Infrastructure Finance for Greenfield Development
Who pays for the roads, pipes, and power.
Before a single home sells in a greenfield district, someone must fund the roads, water, sewer, and power. How that upfront infrastructure gets financed quietly determines whether the whole project is viable.
Districts, Bonds, and Patience
Special districts, municipal bonds, and developer-funded improvement structures all spread the enormous front-loaded cost across the value it eventually creates. Mismatch the financing tenor and the project chokes before lots sell.
Infrastructure finance is the unglamorous skill that separates new communities that get built from the ones that stay renderings.
Head of debt capital markets at Northwind Capital. 15 years arranging senior and mezzanine debt for value-add sponsors.
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