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Wrightwood Expands to $100M Loans, Hires

CHICAGO-Wrightwood Capital will syndicate larger loans of up to $100 million and will invest up to $50 million in equity.

By Gina Kenny | Updated on July 19, 2007

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CHICAGO-Wrightwood Capital, based here, is expanding its origination platform to loans up to $100 million. Sam Bluso has been hired as the senior director for capital markets to assist in the expansion, says Mary Briggs, managing director of capital markets for Wrightwood. “Typically, Wrightwood is a middle market lender and, typically, we have made loans up to approximately $35 million,” Briggs says.

Wrightwood decided to begin offering the larger loans in addition to the middle market loans of up to $35 million. “We wanted to be able to expand our products to our current customers and to new customers as we grow our business,” Briggs says. Additionally, “We saw a market opportunity in terms of growth of the business to bring the same structured finance and structured capital to slightly larger loans.” Wrightwood will be “selling partial interest in loans we originate” to limit the amount of equity Wrightwood invests to a maximum of $50 million. “We will limit our own exposure on any one loan to $35 million, or maybe as much as $50 million, if it is deemed a lower risk loan,” she says.

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