LakeRock Capital

CRE Investment Consulting

Smarter Investment Starts With Strategic Clarity

LakeRock helps CRE developers and investors validate deals, assess risk, and structure capital with discipline — before money moves.

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Why Investment Consulting Matters

CRE Deals Are Won or Lost in the Planning Phase

 

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.

Whether you're scaling a development pipeline, evaluating market entry, or reassessing a distressed asset, our advisory approach delivers both investor-ready logic and lender-aligned packaging.

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Who We Help

Emerging Sponsors

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.

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Core Consulting Services

What We Deliver

Feasibility Studies

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

Advisory Style

Real Talk. Real Numbers. Real Risk Thinking.

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.

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Specialized Expertise

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.

Have a deal in motion or just testing the waters? We can help you get it right early.