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Grubb & EllislCressy & Everett was involved in the development of University Park <br /> Mall, the Edison Lakes Corporate Park on 700 acres east of Grape Road and more than <br /> $30 million dollars of development in South Bend, including Erskine Plaza, Carbonmill <br /> Plaza and West Cleveland Industrial Park. <br /> Blackthorn and Edison Lakes have about the same level of development even though <br /> work Edison Lakes was begun a year earlier. Development at Blackthorn has exceeded <br /> the half-billion-dollar mark, but significant property still remains. <br /> "We believe South Bend/Mishawaka represent a single market," said Richard J. Doolittle, <br /> chief operating officer of Grubb & EllislCressy & Everett. He noted that at least 70 <br /> percent of the firm's business is in South Bend, and particularly was interested in <br /> promoting Blackthorn. "This is a regional, maybe even a national draw,"he said. <br /> As part of the agreement, Grubb & EllislCressy & Everett will create marketing <br /> strategies, a website, appropriate signage, a video and printed materials to promote sales <br /> at the site. <br /> Established in 1990 on the city's far northwest side, Blackthorn provides an environment <br /> for new industrial, warehouse and business development. The area includes immediate <br /> access to the South Bend Regional Airport,the Indiana Toll Road and the U.S. 31 <br /> Bypass. Blackthorn is the center of industrial employment in St. Joseph County. <br /> - 30 - <br />