Miami, Florida—December 19, 2007—

William Schuss, Vice President for Thomas D. Wood and Company, secured financing in the amount of $2,160,000 for the LaBamba Office/Warehouse in Miami, Florida.  Schuss financed the loan with StanCorp Mortgage Investors, one of Thomas D. Wood and Company’s correspondent lenders, at a permanent fixed rate of 6.5%.  The loan term is 10 years, with a 25-year amortization, and a loan-to-value of 75%. 

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.  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 1700 South MacDill Avenue, Suite 240 A, Tampa, Florida 33629, and 1215 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 100,  Winter Park, Florida 32789.  The website may be accessed through www.tdwood.com.

William Schuss          (305) 447-7820        wschuss@tdwood.com

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

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