Lewis Mausoleum Development, LLC

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Synopsis

In 1964, the Package Program for the sales and construction of mausoleums was created when it became apparent that many Catholic cemeteries lacked funding, and often the expertise, to move forward with a project on their own.

Past experience has shown that many Catholic cemeteries with available funding who did try to build and sell their mausoleum themselves soon realized that just building a facility in no way guaranteed a successful project.

In fact, many of those mausoleums still have large inventories of unsold crypt spaces, with the cost of maintenance and the investment cost still climbing.  The presumption that "build it and they will come" can be disastrous!

Our exclusive Package Program will provide the financing for risk-free completion of a mausoleum for your market needs, architecturally designed to enhance its surrounding setting and built to withstand the test of time.

Above all, the package program will provide the means to achieve necessary funding for endowed care maintenance of your mausoleum.  All at no financial risk to your cemetery.  Why take the risk of trying to do it yourself when you can have experts showing you the way, all at no cost to you?

How Do Our Package Programs Work?

Lewis Mausoleum Development's Exclusive Package Program will provide financial risk-free completion of a mausoleum and columbariums for your market, architecturally designed to enhance its surrounding setting and built to withstand the test of time.  Above all, the package program will provide the means to achieve the necessary funding for endowed care maintenance of your mausoleum, money for operating expenses and future additions.  All at no financial risk.

How?  With our vast experience in marketing and construction of mausoleums, exclusively for the Catholic community, we will underwrite (at our sole risk) the expenses for all pre-construction and construction costs plus the payment of all sales commissions for mausoleum crypt spaces sold until the required funding has been achieved to cover the entire cost of the complete project.  We also handle all collections from the purchasers of those crypts and niches that we sell.

NO RISK!

That also means no expense exposures to you.  We will fund at our sole risk all costs and expenses for engineering studies, architectural plans, required permits and any other costs or expenses for the sale of all crypt spaces and niches. and the construction of the mausoleum.

To protect you and your parishioners in the unlikely event that the project is not successful, all monies which have been paid to us are protected by an Irrevocable Financial Guarantee.  In the event the unforeseen happens, you can call upon the Financial Guarantee to refund all monies collected.  NO ONE ELSE OFFERS THIS PROTECTION!

Step By Step

What steps are taken when you contact Lewis Mausoleum Development:

1. Meeting

2. Market Study

3. Preliminary Architectural and Engineering Study.  A proposed preliminary plan will be included.

4. Sales and Construction Contract Signed.

5. Pre-Construction Sale of Crypts.

6. Architectural and Engineering Plans drawn.

7. Construction of Project.

Meeting

At our expense we will come to your cemetery to review with you the proposed project and gain a clear understanding of the needs of your diocese or parish.

We will consult with you to establish the need for, and the size of, the proposed mausoleum.

Market Study

Every package program by Lewis Mausoleum Development is preceded by an in-depth market study.  Lewis Mausoleum Development pays all expenses for this Market Study.  No contract is executed until the Market Study and its recommendations are approved by the cemetery.

There are two types of Market Studies in which Lewis Mausoleum Development specializes.

• The first type is done when a cemetery is exploring the feasibility of building a new mausoleum or an addition to an existing one.

• The second type is performed when a cemetery has an existing mausoleum but is currently having problems selling the inventory.

We will undertake a comprehensive study of your market area, which will include an in-depth analysis of your competing cemeteries and their current and long-term impact on your cemetery.

Demographics and economic conditions will be included in the study to confirm the size and scope of the proposed facility.

If your problem is selling your existing inventory, we will determine why, and show you how to correct the problems.

Pre Construction Sales Of Mausoleum Spaces

The benefits of pre-need / pre-construction sales are twofold.  Families pay a lower cost now and eliminate last minute impulsive, decision-making at a time of grief.

For the Church, the funds from pre-construction sales enable the risk-free completion of your mausoleum project, with a mutually agreed upon percentage of the crypts and niches remaining for sale by the cemetery.  Also, since we are selling pre-construction, the layout of the crypts and niches can be altered, depending upon the preferences of your Catholic families.

It will enhance your cemetery facilities by increasing capacity and providing more efficient utilization of available land resources.  In addition, it offers more choices for your Catholic families.  Our pre-need / pre-construction sales approach is the correct way to insure that all parties involved in the project will be satisfied with the final results, including those who purchase space in the facility.