Lima One Capital, a hard-money lender for real estate investors and homebuilders throughout South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, plans to expand into 11 additional states, including the District of Columbia, this year.
Founded in 2009 by Greenville native and Iraq War veteran John Warren, Lima One Capital was named for the call letters of his Marine combat company.
“We are already the largest hard-money lender on the East Coast,” Warren said, “but we don’t want to stop at being the largest. We want to be the best.”
In a deal worth more than $100 million, the company recently participated in the sell-off of over 1400 rental properties in Georgia.
Initially based in Atlanta, Lima One’s headquarters was moved to Warren’s hometown of Greenville in 2011.
