bridge loan
noun
: a short-term loan used to finance an enterprise, investment, or government pending the receipt of other funds
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The Hogsett administration is planning to give the development group an $18 million bridge loan to help the firm avoid foreclosure and finish the Gold Building project.
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IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Where traditional lenders are pulling back due to balance sheet pressure and concerns about the health of the office market, special situations investors will fill the void with preferred equity, mezzanine debt, bridge loans, and rescue capital.
—Greg Friedman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
In addition to bridging funding gaps, bridge loans can be used to frontload funding for nonprofit programs and infrastructure, such as launching new projects and scaling existing programs, that are essential to mission delivery.
—Andrea Levere, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The loan, which was proposed by Isleton’s city manager to help starve off a potential city bankruptcy or disincorporation, would have spanned across 10 years and gone toward a $500,000 bridge loan and other debts the city has to pay back.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Where traditional lenders are pulling back due to balance sheet pressure and concerns about the health of the office market, special situations investors will fill the void with preferred equity, mezzanine debt, bridge loans, and rescue capital.
—Greg Friedman, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
In addition to bridging funding gaps, bridge loans can be used to frontload funding for nonprofit programs and infrastructure, such as launching new projects and scaling existing programs, that are essential to mission delivery.
—Andrea Levere, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The loan, which was proposed by Isleton’s city manager to help starve off a potential city bankruptcy or disincorporation, would have spanned across 10 years and gone toward a $500,000 bridge loan and other debts the city has to pay back.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Bridge loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridge%20loan. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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