I have worked with Andy and his team since 2016 on a few equity recapitalizations of our student housing deals in the southeast, a land acquisition with one of Andy’s family office investors and an Opportunity Zone investor who invested $25M in a multi family development deal in Jacksonville. Andy has always been responsive and has done whatever was needed to help us line up the capital needed to close in a timely manner. We have closed on several transactions with the same investor which is a statement of Andy’s integrity and professionalism.

Jeff Rosen
Chance Partners, Jacksonville, FL

Andy and his team at SCG were instrumental in arranging the debt and equity for one of our largest portfolio acquisitions last year in 2018. He and his team worked to understand our business plan and brought us the capital we needed to execute, including a co-GP equity partner that fit seamlessly with our operational and management strategy.

Ian Ferguson
Middleton Meyers, Charlotte, NC

I have worked with Andy since I started investing in commercial real estate over 20 years ago. Last year Andy and the team at SCG executed on two large, complex assignments for UIP. The first project, a ground-up residential high-rise development, included EB-5 capital and an institutional fee investor. The second project, also large and complex, required the Team to perform within a very narrow window for closing. Andy and his Team raised both private and institutional equity, and brought in an institutional fee investor for the $100 MM acquisition in Washington D.C. In both cases Andy and the guys at SCG worked to understand our needs and critical deadlines, ultimately delivering the necessary capital for us to close.

Steve Schwat
Urban Investment Partners, Washington, DC

I had the pleasure of working with Sapphire Capital Group (Andy, Walter and Zach) in closing a large financing on a trophy-grade mixed-use property. Andy and his team did an extremely diligent job of securing a financing package for their client during a very tough financing environment (COVID19) where the market for larger complex loans was very constrained. They, at all times during the process, provided their client with multiple creatively structured alternatives and sound advice always with their client’s interests in mind.  In addition, Sapphire was intimately involved throughout the closing process and was on top of every aspect of the deal to ensure a smooth and successful execution.  I would highly recommend Sapphire and look forward to working with them again on future transactions.

Franklin Lin
Argentic Investment Management

I have had the pleasure of working with Andy and Walter on multiple debt and acquisition deals. They brought us and closed on a large Opportunity Zone land acquisition opportunity in Texas. Early in 2022, Sapphire Capital sourced and closed on an out of the box retail cash-out refinance. They managed to hold the rate and close a loan on an out of favor asset class during an absolute market meltdown. Andy and Walter are creative, responsive and experienced professionals with a ton of market wisdom.

Chris Westphal
Verde Communities, Washington, DC