-- Marc T. Clapasson has spent over two decades working across real estate capital markets and financial technology. He has structured more than €2 billion in commercial real estate financing across Europe and North America, and has advised family offices on capital deployment in private markets through two major market downturns.
Prior to writing the book, Clapasson served as CEO of Adamant Lane AG, operating under the brand SAP LiquidityHub. He began his career at UBS and a Founding Partner at Prime Capital, and currently leads Layer Finance Holding, a platform focused on infrastructure for commercial real estate deal-making and automated reporting.
A $4 Trillion Debt Wall and a Broken Market for Mid-Market Developers
The $100 Million Yes is written in direct response to what Clapasson describes as a structural shift in commercial real estate financing, not a cyclical downturn. Over $4 trillion in commercial real estate debt is maturing across the US, Europe, and the UK by 2028.
Regulatory capital charges have pushed real estate lending out of traditional banks and into private credit markets, which operate under different rules and different gatekeepers. Asset values across major classes have declined between 20 and 40 percent, converting equity cushions into solvency gaps. Investors are now underwriting to trailing actuals rather than forward projections.
The book is aimed specifically at mid-market developers running projects between €10 million and €500 million, a segment Clapasson identifies as too large for traditional bank lending and too small for institutional mega-funds. It is also directed at family-run development firms, CFOs managing refinancing risk on 2018–2021 vintage debt, fund managers preparing to pitch institutional investors, and capital advisors operating in the post-2022 deal environment.
Inside the Book: Frameworks, Case Studies, and a 90-Day Sprint
The book is organised across 16 chapters and six parts, moving from an analysis of the macroeconomic forces that reshaped the capital landscape to practical operational frameworks for getting deals funded. Three forensic case studies run throughout the book, drawn from real transactions: the restructuring of Canary Wharf in London, the $5.4 billion Stuyvesant Town default and subsequent restructuring in Manhattan, and the €27 billion collapse of Signa across Europe in 2023.
Topics covered include capital stack architecture, mezzanine and preferred equity structures, risk engineering, due diligence and negotiation, and distress workout strategies. The book also includes a 90-day investment-ready sprint framework, designed to take a deal from its current state to a position suitable for institutional investment.
Clapasson states the book exists to address a gap he repeatedly encounters in his advisory practice — developers pitching capital structures built on financing assumptions that no longer reflect how lenders underwrite deals today.
The $100 Million Yes (www.the100millionyes.com) is available now, and a free sample, including the table of contents, the opening chapter, and the beginning of the Signa case study, is available to download. Marc T. Clapasson is based in Europe and available for advisory mandates, speaking engagements, and media enquiries internationally.
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