Lakewood Ranch, Florida – October 24, 2008 –

Thomas D. Wood and Company, a Strategic Alliance Mortgage LLC member, secured financing in the amount of $5,800,000 for Handy Storage and Discount Mini-Storage.  Both properties were financed through Thomas D. Wood and Company’s correspondent relationship with StanCorp Mortgage Investors.

Brad Cox, Company Vice President, secured financing for Handy Storage in the amount of $3,000,000 and a rate of 6.375%.  The loan term is 20 years, based on a 25-year amortization, with a loan-to-value of 36%.  The 90,886 square-foot self-storage facility was built in 1996 and is located at 350 S. University Drive, Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Cox arranged financing for Discount Mini-Storage in the amount of $2,800,000 and a rate of 6.7%.  The loan term is 20 years, based on a 25-year amortization, with a loan-to-value of 70%.  The 55,782 square-foot self-storage facility was built in 1986 and 1999, and is located at 5002 S. Manhattan 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 19 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, 6802 Honeysuckle Trail,  Lakewood Ranch, Florida  34202, 1000 Corporate Dr., Ste. 100, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33309 and 1700 South MacDill Avenue, Suite 240 A, Tampa,   Florida 33629.   The website may be accessed through www.tdwood.com.

Brad Cox                 (941) 907-8112        bcox@tdwood.com

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

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