Arena Acquisitions acquires underperforming service businesses in the $1–3M revenue range and transforms them through hands-on operational leadership. We are not a fund. We are an operator with a platform.
Arena Acquisitions' first operating company is a full-service auto repair business in Bucks County, PA — acquired via SBA 7(a) financing and actively managed since close. Revenue has grown materially through operational systems, team development, and hands-on leadership.
This is the model we intend to replicate. Identify an underperforming essential service business. Acquire it with SBA debt. Install leadership and systems. Hold and compound.
Real estate has been the foundation of our capital strategy long before business acquisition entered the picture. Two decades of self-managing residential assets built the underwriting discipline, property management experience, and ownership mindset we now apply to operating businesses.
The move into commercial in 2019 expanded our perspective — larger assets, longer leases, more sophisticated financing structures. Today we remain active across both residential and commercial, giving Arena Acquisitions a multi-asset foundation that most business acquirers simply lack.
Long-term self-managed residential portfolio. Deep familiarity with asset management, tenant relationships, financing structures, and property-level operations.
Expanded into commercial assets — more complex deal structures, commercial leasing, and the intersection of real property and operating business value.
Active in both residential and commercial simultaneously. The combined experience informs how Arena Acquisitions thinks about collateral, hold periods, and asset-level risk across every acquisition.
Auto repair, trades, property services. Businesses people need in any economic environment. No turnaround bets — overlooked operators in resilient industries.
Absentee ownership, deferred systems, weak leadership. We look for businesses where the market position is solid but the management layer has underdelivered. That gap is our entry point.
We structure through SBA 7(a) where possible, with preference for acquisitions that include real property. Business and CRE in one loan structure is where we have the most depth.
We are building long-term lender relationships, not shopping rates. We understand your underwriting criteria, respect your timelines, and close what we commit to. A repeat borrower with a growing portfolio is what we intend to be.
We move quickly, make our own decisions, and do not require a committee. If you have a seller in the service sector who needs a credible operator-buyer — not a financial buyer looking to flip — we want the conversation.
We are open to co-acquisition structures where a strong operating partner brings sector expertise. If you have deal flow or operating capability and are looking for a structured acquisition platform, let's explore it.
Cip is a multi-asset investor and operator with over two decades of real estate experience spanning residential and commercial. Arena Acquisitions is his acquisition platform — built to compound across essential service businesses using disciplined SBA financing, hands-on operations, and a long-horizon hold strategy. Every deal decision is made by the person who will also be accountable for the outcome.