HFF announces $15M in closed Southeast U.S. shopping center sales

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 16, 2009 – The Atlanta office of HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.) announced today it has closed more than $15 million in shopping center investment sale transactions in the Southeast United States on behalf of Centro Properties Group.

The two properties are: The Shoppes at Letson Farms (top right photo) in McCalla, Alabama and Hampton Plaza (top left photo) in Tampa, Florida.

HFF senior managing director Whitney Knoll, (middle right photo) managing director Brad Peterson (bottom left photo) and associate director Justin Greider marketed both properties on behalf of the seller.

DLC Management Corporation purchased The Shoppes at Letson Farms for $12.675 million in February 2009. Gator Investments purchased Hampton Plaza in November 2008 for $2.6 million.

The Shoppes at Letson Farms is situated on 15.8 acres at 4750 Eastern Valley Road in McCalla, near the junction of Interstates 459 and 20 in southwest Birmingham.

Completed between 2002 and 2004, the grocery-anchored shopping center has 95,092 square feet and is currently 95% occupied by tenants including Food World (anchor tenant), Movie Gallery, H&R Block, Subway, and Curves.

Situated on 6.2 acres, Hampton Plaza is located at 5300 Gunn Highway near the Citrus Park Town Center. The 44,420-square-foot, neighborhood center was completed in 1990 and is currently 95% occupied by tenants including Big Lots (anchor tenant), Dollar General and Metro PCS.

HFF (NYSE: HF) operates out of 18 offices nationwide and is a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the U.S. commercial real estate industry.

HFF offers clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, structured finance, private equity, loan sales and commercial loan servicing. http://www.hfflp.com/.

Contacts:

C. Whitney Knoll, HFF Senior Managing Director, 404 832 8460, wknoll@hfflp.com

H. Bradley Peterson, HFF Mnaging Director, 407 514 2620, bpeterson@hfflp.com

Kristen M. Murphy, HFF Associate Director, Marketing, 713 852 3500, kmurphy@hfflp.com