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Invest Detroit works with developers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and startup founders to help accomplish our mission to be a financial catalyst for economic growth in underserved communities and markets in Detroit and the region. We believe in one Detroit for all and welcome funding interest from Detroit residents, entrepreneurs of color, women, and immigrants.

For more information on our real estate and industrial offerings, please fill out the contact form below with information about your project and someone from our team will be in touch with you.

For small business inquiries, please visit our small business page and fill out the inquiry form.

For more information on ID Ventures, our venture capital arm, please click here.

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Real Estate In-Take Form

Thank you for your interest in Invest Detroit. We are a mission-based, nonprofit lender, and borrowers must meet a set of criteria so that we can meet our funding requirements, including goals set by our funders. 

Please fill out the following contact information and answer the questions below to begin the application process.

Only completed forms are able to be considered. Partially completed applications will not be saved, and if you close this window or navigate to another page prior to submission the data will be lost.
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Construction Questions
Since your project includes owned real estate as collateral support or improvement as part of your project, please answer all questions below that are relevant for your project and provide the additional documents requested.




Retail Project
If your project includes retail, please complete the following information.


Office/Commercial Project


Residential Project

Impact Metrics
Please answer the following questions to support mission alignment for our organization.  Answer these questions from the business owner(s) perspective. If there are multiple owners, please answer these questions so that the responses represent 50% or more of the business ownership.
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To select multiple options, press and hold the "Ctrl" button on the bottom left corner of your keyboard while clicking the applicable options.

Some of the funding Invest Detroit receives requires us to report on the ownership demographics of the developments that we support. In the section below, please indicate how many business owners identify with each selected ethnicity. For example, if a business has two Asian owners and one white owner, enter '2' in the box for 'Asian' and '1' in the box for 'White.' Please select only one ethnic background per person.

Example: If two developers identify as Black or African American, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as American Indian or Alaska Native, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as Asian, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If twodevelopers identify as White, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as Hispanic or Latino, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as Middle Eastern or North African, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as Multiracial or Multiethnic, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as something else, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as prefer not to say, enter "2" in the box above.


To select multiple options, press and hold the "Ctrl" button on the bottom left corner of your keyboard while clicking the applicable options.

Some of the funding Invest Detroit receives receives requires us to report on the ownership demographics of the businesses we support. In the section below, please indicate how many developers identify with each selected genders. Example: if two of the business owners are men and one is a woman, please enter "2" in the box labeled "Men" and 1 in the box labeled "Women".

Example: If two developers identify as men, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as women, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as nonbinary, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as something else, enter "2" in the box above.

Example: If two developers identify as prefer not to say, enter "2" in the box above.
Direct Jobs

This section will ask questions related to any jobs created directly by your project/development company.



Part-time employees are anyone who works less than 35 hours per week.

Full-time employees are anyone who work 35 hours or more per week.

Part-time employees are anyone who works less than 35 hours per week.

Full-time employees are anyone who work 35 hours or more per week.
Indirect Jobs

This section will ask questions related to any jobs indirectly created as a result of this project. Example: If this project created 2 retail bays, we are asking you to estimate how many jobs were created as a result of those 2 retail bays.


Part-time employees are anyone who works less than 35 hours per week.

Full-time employees are anyone who works 35 hours or more per week.
Housing


Please estimate the affordability level of the housing units this project will create. To reference MSHDA 2024 Wayne County rent limits, click here. This site shows all Michigan counties, so please make sure to use Wayne County rent limit data.













Required Documents
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Supporting Documents
If you have the following documents, please submit them as well:

A Personal Financial Statement template can be found here.


Acknowledgements
In accordance with federal laws and U.S. Department of the Treasury policy, this organization is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Director, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20220; call (202) 622-1160; or send an e-mail to: crcomplaints@treasury.gov

Contact Information

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600 Renaissance Center
Suite 1710
Detroit,
MI
48243-1802
313.259.6368
313.259.6393