River Capital has provided the funding behind Marshall Property's move into Crosby, a deal that on the surface looks like a modest regional transaction but which speaks to a much larger shift underway in how UK property businesses are financing expansion outside the traditional high-street banking system. With mainstream lenders continuing to tighten criteria on development and commercial property lending, specialist funders such as River Capital have become the default route for ambitious property firms looking to scale quickly into markets with genuine growth potential. Crosby, a coastal suburb of Sefton on Merseyside best known for Antony Gormley's Another Place installation, is precisely the kind of secondary location that has quietly become a magnet for this capital.