Capital for Fort Lauderdale
contractors and marine trades.

The Fort Lauderdale construction economy is unlike any other in the state. The largest concentration of marine refit yards in the country lines the New River and the Dania Cut-Off, generating year-round demand for marine electrical, paint, fiberglass, AV, and interior-trim contractors who work hulls instead of buildings. A few miles inland, Las Olas Boulevard and the downtown core push a steady pipeline of hospitality build-outs at speeds that don't tolerate slow capital. Up the beach, Galt Ocean Mile and Pompano high-rises are deep into recertification cycles that have created a multi-year pipeline of concrete restoration, waterproofing, and glazing work.

Goliath was founded in Miami in 2009 and has been funding Broward contractors since the early years. Our underwriters know the rhythm of marine-yard payments, the 60- to 90-day AR cycle on a Las Olas hospitality build-out, and the inspection-driven cash flow of a 40-year recert. We don't ask Fort Lauderdale contractors to explain why September deposits look different from March — we already know.

The Fort Lauderdale construction markets we fund

The marine refit corridor around Lauderdale Marine Center, Bahia Mar, and the Dania Cut-Off generates steady demand for electrical, AV, paint, and trim contractors working $400K to multi-million yard projects. Las Olas and downtown hospitality build-outs move at lease-driven speeds, requiring mobilization capital before the first GC draw releases. The Galt Ocean Mile and Pompano condo recertification pipeline funds concrete-restoration, balcony-rebuild, waterproofing, and glazing crews into the next decade. And Cypress Creek and the Pompano-Deerfield industrial belt have seen significant tilt-up warehouse and distribution build-out activity, with site-work, MEP, and dock-equipment subs riding that demand.

HVHZ procurement and the Broward draw cycle

Broward sits inside the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone, which means impact-glazing, roof-deck attachment, and wind-pressure tie-ins require NOA-approved assemblies with 6- to 10-week lead times. That inventory carry, combined with GC draw cycles that routinely stretch past 45 days, creates the classic Broward contractor cash gap. We fund that gap on trailing deposit history, not pledged receivables, so the file closes fast and the structure flexes around uneven AR releases.

What a typical Broward contractor deal looks like

A Dania Cut-Off marine electrical contractor pulling $75,000–$200,000 against four open yard invoices. A Las Olas hospitality GC mobilizing on a Boulevard restaurant build-out with $100,000 in 24-hour working capital. A Galt Ocean Mile concrete-restoration crew financing $80,000 of shoring and hydro-demolition to staff a second 50-year recert. A Cypress Creek tilt-up sub consolidating three existing advances into a single 18-month structure. These are the deals we close most weeks across the 954.