Orlando, Florida – March 29, 2010 –

Thomas D. Wood and Company, a Strategic Alliance Mortgage LLC member, secured financing in the amount of $3,085,000 for Pepperwood Apartments, Strawberry Place Apartments, and Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park.

Doug Rozzell, Company Principal, financed Pepperwood Apartments through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s correspondent relationship with The Standard Life Insurance Company in the amount of $1,450,000.  The loan has a 5+5+5+5+5-year term, based on a 25-year amortization and an interest rate of 6.90%.  The loan-to-value is 70%.  The 72-unit apartment complex was built in 1974 and is located at 13725 Susan Kay Drive, Tampa, Florida.

As with Pepperwood Apartments, Rozzell also financed Strawberry Place Apartments through The Standard Life Insurance Company in the amount of $1,150,000.  The loan has a 5+5+5+5+5-year term, based on a 25-year amortization and an interest rate of 6.90%.  The loan-to-value is 70%.  The 55-unit apartment complex was built in 1982 and is located at 1400 Strawberry Place, Plant City, Florida.

Rozzell financed the Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s relationship with a local bank in the amount of $535,000.  The interest rate is fixed at 6.75% for a five-year term, based on a 25-year amortization.  The loan-to-value is 50%.  The 50-pad mobile home park  is located on 2.34 acres at 14011 N. Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, Florida.

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, 7349 Professional Parkway East, Sarasota, Florida 34240, and 1000 Corporate Dr., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33334.   The website may be accessed through www.tdwood.com.    

Doug Rozzell       (407) 937-0470       drozzell@tdwood.com

Jessica Kinnee    (407) 937-0470       jkinnee@tdwood.com

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