About This Fund
Ballast Rock Real Estate Private Credit Fund is the debut private credit vehicle from Ballast Rock, a Charleston, South Carolina-based alternative investment manager focused on real estate and private market strategies for US accredited investors. Launched in April 2025, the fund represents Ballast Rock's entry into the direct real estate lending market, targeting short-duration, senior-secured credit positions in small and medium-scale real estate and solar development projects managed by the firm's network of vetted preferred developers. The fund accepts a minimum investment of $50,000 from US accredited investors and targets a maximum raise of $50 million.
The fund operates across four primary lending strategies designed to deliver current income with capital protection through senior security interests. The first strategy, lot banking, involves acquiring parcels of land at or below market value from developers, with developers legally obligated to repurchase the parcels upon construction readiness. The second, Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) financing, provides short-term bridge capital to DST sponsors requiring liquidity. The third targets franchise location development, providing last-mile development capital to preferred franchise developers secured by the underlying real property. The fourth focuses on commercial solar development, providing growth capital to solar project sponsors.
Each strategy is structured to maintain short hold periods of six to eighteen months per investment, generating current yield while limiting long-duration interest rate risk. The fund is managed by Max Jackson as portfolio manager, supported by Ballast Rock's existing real estate investment infrastructure and developer network. The firm also provides value-add services to borrowers, including access to competitive institutional bidding processes for select development projects. As a newly launched vehicle, the fund positions itself as a yield-oriented income vehicle for investors seeking private real estate credit exposure outside the public markets.