News & Events

New York Times: As demand grows and climate-change restrictions raise costs, developers are flocking to PACE financing for relief.

GlobeSt.com: CleanFund’s first 144A securitization of C-PACE assets was recognized on a number of fronts including the AAA rating it achieved for class-A notes, which were backed by a pool of $115 million assets.

PRESS RELEASE: CleanFund announces new leadership and major capital partnerships to drive continued acceleration of its C-PACE financing originations platform.

LA Business Journal: “One of the unique aspects of this capital is it can be used for projects that benefit the public good.” Chris Robbins of CleanFund.

Multi-Housing News: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and PACE financing continue to lead the charge, with an increasing number of states expected to launch government-backed guaranteed mortgages.

Asset Securitization Report: Sponsors of larger commercial developments are starting to see all kinds of advantages to PACE, which creates a lien on a property that is senior to a first mortgage and is repaid alongside property taxes.

Commercial Property Executive: This innovative strategy for funding energy upgrades is progressing in some states while continuing to meet roadblocks in others.

Connect Media: Combining the Opportunity Zone financing with that of C-Pace combines capital for sustainability with urban renewal, leading to a win-win scenario.

The Registry: “The CleanFund C-PACE financing is a superb complement to our capital stack, taking care of key energy, water and infrastructure components,” said Houman Sarshar, Principal at 740 South Broadway Associates

Asset Securitization Report: CleanFund is looking at a new way of getting banks and other lenders comfortable with Property Assessed Clean Energy for commercial buildings.

CleanFund Launches Debt Capital Markets Division to Create New Lending Opportunities for Banks and Other Mortgage Lenders.

Scotsman Guide: More real estate owners, developers and mortgage brokers are discovering that C-PACE offers the kind of flexibility and lower costs of capital that can move the needle on certain projects.

PRESS RELEASE: CleanFund closes $2.5 million in C-PACE funding for a 178-room Hotel Indigo at 220 S. Broadway in downtown Rochester, MN.

Post Bulletin: Developers are using novel financing to lock down $2.5 million in funding for a $20 million Rochester hotel renovation project.

Forbes: CleanFund's C-PACE financing as a superior long-term option for major upgrades to commercial buildings.

Hotel Management Magazine: CleanFund's $4.2 million C-PACE funding for a 94-room hotel, which began construction in September in Tracy, Calif, east of San Francisco.

PRESS RELEASE: 94-room Northern California hotel to use $4.3 million in CleanFund C-PACE financing for energy, mechanical and water systems.

“The long-terms of C-PACE financing made the project affordable." Tim Borst, the building’s co-owner.

C-PACE Financing’s Competitive Rates and Flexible Application Gaining Key Role in the Capital Stack.

CleanFund Closes First Ever 144A Securitization of C-PACE Assets, Opening a New Era in Energy, Water & Resource Improvements for Commercial Real Estate

From Solar to Seismic: The Rise of Commercial PACE Finance as a Mainstream Source of Cost Effective Capital

Also Announces New Value-Add Tools and Partnerships Designed to Enable Easy and Affordable Commercial Solar and Solar-Plus-Storage Financing

Seagate Properties used 30-year C-PACE financing by Cleanfund to install a 49.6 kW solar PV array on Seagate’s San Rafael headquarters and in an office building in Sausalito using a 76 kW solar PV array.

CleanFund enables upgrades that will improve cash flows and savings through reduced operating costs

Rise in PACE lending for commercial real estate lifts Marin’s CleanFund

Escos, on-bill repayment, capex budget, equipment leases and commercial PACE

Hotel developers are changing the way they finance their efficiency projects

Executives from CleanFund offer insights into a steadily expanding financing option.

Use of PACE Financing for Renovations, Construction Growing for Commercial Buildings.

A new financing mechanism is gaining traction in Colorado’s commercial real estate community.

The latest PACE funding of an energy-efficient project at the new Verseon research and administrative facility will help fund energy-related improvements as part of an overall facility refurbishment.

PRESS RELEASE: To Support Property Owners’ Adoption of Value Enhancing Building Improvements and the Company’s Continued Nationwide Expansion.

CleanFund Recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as 33rd Fastest-Growing Bay Area Private Company of 2017.

How All Three Stakeholders - Owners, Brokers and Lenders - Find Value Through Commercial PACE

CleanFund' PACEPartner, Donovan Energy LLC, bring Commercial PACE financing to Greater Cincinnati

Bringing a new source of direct capital for commercial clean energy projects across the state.

Demonstrating at the flexibility and value of SolarPACE at the 2017 Intersolar North America conference.

CleanFund finances the largest C-PACE project to date in Texas and is the second largest single-funded C-PACE project in the nation.

The largest C-PACE financing in history, providing a significant public safety and health benefit for Seton Medical Center.