Send the project type, location, approximate total project cost and financing program. You get back a written scope, a delivery date and a fixed fee — by email, normally within one business day, with no call required. Independent since 1998: 4,000+ engagements and $41.2 billion in evaluated project value.
Who we are
Wert-Berater, Inc. has prepared independent feasibility studies for lenders, certified development companies, and federal agencies since 1998 — more than four thousand engagements representing $41.2 billion in evaluated project value across all fifty states and international assignments. Our fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the agency, never to the sponsor’s optimism: fees are fixed, quoted up front, never contingent on findings, and a determination is never changed under pressure.
What we do
Cold storage feasibility is contracted-throughput analysis under demanding capital costs. The study evaluates the food-production and import volumes within the service radius, the committed or probable anchor tenancy the revenue model depends on, pallet-position pricing against regional supply, and the power and refrigeration economics that dominate the operating statement. Speculative cold storage receives conservative treatment: the national pipeline has taught lenders to demand demonstrated demand, and the study tests the project against that standard.
How we do it
Methodology draws on USDA and port-volume food-flow data, regional pallet-position supply and pricing surveys, utility-rate analysis for the refrigeration load, and RSMeans-based budgets for insulated construction. The model presents anchor-committed and merchant pallet revenue separately, stress-tested to the program standard.
How we can help you
Cold-chain projects are financed under USDA B&I for rural food-system assets, SBA 504 for owner-operators, and conventional structures; the firm prepares the study to the corresponding compliance standard. Representative engagements include a $33,656,250 cold-chain logistics engagement and cold-storage feasibility within the firm's USDA-compliant practice.
How to engage us
Standard delivery is 10 to 15 business days from complete project data. Rush delivery for deals already in underwriting is accepted case by case for an additional fixed fee, quoted up front and committed in writing. Engagements are typically initiated by the borrower, with lender or CDC confirmation obtained before work begins — institutions differ, so confirm the procedure with your lending contact.