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OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP Park Avenue Tower 65 East 55th Street New York, NY 10022-1106 212.451.2300 Michael S. Fox Eric L. Goldberg Jordanna L. Nadritch
Counsel for Ad Hoc Committee of Brokers
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
In re: Chapter 11
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, et al. Case No. 12-10685 (MG)
Debtors. (Jointly Administered)
NOTICE OF APPEAL
The Ad Hoc Committee of Brokers,1 by and through their counsel, Olshan Grundman
Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, hereby appeal to the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York under 28 U.S.C. § 158(a) from the Order Authorizing (A) the
Sale of Substantially All of the Debtors’ Assets Free and Clear of All Claims, Liens, Rights,
Interests and Encumbrances; (B) the Debtors to Enter Into and Perform Their Obligations
Under the Asset Purchase Agreement; and (C) the Assumption and Assignment of Certain
Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases (Docket No. 830) entered by the United States
1 Members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Brokers include: Elaine R. Battagia, John W. Beers, Eric J. Berggen, Simon Clark, Conor Coakley, Andrew P. Connolly, David Cravath, Jeffrey D. Cristal, Vince D’Amico, Kyle Eaton, Gerald Z. Gibian, Neal (Dan) Gronich, Maryilyn Hansen, Joseph F. Harkins, Eric Haskins, Jeffrey Hyman, Alex T. Jelepis, Michael Kammerling, Bill B. Kanter, John C. Kinsella, Robert E. Lee, Robert H. Mayer, Jonathan Miller, Jeff Moeller, Michael R. Myrick, Trevor Patterson, Deborah Perry, J. Gilbert Plavcan, Jerry (Marshall) Putterman, Kevin J. Riley, Richard Rosenthal, Steve Roth, Ira Rovitz, William D. Saltzman, Robert S. Shapiro, Robert Shuster, Anne Deason Spencer, Barrett Stern, Dean Tselepis, Alfred Twainy, Joel Wechsler, Alan Weissman, Robert D. Yaffa, Larry Zuckerman, and David F. Zwang.
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Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in the above-captioned chapter 11 cases
on March 27, 2012, including, without limitation, any and all judgments, decrees, decisions,
rulings, and/or opinions that merged into and/or became part of the Order, that are related to the
Order, and/or upon which the Order is based, including, without limitation, the Memorandum
Opinion Approving the Sale of Substantially All of the Debtors’ Assets, also dated March 27,
2012 (Docket No. 829).
The names of all parties to the Order appealed from and the names, addresses, and
telephone number of their respective attorneys (if applicable) are as follows:
APPELLANTS - THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF BROKERS
Counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of Brokers:
OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP Michael S. Fox Eric L. Goldberg Jordanna L. Nadritch Park Avenue Tower 65 East 55th Street New York, NY 10022-1106 212.451.2300
DEBTOR APPELLEES
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, et al. Thomas D’Arcy Michael Rispoli 1551 N. Tustin Avenue #300 Santa Ana, CA 92705
TOGUT, SEGAL & SEGAL LLP Frank A. Oswald, Esq. One Penn Plaza, Suite 3335 New York, NY 10119 (212) 594-5000
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ZUKERMAN GORE BRANDEIS & CROSSMAN LLP Clifford Brandeis, Esq. Eleven Times Square New York, NY 10036
OTHER PARTIES IN INTEREST
United States Trustee:
United States Trustee Susan Golden, Esq. Nazar Khodorovsky, Esq. 33 Whitehall Street 21st Floor New York, NY 10004 (212) 510-0500
Counsel to Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors:
ALSTON & BIRD LLP Martin Bunin, Esq. Craig Freeman, Esq. 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 (212) 210-9400
Counsel to Debtors’ Prepetition and Postpetition Lenders, and Stalking Horse Bidder:
GOODWIN PROCTER, LLP Emanuel C. Grillo, Esq. Brian W. Harvey, Esq. The New York Times Building 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 (212) 813-8800
OTHER SALE OBJECTORS
Counsel to Zazove Associates LLC:
ANDREWS KURTH LLP Paul N. Silverstein Jeremy B. Reckmeyer 450 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor New York, New York 10017 (212) 850-2800
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Counsel to Scott Tew, Counsel to Jeffrey Sweeney, Counsel to Parker-Hamilton Property Group LLC, Counsel to Tew Realty Advisors, Inc.:
BRYAN CAVE LLP Lawrence P. Gottesman Michelle McMahon 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10104 (212) 541-2000
Counsel to Hines VAF II Sacramento Properties LP:
CROWELL & MORING LLP Mark S. Lichtenstein Steven B. Eichel 590 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 223-4000
Counsel to Forward Funds:
DECHERT LLP Brian E. Greer James O. Moore 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036-6797 (212) 698-3500
Pro Se:
John Donnelly 280 West Oak Street Ramsey, New Jersey 07446 (201) 221-6005
Counsel to CoStar Realty Information, Inc.:
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP David M. Feldman Keith R. Martorana 200 Park Avenue New York, New York (212) 351-4000
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Counsel to ACE American Insurance Company:
KARPELAW Karel S. Karpe 44 Wall Street, 12th Floor New York, New York 10005 (212) 461-2250
Counsel to Vincent Carrega, Neil Helman, Jon Epstein, Charles Kingsley, Yoav Oelsner, Jason Meister, Michael Gottlieb, Howard Grufferman and Martin Cottingham:
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES & FRIEDMAN LLP Andrew K. Glenn Jeffrey R. Gleit 1633 Broadway New York, New York 10019 Telephone: (212) 506-1700
Counsel to Daniel Cressman:
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP Jeff J. Friedman Matthew W. Olsen 575 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022-2585 (212) 940-8800
Pro Se:
Frank Lopriore 10 Henry Avenue Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 (862) 204-9379
Counsel to The International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO, Local 94-94A:
LOWENSTEIN SANDLER PC Norman N. Kinel Terence D. Watson 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 18th Floor New York, New York 10020 (212) 262-6700
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Counsel to Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, Inc. and Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Holdings, LP:
McGUIREWOODS LLP Patrick L. Hayden Shawn R. Fox 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Seventh Floor New York, NY 10105 (212) 548-2100
Counsel to Towers Crescent, LLC:
McKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE LLP Alan Kaufman 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1700 New York, New York 10169 (212) 905-8348
Counsel to Inland Oak Brooker International Office Center LLC, Inland American Loves Park Clifford L.L.C., MB BP Portfolio L.L.C., Inland American Retail Management, LLC, Inland American Office Management, LLC, and Inland American and Industrial Management, LLC:
MENTER, RUDIN & TRIVELPIECE, P.C. 308 Maltbie Street, Suite 200 Syracuse, New York 13204-1498 (315) 474-7541
Counsel to Bart Pucci, Joe Sklencar, John C. Kinsella, Joel I. Wechsler, Kurt Montagano and Kathryn Cosentino:
MOSES & SINGER LLP James M. Sullivan Henry J. Bergman The Chrysler Building 405 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10174 (212) 554-7800
Counsel to Steven J. Monroe, Counsel to Ted Parris:
NEAL, GERBER & EISENBERG LLP Nicholas M. Miller Two North LaSalle Street, Suite 1700 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 269-8000
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Counsel to Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink:
REED SMITH LLP Nicole O’Sullivan 599 Lexington Avenue, 27th Floor New York, New York 10022 (212) 521-5400
Counsel to Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector:
SATTERLEE STEPHENS BURKE & BURKER LLP Timothy T. Brock Abigail Snow 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1130 New York, New York 10169 (212) 818-9200
Counsel to Cyndi O’Brien, Susan K. Licciardi, Marc A. Braun, J. Gilbert Plavcan, Michael P. Petrigan, Bruce Granger, Bruce Asmus, Terry Coyne, Thomas Gath, Richard Sheehan, David Hollister, Ryan Kehoe, Frank Black:
ULMER & BERNE LLP Erica Tukel Wax 500 West Madison Street, Suite 3600 Chicago, Illinois 60661 (312) 658-6510
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Dated: March 27, 2012 New York, New York
OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME ROSENZWEIG & WOLOSKY LLP
/s/ Michael S. Fox
Park Avenue Tower 65 East 55th Street New York, New York 10022 Michael S. Fox Eric L. Goldberg Jordanna L. Nadritch (212) 451-2300
Counsel for Ad Hoc Committee of Brokers
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