Pre-Development Services
What’s Pre-development?
It’s Your Project’s Starting Line
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Pre-development is the high-stakes kickoff for your housing and mixed-use projects—picking the perfect site, nailing feasibility studies, sketching designs that deliver, and muscling through approvals.
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You don’t need LIHTC to make waves. The housing industry’s a meat grinder for nonprofits—developers condecend, banks shrug at your model, investors spit buzzwords. We slash through the nonsense, delivering rock-solid plans that turn your vision into reality.
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How We Deliver Success
We don’t just talk vision—we make it happen. By asking sharp questions, listening hard, and co-creating real solutions, we build your team’s capacity, help secure funding that fits, and forge diverse coalitions that last. Our approach cuts through the noise, aligns resources, and turns your mission into reality.​
Capital Stack Optimization
Structure deals where you maintain control while maximizing leverage
Banking Partnership Development
Connect with lenders who understand community development models
Impact Investor Strategy
Access networks and capital that actually fund nonprofit development.
Market-Based Financial Modeling
Pro-formas built on real costs, realistic timelines, and actual market conditions
Mission-Protective Legal Structures
Partnerships that serve your community, and your investors
Our Clients Include
Excelsior Wellness
Excelsior Wellness is groundbreaking a 24-unit intergenerational housing complex breaking ground in August 2025, designed to end the foster youth to homelessness pipeline. This innovative project features one-third of units each for at-risk youth (including former foster youth), seniors, and workforce residents in an evidence-based model that research shows improves outcomes for both youth and seniors. Located adjacent to Excelsior's vocational training center, the development will provide comprehensive wraparound services including case management, vocational training, and mentorship programs. With Excelsior's proven track record of $16M in taxpayer savings and transforming 60+ youth lives, this project aims to move 75 transition-aged youth to long-term housing stability over 10 years while creating a replicable model for addressing youth homelessness nationwide.