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BRANFORD, CONN. — Washington Trust’s commercial real estate group has provided $4.8 million in financing to Lakeview Center Associates LLC and Branford Equities LLC for the refinancing of Lakeview Center, a 69,955-square-foot shopping center in Branford. Sixteen tenants lease the four single-story buildings, located at 249-251 W. Main St. Edmond DeLaurentis Jr., a second-generation real estate developer and operator, operates Lakeview Center Associates LLC. He and other members — Herman Gans, Ram Gupta and Theodore Sannella — also own several other shopping centers located in Connecticut and Massachusetts.