Frank Crivello, EVP, Phoenix Investors, LLC Announces Purchase of Indiana mill by Heritage Structures, Inc.

Heritage Structures, Inc. acquired Indiana Mill formerly operated by Tru-Built Lumber, Inc. to manufacture and sell pre-fabricated garages to customers in Midwestern States.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin --September 10, 2004--  Frank Crivello, Executive Vice President, Phoenix Investors, LLC ("Phoenix Investors") announced today that Heritage Structures, Inc. ("Heritage"), www.heritagegarages.com, acquired the plant, equipment, improvements, and land assets formerly owned and operated by Tru-Built Lumber, Inc., ("Tru-Built") Williamsport, Indiana. Crivello Group, LLC, www.crivello.com, agreed to provide financing to Heritage in its purchase from Tru-Built. Before Tru-Built entered bankruptcy and ceased operations, it manufactured prefabricated garages and sold them through a dealer network to homeowners throughout the Midwest.

Crivello Group's Managing Member Frank P. Crivello stated: "This acquisition represents solid value for us and Heritage. Heritage's President Joseph A. Crivello stated: "We will perform maintenance and enhancements to the facility. It should be ready for production within sixty days." Heritage's Executive Vice President Jerry Bullock stated: "We are excited to commence production at this mill. Over time, we will assemble a solid work force. We have received encouraging feedback from the Indiana Department of Commerce, www.in.gov/doc. concerning Heritage. We are exploring options with the Indiana Department of Commerce for training employees and expanding production."

About NNN Group, Inc., www.nnn.net:

NNN provides Phoenix Investors with real estate management and advisory services.

About Phoenix Investors, LLC, www.phoenixinv.com:

Since 1994 Phoenix Investors has been offering professional management and advisory solutions to public and private companies, trusts, and individual investors. Our management endeavors to understand our clients' individual needs, work with our client to assess specific goals, and structure investments according to our clients' specific risk/reward profile to meet both the clients' short term and long term needs. Our real estate management team professionally manages our portfolio properties through a combination of local and national representation in order to effectively create a "working-bridge" between owner and tenant, building a cooperative mutually beneficial working relationship. Our experts assess and refine our client's portfolio's to maximize our clients cash flow, equity accumulation, and internal rate of return based upon our clients' specific dynamic goals.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 - With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of the Phoenix Investors could differ significantly from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to assumptions relating to the marine market and that there will be no unanticipated material adverse change in Phoenix Investor's operations or business.

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