Penning the Next Chapter of Ownership:
Refinancing
Strategies that
Preserve Value for
Developer-Owners
by Patrick O’Donnell
There is no such thing as a “plain vanilla” real
estate development. Each project comes with its
own unique set of challenges that require diligent planning, creativity, and resolve. Financing
a completed project is no different, as refinancing decisions can have as great an impact on a
project’s profitability as the most critical decisions during the construction phase. For EB-5
developers that intend to continue owning their
projects upon completion, this article provides
a general overview of commercial real estate
lending markets, complete with refinancing
frameworks to help developer-owners protect
the value they have created.
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