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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the joint proxy
statement-prospectus forming a part of Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 filed by MB-MidCity, Inc. of our report dated February 9,
2001, on our audit of the consolidated balance sheets of MB Financial, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2000, included in the Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2000 and incorporated by reference to
this Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the joint proxy statement-prospectus.



/S/ McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
Schaumburg, Illinois
September 26, 2001