can
obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (ii) is the subject of
efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
In addition, the term trade secrets includes all information protectible as
trade secrets under applicable law.

Nothing in this Section 6 shall limit any protection, definition or remedy
provided to the Company under any law, statute or legal principle relating to
Confidential Information or Trade Secrets.

(d) Executive agrees that at the time of leaving the employ of the Company
Executive will deliver to the Company and not keep or deliver to anyone else
any and all notes, notebooks, drawings, memoranda, documents, and in general,
any and all material relating to the business of the Company (except
Executives personal files and records) or relating to any employee, officer,
director, agent or representative of the Company.



| | 7. |  | Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation
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(a) Executive hereby agrees and covenants that during the period of
Executives employment with the Company, Executive will not directly or
indirectly engage in or become interested (whether as an owner, principal,
agent, stockholder, member, partner, trustee, venturer, lender or other
investor, director, officer, employee, consultant or through the agency of any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or agent or
otherwise) in any business or enterprise that shall, at the time, be in whole
or in substantial part competitive with any material part of the business
conducted by the Company (which, for purposes of this Section 7 shall include
the Companys subsidiaries and affiliates) during the period of Executives
employment with the Company (except that ownership of not more than 1% of the
outstanding securities of any class of any entity that are listed on a national
securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market shall not be
considered a breach of this Section 7(a)).

(b) Executive agrees and covenants that for the period commencing on the date
hereof and ending one (1) year following the termination of Executives
employment with the Company (the Limited Period), Executive will not (without
first obtaining the written permission of the Company) directly or indirectly
divert or attempt to divert from the Company any business of any kind in which
the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates is engaged, except that, for so
long as the Affiliation Agreement (as such term is hereinafter defined) is in
effect,

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nothing contained in this Section 7(b) shall limit Centennial, Inc.s
right to conduct business in accordance with its existing practices.

(c) Executive agrees and covenants that for the Limited Period, Executive
will not (without first obtaining the written permission of the Company)
directly or indirectly, recruit for employment, or induce or seek to cause such
person to terminate his or her employment with the Company, any person who then
is an employee of the Company.



| | 8. |  | Termination
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(a) Cause. Notwithstanding the terms of this Agreement, the Company may
discharge Executive and terminate this Agreement for cause (Cause) in the
event (i) of Executives willful and repeated refusal to materially perform his
duties hereunder with reasonable diligence or to follow a lawful directive of
the Company commensurate with the Executives position, in each such case,
after specific written notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure (other than
a failure or refusal resulting from Executives incapacity), (ii) Executives
commission of an act involving fraud, embezzlement, or theft against the
property or personnel of the Company, (iii) Executives engagement in gross
reckless conduct that the Company in good faith reasonably determines will have
a material adverse affect on the business, assets, properties, results of
operations or financial condition of the Company, (iv) Executive shall be
convicted of a felony or shall plead nolo contendere in respect thereof, (v)
Executive engages in any other criminal conduct that is injurious to the
Company, or (vi) Centennial, Inc. (Centennial) ceases for any reason to be an
affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Affiliates, Inc. (GBA), a wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Company, pursuant to that certain Commercial Real Estate Brokerage
Affiliation Agreement dated May 1, 1998 between Centennial and GBA, as amended
(the Affiliation Agreement), unless (x) Centennial ceases business operations
or (y) Executive no longer, directly or indirectly, either himself or through a
family member owns any interest in Centennial. In the event Executive is
discharged pursuant to this Section 8(a), (i) Executives Base Salary, Bonus
Compensation and all benefits under Section 4 hereof shall terminate
immediately upon such discharge (subject to applicable law such as COBRA), and
(ii) the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive except for
payment and reimbursement to Executive for any monies due to Executive which
right to payment or reimbursement accrued prior to such discharge.

(b) Incapacity. Should Executive become incapacitated to the extent that
Executive is unable to perform Executives duties pursuant to this Agreement
for a period of more than one hundred twenty (120) days in any twelve (12)
month period by reason of illness, disability or other incapacity, the Company
may, subject to the requirements of applicable law, terminate this Agreement
upon one months notice at any time after said one hundred twenty (120) day
period and the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive or his
legal representatives except for payment and reimbursement to Executive or his
legal representatives for any monies due to Executive which right to payment or
reimbursement accrued prior to such discharge.

(c) Death. This Agreement shall terminate immediately upon the death of
Executive in which case the Company shall have no further obligations to
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representatives except for payment and reimbursement to Executive or his
legal representatives for any monies due to Executive which right to payment or
reimbursement accrued prior to Executives death.

(d) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executives
employment with the Company without Cause (as defined in Section 8(a) above) at
any time, upon written notice to Executive, and Executive shall receive upon
such termination (i) all monies due to Executive which right to payment or
reimbursement accrued prior to such discharge, and (ii) Base Salary in
accordance with the Companys customary payroll practices for a period of six
(6) months following the date of such termination or through the end of the
Term, whichever period is shorter.



| | 9. |  | Violation of Other Agreements
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Executive represents and warrants to the Company that Executive is legally
able to enter into this Agreement and accept employment with the Company; that
Executive is not prohibited by the terms of any agreement, understanding, law
or policy from entering into this Agreement; that the terms hereof will not and
do not violate or contravene the terms of any agreement, understanding, law or
policy to which Executive is or may be a party, or by which Executive may be
bound or subject; and that Executive is under no physical or mental disability
that would hinder the performance of Executives duties under this Agreement.



| | 10. |  | Specific Performance; Damages
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In the event of a breach or threatened breach of the provisions of
Sections 6 or 7 hereof, Executive agrees that the injury which could be
suffered by the Company (which for purposes of this Section 10 shall include
the Companys successor-in-interest, subsidiaries and affiliates) would be of a
character which could not be fully compensated for solely by a recovery of
monetary damages. Accordingly, Executive agrees that in the event of a breach
or threatened breach of Sections 6 or 7 hereof, in addition to and not in lieu
of any damages sustained by the Company and any other remedies which the
Company may pursue hereunder or under any applicable law, the Company shall
have the right to equitable relief, including but not limited to issuance of a
temporary or permanent injunction or restraining order, by any court of
competent jurisdiction against the commission or continuance of any such breach
or threatened breach, without the necessity of proving any actual damages. In
addition to, and not in limitation of the foregoing, Executive understands and
confirms that, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of Sections 6 or 7
hereof, Executive may be held financially liable to the Company for any loss
suffered by the Company as a result.



| | 11. |  | Notices
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Any and all notices, demands or requests required or permitted to be given
under this Agreement shall be given in writing and sent, by registered or
certified U.S. mail, return receipt requested, by hand, or by overnight
courier, addressed to the parties hereto at their addresses set forth above or
such other addresses as they may from time-to-time designate by written notice,
given in accordance with the terms of this Section, together with copies
thereof as follows:

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In the case of the Company, with a copy simultaneously by like means, to:

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|Chief Executive Officer
|Grubb & Ellis Company  
|55 East 59th Street    
|New York, NY 10022     

Notice given as provided in this Section shall be deemed effective: (i) on the
date hand delivered, (ii) on the first business day following the sending
thereof by overnight courier, and (iii) on the seventh calendar day (or, if it
is not a business day, then the next succeeding business day thereafter) after
the depositing thereof into the exclusive custody of the U.S. Postal Service.



| | 12. |  | Waivers
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No waiver by any party of any default with respect to any provision,
condition or requirement hereof shall be deemed to be a waiver of any other
provision, condition or requirement hereof; nor shall any delay or omission of
any party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of
any such right accruing to it thereafter.



| | 13. |  | Preservation of Intent
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Should any provision of this Agreement be determined by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises to be illegal or in conflict with any laws of any
state or jurisdiction or otherwise unenforceable, the Company and Executive
agree that such provision shall be modified to the extent legally possible so
that the intent of this Agreement may be legally carried out.



| | 14. |  | Entire Agreement
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This Agreement sets forth the entire and only agreement or understanding
between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and
cancels all previous agreements, negotiations, letters of intent,
correspondence, commitments and representations in respect thereof among them,
including, without limitation, the Companys Executive Change of Control Plan
and the Prior Employment Agreement, and no party shall be bound by any
conditions, definitions, warranties or representations with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement except as provided in this Agreement.



| | 15. |  | Inurement; Assignment
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The rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and shall be binding upon any successor of the Company or to
the business of the Company, subject to the provisions hereof. The Company may
assign this Agreement to any person, firm or corporation controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Company. Neither this
Agreement nor any rights or obligations of Executive hereunder shall be
transferable or assignable by Executive.

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| | 16. |  | Amendment
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This Agreement may not be amended in any respect except by an instrument
in writing signed by the parties hereto.



| | 17. |  | Headings
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The headings in this Agreement are solely for convenience of reference and
shall be given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.



| | 18. |  | Counterparts
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This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.



| | 19. |  | Governing Law; Disputes
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This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving reference to
principles of conflict of laws. Any dispute or controversy arising under, out
of, in connection with or in relation to this Agreement shall be finally
determined and settled by arbitration. Arbitration shall be initiated by one
party making written demand upon the other party and simultaneously filing the
demand together with required fees in the office of the American Arbitration
Association in New York, New York. The arbitration proceeding shall be
conducted in New York, New York by a single arbitrator in accordance with the
Expedited Procedures of the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules required by the
arbitrator. Except as required by the arbitrator, the parties shall have no
obligation to comply with discovery requests made in the arbitration
proceeding. The arbitration award shall be a final and binding determination
of the dispute and shall be fully enforceable as an arbitration award in any
court having jurisdiction and venue over such parties.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.

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| | EXECUTIVE:           
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| | Richard L. Fulton    
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| | COMPANY:             
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| | GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
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| | By:                   | 
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| | Name:                
| | Title:               

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Exhibit 10.16

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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|1. EMPLOYMENT                               |  |      | 1 | 
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|2. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EXECUTIVE |  |      | 1 | 
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|3. COMPENSATION                             |  |      | 2 | 
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|4. BENEFITS                                 |  |      | 2 | 
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|5. TERM OF EMPLOYMENT                       |  |      | 3 | 
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|6. CONFIDENTIALITY                          |  |      | 3 | 
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|7. NON-COMPETITION; NON-SOLICITATION        |  |      | 4 | 
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|8. TERMINATION                              |  |      | 5 | 
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|9. VIOLATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS            |  |      | 6 | 
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|10. SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE; DAMAGES           |  |      | 6 | 
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|11. NOTICES                                 |  |      | 6 | 
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|12. WAIVERS                                 |  |      | 7 | 
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|13. PRESERVATION OF INTENT                  |  |      | 7 | 
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|14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT                        |  |      | 7 | 
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|15. INUREMENT; ASSIGNMENT                   |  |      | 7 | 
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|16. AMENDMENT                               |  |      | 8 | 
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|17. HEADINGS                                |  |      | 8 | 
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|18. COUNTERPARTS                            |  |      | 8 | 
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|19. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTES                 |  |      | 8 | 





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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This first Amendment to the Employment Agreement (Amendment) is entered
into as of April 1, 2003 by and between Richard L. Fulton (Executive) and
Grubb & Ellis Company, a Delaware corporation (the Company). All capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Agreement (as defined below).

WHEREAS, an Employment Agreement was entered into between Executive and
the Company effective September 1, 2002 (the Agreement); and

WHEREAS, Executive and the Company desire to amend the Agreement and
modify certain of its terms.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of each partys undertakings, promises and
covenants set forth in this Amendment, and for other good and valuable
consideration of the parties hereto, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows.



|1) |  | Compensation. Section 3(a) of the Agreement shall be amended in its
entirety to read, as follows:
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| |  | a) | Base Salary. In consideration of Executives services to be
performed under this Agreement and as compensation therefor, Executive
shall receive, in addition to all other benefits provided for in this
Agreement, a base salary (the Base Salary) at a rate of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) per annum for the period from September 1,
2002 through April 15, 2003; Four Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($425,000) per annum for the period from April 16, 2003 through December
31, 2003; and Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) per annum
for the remainder of the Term. All payments of Base Salary shall be
subject to all applicable withholdings and deductions, and shall be
payable in accordance with the Companys payroll practices.
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|2) |  | Termination Without Cause. Subsection (d) of Section 8 of the Agreement
is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end:                                                 
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|   |  | Delivery to Executive of the payments set forth in this Section 8(d) (ii)
are subject to the Companys receipt of a full release of all claims in a
form satisfactory to the Company.
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|3) |  | No Other Modifications. Except as modified above, all provisions of the
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, unmodified.                                                   

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|EXECUTIVE |     | GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
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|          |     | Name:                 | 
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|          |     | Title:                | 
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