{"id":24601,"date":"2025-10-01T15:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tmcfinancing.com\/?p=24601"},"modified":"2025-10-01T15:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:58:03","slug":"jenna-leurquin-patisserie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tmcfinancing.com\/es\/jenna-leurquin-patisserie\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenna Leurquin Patisserie: With an SBA 504 Loan from TMC, a Bakery Owns Its Property"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is our third location but our first purchase of commercial property and it has already helped us scale our business differently,\u201d says Jenna Leurquin, founder and owner of Jenna Leurquin Patisserie<\/a>. Here\u2019s how she achieved property ownership with an Pr\u00e9stamo SBA 504<\/a> from TMC Financing for her much-loved bakery, which serves the Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ, communities.<\/p>\n

Returning to her roots<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Jenna was raised in Belgium, where delicious baked goods are part of daily life. When she came to the U.S. on a full scholarship as part of the golf team at Boise State University in Idaho, she dreamt about them while earning degrees in international business and finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always loved baking,\u201d she explains, \u201cand I missed the pastries from home. When I finished school, I thought that learning to bake professionally could be both fun and a great potential business in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenna completed the culinary and pastry program at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, France. After consulting for Belgian and French restaurants and bakeries, she relocated to Scottsdale, AZ, in 2016 for an opportunity to run the pastry program at a private country club, with a goal of eventually opening her own bakery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Success through baking<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Jenna launched out of a commercial kitchen that she subrented, testing her pastries and breads at farmers\u2019 markets before committing to her own bakery in Phoenix in March 2019; by that October, she opened a second location. Her bakery\u2019s loyal following continued to grow, as did her talented and committed team, but when the pandemic hit, Jenna had to pare down operations and staff to stay afloat.<\/p>\n

She spent the next several years rebuilding her team and strengthening operations and by 2024, she was ready for another location.<\/p>\n

Great advice leads to TMC and the SBA 504 program<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were outgrowing production space,\u201d Jenna says, \u201cand my accountant advised that if we were going to move, then this time around, we should own the building. That\u2019s how I ended up researching financing options and getting in touch with TMC.\u201d Recommendations for the Programa de pr\u00e9stamos SBA 504<\/a> and TMC Financing came through a bank and soon, Jenna was working with TMC SVP and Business Development Officer Chris Bane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The SBA 504 loan program is an outstanding option for small business owners who want to purchase commercial property for their businesses, because it offers:<\/p>\n