Great Lakes REIT, Inc.
Ticker:GL 823 Commerce Drive, Suite 300
Exchange:New York Stock Exchange Oak Brook, IL 60521
Industry:Financial (SIC Code 6798) (630) 368-2900

Offering Information
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:2/28/97
U.S. Shares:5,700,000 Offer Date:5/8/97
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$14.50 - $16.50
Primary Shares:5,700,000 Offer Price:$15.50
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$1.00
Offering Amount: $88,350,000 Selling:$0.60
Expenses:$1,600,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:14,662,090

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Lehman Brothers IncorporatedLead Manager (212) 526-8100
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.Co-manager (314) 955-3039
Everen Securities, Inc.Co-manager (312) 574-6859
Smith Barney Inc.Co-manager (212) 723-7300

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue
Bank's Law Firm: Rogers & Wells
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Registrar/Transfer Agent: Gemisys Corporation

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/96 12/31/96
Revenue:$25.23Assets:$192.90
Net Income:$6.60Curr Assets:
EPS:$1.11Liabilities:$97.55
Prior EPS:$0.88Curr Liabilities:
Cash Flow/Oper:Equity:$95.34
Cash Flow/Fin:Cash:
Cash Flow/Inv:

Business Description
The company is a fully integrated, self-administered an self-managed real estate company focused on acquiring, renovating, owning and operating suburban office properties located within an approx. 500-mile radius of metropolitan Chicago. The company currently owns and operates 27 properties in suburban Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Columbus and Cincinnati. The Properties contain approximately 2.8 million rentable square feet leased to approximately 320 tenants. As of December 31, 1996, the Properties had a weighted average occupancy rate of approximately 92%. The company believes that it is one of the largest REIT owners of suburban office space in the MidWest Region. Its five executive officers have an average of 17 years of experience in the real estate industry. The Company, which has elected to be treated for federal income tax purposes as a real estate investment trust, is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for repayment of certain outstanding indebtedness, working capital and general corporate purposes.

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