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FINANCING

Through RISE’s 27 years of experience in financing over $3.7 billion in development, we have
utilized numerous financing structures with the steadfast goal of achieving the optimum value
for each client in an ever-changing market. As one of the nation’s pioneering firms for higher-
ed P3s, coupled with one of the most tenured teams in the industry, RISE swiftly analyzes each
unique development opportunity and determines the optimal financing solutions to pursue. As
a private company with a tremendous depth of resources and industry contacts, we possess a
unique flexibility to align our financing approach with the individual goals of each client and
project, allowing us to maximize effectiveness by ensuring that capital sources and terms are the
most competitive in the market at any given time.

DEVELOPMENT
RISE carefully guides the comprehensive development process from inception of each project to
ensure that the project moves forward efficiently, with precise accuracy on the determined goals.
Our proven experience and understanding of the complex development process enables us to
confidently work through the multitude of development tasks concurrently; creating tremendous
value in time and cost savings as well as minimizing market volatility risk. A sampling of services
provided during this stage include:

• Selection of Architect, Contractor and Engineer partners
• Extensive collaboration with university on all development details
• Review of team’s “lessons learned” from past projects
• Programmatic design concepts (living/learning program, FYE, etc)
• Building and Architectural design concepts
• Site analysis and corresponding design/density schematics
• In-depth phasing analyzes to determine exact bed capacities during buildout
• Building systems, components and materials review
• LEED and sustainability review

UNIVERSIT Y O F SOUTH D AK OT A - C O Y OTE VILL A GE
On-Campus Student Housing and Retail | Vermillion, SD