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EXHIBIT 21
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
CP Financing Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (wholly-owned)
Great Lakes Industrial Partners, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership
CenterPoint O'Hare L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company
The Miller Partnership L.P., an Illinois limited partnership
East Chicago Partners, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership
Elk Grove Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership
The Edge Venture, an Illinois general partnership
CenterPoint Realty Services Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Properties, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint Equipment Capital Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Development Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Realty Management Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Resources Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Capital Funding, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company
CP Realty Management Co. I, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Venture, L.L.C, a Delaware limited liability company
CP Financing Corporation II, an Illinois corporation