Getting the Project off the Ground: Creative Funding for Initial Brownfield Development

Today’s market is suffering in the aftermath of the real estate market bubble burst and the implosion of the securitized mortgage market.  After ten years of promotion during a booming real estate market, we now have willing participants for brownfield reuse, but conventional financing has become difficult to obtain.  In this session, established brownfield developers talk with commercial lenders to reveal creative ways to fund the initial development stages of a brownfield to position it for further private invesment and conventional bank financing.