Orlando, Florida – July 9, 2009 –

Thomas D. Wood and Company, a Strategic Alliance Mortgage LLC member, secured financing on July 7, 2009, in the amount of $2,800,000 for the Mercantile Office Building in Winter Garden, Florida.

Doug Rozzell and Jeff Schnupp financed the Mercantile Office Building through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s correspondent relationship with The Standard Life Insurance Company.  The permanent loan has an interest rate of 6.75% and a five-year term, based on a 25-year amortization.  The loan-to-value is 56%.  The 31,857 square-foot multi-tenant office building was built in 2000, and is home to major tenant Mercantile Bank.  The Mercantile Office Building is located at 12200 West Colonial Drive, Winter Garden, 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

Jeff Schnupp                 (407) 937-0470       jschnupp@tdwood.com

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

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