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Bank One Signs AIG Member Company to 156,000-Foot Lease at 300 S. Riverside Plaza CHICAGO, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bank One Corporation announced today that National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.(R), a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has signed a lease for 156,000 square feet of office space at the bank's 300 S. Riverside Plaza facility in Chicago. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030116/NYTH053LOGO ) AIG will occupy floors 20, 21 and 22 at 300 S. Riverside when the lease commences in June, 2004, in the 23-story Class A office building. Built in 1983, 300 S. Riverside is a 1 million square-foot office building on the west bank of the Chicago River in the city's burgeoning West Loop. Bank One is aggressively pursuing the leasing of an additional 200,000+ square feet at 300 S. Riverside, which has convenient access to transportation and efficient 53,000-square-foot floor plates. "This is one of the largest deals done in Chicago this year and is a testimonial to the Bank's ability to aggressively pursue and complete deals in Chicago and in other markets," said John Nugent, national representative for CB Richard Ellis, which represented Bank One in the transaction. Across the country, Bank One is aggressively pursuing leasing opportunities as it manages it real estate more efficiently. In Chicago, the company has begun a $100 million renovation of its corporate headquarters building, 1 Bank One Plaza, to attract new tenants for occupancy beginning in 2004. Elsewhere, leasing opportunities have or are being created in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Detroit, Indianapolis, Charleston, W. Va., and Baton Rouge, La. Bank One Corporation is the nation's sixth-largest bank holding company, with assets of $290 billion. Bank One has more than 51 million credit cards issued, nearly 7 million retail households, and over 20,000 middle market customers. It also manages $175 billion of clients' investment assets. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030116/NYTH053LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Bank One Corporation CONTACT: Thomas Kelly of Bank One Corporation, +1-312-732-7007 Web site: http://www.bankone.com/

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