You're a contractor in New Haven, and the Broadway demolition job starts in three weeks. Your crew is lined up, permits cleared, but the check you need to cover demo equipment and the first two payrolls hasn't landed.
Overview
A commercial construction loan in New Haven finances the hard costs and soft costs of building or renovating commercial property. You borrow against the future value of the finished project. Funds release in draws as milestones hit. Contractors, developers, and property owners use these loans to cover materials, labor, permits, and site prep without draining operating cash.
Cedargrove Credit brokers these deals across New Haven, West Haven, East Haven, Hamden, Woodbridge, North Haven, Branford, Ansonia, North Branford, Bethany, and Milford. We match your project to lenders who fund fast.
New Haven sits at the intersection of Yale expansion, downtown adaptive reuse, and Shore Line East corridor growth. Permit timelines through City Hall can stretch, but once approved, schedules compress. Subcontractors book months ahead. Delay funding by a week and you lose your electrician or your concrete pour window.
Most business loans for construction companies hinge on speed to funding. Traditional banks take sixty to ninety days and demand perfect financials. That timeline kills deals when a Church Street storefront renovation or a Long Wharf industrial build needs to start now.
Loan programs
SBA 7(a) loans work for owner-occupied commercial construction. You're building your own shop or office. Loan-to-cost ratios reach 90 percent, terms stretch twenty-five years, and rates stay reasonable. Approval takes four to six weeks when underwriting moves.
Equipment financing covers excavators, lifts, concrete mixers, and dump trucks. Lenders use the machinery as collateral, so approval is faster than unsecured lines. Payments match the equipment's working life.
Working capital loans bridge the gap between material invoices and client progress payments. You buy lumber and rebar today; the draw check arrives in thirty days. A working capital line keeps the job moving.
Invoice factoring turns your unpaid invoices into same-week cash. You've billed the general contractor for framing; factoring advances 80 to 90 percent within seventy-two hours.
We're a broker, not a lender. That means we shop your file to multiple lenders simultaneously. One might reject your two-year-old LLC; another specializes in newer contractors with strong project contracts.
We know which lenders fund commercial real estate ground-up construction, which ones prefer renovation, and which ones move fastest on equipment financing. You make one call to (475) 324-8340 at 129 Church St, New Haven, CT 06510, and we handle the rest.
No jargon. No runaround. We tell you what's possible and how long it takes.
A Hamden mechanical contractor won a bid to install HVAC in a mixed-use building on State Street. The contract was $340,000, but materials and the first month of labor required $95,000 up front. His bank wanted twelve weeks and a lien on his house.
We brokered an equipment-secured line and a short-term working capital advance. Funding closed in eleven days. He ordered the units, paid his crew, and hit every milestone. The general contractor paid on schedule, and he retired the advance in ninety days.
Serving the New Haven area
We know which lenders fund which kinds of New Haven businesses, and we position your file where it fits.
One local broker, many lenders, and no cost to apply.
Common questions
Why New Haven owners trust Cedargrove Credit
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