Oak Brook, Illinois, September 26, 2006 - CenterPoint Properties announced today that it is breaking ground
on a 62,000-square-foot co-location data center at the DuPage National Technology Park in West Chicago. The build-to-suit facility, called the Cyber Continuity Center, www.cybercontinuity.com, will be owned and managed by Cyber Continuity Center West Chicago, L.L.C., and is expected to open in the Spring of 2007.

Charles Wm. Foster, Cyber Continuity Center’s managing partner, said, “We are excited to work with CenterPoint Properties at the DuPage National Technology Park. It provides a great opportunity to bring an innovative technology product to market and deliver premier data storage and disaster recovery services to our infrastructure-intensive client base. Cyber Continuity Center will be Chicagoland’s most secure co-location data center, catering to a broad range of information sensitive companies.”

The Cyber Continuity Center will meet (and exceed) the Uptime Institute’s Tier III Data Center designation, making it one of only a handful of such facilities in the United States. The rapid growth of digital information and Internet use is driving the need for data storage and co-location services, which allows off-site businesses to use the facility as either their primary data center or as a redundant disaster recovery center. Cyber Continuity Center will contain two separate areas managed and operated by a technical support team. One space will house multiple server racks for lease by businesses requiring data storage support. The second space will offer ‘micro-suites’, which are entirely private data centers that benefit from the Tier III infrastructure of the larger building.

“We master planned the DuPage National Technology Park to satisfy the data capacity and information security demands of 21st century businesses,” said Fred Reynolds, SVP of Development at CenterPoint. “Cyber Continuity Center is an excellent example of an innovative company that will benefit from the advantages offered here, advantages not available at any other location currently in the market.”

About DuPage National Technology Park (www.dntp.com)
The DuPage National Technology Park (DNTP) is North America's most advanced business and research park, engineered with the technology infrastructure to provide a scalable, sustainable business community that achieves speed, redundancy and survivability. Located in West Chicago, the 800-acre DNTP is ideal for technology-driven office, corporate HQ’s, R&D, applied sciences, light industrial and retail/hospitality.

About CenterPoint Properties (www.centerpoint-prop.com)
CenterPoint is the largest owner and developer of industrial real estate in metropolitan Chicago with 22 branded business parks. With its affiliates, CenterPoint owns and/or manages more than 47 million square feet of property and owns or controls an additional 3,300 acres of land for future development. CenterPoint is a subsidiary of CalEast Global Logistics LLC, a leading investor in logistics warehouse and related real estate whose members include the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and LaSalle Investment Management.

CenterPoint Properties is focused on the development, ownership and intensive management of industrial real estate and related rail, road and port infrastructure. We add value to our customers through forward-thinking solutions aimed at enhancing supply chain and operating efficiencies. We seek long term relationships with customers, public and private business partners, internal colleagues and the communities where we invest and operate.

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