Capital Access Group, a commercial real estate lender specializing in U.S. Small Business Administration 504 loans for growing businesses, announced today that it arranged $2,138,200 in total project financing for 3 Badge Beverage Corporation, formerly The Other Guys, to purchase a 9,550 sq. ft. historic fire house located at 32 Patten Street in Sonoma, CA.

Equator Coffees & Teas now has 83 employees, more than 350 wholesale customers—including the renowned French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, CA, cafes at LinkedIn and micro-kitchens at Google—and three retail stores in Northern CA with a fourth on the way. Equator also, thanks to an SBA 504 loan from Capital Access Group, owns its own 5,500-square-foot roasting plant in Marin County, CA.

Capital Access Group released its fiscal year 2015 results today. Capital Access Group approved loans for 72 small businesses throughout California and finished the year as the #2 lender in the San Francisco District Office Region and the highest volume CDC in the South Bay. Capital Access Group's loan volume increased by 38% over fiscal year 2014 by dollar amount, and the number of loans increase