Worked Example: SBA 7(a) Hotel Feasibility Study in Arizona, a Closed Motor Inn Reopened as an Independent Lodge
A worked example of the feasibility study a lender would read for a hotel project in Arizona, financed with an SBA 7(a) loan.
What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
In Lake Havasu City-Kingman, SBA's files list 411 approved loans over FY2017 to FY2026, totalling $317.7 million in gross approvals. Lake Havasu City-Kingman sits among every metro and micro area, on volume, at rank 189 of 928. The central half of Lake Havasu City-Kingman approvals spans $97,500 to $898,500, about a midpoint of $333,000; so the median stands at 1.60x the nationwide median. Split by program, Lake Havasu City-Kingman shows 338 loans under 7(a) against 73 in 504. Franchises make up 15.8% of the record.
Inside the named classes we count for Lake Havasu City-Kingman, full-service restaurant stands on top with 24 loans, then gas station and truck stop, 23 loans and hotel and motel (20). Also 253 loans in Lake Havasu City-Kingman belong to no named class. Worth noting, all the lending in Lake Havasu City-Kingman sits in Mohave County, AZ, at 411 loans, so a study around Lake Havasu City-Kingman a single-county exercise.
Holders shown for Lake Havasu City-Kingman are read from SBA's published Lake Havasu City-Kingman records of the 411 approved loans in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, by present or former holder; those records assign every loan and reveal nothing about how lenders underwrite. Also, for 7(a) lending in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, the leading holders are Arizona Financial Credit Union ($39.7 million across 59 loans), followed by Zions Bancorporation, National Association ($8.2 million across 37 loans). Among 504 loans in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, SBA names The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation (35 loans, $31.6 million); next, Arizona Capital Source, holding 14 loans worth $12.7 million. A borrower near Mohave County, AZ is free to ask the Lake Havasu City-Kingman holder Arizona Financial Credit Union or other Lake Havasu City-Kingman holders near Mohave County, AZ what paperwork it requires, then build the Lake Havasu City-Kingman study to answer it.
Looking at Lake Havasu City-Kingman approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, not below 15.1% were cancelled after approval in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, a floor; the full Lake Havasu City-Kingman rate is no lower. Separately, the charge-off rate for lending in Lake Havasu City-Kingman is not shown on this page, given that too few Lake Havasu City-Kingman loans moved to disbursement. That omission, near Mohave County, AZ, is never to be read as an absence of loss. Besides, in the yearly line, Lake Havasu City-Kingman peaked in FY2025 at 58 loans and $28.6 million, and reached its trough in FY2020 at 31 loans and $22.2 million.
Around Mohave County, AZ, demand comes first: who passes in Mohave County, AZ, who commutes in, set against Lake Havasu City-Kingman as a whole, and what gap the 24 full-service restaurant loans leave. Budget: $333,000 is the Lake Havasu City-Kingman median and $97,500 to $898,500 where half of loans fall, so a Mohave County, AZ site must justify its budget against this $333,000 median. Then coverage: Lake Havasu City-Kingman cash flow withstands a slow year against with the 15.1% floor for cancellation plus the charge-off floor for Lake Havasu City-Kingman, which is also kept back for lack of loans. The Lake Havasu City-Kingman appraisal has to support the worth assumed. Lake Havasu City-Kingman applies the 2023 July area list; a loan whose county finds no place is absent from all areas, as in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, whereas the totals count loans apart from the named classes.
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 411 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $317.7 million |
| Median loan | $333,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $97,500 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $898,500 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 338 |
| SBA 504 loans | 73 |
| Franchise share of loans | 15.8% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas by loans | 189 of 928 |
| Median loan against the national median | 1.60x |
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 15.1% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | withheld |
| 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 loans approved in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 44 | $24.5 million |
| FY2018 | 38 | $20.5 million |
| FY2019 | 39 | $36.5 million |
| FY2020 | 31 | $22.2 million |
| FY2021 | 40 | $46.2 million |
| FY2022 | 37 | $32.6 million |
| FY2023 | 39 | $38.4 million |
| FY2024 | 36 | $31.2 million |
| FY2025 | 58 | $28.6 million |
| FY2026 | 49 | $37.0 million |
| Asset class | Loans |
|---|---|
| Not in any of the 39 asset classes | 253 |
| Full-service restaurant | 24 |
| Gas station and truck stop | 23 |
| Hotel and motel | 20 |
| Limited-service restaurant | 15 |
| Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) | 13 |
| Medical office (physicians) | 13 |
| Self storage | 10 |
| Warehouse and distribution | 5 |
| Coffee shop and snack bar | 5 |
Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation | 35 | $31.6 million |
| Arizona Capital Source | 14 | $12.7 million |
| CDC Small Business Finance Corp. | 9 | $7.4 million |
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Financial Credit Union | 59 | $39.7 million |
| Zions Bancorporation, National Association | 37 | $8.2 million |
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | 36 | $9.7 million |
| Glacier Bank | 21 | $7.0 million |
| PNC Bank, National Association | 18 | $4.3 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.
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| Mohave County, AZ | 411 |
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.
All assets: every 7(a) and 504 approval in the metro, including those outside the 39 asset classes.
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 MT-29420.
A worked example of the feasibility study a lender would read for a hotel project in Arizona, financed with an SBA 7(a) loan.
Loan Analytics prepares the feasibility study a lender reads before it commits: for a commercial project in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metro Area, financed under SBA 7(a), SBA 504, USDA Business and Industry or a conventional bank loan. Tell us the project and the lender's deadline, and we reply with scope, timeline and fee.
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