Hall Unit Plans RE Ops Outside U.S.

Hall Structured Finance, Hall Financial Group's commercial real estate finance unit, plans to do business outside the United States for the first time by seeking equity and debt financing opportunities on existing hotels and resorts and land development opportunities in the Caribbean and Central America."We can act in a broad range of capacities in Central America and the Caribbean, including providing equity financing as principals and/or through joint venture relationships, and through providing debt financing," said Donald Braun, president of Hall Financial Group. "Our specific areas of interest include hotels, resorts, and land development in targeted areas which may already be master-planned for such uses." Hall Financial can be found on the Web at http://www.hallfinancial.com, and the CRE unit can be found at http://www.hallstructuredfinance.com.