Independent development and construction advisory for multifamily sponsors and capital partners.
Underwriting, pre-investment diligence, and owner’s representation for ground-up multifamily projects across Atlanta and the Southeast.
Services Snapshot
Between idea and permit is where projects lose time and money. We coordinate consultants, guide design to match the business plan, stress-test budgets, and support entitlements for a cleaner path into construction.
We pressure-test the deal before money moves. Site, market, cost basis, schedule, and capital stack. Reviewed by someone who has built the building, not just modeled it.
Structured, arithmetic-first reads on sponsor packages for family offices, LPs, and lenders. Yield-on-cost, development spread, cap rate, rent growth, interest reserve sizing, all reviewed the way a capital committee actually reads a deal.
On-the-ground oversight during predevelopment and construction. Schedule, draws, change orders, and the contractor conversations sponsors don’t have time to run themselves.
Who We Work With
Multifamily sponsors and developers preparing deals for investment committee or capital raise.
Family offices, LPs, and lenders running pre-investment diligence on a sponsor or project.
Owners and family offices managing active or predevelopment construction.
First-time multifamily sponsors who need an experienced owner-side partner.
Why Sponsors Hire Madison Gate
We are an operator’s voice on the owner’s side of the table. Most advisors come from finance, brokerage, or consulting. We come from development and construction - sites walked, contractors hired, draws processed, lease-ups managed, IC memos written.
Three things make the difference:
Lifecycle experience. Led by a multifamily development executive with 16+ years of full-lifecycle experience, including ground-up delivery of multifamily properties in the Southeast.
Underwriting-first diligence. Every engagement starts with the arithmetic. We rebuild sensitivity to the model - yield-on-cost, development spread against institutional minimums, cap rate spreads, rent growth defensibility, interest reserve sizing - before we form a view. Cost basis and construction risk are layered on top by someone who has actually run the GC side.
Capital partner literacy. Memos, summaries, and stress tests built in the format LPs, family offices, and lenders actually read.
Have a deal you want a second set of eyes on?
Most engagements start with a scoping call and a written proposal. Indicative fees and turnarounds available on request.