Mission Success: Securing Project Financing Amid Market Volatility

Fifield Cos. Senior Vice President of Acquisitions, Finance and Development Navi Sandhu joined Multi-Housing News Senior Editor Laura Calugar for this month’s episode of Mission Success: Women in Multifamily, the podcast series dedicated to female leaders in the multifamily industry. Sandhu talks about how valuable time is in development deals today, the adjustments developers need to make when evaluating the viability of new projects, and also touches on construction costs and why she expects a slowdown in capital markets. Toward the end of the conversation, she reveals more about her work as a member of the ULI Chicago chapter.

Here’s what you’ll hear about in this episode:

• Key steps to getting development done today (1:08)
• How difficult planning has become (6:07)
• Difficulties in accessing funds for new projects (10:32)
• Securing project financing going forward (13:55)
• How crowdfunding has helped Fifield (16:45)
• Is crowdfunding the future of multifamily investment? (20:14)
• Fifield's entry into the greater Miami market (23:10)
• What it's like to be in charge of multifamily acquisitions, finance and development today (26:14)
• Sandhu's activity as a member of the ULI Chicago chapter (29:35)