SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

VAN BERKEL JACOB

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY

1551 N. TUSTIN AVENUE, SUITE 300

(Street)

SANTA ANA

92705

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GRUBB & ELLIS CO [ GBE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	EVP and COO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/05/2011

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.01	12/05/2011		F		14,672⁽¹⁾	D	$0.22⁽²⁾	1,044,770⁽³⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01⁽⁴⁾	⁽⁵⁾							⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	Common Stock, par value $0.01	⁽⁵⁾		250	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 14,672 restricted shares of common stock of Grubb & Ellis Company (the "Company") that were withheld upon vesting to satisfy Mr. Van Berkel's tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of a total of 40,000 restricted shares of the Company's common stock that were previously awarded to Mr. Van Berkel.

2. On December 2, 2011, the effective date for determination of the tax withholding requirements related to Mr. Van Berkel's vested restricted shares of the Company's common stock, the closing price for the Company's common stock was $0.22.

3. Beneficially owned shares include (i) 211,437 shares of the Company's common stock, with 25,328 of such shares representing the balance of the 40,000 restricted shares that vested on December 5, 2011 minus the 14,672 shares that were withheld to satisfy Mr. Van Berkel's tax withholding obligation and (ii) 833,333 restricted shares of the Company's common stock that were granted to Mr. Van Berkel on March 10, 2010 pursuant to the Company's 2006 Omnibus Equity Plan, (A) 333,333 of which vest in equal 1/2 portions on each of the second and third anniversaries of the grant date and (B) 500,000 of which are subject to vesting based upon the market price of the Company's common stock during the 3 year period beginning March 10, 2010. All such 833,333 restricted shares are subject to Mr. Van Berkel's continued employment by the Company and to the terms of a restricted share agreement.

4. The full title of the deriviative security is 12% Cumulative Participating Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock").

5. Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into 60.606 shares of the Company's common stock, which represents a conversion price of approximately $1.65 per share.

6. The Preferred Stock is convertible, in whole or in part, into common stock at any time at Mr. Van Berkel's option and has no expiration date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jacob Van Berkel	12/07/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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