LakeRock helps CRE developers and investors validate deals, assess risk, and structure capital with discipline — before money moves.
Too often, real estate sponsors pursue funding before the fundamentals are fully framed.
At LakeRock, we step in early — helping you model feasibility, stress test performance, and design capital stacks that support long-term success.
Derek P. Pollard
Build institutional-grade models and materials for your first few projects
Test and validate deal strategy before taking on capital risk
Optimize portfolio performance across sectors and regions
We support a range of commercial real estate stakeholders by tailoring our solutions to their unique needs and growth stages.
From helping emerging sponsors build institutional-grade models to enabling experienced developers and private investment groups to validate strategies and optimize portfolios, LakeRock Capital ensures every client moves forward with confidence and clarity.
Market comps, absorption analysis, construction cost validation, and exit modeling
Guidance on structuring project summaries, debt/equity requests, and return profiles
Alignment of senior debt, mezz, and equity to match deal phase, timeline, and risk
Property inspections, tenant underwriting, sponsor review, and scenario sensitivity
Simulation of downside conditions on DSCR, IRR, breakeven, and exit cap assumptions
Data-backed guidance on refinance, hold/sell timing, and investor disposition paths
We don’t sell optimism — we test it. Our role is to pressure-test your assumptions, highlight hidden exposures, and guide you toward the most financeable version of your vision.
With decades of CRE credit, underwriting, and regulatory insight behind us, LakeRock delivers investor-grade confidence.
We’ve advised across office, industrial, multifamily, hospitality, mixed-use, and small lot residential — including market-sensitive projects and special assets. Every engagement is scoped to your unique challenge.
