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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
CenterPoint 1301 Tower Road, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint 342 Carol Lane, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint 343 Carol Lane, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint 388 Carol Lane, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint 4300 Madison Street, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint 550 Kehoe Blvd, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint Business Park-Gurnee Property Owners' Association, an Illinois property association
CenterPoint Chicago Enterprise LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint CMC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint Downs Drive, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint East Chicago LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Hammond LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Intermodal, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Joliet, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Key, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint Medinah LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Midland, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint O'Hare L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Rochelle, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Woodridge, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Chicago International Produce Market Condominium Association, an Illinois limited liability company
Chicago Manufacturing Campus II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Chicago Manufacturing Campus Owners Association, a Delaware limited liability company
CIC at Deer Run Property Owners Association, an Illinois property association
CMC Land Holding Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CMC Manufacturing Campus Property Owners Association, an Illinois property association
CNT Administrator, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CP Financing Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust
East Chicago Partners, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership
Elk Grove Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership
Grandview Business Park Owners' Association, an Illinois property association
Great Lakes Industrial Partners, L.P., an Indiana limited partnership
McCook I Property Owners Association, an Illinois property association
O'Hare Tech Center II, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company
Prime Aurora Business Park Association, an Illinois property association
Rochelle Development Joint Venture LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Rochelle Development Lot 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
The Edge Venture, an Illinois general partnership
CenterPoint Realty Services Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Business Park Owners Association, an Illinois property association
CenterPoint Capital Funding, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company
CenterPoint Equipment Capital Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Harvard, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint Materials Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Realty Management Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Venture, L.L.C, a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
CalEast HD, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
CalEast HD, L.P., a Delaware limited liability company
CenterPoint WISPARK Land Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
HD CenterPoint Venture, LP, a Texas limited partnership
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
CenterPoint Realty Services Corporation, an Illinois corporation
CenterPoint Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company