Orlando, Florida – September 16, 2008 –

John Worrell, Assistant Vice President for Thomas D. Wood and Company, secured financing in the amount of $3,400,000 for two Mr. Gatti’s Pizza Restaurants and Interstate Industrial.  Both properties were financed through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s correspondent relationship with StanCorp Mortgage Investors.

Worrell secured financing for Mr. Gatti’s Pizza in the amount of $2,500,000 and a rate of 7%.  The loan term is 10 years, based on a 25-year amortization, with a loan-to-value of 70%.  Both restaurants are 25,000 square-feet and built in 1995, and are located at 4349 Sherwood Way, San Angelo, Texas and 614 W. Wadley, Midland, Texas.

Worrell arranged financing in the amount of $900,000 for Interstate Industrial at a rate of 6.625%.  The loan term is seven years, based on a 25-year amortization, with a loan-to-value of 67%.  The 22,278 square-foot industrial building was built in 1992, and is home to major tenant Critical Response Networks.  Interstate Industrial is located at 2130 Interstate Drive, Lakeland, 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, in addition to Wall Street, and is a member of Strategic Alliance Mortgage (SAM).  SAM is a unique company consisting of twenty regional commercial mortgage banking firms that share real-time market information.  Thomas D. Wood and Company’s servicing portfolio is approaching $1 billion, and consists of long-term mortgages on a variety of commercial properties.  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 1700 South MacDill Avenue, Suite 240 A, Tampa,  Florida 33629, 1215 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 100,  Winter Park, Florida 32789, and 6802 Honeysuckle Trail, Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34202.  The website may be accessed through www.tdwood.com.

John Worrell                  (407) 937-0470      jworrell@tdwood.com

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

###