Consortium for Worker Education

Consortium for Worker Education

100%Acquisition and Construction Financing
Consortium for Workers Education Headquarters

Manhattan

Quick Look
With our guidance, a private, nonprofit agency ventured into the capital markets where tax-exempt funding options involve little to no equity and 100% financing.
Consortium for Worker Education

Consortium for Worker Education

100%Acquisition and Construction Financing
Consortium for Workers Education Headquarters

Manhattan

Challenge No. 1

CWE has historically leased facilities for offices, classrooms, and other uses, typically under long-term arrangements. Leasing was consistent with a long-established strategy to comply with conservative government agency requirements for fiscal transparency and prudence.

Escalating rent for inefficient, outdated office space ledCWE to consider buying (vs. leasing) for the first time in its 30-year history.

Consortium for Worker Education

Consortium for Worker Education

100%Acquisition and Construction Financing
Consortium for Workers Education Headquarters

Manhattan

Challenge No. 2

Without success, our client had initially (independently) approached a private bank specializing in unions. Even with close connections to bank board members, the CWE couldn’t secure 100% financing for the acquisition of a 4th floor condominium at 305 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Also, because the appraisal and purchase prices were essentially the same, no additional funds could be borrowed for renovations.

“ThinkForward went far beyond just arranging the transaction. They helped us at every project phase to make informed decisions, often providing us with side-by-side comparisons of our various options.”
CRAIG WALKER, CFO
Consortium for Worker Education

Consortium for Worker Education

100%Acquisition and Construction Financing
Consortium for Workers Education Headquarters

Manhattan

Solutions
  1. ThinkForward made the case for property ownership as acost-effective and operationally advantageous option.
  2. We arranged for proceeds from $9.7M in tax-exempt bonds to beused to finance the acquisition and renovation of the CWE’s modern “best-fit”property.
  3. Our client reconfigured their new space for optimaloperational efficiency and upgraded at minimal cost—ultimately, experiencing upto 33% reductions in occupancy costs per year.
Best Solution
  • 100% Tax-exempt limited public offering  
  • $7.5M (acquisition)
  • $2.2M (renovation and FF&E)
  • Build NYC Resource Corporation
Consortium for Worker Education

Consortium for Worker Education

100%Acquisition and Construction Financing
Consortium for Workers Education Headquarters

Manhattan

Results

The CWE is consistently meeting its high-performance standards, even under tight budgetary constraints, because of the favorable, fixed 30-year terms negotiated by ThinkForward. Our client can now count on predictable occupancy costs from year to year.

Backgorund

The private, nonprofit agency Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) provides a wide array of workforce preparation, industry-specific training, and employment services for 70,000+ NYC workers every year. Union members, new Americans, and dislocated workers number among the populations served by this essential service provider.

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Consortium for Worker Education

nonprofit
acquisition/ renovation/expansion

100%Acquisition and Construction Financing
Consortium for Workers Education Headquarters

Manhattan

CWE has historically leased facilities for offices, classrooms, and other uses, typically under long-term arrangements. Leasing was consistent with a long-established strategy to comply with conservative government agency requirements for fiscal transparency and prudence.

Escalating rent for inefficient, outdated office space ledCWE to consider buying (vs. leasing) for the first time in its 30-year history.

Without success, our client had initially (independently) approached a private bank specializing in unions. Even with close connections to bank board members, the CWE couldn’t secure 100% financing for the acquisition of a 4th floor condominium at 305 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Also, because the appraisal and purchase prices were essentially the same, no additional funds could be borrowed for renovations.

  • 100% Tax-exempt limited public offering  
  • $7.5M (acquisition)
  • $2.2M (renovation and FF&E)
  • Build NYC Resource Corporation
  1. ThinkForward made the case for property ownership as acost-effective and operationally advantageous option.
  2. We arranged for proceeds from $9.7M in tax-exempt bonds to beused to finance the acquisition and renovation of the CWE’s modern “best-fit”property.
  3. Our client reconfigured their new space for optimaloperational efficiency and upgraded at minimal cost—ultimately, experiencing upto 33% reductions in occupancy costs per year.

The CWE is consistently meeting its high-performance standards, even under tight budgetary constraints, because of the favorable, fixed 30-year terms negotiated by ThinkForward. Our client can now count on predictable occupancy costs from year to year.

Projects

Consortium for Worker Education

Class-A Office & Workforce Training Facility

$10,000,000

Quick Look

With our guidance, a private, nonprofit agency ventured into the capital markets where tax-exempt funding options involve little to no equity and 100% financing.

“ThinkForward went far beyond just arranging the transaction. They helped us at every project phase to make informed decisions, often providing us with side-by-side comparisons of our various options.”

CRAIG WALKER, CFO

Challenge No. 1

CWE has historically leased facilities for offices, classrooms, and other uses, typically under long-term arrangements. Leasing was consistent with a long-established strategy to comply with conservative government agency requirements for fiscal transparency and prudence.

Escalating rent for inefficient, outdated office space ledCWE to consider buying (vs. leasing) for the first time in its 30-year history.

Challenge No. 2

Without success, our client had initially (independently) approached a private bank specializing in unions. Even with close connections to bank board members, the CWE couldn’t secure 100% financing for the acquisition of a 4th floor condominium at 305 7th Avenue in Manhattan. Also, because the appraisal and purchase prices were essentially the same, no additional funds could be borrowed for renovations.

Solutions
  1. ThinkForward made the case for property ownership as acost-effective and operationally advantageous option.
  2. We arranged for proceeds from $9.7M in tax-exempt bonds to beused to finance the acquisition and renovation of the CWE’s modern “best-fit”property.
  3. Our client reconfigured their new space for optimaloperational efficiency and upgraded at minimal cost—ultimately, experiencing upto 33% reductions in occupancy costs per year.
Game Plan
  1. ThinkForward made the case for property ownership as acost-effective and operationally advantageous option.
  2. We arranged for proceeds from $9.7M in tax-exempt bonds to beused to finance the acquisition and renovation of the CWE’s modern “best-fit”property.
  3. Our client reconfigured their new space for optimaloperational efficiency and upgraded at minimal cost—ultimately, experiencing upto 33% reductions in occupancy costs per year.
Results

The CWE is consistently meeting its high-performance standards, even under tight budgetary constraints, because of the favorable, fixed 30-year terms negotiated by ThinkForward. Our client can now count on predictable occupancy costs from year to year.

Background

The private, nonprofit agency Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) provides a wide array of workforce preparation, industry-specific training, and employment services for 70,000+ NYC workers every year. Union members, new Americans, and dislocated workers number among the populations served by this essential service provider.

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