Miami, Florida – September 14, 2009 –

Thomas D. Wood and Company, a Strategic Alliance Mortgage LLC member, secured financing on September 10, 2009, in the amount of $1,550,000 for the 1320-1350 Freeport Office/Warehouse Building in Reno, Nevada.

Steve Wood, Company Chief Operating Officer, along with Tony Castrignano of Sky Mesa Capital, financed 1320-1350 Freeport through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s correspondent relationship with Symetra Financial.  The loan term is nine years, and the interest rate can be reset every three years, based on a 25-year amortization and a loan-to-value of 56%.  The interest rate is 6.445%.  The 47,893 square-foot office/warehouse building was built in 1990 and is located at 1320-1350 Freeport Boulevard, Reno, Nevada.

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.    

Steve Wood               (305) 447-7820       swood@tdwood.com

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

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