Recent Engagements
- Truck Stop, 150 parking spaces, 3,600 SF C-store, and 2 NNN-leased QSR pads, Portage, Indiana (I-94)
- Travel Center & Truck Stop, 180 truck parking spaces, 4,200 SF C-store, two NNN-leased QSR pads, Effingham, Illinois (I-57 / I-70)
- Highway Travel Plaza, 140 truck parking spaces, 3,500 SF C-store, three NNN-leased QSR outparcels, CAT scale and DEF lanes, Texas (I-40 corridor)
Recent Truck Stop Case Studies
USDA B&I Feasibility Study Case Study: A New-Build Travel Center at I-40 and US-183 in Clinton, Oklahoma, Feasible as Sized
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- USDA Business and Industry guaranteed loan, new business
- Location
- Clinton, Oklahoma
- Determination
- Feasible as sized
A new independent travel center proposed on 16 acres at the I-40 and US-183 interchange in Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma, on a stretch of Interstate 40 where a single national chain holds the fueling nodes roughly every 30 miles and no competing travel center is in the pipeline.
USDA B&I Feasibility Study Case Study: A Travel Center with Video Gaming Terminals at I-57 Exit 151 in Effingham County, Illinois, Feasible as Resized
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- USDA Business and Industry guaranteed loan, new business
- Location
- Effingham County, Illinois
- Determination
- Not feasible as proposed; feasible as resized
A new travel center with ten Illinois video gaming terminals proposed on 12 acres at the I-57 and Watson interchange in Effingham County, Illinois, nine miles south of the Effingham chain cluster at Exit 160 in the county that ranks first in the state for video gaming income per resident.
USDA B&I Feasibility Study Case Study: A Tribal Enterprise Travel Center on Trust Land at I-40 Exit 53 in Thoreau, New Mexico, Feasible with Conditions
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- USDA Business and Industry guaranteed loan, new business
- Location
- Thoreau, New Mexico
- Determination
- Feasible with conditions
A new travel center proposed by a tribally chartered enterprise on 18 acres of trust land at the I-40 and Thoreau interchange in McKinley County, New Mexico, on the segment between the Milan fueling node and the Gallup port of entry, which carries the heaviest truck traffic in the state.
SBA 7(a) Feasibility Study Case Study: Repricing an Independent Truck Stop Acquisition at I-80 Exit 353 in York, Nebraska, Under SOP 50 10 8.1
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- SBA 7(a) under SOP 50 10 8.1 (applications received on or after October 1, 2026)
- Location
- York, Nebraska
- Determination
- Not feasible as proposed at the asking price; feasible as repriced
An independent truck stop at the I-80 and US-81 interchange in York, Nebraska, offered at $5,400,000 with real estate on a seller's statement showing $700,000 of EBITDA, tested against the 1.25x historical coverage rule, the $3,000,000 Quality of Earnings threshold and the 10-year business amortization that govern SBA acquisitions from October 1, 2026.
SBA 504 Feasibility Study Case Study: A Parking-Led Expansion of an Independent Truck Stop at the I-81 and I-77 Overlap in Wytheville, Virginia, Feasible with Conditions
- Type
- Model study
- Program
- SBA 504, business expansion, limited or special purpose property
- Location
- Wytheville, Virginia
- Determination
- Feasible with conditions
An existing independent truck stop on the I-81 and I-77 overlap in Wytheville, Virginia, on the interstate segment that carries the highest truck share of any in the state, proposes to add 60 reserved truck parking stalls, a two-bay truck service shop, four showers and diesel exhaust fluid on 3.2 acres it already owns, financed under SBA 504 as a business expansion.
