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Highland Vans

The verdict

Returns

Does the deal work? Color-coded metrics against industry benchmarks, the permanent loan sizing, and how the margin holds up across rent × cap rate scenarios.

Program exceeds buildable area

Total building SF (108,000) exceeds buildable area (95,765 SF). Light-industrial FAR typically allows 40–60% of site area. Shrink building sizes or disable buildings to fit the lot under evaluation.

LTC 85% is above the conventional 65–75% range

This assumes the SBA manufacturing loan path (up to ~90% LTC). If HLV does not qualify, conventional lenders will cap near 70% — equity required roughly doubles. Confirm qualification before investor conversations.

Project snapshot — all buildings

Total project cost$16,424,915
Total cost / SF$152.08/SF
Equity required$2,463,737
Stabilized NOI$1,458,666
Stabilized value (NOI ÷ cap)$19,448,880
Net sale proceeds$3,384,000
Total value created$22,832,880
Development profit$6,407,965

Yield on cost (leased basis)

≥9% green / 7.5–9% yellow / <7.5% red

Spread vs cap rate

≥1.5% green / 1.0–1.5% yellow / <1.0% red

Development margin

≥15% green / 5–15% yellow / <5% red

DSCR

≥1.30x green / 1.20–1.30x yellow / <1.20x red

Annual cash flow (stabilized)

Sale profit

Equity returned via sales

Breakeven occupancy

≤80% green / 80–90% yellow / >90% red

Permanent loan sizing — which constraint binds?

Lenders size the loan as the least of three tests. The binding test tells you what the market thinks is thin: LTV = value, DSCR = income coverage, debt yield = income vs loan dollars.

LTV cap (65% × value)

$12,641,772

Binding — sizes the loan

DSCR floor (1.25x)

$13,758,809

Debt yield floor (9%)

$16,207,400

Permanent loan: $12,641,772 · Annual debt service: $1,072,193

What moves this deal — tornado analysis

Each input flexed ±10%, one at a time, measured on development margin. Spend diligence effort where the bars are longest.

Hard costs ($/SF)
27%54%
Lease rents ($/SF)
27%51%
Cap rate
28%52%
Sale prices ($/SF)
37%41%
Interest rates
38%40%
Property taxes ($/SF)
39%39%

Each bar: development margin with that input at −10% and +10% (gold line = base case 39.0%). The longest bars are where diligence money is best spent.

Sensitivity — development margin at rent × cap rate

Each row shifts rent on every leased SF by the difference from the $18.00 baseline, on top of the current per-building mix — the (base) row and column are today’s scenario. If only the base case works, you are not pricing risk. Green ≥15% margin, yellow 5–15%, red below 5%.

Rent ($/SF NNN) ↓ · Cap rate →7.0%7.5%(base)8.0%8.5%9.0%
$14.0019%12%6%1%-3%
$15.0026%19%13%7%2%
$16.0033%26%19%13%8%
$17.0040%32%25%19%14%
$18.00(base)47%39%32%25%19%
$19.0055%46%38%31%25%
$20.0062%52%44%37%30%