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Hospitality & RestaurantsFinancing

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Working capital, equipment financing and hotel CapEx for the operators driving Broadway, Germantown, 12 South and the I-65 hotel corridor.

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Hospitality & Restaurants financing for Nashville businesses

Nashville hospitality runs on event volume - Lower Broadway, the Music City Center, Predators season, CMA Fest, Tennessee Whiskey Trail weekends, and the steady corporate-travel pull from HCA, Vanderbilt and Amazon. Operators across Downtown, The Gulch, 12 South and the I-65 hotel corridor share a single financing challenge: how to size capital structure around revenue that is genuinely seasonal and event-driven rather than monthly-flat.

Acquisition financing - buying an existing restaurant or flagged hotel - is usually the easiest path to SBA 7(a) approval because trailing financials and equipment are already in place. SBA Preferred Lenders with active hospitality desks can close acquisitions in 45-60 days at competitive rates. Ground-up new builds and conversions are harder; lenders want a clear lease, capable operator, and proof-of-concept in operator history or sister-location performance.

Equipment financing handles kitchen, hood, FF&E and POS upgrades with the equipment as collateral. Working capital lines and short-term loans handle inventory, payroll and shoulder-season bridges. Merchant cash advances are a last-resort tool when other products are off the table. Foxglove Lenders is direct about which products fit which operator stage rather than promising every operator the same SBA-grade rate.

Programs . Hospitality & Restaurants

The plays we route most for hospitality & restaurants

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  • 01

    Restaurant Loans

    Fit-out, expansion & equipment

    Open a second location, refresh the dining room or weather a slow season with capital structured for Nashville hospitality cash flow.

    • Daily, weekly or monthly payments
    • Same-day approvals
    • No equity required
    $25K-$2M
  • 02

    Hotel Loans

    Acquisition & PIP renovation

    Capital for flagged and independent properties along the I-65 corridor and Downtown Nashville: acquisitions, brand-mandated PIPs and refinances.

    • SBA 7(a) & 504
    • Bridge to perm
    • Up to 90% LTV
    $500K-$25M
  • 03

    Merchant Cash Advance

    Same-day capital from card sales

    Fast capital advanced against future card and platform settlements - repaid as a small percentage of daily revenue.

    • 24-hour funding
    • No fixed payments
    • Bad credit considered
    $10K-$1M
  • 04

    Hospitality Working Capital

    Bridge slow shoulder seasons

    Cover payroll, refresh inventory or fund a marketing push without giving up equity.

    • Daily, weekly or monthly remits
    • Funded in 24 hrs
    • No collateral options
    $10K-$2M
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