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EXHIBIT A
This Agreement is entered into by and among Center Partners, Ltd., an
Illinois limited partnership, UIDC Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership, Urban-Water Tower Associates, an Illinois general partnership,
JMB/Miami Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Miami Associates,
L.P., an Illinois limited partnership, JMB Properties Company, an Illinois
general partnership, JMB RES Managers, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Old Orchard
Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership, JMB Realty Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, the 1975 Judd D. Malkin Life Insurance Trust, Neil G.
Bluhm and Judd D. Malkin.
Each of the persons named above hereby agrees that the Schedule 13D of
even date herewith and to which this Agreement is attached as an exhibit, which
is to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is to be filed on
behalf of each such person.
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which
shall constitute an original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Agreement
or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf this 3rd day of October,
2000.
Center Partners, Ltd.
By: JMB Realty Corporation
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Executive Vice President
UIDC Holdings, L.P.
By: JMB Realty Corporation
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Executive Vice President
Urban-Water Tower Associates
By: UIDC Holdings, L.P.
General Partner
By: JMB Realty Corporation
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Executive Vice President
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By: Water Tower Associates-I, L.P.
General Partner
By: JMB Realty Corporation
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Executive Vice President
JMB/Miami Investors, L.P.
By: JMB Investment Holdings-I, Inc.
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Vice President
JMB RES Managers, Inc.
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Vice President
Miami Associates, L.P.
By: JMB Investment Holdings-I, Inc.
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Vice President
JMB Properties Company
By: JMB RES Managers, Inc.
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Vice President
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Old Orchard Limited Partnership
By: UIDC Holdings, L.P.
General Partner
By: JMB Realty Corporation
General Partner
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Executive Vice President
JMB Realty Corporation
By: /s/ Gary A. Nickele
Name: Gary A. Nickele
Title: Executive Vice President
1975 Judd D. Malkin Life Insurance Trust
By: /s/ Judd D. Malkin
Name: Judd D. Malkin
Title: Trustee
/s/ Neil G. Bluhm
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Neil G. Bluhm
/s/ Judd D. Malkin
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Judd D. Malkin