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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KOJAIAN C MICHAEL (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY 1551 N. TUSTIN AVE. SUITE #300 (Street) SANTA ANA CA 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) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/10/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01	11/10/2008		P		2,000	A	$1.12	3,368,326	I(1)	By Kojaian Holdings LLC
Common Stock, par value $0.01	11/10/2008		P		300	A	$1.13	3,368,626	I(1)	By Kojaian Holdings LLC
Common Stock, par value $0.01	11/10/2008		P		7,700	A	$1.14	3,376,326	I(1)	By Kojaian Holdings LLC
Common Stock, par value $0.01								11,700,000	I(2)	By Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C.
Common Stock, par value $0.01								8,996	D(3)

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KOJAIAN C MICHAEL (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY 1551 N. TUSTIN AVE. SUITE #300 (Street) SANTA ANA CA 92705 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KOJAIAN VENTURES MM INC (Last) (First) (Middle) 39400 WOODWARD AVE., SUITE 250 (Street) BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* KOJAIAN VENTURES LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 39400 WOODWARD AVE., SUITE 250 (Street) BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI 48304 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares are owned directly by Kojaian Holdings LLC and indirectly by Kojaian Managagement Corporation, the sole member of Kojaian Holdings LLC, C. Michael Kojaian, 50% shareholder of Kojaian Management Corporation, and Mike Kojaian, 50% shareholder of Kojaian Management Corporation.

2. These shares are owned directly by Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C. and indirectly by Kojaian Ventures-MM, Inc., the managing member of Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C., and C. Michael Kojaian, the sole shareholder of Kojaian Ventures-MM, Inc. and member (along with Kojaian Ventures-MM, Inc.) of Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C.

3. Represents restricted shares of Gruub & Ellis Company's Common Stock that were awarded to Mr. Kojaian pursuant to the Grubb & Ellis Company 2006 Omnibus Equity Plan which will vest in equal 33 1/3 portions on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date (December 10, 2007).

	Kojaian Ventures, L.L.C. By: Kojaian Ventures-MM, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Managing Member /s/ C. Michael Kojaian, President	11/12/2008
	Kojaian Ventures - MM, Inc. /s/ C. Michael Kojaian, President	11/12/2008
	/s/ C. Michael Kojaian	11/12/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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