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Prudential Mortgage Capital provides $137.8 million to refinance Hawaiia?s Outrigger Reef Hotel

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  Published in Business and Finance on Tuesday, August 16th 2011 at 9:11 GMT by Market Wire
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SAN FRANCISCO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Prudential Mortgage Capital Company has closed a $137.8 million loan for Outrigger Hotels & Resorts on behalf of Prudentiala™s general account. Prudential Mortgage Capital Company is the commercial mortgage lending business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

"The hotel industry is in the midst of a recovery following a severe downturn, and Hawaii has enjoyed that recovery"

The seven-year, fixed-rate loan is secured by the newly renovated, 639-room hotel located on the shores of Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii. The hotel recently completed an extensive $113 million renovation and repositioning that included essentially rebuilding all of the hotela™s guestrooms, retail space, public areas and poolside grille.

Prudentiala™s San Francisco-based team arranged the financing, led by Frederick van Overbeek, a principal, and Elizabeth Velazquez, director of originations.

aThe hotel industry is in the midst of a recovery following a severe downturn, and Hawaii has enjoyed that recovery,a van Overbeek said. aThis financing fits our strategy of investing in highly competitive and well-located hotels with superior sponsorship. The property has potential for strong growth, particularly given the operational expertise Outrigger brings to this transaction with more than 60 years of hotel industry experience. We are excited to continue this important borrower relationship.a

Outrigger Enterprises Group is one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held leisure lodging and hospitality companies in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania regions and continues to expand its presence throughout the area. A family-owned company with more than 60 years of hospitality experience, Outrigger runs a highly-successful, multi-branded line of hotels, condominiums and vacation resort properties, including Outrigger® Hotels & Resorts, OHANA® Hotels & Resorts, Outrigger Condominium Collection®, Embassy Suites®, Best Western®, Courtyard® by Marriott, and Wyndham Vacation Ownership®.

Currently, Outrigger operates and/or has under development 44 properties with close to 11,000 rooms located in Hawaii; Australia; Guam; Fiji; Bali; Phuket, Thailand; Koh Samui, Thailand; Vietnam; and China. Outrigger Enterprises Group also operates and develops hotel properties and hospitality-related retail and real estate opportunities for partners in Hawaii, the Pacific, the mainland USA and Asia. For on-line information, log on at [ www.outriggerenterprisesgroup.com ] and [ www.outrigger.com ].

Prudential Mortgage Capital Company is a national full-service, commercial and multifamily mortgage finance business with $68 billion in assets under management and administration as of June 30, 2011. Leveraging a 135-year history of real estate finance, the company offers one of the most comprehensive lines of real estate finance products and originates loans for Fannie Mae DUS®, Freddie Mac Program Plus® and specialized affordable housing programs; FHA; Prudentiala™s general account and proprietary balance sheet program; and other institutional investors. The company maintains a loan servicing portfolio of approximately $66.3 billion, as of June 30, 2011. For more information, please visit [ http://www.prumortgagecapital.com ].

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader with approximately $883 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2011, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudentiala™s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudentiala™s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit [ http://www.news.prudential.com/ ].