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Whether you are a start-up school or a veteran, we provide 100% financing services with no upfront cost to your school. We meet all financial obligations and deliver a fully-functional customized charter facility to our client-partners.

ACD provides its services with no upfront cost to the school and meets the financial obligations required to deliver a fully-functional, customized charter facility to our school partners.

Once the facility is complete, it is leased back to the school, where strategic buyout options can be implemented to enable the school to own its own facility outright. ACD is flexible and has multiple financing options at its disposal.

American Charter Development (ACD) is not tied in with one financing option locking schools into a “one size fits all” financing structure. We use multiple sources of capital that include in-house funds, banks and other lending institutions to tailor-make a financial solution that is very competitive and meets the goals of the school.

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Real estate acquisition is one of the most impactful decisions in your school’s facility journey. American Charter Development (ACD) knows the importance of securing the ideal site and understands how overwhelming the site selection, underwriting, and acquisition process can be for school boards. That’s why we have developed and established a streamlined approach to help you with this part of the process.

The success of any project is explicitly linked with the ability of the school to achieve their target student enrollment and the aptitude of the development team to effectively manage costs.

One of the most impactful decisions on both enrollment and costs is the real estate that is selected for a particular project.

ACD recognizes the critical nature of an appropriate site and understands how overwhelming the site selection, underwriting and acquisition process can be for schools and their respective boards. As such, ACD has developed and established a streamlined approach to assist schools with this crucial aspect of the development process.

The efficiency of the ACD approach involves hard work, intimately involving the school with all aspects of the process and utilizing our vast experience to assist the school in making appropriate decisions.

We utilize sophisticated real estate market and demographic tools to assist the school in locating a site that will enable them to maximize studentenrollment. In addition to the initial site selection services, once a property has been selected, ACD places the site through a rigorous underwriting process to further ensure the property can be utilized for our clients’ specific needs. As always, there is no upfront charge for any of these or other ACD services until a project has come to a successful completion.

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During the entire design-build process, our team identifies and mitigates risk. Contractors and design professionals work side-by-side (with your budget in mind) to implement the most cost-effective and expedited approach. We are experts at controlling costs and timeline, and we rely on local experts to navigate local jurisdictional issues.

The design-build process is one of risk identification and mitigation, which occurs throughout the entire project.

This process allows the contractor and design professionals to work side by side, with a budget in mind, to implement the most cost-effective approach while allowing the project to move forward at an expedited pace. ACD employs this process to control costs and schedule, and we utilize local experts who are seasoned in navigating local jurisdictional issues.

As an additional benefit to partner schools, ACD has several existing plans from projects completed in the past, which may (understanding some alterations may be required) be acceptable to the school and can potentially save time and money.

With over a decade in charter school facility experience, our team knows how to develop cost effective, efficient, and attractive facilities that fit the academic needs and budget constraints of the school.

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The purchase option structure employed allows schools to bridge the gap from startup to stabilization where it can qualify for and obtain its own financing. In our estimation, it’s the best way to start a school on the right track.

As a school advocate, American Charter Development (ACD) is eager to include a purchase option for the benefit of your school. We work tirelessly to provide the most affordable and flexible purchase options. This allows your school to be in its permanent facility from day one at a price it can afford.

ACD is proud to be able to include in its development projects a purchase option for the benefit of the school, if desired. ACD works tirelessly to differ itself from its competitors as it provides the lowest priced purchase options and the most flexibility with regards to timing. This provides the perfect “bridge” scenario for any charter school, as it allows the school to be in its permanent facility from the beginning at a price it can afford, without limiting the school’s long term potential.

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