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BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Bridge Loan

  • a temporary loan providing funds until further money is received, for example, for buying one property while trying to sell another.
  • U.K. term Bridging Loan

Additional Resources

FutureTrak International, Inc. Receives First Portion of Its Bridge Funding
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 8, 1999-- FutureTrak International, Inc. (NASD BB:FTRK/FTRKD) announced today that it has received the first block of its bridge capital through its accredited investors. The term of the bridge loan is based on 120 days with 20% return. The bridge loan is collaterized against 144...
Tags: Business Wire, Company, Fax, MARKETING, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VOIP
Research articles 1999-06-08
Fitch Rates Con-way's $500MM Bridge Loan 'BBB'
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB' rating to Con-way Inc.'s (NYSE:CNW) new $500 million bridge loan facility. Con-way has borrowed $425 million from the facility, and no further borrowings are permitted. The bridge loan matures on August 21, 2008, and the full amount of the borrowings will be...
Tags: Con-Way Inc.
Research articles 2007-08-29
Viking Resources Announces Bridge Loan Commitment
TAMPA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 19, 1999--Viking Resources International, Inc. (OTC BB:VIKG) Viking Resources International, Inc. President/CEO, Dan Erickson, announced today that the company has received a firm commitment for bridge loan funding from a Northwestern US funding group. Viking expects the details of the bridge loan funding and its use...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE, shareholder
Research articles 1999-02-19
OccuLogix Secures Additional Bridge Loan
OccuLogix, Inc. (TSX: OC)(NASDAQ: OCCX) announced today that it has secured an additional bridge loan in an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$3,403,500 from a number of private parties (the "Additional Bridge Loan"). U.S.$2,893,500 of the principal amount of the Additional Bridge Loan will be advanced by certain of the investors...
Tags: Company, FINANCE, Investment, SEC
Research articles 2008-07-28
American Quantum Cycles Inc. Completes $900,000 Bridge Loan; Secures $755,000 Line of Credit
MELBOURNE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 7, 1999--American Quantum Cycles Inc. (OTC BB:AMQC) today announced that it has completed a bridge loan for $900,000 and secured a $755,000 line of credit. Richard K. Hagen, Chairman and CEO stated: "We elected to preserve shareholder equity by minimizing the amount of capital raised through...
Tags: Business Wire, Florida, Melbourne, Quantum Corp.
Research articles 1999-01-07
Mack-Cali Mulls Loan Options
Prudential Securities appears to have the inside track to provide permanent financing that will take out a $200 million bridge loan it provided last month to Mack-Cali Realty. The Cranford, N.J., REIT used proceeds of the loan to help finance Cali Realty's $1.2 billion acquisition of...
Tags: FINANCE, financing, Investment, Prudential Insurance Company of America, REIT
Research articles 1998-01-12
New Bridge Loan for BGF
Business Editors GREENSBORO, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 14, 2003 BGF Industries, Inc. BGF has today announced that it has closed on a $10 million bridge loan with CIT Business Credit, a unit of CIT Group Inc. The net proceeds from the bridge loan have been used to repay all...
Tags: FINANCE, financing, Investment, liquidity, SEC
Research articles 2003-02-14
Commercial Consolidators Negotiates $6.5 Million Bridge Loan
Business Editors TORONTO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 16, 2000 Commercial Consolidators Corp. ("CCZ")(CDNX:CCZ.) has negotiated a $6.5 million bridge loan from a syndicate of private investors including Mr. Fredrick Maclean, a director of the Company, as to $2.5 million. The bridge loan is due and payable on or before April...
Tags: Company, Cuba, FINANCE, financing, Investment, warrant
Research articles 2000-05-16
Nextera Enterprises, Inc. Announces New Bridge Loan Financing
PANORAMA CITY, Calif. -- Nextera Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB:NXRA) today announced that it has entered into a bridge loan financing facility with its existing lender NewStar Financial, Inc. and certain of its significant shareholders.
Research articles 2007-11-09
Westmark Group Holdings announces placement of first $250,000 of bridge loan
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 23, 1995--Westmark Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:WGHI), announced Tuesday that a $250,000 bridge loan was successfully placed by Brookstreet Securities of Irvine, Calif.This is part of an overall financing package, where Brookstreet Securities has issued a firm commitment for a $5 million convertible debenture and up to...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE, Florida, MARKETING, mortgage, Mortgages
Research articles 1995-05-23
Pantel Systems Announces $350K Bridge Loan and Receipt of $98K Sales Order from University of Maryland
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- PSI Corporation, operating as Pantel Systems, Inc. (PSCP.PK), a self-service provider of customer-facing public access self-service systems, today announced that it has received a $350,000 bridge loan to be used for expansion of ongoing operations. The loan was provided from various private investors and one existing...
Tags: University of Maryland
Research articles 2007-04-16
3 Banks to Lead Big Bridge Loan.
J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Salomon Smith Barney are leading a six-bank syndicate that will provide a $1 billion bridge loan to Equity Office Properties. The one-year loan, pegged to Libor plus 80 bp, will help the Chicago REIT finance its $7.3...
Tags: acquisition, bank, equity, FINANCE, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., REIT
Research articles 2001-06-04
Image Power Arranges $1,550,000 Bridge Loan Financing
Business Editors VANCOUVER, B.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 16, 2001 Image Power (CDNX:IPZ.) today announced that it has arranged a bridge loan ("Loan") totaling $1,550,000 through First American Financial Group of New York on a best efforts basis. The Loan has a one year term, pays interest of 9% per...
Tags: ASICs, FINANCE, financing, HARDWARE, Image, INTERNET, ISO, MARKETING, Quality, Semiconductors
Research articles 2001-07-16
EuroTrust Obtains DKK 250 Million Bridge Loan Facility
EuroTrust A/S (NASDAQ: EURO) today announced that it had entered into an agreement which will provide the Company with a bridge loan facility of up to DKK 250 million ($43,486,607). The terms of the loan facility provide that the Company may draw down on the facility at any time prior...
Tags: Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2007-02-13
Vornado Eyes Loan on Kennedy Portfolio.
Vornado Realty will soon be looking to replace a $250 million bridge loan that financed its purchase last year of a huge property portfolio from the Kennedy family. The Saddle Brook, N.J., REIT will seek a long-term mortgage on the properties to pay off...
Tags: FINANCE, Goldman Sachs & Co., Investment, Mortgages, REIT
Research articles 1999-05-10
MSI SECURES $9.3M BRIDGE LOAN.(Measurement Specialties Inc. )
FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Measurement Specialties Inc. has closed a $9.3 million bridge loan from Castletop Capital L.P., a limited partnership controlled by Mort Topfer, vice chairman of MSI. The loan proceeds were used to refinance the company's existing ban FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Measurement Specialties Inc. has closed a $9.3 ...
Research articles 2002-11-11
Dominion Bridge Reduces Loan Facility
MONTREAL--BUSINESS WIRE--March 21, 1997--Dominion Bridge Corporation (NASDAQ/NNM:DBCO;VSE:DMO.U), today announced the prepayment of US$10 million of the company's US$30 million bridge loan facility with Bankers Trust Credit Corporation ("BTCC"). The proceeds from the Company's recently completed sale of 6 million shares of McConnell Dowell Corporation ("MDC") common stock at AU$2.25...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE, Investment, repayment
Research articles 1997-03-21
Panamco Announces Bridge Financing for Yankee Bond Repayment Due on April 1, 2003
Business Editors MIAMI--BUSINESS WIRE--March 31, 2003 Panamerican Beverages, Inc. (the "Company" or "Panamco") (NYSE:PB), announced today that it has entered into a Bridge Credit Agreement with ING Bank N.V. for a bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$150 million (the "Loan") for a term of 4...
Tags: beverage, bond, Coca-Cola Co., Company, financing, Manufacturing, SEC
Research articles 2003-03-31
Syntax-Brillian Secures Bridge Loan Financing Totaling $20 Million
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Syntax-Brillian Corporation (Nasdaq:BRLC), a manufacturer and marketer of LCD and LCoS[TM] HDTVs and digital entertainment products, announced that it has entered into a term loan agreement for a $20 million term note with CIT Commercial Services, a unit of CIT Group Inc., which is a leading global...
Research articles 2007-05-02
Packaging Research Corporation obtains bridge loan; company also receives line of credit bringing financing to $800,000
DENVER--BUSINESS WIRE--May 2, 1995--Packaging Research Corporation PRC (NASDAQ:PRCA), an Englewood, Colorado-based manufacturer of precision high-speed food processing equipment, today announced it has secured approximately $600,000 in bridge loans, which will be utilized to meet PRC's short-term capital requirements.The loans were made by a group of lenders that includes officers and...
Tags: Business Wire, FINANCE, financing, food, Investment, Manufacturing
Research articles 1995-05-02