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JASPER, AL-The 10-year owner of the 287,000-sf Jasper Mall hasrefueled its till with a $12.55-million loan. The 80% loan-to-valuefinancing has retired some debt, allowed a cash-out and set up a$750,000 reserve for leasing commissions and tenantfinish-outs.

With its anchors on five-year leases, the lenders' circle, onaverage, was requiring a $750,000 reserve although Kmart andJCPenney had re-upped earlier this year, Will James, associate withCREFunding in Atlanta, tells GlobeSt.com. The advantage for the33-acre footprint at 300 Highway 78E is that it's the key piece ofretail in the city, according to James. "And," he adds, "nobody'sgoing to come in here and build another power center. It's a uniqueset of demographics in a location that is geographicallyirreplaceable."

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