Our Services
On-Call Advisory Services
Whether project-based or relationship-based, our team of experienced advisors is just a phone call away, ready to address financial concerns, offer strategic insights, and assist in making critical decisions. Our proactive and response approach aims to empower our partners with the confidence and knowledge to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape successfully. We have helped public sector clients outline key project goals and establish the project scope, assess tradeoffs in achieving various outcomes, understand the many considerations and risks involved in different transaction structures, and provide information and recommendations on different procurement methods and processes. We engage with key stakeholders along the way by preparing relevant materials and leading presentations, as appropriate.
Market Underwriting and Feasibility Analysis
Align understands the intricate dynamics that shape the housing sector. Through meticulous research, data analysis, and industry experience, we aim to assess the viability and sustainability of housing projects to ensure their success and positive impact on communities. We have experience in identifying and analyzing comparable properties, assessing demand, evaluating rents, building proforma financial models, analyzing tax implications, and conducting investment analysis.
Complex Transaction Structuring
Structuring the appropriate financing solution can make or break a project more so than any other aspect. Understanding the variety of available options and assessing their potential impacts is time-intensive, distracting our clients from focusing on their core mission. We work closely with our partners to understand the desired goals and outcomes for the project and then structure to achieve those. When traditional debt and equity approaches do not work, we always find alternatives that do. Our experience includes for-profit and non-profit ownership, taxable and tax-exempt bonds, various debt and equity instruments, and government programs.
Capital Sourcing and Relationships
We maintain deep relationships with debt and equity providers active in housing finance. These include traditional banks, investment banks, insurance companies, private equity funds, community development financial institutions, and community banks. Through these relationships, we can efficiently source capital for any project.
Deal Closing
Collectively, our team has closed over $4 billion of transactions. We have experience negotiating documents and executing financing transactions from various prospects, including lenders, investors, and owners. This diversity gives us the necessary skills to advise clients on complex transaction dynamics. Further, we can provide guidance and oversight of the financial close process from any perspective under any transaction structure and using any capital source.