Current economic headwinds have caused an unprecedented level of commercial real estate market disruption. Ongoing or recently-completed construction projects can access attractive, fixed-rate capital to recapitalize projects and bridge them to stabilization.
CRE financing solutions for a challenging economic climate
C-PACE Recapitalization
Proceeds may be used to
(Existing + C-PACE)
Through Stabilization
(2-3 years)
Program highlights
Value for sponsor:
- Net proceeds up to 35% of property value
- Non-recourse except for completion guaranty; no financial covenants post completion
- Financing secured via a non-accelerating property tax (C-PACE) assessment
- Prepayable at any time, subject to declining fee
Value for lender:
- Recapitalize construction projects to reach stabilization
- Reduce financing exposure and cost of holding risk reserves
- Increase deposits by holding reserves in escrow
- Increase project proceeds and decrease weighted cost of capital
- Retain full control in default or workout
Representative impact
A $90MM senior living facility faced 2-year construction, licensing, and stabilization delays caused by cascading Covid-19 pandemic and rising interest rate challenges. C-PACE provided $30MM to (a) bridge the property to stabilization (~$4.5MM) and (b) reduce the senior lender’s loan by $28MM.
Why use Nuveen Green Capital?
Our advantage
- Hundreds of projects closed in over 30 states
- Over $3B in C-PACE financing deployed
- Minimum deal size is $5 million with no maximum deal size
- All underwriting, legal, and asset management functions are in-house
- Direct, institutionally-backed capital provider
- Dedicated team of experts
$7.8 million storage recapitalization
$220 million office recapitalization
$76.2 million hospitality recapitalization
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1As of 30 Sep 2025. Nuveen assets under management (AUM) is inclusive of underlying investment specialists. Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.
*Total assets under management (AUM) as of 1/1/2025
*The United States Department of Energy: 2016 C-PACE Report, lists the Connecticut C-PACE program as the first statewide C-PACE program in the U.S.