MSP
01 of 04
Home base
Twin Cities
Minnesota
The firm's home market. Principal relationships across construction lending, contractors, and sponsors in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metro and outer-ring projects.
Open to inquiries · sponsor + lender
Coverage
Four corridors. One mandate.
Clay Capital Group focuses on four U.S. metros where the firm’s principal has commercial construction finance experience. We do not work outside this footprint.
ATL
02 of 04
Primary corridor
Atlanta
Georgia
Targeted for sponsor-builder financing across the metro and outer-ring developments. Building partner relationships with focus on first-time institutional and historically underserved sponsor firms.
Open to inquiries · sponsor + lender
MEM
03 of 04
Mid-South corridor
Memphis
Tennessee
Mid-South operating presence. Open to sponsor and lender introductions for ground-up and value-add commercial construction across the Memphis metro and surrounding region.
Open to inquiries · sponsor + lender
DFW
04 of 04
Trade partner focus
Dallas–Fort Worth
Texas
Concrete, masonry, and foundation trade partners introduced into capital-backed projects on the project's own commercial terms. Selective borrower introductions on a case-by-case basis.
Trade partner referrals
Capital types
What we route — and roughly at what size.
Senior construction debt
$5M–$120M
Bridge (commercial & investment property)
$250K–$50M
Value-add / recapitalization
$5M–$120M
Small multifamily (5+ unit)
$1M–$120M
DSCR rental loans (non-owner-occupied)
$50K–$5M
Fix-and-flip (business-purpose, investment property)
$50K–$3M
Mezzanine
case-by-case
Trade subcontract introductions
no minimum
Who we work with
Builders, investment property operators, and multifamily sponsors with completed-project history. $50K to $120M project size. A clear understanding of what the next 18 months looks like.
Not a fit
Where the firm declines.
Clay Capital Group’s introduction-only scope is narrow on purpose. The firm declines engagements involving any of the following:
- Owner-occupied primary residences
- Second homes / vacation properties (consumer purpose)
- Any consumer-purpose residential mortgage
- Equity raises
- LP syndications
- Fund interests
- Note offerings
- Private placements
- Projects without basic sponsor information
- Requests for negotiation, underwriting, capital custody, or transaction representation
- Deals outside the firm's introduction-only scope