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30+ Years
Serving New Yorkers
$3.0B+
Bonds, Loans,
Tax Credits
300+
Projects Financed
How Do I Fund my Project?
Take a holistic, inclusive approach to financing; leverage a range of resources over time.
We’ll collaborate with you, from debt capacity analysis to outlining potential funding options to procuring competitive term sheets and ultimately closing the financing.
Complex projects require multiple financing options.
Tax-exempt bonds
Taxable real estate loans
City and state capital discretionary funds
Certified CDFI financing options
SBA loans
Development agencies
City and State Capital Grants
Green Financing
Energy Tax Credits
New Markets Tax Credits
How do we get started?
First Step: Identify Your Options
First Step: Identify Your Options
Initially, we review your options for project feasibility. With some forethought and planning, including customized modeling, we can make your capital project more sustainable and attractive to lenders and investors.
We also make sure that you’re taking advantage of all the incentive programs available to you. By reducing project costs and operating expenses, we help make your vision a reality.
Tap into an Extensive Network of Resources
Your Best Step Forward
By partnering with reputable, experienced professionals, you are investing in your project’s ongoing success. ThinkForward’s network includes an impressive range of real estate expertise—all engaged to ensure that your project is realized in an advantageous, cost-effective, and timely manner.
Our track record speaks for itself: hundreds of projects realized through billions in financing. In the process, we’ve established strong relationships with 30+ funding sources.
30+ years of collaborating with prominent experts in the New York real estate community: top brokers, real estate consultants, owners reps, energy consultants, and authorities in legal and tax matters, plus past and present agency leaders.
Engage with the Right Advisory Team
Right Team for Your Project, Right Team for Your Organization
Because our core team includes a range of expertise, we can offer you a comprehensive offering of public and private financing options through bond markets, conventional sources, and community development and industry-specific funding programs.
When assembling your advisory team, look for a history of building relationships and a track record of delivering holistic solutions for local communities.
“ThinkForward expertly guided us through every stage of the planning and execution of our new advanced manufacturing plant, from the acquisition of the property to construction and equipment.”
Charles Boyce, President
Boyce Technologies
Boyce Technologies
Meet Your Team
We are experienced bankers, real estate and capital market experts, and attorneys with expertise in capital project transactions. We've served as senior advisors to NYC/NY/NJ economic development agencies.
SUNIL K. AGGARWAL
Founder, Principal, Managing Director
Sunil has a history of building relationships and a track record of delivering holistic solutions. A critical theme runs through all his accomplishments: the drive to leverage capital to fulfill unrealized potential.
GREGORY NELSON
Specialist, Quantitative & Credit Analysis
Gregg brings his significant technology expertise and experience with major Wall Street companies to small, community-based organizations.
ROBERT ALTMAN, ESQ, PLLC
Specialist, Tax Incentive Programs
Robert provides critical insight into how financing, real estate transactions, and incentives are interconnected.
LEE WINTER
Specialist in Economic Incentives and Grants
Lee understands the many factors that affect commercial leasing and development. He believes economic incentives should fit your real estate strategy and not the other way around.
GILBERT SANDLER
Specialist in Capital Markets and Bonds
Gil has served as counsel to developers and nonprofits. He is an expert insecuritized and structured financing techniques for public and private projects.
Change at the Neighborhood Level
Local Impact, Long-term Gains
Sunil envisions a new kind of financial advisory firm, one that can offer both economic development and real estate funding services. He recognizes that local community and business organizations searching for cost-effective financing solutions would benefit.
Nonprofit
Social Service Agencies
Affordable & Supportive Housing
Educational Organizations
Cultural Institutions
Community Developments
Commercial & Industrial
Advanced Manufacturing
Technology Companies
Life Sciences/R&D Innovators
Food Industry
Entertainment Industry
Real Estate Development
Mixed-Use Facilities
Industrial Campuses
Commercial Condos
Joint Ventures with nonprofits and private developers
