Sarasota, Florida – August 27, 2009 –

Thomas D. Wood and Company, a Strategic Alliance Mortgage LLC member, secured financing on August 21, 2009, in the amount of $4,292,000 for a Walgreens Pharmacy in Garden City, Georgia.

Brad Cox, CCIM, Company Vice President, financed the Walgreens acquisition through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s relationship with a financial services company.  The fully-amortizing loan has a term of 24 years and an interest rate of 7.15%.  The loan-to-value is 91%.  The 14,490 square-foot single-tenant pharmacy was built in 2008, and is located at the intersection of Georgia Highway and Minus Street in Garden City, Georgia.

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.    

Brad Cox, CCIM         (941) 552-9731       bcox@tdwood.com

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

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