Clopton Capital

Clopton Capital is a Chicago-based commercial mortgage broker placing debt and joint venture equity nationwide. It focuses on private investors and small to middle-market entities holding commercial, industrial and multifamily real estate, naming factories, warehouses, mobile home parks, self-storage, retail malls and offices among the property types it works on.

Funding covers loans from $1 million to $100 million and above, with or without recourse, amortisation up to 30 years or interest-only, and fixed or variable rates, for owner-occupied and non-owner-occupied property. Programs include permanent commercial mortgages, refinances and cash-out refinances, construction and home builder financing, bridge loans, non-recourse loans, mezzanine financing, preferred equity and joint venture equity, and the firm says its capital sources include public and private debt and equity funds.

Founded in 2009, the firm now runs a multi-vertical platform: commercial insurance through Clopton Insurance Services, LLC, cost segregation studies delivered with ABGi, 1031 exchange qualified intermediary services, property sourcing and commercial solar. It publishes indicative commercial mortgage rate tables by loan type along with SOFR, swap and Treasury benchmark pages.

The firm is compensated through placement fees, which are not published. Published rate tables are indicative and dated; confirm current pricing, and which entity provides each service, before you rely on them.