Shem Creek Capital fills the gap between traditional first-mortgage lenders and equity providers while bringing institutional best practices to the middle market. Our firm provides transitional loans that constitute a bridge from acquisition to permanent financing. We focus on transactions with the potential for value and cash-flow appreciation through capital improvements, lease-up and enhanced management.
Institutional fund managers and other capital providers tend to overlook commercial real estate properties with an underlying value of $5-$50 million, which reduces the availability of non-traditional capital. The inefficiencies in this market segment provide an opportunity that Shem Creek seeks to address.
Shem Creek primarily lends on value-add multifamily and industrial properties. We believe these asset types are uniquely resilient to volatility in the capital markets and macroeconomic stresses on the commercial real estate industry. Our creativity and flexibility — coupled with regulatory challenges affecting the commercial banking industry and other traditional lenders — should further expand our investment opportunities moving forward.
Geography
Shem Creek focuses on mature markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic while maintaining the ability to expand to other East Coast markets on an opportunistic basis. We believe these markets have attractive underlying fundamentals that mitigate investment risk, such as:
- Favorable underlying demographics and employment trends
- Appealing key industries, including technology, media, healthcare, financial services and education
- Limited ability to add supply on a cost-competitive basis
- Consistent liquidity due to capital markets demand
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