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Financial Compound closed a $5.5 million construction takeout loan representing 115% of all-in project cost.  This loan was obtained after talking to many commercial mortgage lenders who shied away from making an uncovered takeout loan on this 25,000 square foot high-end strip center in Las Vegas, Nevada containing both national and local tenants.  Financial Compound structured this loan […]

Commercial Mortgage Lenders for condo conversions These are three nearly completed condominium conversions in southern California totaling 225 units.  Financial Compound arranged $9,000,000 of high-leveraged second mortgages with commercial mortgage lenders when the conversions were  75% completed.  The borrower needed to quickly monetize some of the equity in the unsold condo units to meet its liquidity covenants required by another […]

Financial Compound arranged a land loan facility that allowed the borrower to refinance two single family residential communities in different states in the midwest and southwest.   The midwest property has approximately 500 home sites on 700-acres.  Custom homes prices are expected to be valued between $1 and $3 million.  The development includes custom homes and detached cottages.  […]

Financial Compound arranged an approximate $4 million fixed rate commercial bridge loan with construction loan option for a 40,000 square foot, 500 unit self storage facility in southern California.  The borrower intends to develop an additional 60,000 Sq. Ft. of new self storage space at the property, adding another 450 units.  This loan structure allows the borrower […]

$11.5 million structured permanent financing for a 100,000 sf retail center in California, 85% occupied.  This 4 building mixed use retail center constructed in the 1980’s is anchored by a 20,000 s.f. hard goods retailer and includes a variety of uses including an Army recruiting center, and a distribution warehouse. The borrower is the original developer and […]

Financial Compound arranged an $11 million land acquisition and development loan facility for a 45 home subdivision in Orlandlo, Florida.  The borrower projects an average home sale price of $350,000. The homes are intended to be used as vacation rentals with the foreign owners living in the home two months of the year and rented out the other ten months.  […]

Commercial mortgage lenders origination in 2010 was up significantly from 2009 despite the national recession that began in the U.S. in late 2007.  Recently commercial mortgage lenders have become more competitive, albeit more conservative than in the go-go days.  Until the real estate finance markets finds its footing, private ‘hard money’ lenders are able to […]

Quick Close Second Mortgage Financial Compound arranged a $400,000 quick close hard money commercial loan on the borrower’s primary residence. This business finance loan was structured to take the borrower out of Chapter 11.  He filed for personal bankruptcy as a result embezellment and stolen funds from his business by one of his employees, which did not come […]

Financial Compound arranged a $5 million, 100% of cost construction financing for a 30,000 sf shopping center.  The proposed “High Image Street Frontage” center is located near a major Interstate offramp, and the surrounding area is densely populated and home to numerous big box retailers.  At the time of construction financing the property was 50% […]

Financial Compound celebrates Pi day on March 15, 2010, the closest business day to Pi day, 3/14.  We serve pie, the traditional food for pi day. Pi is an irrational number 3.14159… with digits continuing forever and never repeating a pattern.  One cannot point to pi on the number line.  We can point to a […]

Financial Compound is pleased to be a sponsor of MBA’s CREF Convention & Expo 2010February 1-4 2010 inLas Vegas, Nevada The MBA CREF convention servers as an important clearing house of information for people in the commercial real estate finance business.  The CREF convention is widely attended by industry leaders and experts in all aspects […]