William "Billy" Procida of Procida Funding, at ALM Real Estate Media's 2016 RealShare Philadelphia Conference (Bill Neumann photo)

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ—Procida Funding was busy with a flurry of financings during the last week of 2017, including a $68.5 million construction loan on the Gulls Cove condominium project in Jersey City that the firm says was paid off at 4:48 p.m. on the Friday before New Year's weekend, the last transaction of the year.

The day before that, Procida Funding's 100 Mile Fund closed a $6.5 million construction loan on a new retail center for the Mabie Family in Toms River, and the day before that it provided a $1 million loan for ongoing construction at The Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, PA.

It was a big finish to what otherwise was intended to be quiet year for The 100 Mile Fund. Following three years of originating approximately $100 million aa year in bridge, construction, and mezzanine loans, Procida Funding's president and CEO, William “Billy” Procida had cautioned early in 2017 that he was becoming much more cautious in his selection of investments.

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