Classic Lake is a community and economic development, investment, and advisory firm. We specialize in utilizing creative capital structures to support the development of real estate and the growth of businesses within low-income communities.

Our firm serves clients that generate positive economic, social, and environmental returns. Clients include municipal agencies, real estate and housing developers, small businesses, healthcare and education institutions, non-profits, and financial services firms. Classic Lake commonly assists clients with Federal and State tax credit subsidies, public and private grants, taxable and tax-exempt bonds, market rate and below market rate debt, senior and subordinate debt, and equity.

Classic Lake provides guidance and means for projects to attain critical gap financing while maintaining a targeted focus on the inclusion of minority-owned and woman-owned businesses and minority hiring goals. Through our investments, we are working to create opportunities that support and uplift minority communities and entrepreneurs. Access to opportunities and advancement for these groups is critical to innovation as well as to creating an equitable workforce.