Heartland Partners Promotes Charles J. Harrison to Senior Vice President

CHICAGO, Dec. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Heartland Partners, L.P. (AMEX:HTL) today announced details on its promotion of Charles J. Harrison to senior vice president effective as of November 21, 2005.

"This promotion recognizes Charles' exceptional work on a number of strategic initiatives and his additional responsibilities for leading real estate transaction activities for Heartland," said Lawrence Adelson, chief executive officer. "He has a proven record of problem solving in unusual and challenging real estate environments."

Harrison, 48, joined Heartland Partners in 1990 and has been instrumental in the company's operations. He has held positions of increasing responsibility including Vice President, General Counsel and Associate General Counsel.  Since 2002, Harrison has served as a member of the company's executive team responsible for reducing the former railroad's property portfolio from 13,000 acres to 140 acres. From 1990 to 2001, Harrison managed real estate sales and closings, environmental matters, leasing, property management and litigation supervision. He was also the Company's corporate secretary for the Board of Managers and Audit Committee.

Harrison holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, a law degree with honors from the Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John's College.

About Heartland

Heartland Partners, L.P. is a Chicago-based real estate limited partnership with properties, primarily in the upper Midwest and northern United States. CMC Heartland is a subsidiary of Heartland Partners, L.P. and is the successor to the Milwaukee Road Railroad, founded in 1847.

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CONTACT: Lawrence Adelson, Manager of CMC-Heartland Partners Holdings,

Inc., its general partner, [phone]; or Brien Gately of The Investor

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