Independent, bank-grade feasibility studies for Illinois projects — SBA 504 and 7(a), USDA, EB-5, and conventional lending — from a firm with 28 years of practice and 4,000+ engagements completed nationwide.
Feasibility is local, and the evidence for it is published locally. Every Illinois engagement is built from the credible subscribed and governmental sources that cover this market specifically: the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey at tract and county level, Illinois Department of Transportation classified traffic counts, Bureau of Labor Statistics employment and wage series for Illinois metros and counties, FEMA flood determinations, state licensure, registration, and permit records, and the federal sector data — EIA, USDA, CMS, HUD — that covers each asset class — alongside RMA Annual Statement Studies and IBISWorld benchmark corridors. Because these sources are available to the firm for every county in the state, Wert-Berater can underwrite a project anywhere in Illinois with the same evidentiary depth a local analyst would bring — drawing on 28 years of firm practice. Every figure is cited to its source, so a Illinois lender can pull the same table and reproduce the finding.
Wert-Berater studies are accepted at more than 600 banks, lenders, credit unions, certified development companies, and investment funds nationwide — including the institutions that finance projects in Illinois every day. Studies are prepared to the standard the reviewing program actually applies: SBA SOP 50 10 for 504 and 7(a) credits, the full 7 CFR Part 5001 factor framework for USDA guarantees, recognized economic methodology for EB-5, and negotiated coverage standards for conventional underwriting. The deliverable is the firm’s blue-chip standard everywhere it goes: a complete analytical report with every claim sourced, plus a fully linked financial model with zero hardcoded numbers that your underwriter can stress directly.
Party names withheld per the firm’s confidentiality practice; locations and figures as published in the firm’s engagement record.
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Program files carry their own rules, and the two that drive most Illinois lending are handled on dedicated pages:
The full practice is available in this market — 120+ industries and project types across ten groups, from hotels, RV resorts, marinas, and self-storage through healthcare, senior living, manufacturing, fuel and travel centers, renewable energy, agriculture, and aquaculture — each with its own accepted demand methodology and benchmark set.
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Wert-Berater, Inc. is an independent provider of feasibility studies and other related services. The firm does not provide financing or equity investment advice, and does not arrange, broker, or place debt or equity capital of any kind.
All appraisal assignments are performed by Bruce E. Jones, MAI, ASA-GC, BCA, CMEA, a member of the Appraisal Institute since 2006, a staff member of Wert-Berater, Inc. and owner of Special Purpose Realty Valuation.