Bison Financial Group, through a joint venture Construction Build-to-Suit platform, can provide merchant developers the ability to create new opportunities for their team without the developer committing capital. Specifically, 100% of the capital will be made available; this benefits a Read More
Category: Real Estate Finance
Did Bison Just Set a Record for Loan Proceeds Per Square Foot on a Florida Retail Property?
Bison Financial Group, based in St. Petersburg, FL, has arranged a loan at what is quite possibly the highest loan proceeds per square foot on an unanchored retail shopping center achieved in Florida since the financial meltdown of 2008 . Read More
When “Pass the Hat” No Longer Works for Raising Equity
If you’ve been a real estate investor / developer for any length of time (combined 45 years for the Repka brothers), you certainly know how to “pass the hat” to pitch your deals at the local Country Club, Yacht Club, Read More
How Does My Funding Request Get to the Top of an Investor’s Stack of Potential Deals?
By David D. Repka, Co-Founder of Bison Financial Group For better or worse the free & flattening power of the Internet has forever changed how the “deal game (1)” is played. The Internet is a terrific way to share massive Read More
Your Rolodex is More Important Than Your Personal Financial Statement
By David Repka, Co-Founder Bison Financial Group Let’s face it, the last few years have been astonishingly difficult for anyone in the “dealmaking game” as fear, uncertainty and doubt have crept into the capital markets driving reliable sources of capital Read More
Wawa Starts Construction on First Florida Store
From Convenience Store News ORLANDO, Fla. — Wawa’s plans to move into the Sunshine State are beginning to take concrete shape as construction is set to begin on a convenience store in Orlando. The site will be the Pennsylvania-based retailer’s first in Read More
Construction Funds Available Now
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Bison Financial Group headquartered here launches their ambitious “Nexus Funding Platform” aimed at bringing liquidity to the commercial real estate market and bringing jobs back to our communities. According to David Repka, Co-Founder of Bison; “During Read More
CMBS 2.0: Crack is back!
I have been contacted by more lenders in the past 30 days than in the past 30 months… combined. I’m especially excited about the return of the CMBS marketplace. Get ready for the return of cheap, plentiful, non-recourse capital to Read More
Capital Markets are Opening Up… “What I Win”?
There is a classic scene in the 1979 movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin where he is asked, “what I win?” while working at the carnival’s “Guess Your Weight” booth… watch it here: This clip is my metaphor for how Read More
Need to close by year end? Running out of time?
As another year is coming to a close many lenders and institutional investors want to clean up their balance sheets going into 2015. Bison Financial Group has a track record of closing transactions in 4, 8 & 11 days from first Read More