Hotel Feasibility Study in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about hotel and motel lending in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy: hotel and motel lending

Within Albany-Schenectady-Troy, over FY2017 to FY2026, SBA's records hold 27 hotel and motel loans, adding up to $62.3 million in gross approvals. Inside Albany-Schenectady-Troy, hotel and motel lending ranks 6 of 39 against every other class here, while Albany-Schenectady-Troy sits at 86 of 807 across all metro and micro areas by hotel and motel loan count. Albany-Schenectady-Troy's 0.90x location quotient gives hotel and motel less weight locally. The median loan in Albany-Schenectady-Troy comes to $2.3 million. The inner half of Albany-Schenectady-Troy loans stretches from $1.3 million to $3.2 million, and the median stands at a 1.05x multiple of the national class median. Albany-Schenectady-Troy hotel loans are large and close to the national class: a median of $2.3 million at 1.05x, with the middle half from $1.3 million to $3.2 million and a franchise share of 51.9%. Empire State Certified Development Corporation holds 12 SBA 504 loans worth $27.8 million, and SBA 504 is nearly as common as SBA 7(a) in the cell. Albany County has 12 of the loans and Saratoga County 7.

By program in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, SBA 7(a) accounts for 15 loans and SBA 504 for 12. Franchised units make up 51.9% of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy loan count. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy lender tables show that Empire State Certified Development Corporation is the holder of 12 SBA 504 loans, $27.8 million in all. Albany-Schenectady-Troy's lender rows record today's holders only. Albany-Schenectady-Troy applicants get no signal of bank standards here. Across counties: Albany County, NY has 12 loans; Saratoga County, NY has 7 loans.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy: years, floors and limits

For Albany-Schenectady-Troy, only some years can be printed: FY2025 shows 6 loans valued at $13.0 million; FY2026 records 5 loans worth $14.4 million. In FY2021, Albany-Schenectady-Troy shows 0 loans and $0. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy years not shown: FY2017 to FY2020 and FY2022 to FY2024. Albany-Schenectady-Troy's withheld years are never zeros. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy cancellation rate: not published, fewer than 30 loans. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy charge-off rate: withheld, under 30 loans. Albany-Schenectady-Troy uses Loan Analytics' own minimum. Albany-Schenectady-Troy has a short FY2017 to FY2021 cohort. Albany-Schenectady-Troy follows the July 2023 list. Albany-Schenectady-Troy admits a loan solely by its county. Albany-Schenectady-Troy leaves out unmatched loans. A single code covers all Albany-Schenectady-Troy lodging. Albany-Schenectady-Troy cannot separate limited-service from full-service. Albany-Schenectady-Troy hotels and motels share a single code.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy: what to test

In Albany a hotel study should identify the brand, the rate and occupancy the rooms must reach, and the construction or renovation per room for a loan near $2.3 million. The study should say which lodging competes in the county of the site, Albany or Saratoga. FY2025 and FY2026 each show volume, 6 loans worth $13.0 million and 5 loans worth $14.4 million, after FY2021 shows 0, so show cash flow at a cautious level. The appraisal values the operating hotel.

SBA hotel and motel loans in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202627
Gross dollars approved$62.3 million
Median loan$2.3 million
Middle half of loans, from$1.3 million
Middle half of loans, to$3.2 million
SBA 7(a) loans15
SBA 504 loans12
Franchise share of loans51.9%
Rank among metro and micro areas for hotel and motel loans86 of 807
Rank of hotel and motel among the classes in this area6 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)0.90x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.05x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)not reported: fewer than 30 loans in the cohort
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)withheld

Both rates are floors. SBA withholds the status of open loans, so a loan counts as charged off only once SBA reports it; a rate needs at least 30 loans in its cohort and is otherwise not reported.

SBA hotel and motel loans approved in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area, by fiscal year

0246FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2021: 0Loans, FY2025: 6Loans, FY2026: 5
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017withheldwithheld
FY2018withheldwithheld
FY2019withheldwithheld
FY2020withheldwithheld
FY20210$0
FY2022withheldwithheld
FY2023withheldwithheld
FY2024withheldwithheld
FY20256$13.0 million
FY20265$14.4 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Empire State Certified Development Corporation12$27.8 million

Lenders with 5 or more loans here; a lender with fewer is not listed, and loans SBA or a receiver holds are counted but never listed as a lender.

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Albany County, NY12
Saratoga County, NY7

Counties with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are not listed.

Metro is the CBSA (metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area) of the loan's project county, July 2023 delineation (OMB Bulletin 23-01). The county is matched by name (manifests/ld2/county-cbsa-map.csv); a loan whose county cannot be placed in a 2023 CBSA is left out of every metro.

One code for hotels and motels; limited service and full service cannot be separated.

Shared code: Hotels and motels share 721110.

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; areas from the U.S. Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01); Loan Analytics metro cell MA-10580-C07.

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