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Wert-Berater, Inc. Completes Pickleball Clubhouse Feasibility Study in Buda, Texas

An independent Pickleball Clubhouse Feasibility Study evaluating a six-court outdoor recreation and taproom social venue in Buda, Texas.

Pickleball clubhouse
Wert-Berater, Inc. Completes Pickleball Clubhouse Feasibility Study in Buda, Texas

For Immediate Release · 2026-03-04

Asset class
Sports & Recreation · Texas
Program
SBA 7(a) / 504
Evaluated value
$4,840,000
Study conclusion
Favorable, with the dedicated General Manager hire recommended as a condition of the determination
Location
Buda, Texas, Hays County
Completed
2026

BUDA, Texas — Wert-Berater, Inc., an independent feasibility study consulting firm serving lenders and government agencies since 1998, has completed a Pickleball Clubhouse Feasibility Study in Buda, Hays County, Texas.

Wert-Berater served as independent feasibility consultant to the lender. Party names are withheld consistent with the confidential nature of underwriting and capital-advisory work; figures represent the project as evaluated at the study date.

Project Summary

Feasibility analysis of a pickleball clubhouse and social venue in Buda, Hays County — on the fast-growing southern edge of the Austin metropolitan area — evaluated for SBA 7(a)/504 financing. The concept pairs dedicated court play with a club-format social, food, and beverage operation, positioning the venue as a membership destination rather than a court-rental commodity.

What the Project Included

Membership and programming revenue modeling across leagues, open play, lessons, and events, with the social and beverage operation underwritten as a margin driver in its own right; trade-area demographics for the Austin MSA’s southern growth corridor; and competitive mapping of the regional indoor and outdoor court supply.

Capital Structure

SBA 7(a)/504 structure sized to the real-estate and equipment program, with borrower equity injection per program requirements for special-purpose recreational property.

Feasibility Study Challenges

Early-cycle recreation concepts carry category risk in both directions — explosive participation growth against an unproven local revenue model — so the underwriting question was whether the membership and social-spend assumptions would hold once the novelty curve flattens, answered through conservative ramp assumptions and benchmarking against the operating clubs that preceded this market.

About Wert-Berater, Inc.

Wert-Berater, Inc. is an independent feasibility study consulting firm founded in 1998, providing lender- and agency-facing feasibility studies, highest-and-best-use analyses, and capital-advisory support. The firm has completed more than 4,000 engagements across all 50 states and internationally, evaluating over $40.2 billion in project value for SBA, USDA, EB-5, conventional, and institutional financing decisions. In every engagement, fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the applicable agency.

Media contact: Donald Safranek, MSc, President, Wert-Berater, Inc. — +1 310-857-2443 ext. 800. Press inquiries only; client, lender, and property identities remain confidential.

About this release. This announcement summarizes a completed, independent Wert-Berater engagement. Details have been anonymized to protect client and lender confidentiality; no borrower, lender, or property is identified. Figures reflect the project as evaluated at the study date.
Donald Safranek, MSc — President and feasibility study consultant, Wert-Berater, Inc.
Donald Safranek, MSc

President, Wert-Berater, Inc. — independent feasibility study consultants since 1998. More than 4,000 feasibility studies completed across all 50 states and internationally, evaluating $40.2 billion in project value for SBA, USDA, EB-5, conventional, and institutional financing decisions. Fiduciary duty runs to the lender and agency in every engagement.

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