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Financing Modular Construction Projects

Modular construction is a method of construction that involves building a project in small “modular pods” at an offsite factory and then shipping these pods to the building site for assembly. Often, these factories are located hundreds of miles away from the actual site, and in some cases, several states away from the site. How…

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CMBS Interest Rate Buydowns

The concept of an interest rate “buy down” has been around for a long time in CMBS but until recently it was rarely used. In today’s current market it is proving to be an effective tool for loan originators to help boost loan proceeds for their borrowers. In this Insights Series Post we will explore…

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Texas Population Growth

We are currently working on raising joint venture equity for a manufactured housing project in the state of Texas and the transaction has revealed some very interesting statistics about what is happening in the state. Although these trends are intuitive to anyone following the news in the real estate industry, the actual numbers are pretty…

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The Affordability of Manufactured Housing

We are currently working on raising equity & debt for a manufactured housing project in the southern US and we have been blown away by how much more affordable it is to traditional stick-built housing. We have also been very impressed with the quality and product offerings currently available in the industry. In this Insights…

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JV Equity Seeks Value Add Multifamily & Small Bay Industrial

In this week’s Insights Post we wanted to share with our readers an update on one of our favorite institutional equity programs. This group is based out of the northeast but they have a local office in the Los Angeles area where they source their west coast investments. The group has been in business for…

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C-Pace Loan Program Overview & Pricing Update

Yesterday, Schelin Uldricks & Co. spoke with an active, well capitalized C-PACE Lender based in Denver. They have plenty of funds to deploy nationwide and will generally consider most property types (Multifamily, Industrial, Retail, Hospitality, Senior Living, Office, Self-Storage, Student Housing, and Mixed Use) with projects that have Retroactive, Gut Rehab, Adaptive Reuse, Ground Up…

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The Current Market for Land Financing

In this Insights Series Post we thought we would share the results of a recent marketing campaign we ran to place debt financing on a parcel of land. This sheds light on how challenging the current market is for one of the most difficult asset classes to finance. Broadly speaking, land is one of the…

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C-PACE Financing for Hotel Development

What is C-PACE? C-PACE is a less understood form of financing in the commercial real estate world but is gaining momentum in the age of higher interest rates.  C-PACE is an acronym that stands for Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy.  C-PACE is a public-private financing regime enabled at the state level through legislation that authorizes…

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2024 MBA CREF Conference Takeaways

Our executive management team attended the 2024 MBA CREF in San Diego this week to meet with capital sources and get updates on what investors want to do in 2024, here are some high-level notes from our meetings: 1. CMBS: Spreads are in from 2023 but indexes are up. Volatility surrounding the Fed decision on…

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USDA Financing 101

What is USDA Financing for Rural Development? Developers and business owners in rural America often have a difficult time locating financing for their real estate project or business expansion.  Most mainstream lenders tend to focus on larger markets with dense employment drivers and employment diversity leaving many great real estate development opportunities unable to develop…

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