John B. Levy, President of John B. Levy & Company, Inc., Now a

(Richmond, VA – April 24, 2009) – John B. Levy & Company, Inc. announced today that John B. Levy, the firm’s President, is now a registered principal for Direct Participation Programs with Anderson & Strudwick, Inc.,  after successfully completing the Direct Participation Programs Limited Principal qualification examination, Series-39, administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). 

Firm Background
John B. Levy & Company, Inc. is a real estate investment-banking firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and is associated with Anderson & Strudwick.  Since John Levy founded the John B. Levy & Company in 1995, the firm has structured over $3.5 billion in financing for developers and owners of commercial and multi-family projects nationwide, often investing its own proprietary funds into transactions with its clients.  Mr. Levy is an expert on commercial real estate financing and the effects of interest rates on commercial real estate markets.  He is the originator and author of the Barron’s/John B. Levy & Company National Mortgage Survey, a monthly survey of more than 30 of the country’s largest institutional investors, as well as buyers and sellers of commercial mortgage-backed securities, which Barron’s published for over 23 years.  Mr. Levy is also co-creator of The Giliberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index (sm), the first and pre-eminent index to measure and analyze the performance of investments in the commercial mortgage industry. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Anthracite Capital Inc. (NYSE: AHR), a New York Stock Exchange REIT managed by BlackRock, Inc and a former director of Value Property Trust. 

For more information about John B. Levy & Company, please visit the firm’s website at www.jblevyco.com or call Andrew Little at 804-644-2000, extension 260.
Anderson & Strudwick, Inc is a registered broker/dealer.  Member FINRA/SIPC.