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The land is bought first and earns last.

Site acquisition, power procurement and horizontal work precede any revenue by years. Land is among the earliest dollars and the least productive until the facility is energised.

Site control is acquired long before the capital stack is finished.
Developers routinely tie up land on the strength of a power position, then spend years on interconnection, entitlement and pre-construction. That basis sits idle through the whole of it, funded with the most expensive money in the project.
What we do and do not touch

Dirt only.

We buy the land and lease it back for 99 years, unsubordinated. The developer keeps the shell, the fit-out, the equipment, the power contracts, the tenant relationships and all of the upside. We are a landlord collecting fixed rent, not a partner in the facility.

Rent is sized off stabilized NOI at 25–30%, capitalized in the mid 6s, fixed, 2% annual, no fair market value resets. Term is 99 years, which comfortably outlives any tenant lease or financing on the improvements.

The honest caveats

Two things that decide whether this works.

Stabilized NOI has to be underwritable. Rent is a percentage of income. A site with a power position and no signed offtake has no income to size against, and we are not speculative land capital.

Single-tenant concentration matters. A facility leased to one counterparty concentrates the coverage on that credit. It does not disqualify a deal, but it moves where coverage needs to sit.

Where it fits best: a site with a signed lease or a credible stabilized case, where the developer wants the land basis back rather than carrying it through a long build.

Questions, answered

FAQ.

Do you take any position in the power contracts?

None. We own land and collect rent. Power, interconnection and offtake are entirely the developer's.

Will a construction lender accept it?

Yes, when the lease is unsubordinated with proper mortgagee protections, has fixed ascertainable rent with no reappraisal resets, and runs well past maturity.

Can you fund at site acquisition?

We commit the price at closing. On a development we fund the land contract at closing and any improvement contribution through milestone draws after sponsor equity spends first.

What if there is no signed tenant yet?

Then there is no stabilized NOI to size rent against. Come back when there is a credible underwritable case.

Deal size?

Land checks of roughly $5 to $40 million. Very large hyperscale sites are usually above our band.

Get your number

Send the site and the stabilized case.

Stabilized NOI, total project cost, acreage and the tenancy position. We will tell you what the land is worth and whether we are the right capital.

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