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Higher Education | Campus Upgrades

Modernizing a Mission-Driven University

Fast Facts

Industry

Higher Education

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Organization

Regis University, Denver, CO

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Client Since

2020

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Equipment Financed

Various equipment including technology, athletic facility upgrades, HVAC

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Financing Structure

60-month lease line

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Industry Specific Fact

Regis University is the only Jesuit, Catholic university in the Rocky Mountains and is one of 27 Jesuit colleges in the U.S.

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Industry

Higher Education

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Organization

Regis University, Denver, CO

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Equipment Financed

Various equipment including technology, athletic facility upgrades, HVAC

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Opportunities for Infrastructure and Process Improvements

As a mission-driven institution, Regis University was committed to providing an optimal learning environment for their staff and students, which required taking a more proactive approach in updating their physical and digital infrastructure throughout campus. However, their existing process for evaluating capital projects was decentralized—offering little flexibility and preventing them from achieving their long-term financial goals.

Instead, Regis sought a solution that better aligned with their cash flow needs and would allow them to accelerate their critical projects. Additionally, they wanted funding that could extend beyond individual capital projects. They began looking for a long-term strategic financing relationship with a provider who could truly understand their mission and develop solutions tailored to their needs.

“We were heavily operational budget focused. We were constrained on how much we could do.”

– Jagan Gudur, CIO, Regis University

“First American has unlocked capital. Instead of trying to find that capital in huge sums on a yearly and ongoing basis, you're taking a different mindset and a different practice to it, where it is a predictable, consistent amount that you need to account for on an annual basis.”

– Jagan Gudur, CIO, Regis University

Lease Line Provides Predictability for Strategic Priorities

After learning about the university’s unique goals and objectives, First American put together a lease line program to address their cash flow needs and provide more resources on a consistent and predictable basis. This strategy allowed Regis to deploy capital more efficiently over several departments at once, replacing the outdated and inefficient process they previously had in place.

Opportunities for Infrastructure (and Process) Improvements

As a mission-driven institution, Regis University wanted to take a more proactive approach in updating their physical and digital infrastructure throughout campus. However, their existing process for evaluating capital projects was decentralized—offering little flexibility and preventing them from achieving their long-term financial goals.

Instead, Regis sought a solution that better aligned with their cash flow needs and would allow them to accelerate their critical projects. Additionally, they wanted funding that could extend beyond individual capital projects. They began looking for a long-term strategic financing relationship with a provider who could truly understand their mission and develop solutions tailored to their needs.

“We were heavily operational budget focused. We were constrained on how much we could do.”

– Jagan Gudur, CIO, Regis University

Lease Line Provides Predictability for Strategic Priorities

After learning about the university’s unique goals and objectives, First American put together a lease line program to address their cash flow needs and provide more resources on a consistent and predictable basis. This strategy allowed Regis to deploy capital more efficiently over several departments at once, replacing the outdated and inefficient process they previously had in place.

“First American has unlocked capital. Instead of trying to find that capital in huge sums on a yearly and ongoing basis, you're taking a different mindset and a different practice to it, where it is a predictable, consistent amount that you need to account for on an annual basis.”

– Jagan Gudur, CIO, Regis University

Flexible Financing Moves Projects Forward

Instead of deferring critical projects, the lease line allowed Regis to move forward with important investments as needed. Among these, they completed a cooling tower & HVAC project, turf athletic field upgrades, and updated their digital infrastructure to provide a better hybrid education environment for staff and students.

Their process with First American allowed the university to think more strategically about their future and build in flexibility to better prepare for the unknown. It also provided them with the long-term, consultative relationship they were looking for in a financing provider.

“What we’re doing today is going to set the conditions for us to be here for at least another 150 years.”

– Salvador Aceves, CFO, Regis University

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