Chapter Three: An Eighteen-Million-Dollar Ruin

Revenue enters a controlled account once the ground floor reopens in thirty days. If occupancy milestones are met, I exercise a $1.6 million purchase option. If not, the bank receives the improved asset.” “Where does restoration capital come from?” Ava presented three letters: a care provider would lease forty long-stay suites; an event company wanted the rooftop hall; and two suppliers from Seven Sycamore offered ninety-day terms. Noah’s report proved the damaged wing could be isolated while the main building operated. “I am not betting on opening twelve floors at once,” Lena said. “Each finished floor will pay for the next.” Marcus produced a photograph. “Basement columns are severely corroded. She concealed a structural hazard.”