Winthrop Realty Trust Receives Payment in Full on Its Mezzanine Loan With Respect to Water's Edge at Play Vista

BOSTON, Dec. 9, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Winthrop Realty Trust FUR ("Winthrop") announced today that it received $34,243,000 in full satisfaction on its $24,500,000 mezzanine loan receivable secured indirectly by an office campus commonly referred to as Water's Edge at Playa Vista. The payoff amount included approximately $2,880,000 in accrued and unpaid PIK interest and $6,565,000 on account of Winthrop's participating interest in the value of the property.

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Winthrop, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, is a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust (REIT). Winthrop's shareholders recently adopted a plan of liquidation pursuant to which Winthrop is liquidating and winding down and, in connection therewith, is seeking to sell its assets in an orderly fashion to maximize shareholder value. For more information, please visit our web-site at www.winthropreit.com.

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