Generally the criteria for potential projects include:

• Significant economic impact within the city of Detroit
• Sponsors with a proven track record and personal investment in the project
• Clear exit strategy for the Fund with expected repayment within 7 years
• Transaction size of between $500,000 and $2 million.

The Detroit Investment Fund provides financing to a broad range of industries in the following types of projects:

• Residential and Community Development
• Commercial and Industrial Expansion or Relocation and Debt Restructuring
• Strategic Investments

Certain advantages over other funding sources include:

• The ability to leverage owner equity to merit traditional financing
• The flexibility to tailor the structure of a financing package to meet customer needs
• A low-cost, patient capital
• Access to senior level expertise in a variety of industries

Our loan guidelines fall under two primary categories. Choose each respective link below to find out more information:

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS     COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOANS