Recent Engagements
- Mixed-Use Development, including 80-room upper-midscale limited-service hotel, Eustis, Florida
- Full-Service Hotel, 90 rooms, Charlotte, North Carolina (Uptown / South End submarket) - SBA 504 loan.
- Limited-Service Upscale Hotel, 80 rooms, ski-adjacent location near Mount Holly, Vermont - SBA 504 loan
- Upper-Upscale Hotel, 76 rooms, Miami, Florida (Brickell / Wynwood / Edgewater submarket) - SBA 504 loan
- Resort & Glamping Development, 20 upscale resort and glamping units, Livingston, Montana (Paradise Valley / Yellowstone gateway) - SBA 7(a) loan
Recent Hotel Case Studies
SBA 504 Feasibility Study Case Study: An 86-Room Upper Midscale Hotel on Highway 78 in Monroe, Georgia, Feasible as Restructured
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- SBA 504, new business, single-purpose building
- Location
- Monroe, Georgia
- Determination
- Not feasible as proposed; feasible as restructured
An 86-room premium limited-service hotel of the Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express or Fairfield Inn class proposed on a cleared 2-acre commercial parcel at 2149 Highway 78 in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, listed at $860,000 after a $65,000 reduction, zoned B-2 where the city's ordinance permits hotels by right.
SBA 7(a) Feasibility Study Case Study: A 76-Room Interstate Economy Motel Acquisition at Exit 138 in Rayville, Louisiana, Not Feasible at the Asking Price and Feasible as Restructured
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- SBA 7(a), 25-year term
- Location
- Rayville, Louisiana
- Determination
- Not feasible at the asking price; feasible as restructured
A 76-room, two-story, exterior-corridor economy motel built in 2001 and last renovated in 2011 at the Interstate 20 Exit 138 interchange in Rayville, Richland Parish, Louisiana, offered with its real estate and franchise at a $5,500,000 asking price, or $72,368 per room, in a parish of about 19,500 residents where a data center campus announced at $10 billion in December 2024 and expanded to more than $50 billion in July 2026 has put 3,700 to 7,500 construction workers on site and pushed parish sales tax collections to nearly double.
USDA B&I Feasibility Study Case Study: A 100-Room Extended-Stay Hotel at Exit 138 in Rayville, Louisiana, Beside a $50 Billion Data Center Campus, Not Feasible as Proposed and Feasible as Restructured
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- USDA Business and Industry guaranteed loan, new business
- Location
- Rayville, Louisiana
- Determination
- Not feasible as proposed; feasible as restructured
A 100-room economy extended-stay hotel of the ECHO Suites, WoodSpring or Everhome class proposed on a cleared 3.37-acre commercial tract on McGowan Lane at the Interstate 20 Exit 138 interchange in Rayville, Richland Parish, Louisiana, listed at $1,250,000 after a prior $750,000 ask, in a parish with no zoning ordinance, financed under USDA Business and Industry as a new business.
SBA 504 Feasibility Study Case Study: Conversion of a Closed 96-Room Resort Property Near Clarkesville, Georgia to a Premium-Economy Conversion Brand, Feasible With Conditions
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- SBA 504, startup (no continuity of operations), single-purpose building
- Location
- Clarkesville, Georgia
- Determination
- Feasible with conditions
A closed 96-room former resort at 200 Apple Seed Court near Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, offered at auction at $2,250,000, or $23,438 per room, proposed for conversion to Spark by Hilton or a comparable premium-economy conversion brand on the US-441 and GA-365 corridor between Cornelia and Clarkesville.
USDA B&I Feasibility Study Case Study: A 70-Room Limited-Service Hotel on US-19 at the New River Gorge Gateway in Fayetteville, West Virginia, Not Feasible as Proposed and Feasible as Restructured
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- USDA Business and Industry guaranteed loan, new business
- Location
- Fayetteville, West Virginia
- Determination
- Not feasible as proposed; feasible as restructured
A 70-room upper midscale limited-service hotel proposed on a 4.61-acre commercial tract on Laurel Creek Road at the US-19 traffic light in Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia, listed at $450,000 and marketed for retail, medical, restaurant or hotel use, at the gateway to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, which recorded 1,958,440 recreation visits in 2025, a record and about 64 percent above 2019.
