Miami, Florida – February 11, 2009 –

David Auerbach re-joined Thomas D. Wood & Company in February of 2009 as Vice President, and specializes in originating and structuring commercial real estate debt and equity financing nationwide for all property types. Prior to joining Thomas D. Wood & Company, Mr. Auerbach was responsible for opening and expanding Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital’s Miami office as Director.  During his tenure at Deutsche Bank between 2007 and 2009, Mr. Auerbach was involved in the placement of fixed and floating rate non-recourse debt and equity investments for institutional investors and assets. Prior to that, Mr. Auerbach worked as a Vice President for Wachovia Securities in Fort Lauderdale, FL, where he participated in the origination and closing of over $3 Billion in fixed rate CMBS, floating rate CMBS, bridge, mezzanine, equity and agency debt between 2002 and 2007.

Prior to joining Wachovia Securities, Auerbach started his real estate finance career in 1999 as a real estate analyst for Thomas D. Wood & Company, and through 2002 he performed loan underwriting for senior loan originators, prepared appraisals and asset summaries for loan committee, and  coordinated the closing process for acquisitions and refinances.

Mr. Auerbach is a graduate of Florida International University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a graduate of University of Miami with a Master of Business Administration, Management.

Thomas D. Wood and Company is an independently owned, leading commercial mortgage banking firm in the southeast.  Thomas D. Wood and Company has correspondent relationships with fourteen major life insurance  companies, and is also a member of the Strategic Alliance Mortgage (SAM), a unique company consisting of 20 members who are all individually owned, commercial real estate investment banking/mortgage banking firms located throughout the United States.  Thomas D. Wood and Company’s servicing portfolio is now approaching one billion dollars.  This servicing portfolio consists of long-term mortgages on a variety of  commercial properties located throughout the state of Florida.  These properties include:
Retail, Industrial, Office, Senior Housing Communities, Self-storage, Apartments, Warehouses, Hotels and Mobile Home Parks.  Thomas D. Wood and Company’s corporate office is located at 95 Merrick Way, Suite 360, Coral Gables, Florida 33134, with branch offices located at 1215 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 100,  Winter Park, Florida 32789, 6802 Honeysuckle Trail, Lakewood Ranch, Florida  34202, 1000 Corporate Dr., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33309 and 1700 South MacDill Avenue, Suite 240 A, Tampa, Florida 33629.   The website may be accessed through www.tdwood.com.     

David Auerbach       (305) 447-7833       dauerbach@tdwood.com

Jessica Gurtowski    (407) 937-0470       jgurtowski@tdwood.com

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