ABM Lakeside Building Maintenance Awarded Contract at 181 West Madison.

Business Editors

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004

ABM Lakeside Building Maintenance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar building maintenance contract at 181 West Madison, a Class A office building located in Chicago's loop. Designed by renowned architect Cesar Pelli, 181 West Madison is owned by Prudential Real Estate Investors and is managed by MB Real Estate.

"It is a pleasure to serve one of Chicago's premier office buildings and one of the Midwest's most prominent real estate service providers," said Michael Sweig, chairman of the board and COO of ABM Lakeside Building Maintenance. "We look forward to providing state-of-the-art janitorial services for the tenants and guests at 181 West Madison on behalf of Prudential Real Estate Investors and MB Real Estate," he added.

Based in Chicago, ABM Lakeside Building Maintenance has operations throughout the Midwest in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Milwaukee, Nashville and St. Louis.

ABM Industries Incorporated is one of the largest facility services contractors listed on the New York Stock Exchange. With fiscal 2003 revenues in excess of $2.2 billion and more than 64,000 employees, ABM provides janitorial, parking, engineering, security, lighting and mechanical services for thousands of commercial, industrial, institutional and retail facilities in hundreds of cities across the United States and British Columbia, Canada. In addition to ABM Lakeside Building Maintenance, the ABM Family of Services includes ABM Janitorial, Ampco System Parking, ABM Engineering, American Commercial Security (ACSS), Amtech Lighting, CommAir Mechanical and ABM Facility Services.